Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres NHL
KeyBank Center
TV: Sportsnet+
BUF shoots right 1st 2nd 3rd T TB 6 10 13 29 BUF 10 15 17 42
Jonas Johansson 34/42 SV, .810 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 22/28 SV, .786 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).
Summary Chat Box score Team stats Forwards BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Oliver Bjorkstrand RW 0 2 0 0 14:02 2:23 0:00 11:39 17 0 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Anthony Cirelli C 0 4 0 1 18:55 0:40 2:41 15:34 27 0 15 1 1 2 0 12 10 54.5 2 1 2 Conor Geekie C 0 6 1 0 7:33 0:00 0:00 7:33 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 42.9 0 0 0 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 4 0 0 15:48 0:00 2:43 13:05 21 1 8 0 1 2 0 6 3 66.7 0 1 2 Yanni Gourde C 0 2 0 1 18:39 0:00 4:09 14:30 25 0 7 1 2 1 0 6 4 60.0 3 0 0 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -1 17:44 2:53 1:44 13:07 20 0 27 0 1 0 0 2 5 28.6 1 0 0 Brandon Hagel LW 1 0 0 1 16:42 0:45 0:25 15:32 23 1 30 1 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 4 11 Pontus Holmberg RW 0 4 0 0 13:17 0:37 0:00 12:40 17 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Nikita Kucherov RW 0 5 0 1 19:15 2:50 0:13 16:12 24 2 34 1 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 Corey Perry RW 0 0 0 2 8:54 0:55 0:00 7:59 13 1 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 5 Brayden Point C 1 1 0 0 17:13 2:35 0:12 14:26 19 1 16 0 1 2 0 3 6 33.3 0 0 0 Scott Sabourin RW 0 4 0 0 4:17 0:00 0:00 4:17 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 5
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Erik Cernak D 3 0 0 0 6:47 0:04 1:14 5:29 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 3 9 Charle-Edouard D'Astous D 0 4 0 -1 18:37 0:00 0:13 18:24 24 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 2 12 Victor Hedman D 0 1 0 2 20:07 0:37 2:17 17:13 27 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 1 0 20:41 0:00 3:55 16:46 26 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 J.J. Moser D 0 2 0 2 26:17 0:00 4:55 21:22 29 1 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Darren Raddysh D 1 1 0 2 23:13 2:53 1:39 18:41 26 0 17 3 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 7
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Jonas Johansson G 8 42 0 0 34 .810 27 6 1 58:54 0 0
TB shoots leftBUF shoots right 
