Lightning vs. Sabres (Apr 6, 2026)

Forward Matchup

N. Kucherov

TBL RW #86

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

40

Goals

37

121

Points

76

205

Shots on Goal

251

Defenseman Matchup

D. Raddysh

TBL D #43

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

66

Points

67

63

Blocks

76

63

Hits

64

Goalie Matchup

A. Vasilevskiy

TBL G #88

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

35

Wins

20

.911

Save Pct

.909

2.33

Goals Against Avg

2.69

TBL

Team Stats

BUF

3.6

Goals per Game

3.43

2.75

Goals Against per Game

2.95

28.25

Shots per Game

28.12

26.92

Shots Against per Game

29.43

22.5

Power Play Pct

20.9

82.3

Penalty Kill Pct

82.0

.898

Save Pct

.900

TBL

Injuries

BUF

Nikita Kucherov

RW

Day to day (Illness)

C

Noah Ostlund

Day to day (Upper-Body)

Declan Carlile

D

Out (Undisclosed)

RW

Justin Danforth

Out (Lower Body)

Max Crozier

D

Out (Abdomen)

LW

Jordan Greenway

Out (Abdomen)

Dominic James

C

Out (Leg)

C

Jiri Kulich

Out for season (Ear)

Victor Hedman

D

Out (Illness)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	46	21	6	98	64
Sabres	45	21	8	98	41
Canadiens	42	21	10	94	25
Bruins	42	24	8	92	20
Senators	38	25	10	86	20
Red Wings	39	26	8	86	-3
Maple Leafs	31	30	13	75	-30
Panthers	35	35	3	73	-28

TBL

Last 5

BUF

Sun, Mar 29

Sat, Mar 28

Sat, Mar 28

Fri, Mar 27

Thu, Mar 26

Wed, Mar 25

Tue, Mar 24

Sun, Mar 22

Sun, Mar 22

Sat, Mar 21

Game Info

April 6, 2026

ESPN+

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

G

40

N. Kucherov

A

81

N. Kucherov

GWG

7

N. Kucherov

SV%

.911

A. Vasilevskiy

Season

Career vs BUF

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Andrei Vasilevskiy A. Vasilevskiy	51	51	35	12	4	1,315	1,198	.911	117	2.33	2	3018
	Jonas Johansson J. Johansson	24	22	11	9	2	639	566	.886	73	3.21	0	1365

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Andrei Vasilevskiy A. Vasilevskiy	20	20	14	3	3	537	486	.905	51	2.61	2	1174
	Jonas Johansson J. Johansson	6	5	2	1	2	184	165	.897	19	3.33	0	342

Team Leaders

G

37

T. Thompson

A

50

R. Dahlin

GWG

5

J. Zucker

SV%

.910

U. Luukkonen

Season

Career vs TBL

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	67	40	81	121	+45	44	7	29	1	0	7	1	205	19.5	0	2	0.0	34	26	18	107	20:18
Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	73	35	45	80	+14	53	8	21	2	0	5	2	194	18.0	178	374	47.6	35	37	22	67	20:04
Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	68	35	38	73	+36	56	5	7	1	0	6	0	200	17.5	25	62	40.3	42	38	34	71	19:44
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	66	20	46	66	+25	50	10	15	0	0	5	1	190	10.5	0	0	0	63	63	11	67	22:54
Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	65	20	29	49	+34	46	3	1	1	2	3	1	116	17.2	478	979	48.8	47	40	24	45	17:18
Brayden Point B. Point	55	17	29	46	+12	12	6	5	0	0	0	0	111	15.3	263	566	46.5	7	20	11	34	18:11
Gage Goncalves G. Goncalves	65	11	18	29	+24	39	0	2	0	0	2	0	70	15.7	7	22	31.8	76	26	14	53	12:46
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	72	11	18	29	-15	10	9	5	0	0	1	0	119	9.2	7	15	46.7	72	32	13	33	13:45
Charle-Edouard D'Astous C. D'Astous	61	5	22	27	-2	80	0	2	0	0	2	0	65	7.7	0	0	0	87	68	18	51	18:51
Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	73	9	18	27	-1	60	0	0	0	0	2	0	103	8.7	362	795	45.5	95	26	20	65	16:25
J.J. Moser J.J. Moser	71	7	20	27	+44	65	0	1	0	2	0	0	103	6.8	0	0	0	56	87	22	74	21:41
Pontus Holmberg P. Holmberg	66	11	11	22	+3	27	0	0	0	0	2	0	84	13.1	19	52	36.5	64	30	11	44	13:29
Victor Hedman V. Hedman	33	1	16	17	-1	10	0	6	0	0	0	0	50	2.0	0	0	0	19	44	8	40	18:52
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	66	8	8	16	-1	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	86	9.3	89	197	45.2	177	40	4	35	14:48
Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	40	6	9	15	+9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	18.2	0	0	0	17	64	13	43	19:18
Dominic James D. James	43	7	8	15	+4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	12.5	139	276	50.4	58	13	14	41	12:14
Nick Paul N. Paul	42	6	7	13	-13	18	1	2	0	0	1	0	53	11.3	244	449	54.3	57	20	8	24	13:44
Erik Cernak E. Cernak	52	2	8	10	+1	70	0	0	0	1	1	0	41	4.9	0	0	0	99	83	11	41	17:42
Emil Lilleberg E. Lilleberg	41	3	7	10	+14	49	0	0	0	0	1	0	37	8.1	0	0	0	71	37	6	32	16:56
Max Crozier M. Crozier	34	1	9	10	+7	40	0	0	0	1	0	0	44	2.3	0	0	0	38	31	5	18	16:00
Corey Perry C. Perry	13	4	2	6	+2	16	1	1	0	0	2	0	14	28.6	0	1	0.0	8	1	0	7	11:48
Scott Sabourin S. Sabourin	21	1	3	4	0	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	2	0.0	49	10	0	8	7:42
Declan Carlile D. Carlile	38	1	2	3	+5	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	0	0	0	46	29	5	20	14:37
Steven Santini S. Santini	11	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	8	6	0	4	10:28

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	42	22	33	55	+24	26	2	14	0	2	0	135	16.3	0	1	0.0	25	9	21	45	19:10
Victor Hedman V. Hedman	60	9	23	32	+17	50	2	4	2	0	0	122	7.4	0	0	0	47	79	20	49	22:16
Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	31	16	11	27	-4	26	8	3	0	3	1	87	18.4	21	52	40.4	22	5	12	20	18:41
Brayden Point B. Point	31	13	14	27	-3	10	6	4	0	2	0	70	18.6	178	347	51.3	9	21	18	17	19:06
Corey Perry C. Perry	32	16	5	21	+5	39	5	0	0	3	0	86	18.6	4	8	50.0	27	13	12	18	16:14
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	26	10	9	19	+2	5	3	0	0	2	0	79	12.7	0	5	0.0	27	8	10	7	15:05
Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	43	3	16	19	+7	10	1	2	1	0	0	62	4.8	0	0	0	30	59	19	27	22:22
Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	25	7	12	19	+9	12	1	1	1	3	0	45	15.6	94	185	50.8	35	3	13	7	16:36
Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	15	6	13	19	+8	17	1	3	0	0	0	40	15.0	1	5	20.0	18	8	10	12	20:13
Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	23	6	12	18	+11	8	0	1	1	1	0	34	17.6	190	347	54.8	19	13	9	5	17:01
Nick Paul N. Paul	22	3	9	12	+4	4	0	0	0	0	0	42	7.1	101	177	57.1	40	2	12	10	15:26
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	11	2	6	8	+5	13	0	3	0	0	0	16	12.5	0	0	0	10	11	4	10	19:22
J.J. Moser J.J. Moser	11	1	5	6	-2	4	0	0	1	0	0	14	7.1	0	0	0	7	18	3	5	20:48
Erik Cernak E. Cernak	23	1	4	5	+2	23	0	0	0	0	0	38	2.6	0	0	0	52	33	9	7	18:38
Gage Goncalves G. Goncalves	5	1	2	3	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	1	0.0	10	0	2	4	12:10
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	6	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	14	21	66.7	18	1	0	1	13:03
Scott Sabourin S. Sabourin	5	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	18	2	1	2	7:01
Pontus Holmberg P. Holmberg	8	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	10	29	34.5	16	4	2	1	12:26
Emil Lilleberg E. Lilleberg	6	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	9	5	2	3	14:57
Dominic James D. James	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	13	23	56.5	4	0	2	1	13:04
Steven Santini S. Santini	5	0	0	0	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	6	7	0	1	18:17
Charle-Edouard D'Astous C. D'Astous	2	0	0	0	-3	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	17:14
Max Crozier M. Crozier	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	11:30
Declan Carlile D. Carlile	1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15:08

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	74	37	39	76	-6	33	5	18	0	1	4	0	251	14.7	352	789	44.6	76	44	27	64	19:16
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	70	17	50	67	+10	74	6	16	0	0	0	0	180	9.4	0	0	0	64	76	28	106	24:22
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	71	29	30	59	+20	53	7	2	3	2	2	1	176	16.5	29	68	42.6	75	80	34	54	18:56
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	74	12	38	50	+24	12	0	7	5	1	1	0	84	14.3	562	1,190	47.2	16	30	36	86	17:37
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	74	17	30	47	+5	16	3	6	0	0	4	0	162	10.5	3	12	25.0	46	25	12	64	15:34
Josh Doan J. Doan	74	23	24	47	-8	23	9	8	0	0	4	0	159	14.5	4	16	25.0	73	29	43	58	16:00
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	55	22	17	39	-6	21	10	6	0	0	5	0	115	19.1	45	116	38.8	52	17	7	62	15:35
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	71	12	27	39	+32	24	0	0	1	2	3	1	101	11.9	0	0	0	120	141	16	73	23:01
Bowen Byram B. Byram	74	10	27	37	+13	48	1	6	0	1	4	1	102	9.8	0	0	0	48	84	19	78	22:28
Zach Benson Z. Benson	57	10	26	36	+22	24	1	4	0	1	4	0	94	10.6	6	14	42.9	36	18	24	41	15:49
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	74	10	25	35	+8	76	0	1	0	0	3	0	81	12.3	190	429	44.3	173	37	20	50	13:40
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	60	11	16	27	+11	14	2	4	0	0	1	0	60	18.3	86	273	31.5	5	30	17	35	13:58
Owen Power O. Power	73	8	18	26	+6	14	0	0	0	3	0	0	109	7.3	0	0	0	28	84	20	72	21:46
Josh Norris J. Norris	36	10	15	25	+4	10	2	5	0	0	3	0	54	18.5	239	479	49.9	16	19	7	17	15:56
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	73	6	7	13	+1	36	0	0	1	0	0	0	66	9.1	9	22	40.9	253	70	11	33	11:11
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	36	0	7	7	-10	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	0.0	0	0	0	28	75	8	42	18:56
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	12	5	1	6	+4	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	27.8	78	134	58.2	19	6	3	5	11:05
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	33	1	4	5	-9	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	8	30	26.7	49	15	5	17	12:24
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	12	3	2	5	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15.0	68	163	41.7	9	12	1	10	16:22
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	31	1	3	4	-5	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	3.7	51	96	53.1	37	12	6	16	9:31
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	41	2	2	4	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	7.4	168	339	49.6	103	33	11	26	11:15
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	10	0	2	2	+5	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	10	10	5	6	14:52
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	32	0	2	2	-3	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0.0	0	0	0	23	38	6	36	13:26
Tanner Pearson T. Pearson	2	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7:21
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	2	0	0	0	-2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	5	2	0	2	12:47
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	17	31	54.8	3	4	0	3	11:42

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	24	5	18	23	+8	23	1	10	0	0	1	1	49	10.2	0	0	0	30	21	13	25	23:02
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	20	11	11	22	-1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	57	19.3	74	162	45.7	20	8	6	9	16:42
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	26	15	5	20	+11	8	3	3	1	0	2	1	59	25.4	6	16	37.5	21	10	14	13	15:38
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	19	6	5	11	-2	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	44	13.6	15	35	42.9	21	17	20	7	18:39
Bowen Byram B. Byram	12	2	7	9	-3	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	19	10.5	0	0	0	19	14	3	5	20:53
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	13	3	5	8	+5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	23	13.0	1	4	25.0	11	1	4	5	13:56
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	40	1	5	6	+1	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	2.1	0	0	0	124	50	8	21	17:53
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	13	1	5	6	+7	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	19	5.3	6	17	35.3	19	9	6	2	14:36
Josh Norris J. Norris	8	4	2	6	+2	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	13	30.8	58	114	50.9	10	5	3	5	17:50
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	12	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	5.3	90	177	50.8	7	4	7	9	17:49
Zach Benson Z. Benson	9	1	5	6	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	1	1	100.0	6	6	5	2	14:14
Tanner Pearson T. Pearson	18	1	4	5	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	4.3	5	12	41.7	22	7	4	4	14:35
Josh Doan J. Doan	5	4	1	5	-1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	10	40.0	1	2	50.0	9	3	1	2	15:52
Owen Power O. Power	13	0	5	5	-4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	10	11	3	12	22:59
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	12	2	2	4	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	0	0	0	27	23	7	8	23:12
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	14	1	3	4	-11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	45	112	40.2	27	1	1	8	13:29
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	5	1	2	3	-3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	13	8	1	4	15:59
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	6	0	3	3	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	7	2	0	2	12:45
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	11	1	1	2	-7	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	37	69	53.6	24	4	2	2	9:30
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	9	0	2	2	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	2	2	100.0	29	7	4	7	11:38
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	8	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	6	6	0	4	15:30
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	8	0	1	1	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	36	58	62.1	8	8	2	1	15:18
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	5	0	1	1	-1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	7	19	36.8	2	3	1	3	13:27
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	13	38	34.2	2	0	1	1	16:38
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	4	25.0	4	3	0	0	8:19
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	2	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	20	45.0	1	2	1	3	12:45

Lightning TBL

Sabres BUF

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	35	33	20	9	4	974	885	.909	89	2.69	3	1986
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	30	29	18	8	3	818	744	.910	74	2.57	1	1729
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	13	12	7	4	1	367	329	.896	38	3.11	0	732