Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL

Lightning

39-19-4, 82 PTS

7-8

Final

Sabres

39-19-6, 84 PTS

KeyBank Center

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

TB shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
TB	6	10	13	29
BUF	10	15	17	42

In net

Jonas Johansson34/42 SV, .810

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen22/28 SV, .786

Team	1	2	3	T
TB	0	4	3	7
BUF	1	3	4	8

Who won: Sabres 8-7

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 8-7 on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres lead the series 2-1. Jason Zucker led the Sabres in goals (2). Nikita Kucherov led the Lightning in goals (2).

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach BensonLW	0	2	0	1	14:15	0:01	1:14	13:00	22	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Sam CarrickC	0	3	1	-2	6:03	0:08	0:00	5:55	10	1	5	0	3	0	7	2	77.8	0	1	5
Josh DoanRW	0	2	0	-2	18:25	4:35	0:00	13:50	24	2	21	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-3	8:46	0:00	0:00	8:46	12	0	9	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	5
Beck MalenstynLW	0	3	0	-1	6:03	0:00	0:34	5:29	12	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	5
Ryan McLeodC	1	1	0	2	21:03	1:45	2:20	16:58	26	0	12	1	2	1	15	9	62.5	2	0	0
Josh NorrisC	1	1	0	-1	17:55	5:20	0:00	12:35	23	0	9	0	1	0	6	9	40.0	0	0	0
Noah OstlundC	0	1	0	-1	16:34	1:57	0:00	14:37	23	0	10	1	2	1	1	3	25.0	0	1	2
Jack QuinnRW	0	4	0	0	15:19	0:56	0:00	14:23	21	0	12	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	1	4	0	-1	19:39	6:07	0:00	13:32	22	0	34	4	3	1	2	5	28.6	0	0	0
Alex TuchRW	2	3	1	0	18:54	2:21	2:30	14:03	24	2	27	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jason ZuckerLW	1	0	0	1	16:42	4:47	0:00	11:55	22	2	19	1	6	2	1	3	25.0	2	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	0	20:12	3:13	1:30	15:29	25	0	10	3	7	0	0	2	12
Rasmus DahlinD	1	0	2	2	26:16	3:40	0:59	21:37	30	1	13	2	1	0	2	1	5
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	1	6:03	0:00	0:05	5:58	14	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	7
Zach MetsaD	2	0	0	0	8:55	0:00	0:58	7:57	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Owen PowerD	3	0	0	-4	27:08	0:25	1:01	25:42	29	0	6	0	0	1	1	1	2
Mattias SamuelssonD	3	2	0	-3	24:57	0:10	2:31	22:16	28	0	12	0	3	0	1	1	2