Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Sabres

24-31-6, 54 PTS

5-6

Final

Lightning

37-21-4, 78 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftTB shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	12	8	13	33
TB	7	13	6	26

In net

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen20/26 SV, .769

Andrei Vasilevskiy28/33 SV, .848

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	3	2	0	5
TB	2	3	1	6

Who won: Lightning 6-5

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning lead the series 1-0. Nick Paul led the Lightning in goals (1). JJ Peterka led the Sabres in goals (1).

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Oliver BjorkstrandRW	0	3	-1	13:53	1:51	0:00	12:02	20	1	17	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0
Mitchell ChaffeeRW	0	1	1	8:42	0:00	0:00	8:42	13	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Anthony CirelliC	1	1	1	17:46	0:37	2:29	14:40	23	0	20	0	2	0	12	7	63.2	0	1	2
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	2	1	11:02	0:00	1:11	9:51	17	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Luke GlendeningC	1	1	1	10:49	0:00	1:51	8:58	18	0	4	0	1	0	7	8	46.7	0	0	0
Gage GoncalvesC	0	2	-2	11:07	0:00	0:00	11:07	15	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Yanni GourdeC	0	4	-1	16:47	1:13	0:00	15:34	22	0	6	1	2	3	4	4	50.0	0	0	0
Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	18:27	3:25	1:00	14:02	24	3	32	0	3	0	3	3	50.0	1	0	0
Brandon HagelLW	2	0	1	21:42	3:20	1:39	16:43	26	0	30	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Nikita KucherovRW	0	0	0	17:18	3:26	0:00	13:52	21	0	28	2	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Nick PaulLW	0	0	2	15:42	1:11	0:00	14:31	21	1	19	1	2	0	2	1	66.7	0	0	0
Brayden PointC	1	0	0	16:45	3:20	0:00	13:25	23	0	32	1	1	2	8	5	61.5	2	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Erik CernakD	3	3	1	1	22:10	0:00	2:14	19:56	32	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	2
Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	0	2:57	0:00	0:00	2:57	3	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0
Emil LillebergD	2	0	0	1	17:01	0:00	0:36	16:25	24	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	0	25:41	1:16	3:23	21:02	31	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
J.J. MoserD	1	1	0	-2	22:53	0:00	1:42	21:11	30	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0
Darren RaddyshD	1	1	0	2	24:47	3:21	0:34	20:52	27	1	4	1	3	0	3	0	0