Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres
Sun, Mar 8, 2026 · KeyBank Center · 2025–26 Regular Season
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 8–7 on Sun, Mar 8, 2026 at KeyBank Center. Tage Thompson led the way with 4 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–42.
Linescore
| Team | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| TBL | 7 | 28 |
| BUF | 8 | 42 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | J.J. Moser | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26:17 | 29 | |
| 43 | Darren Raddysh | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23:13 | 26 | |
| 86 | Nikita Kucherov | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19:15 | 24 | |
| 38 | Brandon Hagel | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:42 | 23 | |
| 71 | Anthony Cirelli | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 54.5 | 18:55 | 27 |
| 37 | Yanni Gourde | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | 18:39 | 25 |
| 21 | Brayden Point | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | 17:13 | 19 |
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 66.7 | 15:48 | 21 |
| 10 | Corey Perry | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:54 | 13 | |
| 14 | Conor Geekie | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 42.9 | 7:33 | 12 |
| 27 | Ryan McDonagh | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:41 | 26 | |
| 77 | Victor Hedman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20:07 | 27 | |
| 51 | Charle-Edouard D'Astous | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18:37 | 24 | |
| 59 | Jake Guentzel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 | 17:44 | 20 |
| 22 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14:02 | 17 | |
| 29 | Pontus Holmberg | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13:17 | 17 | |
| 81 | Erik Cernak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6:47 | 12 | |
| 46 | Scott Sabourin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4:17 | 10 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Jonas Johansson | L | 42 | 34 | 8 | .810 | 58:54 |
Buffalo Sabres
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Tage Thompson | C | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 28.6 | 19:39 | 22 |
| 26 | Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:16 | 30 | |
| 4 | Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20:12 | 25 | |
| 17 | Jason Zucker | L | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 16:42 | 22 |
| 89 | Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18:54 | 24 | |
| 91 | Josh Doan | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18:25 | 24 | |
| 71 | Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 62.5 | 21:03 | 26 |
| 86 | Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 16:34 | 23 |
| 6 | Zach Benson | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:15 | 22 | |
| 10 | Sam Carrick | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 77.8 | 6:03 | 10 |
| 8 | Michael Kesselring | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:03 | 14 | |
| 25 | Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27:08 | 29 | |
| 23 | Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 24:57 | 28 | |
| 9 | Josh Norris | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 17:55 | 23 |
| 22 | Jack Quinn | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15:19 | 21 | |
| 73 | Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:55 | 13 | |
| 19 | Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:46 | 12 | |
| 29 | Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6:03 | 12 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | W | 28 | 22 | 7 | .786 | 59:21 |