Lightning vs. Sabres (Mar 8, 2026)

Odds

TBL

BUF

ML

o6.5

-110

u6.5

-110

+1.5

-275

-1.5

+220

Forward Matchup

N. Kucherov

TBL RW #86

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

32

Goals

34

100

Points

66

167

Shots on Goal

221

Defenseman Matchup

D. Raddysh

TBL D #43

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

55

Points

54

55

Blocks

70

58

Hits

56

Goalie Matchup

A. Vasilevskiy

TBL G #88

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

29

Wins

17

.914

Save Pct

.914

2.28

Goals Against Avg

2.64

TBL

Team Stats

BUF

3.48

Goals per Game

3.4

2.66

Goals Against per Game

2.95

28.44

Shots per Game

27.87

26.77

Shots Against per Game

30.05

21.9

Power Play Pct

19.6

83.4

Penalty Kill Pct

83.1

.901

Save Pct

.902

TBL

Injuries

BUF

Gage Goncalves

C

Day to day (Lower-Body)

RW

Justin Danforth

Day to day (Lower Body)

Max Crozier

D

Out (Abdomen)

C

Tyson Kozak

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Dominic James

C

Out (Leg)

D

Conor Timmins

Out (Leg)

Nick Paul

LW

Out (Undisclosed)

LW

Jordan Greenway

Out (Abdomen)

C

Jiri Kulich

Out for season (Ear)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	39	18	4	82	52
Sabres	38	19	6	82	31
Canadiens	34	18	10	78	13
Red Wings	35	21	7	77	-4
Bruins	35	22	5	75	13
Senators	31	22	9	71	14
Panthers	31	29	3	65	-19
Maple Leafs	27	26	11	65	-24

TBL

Last 5

BUF

Sat, Mar 7

Sat, Mar 7

Thu, Mar 5

Thu, Mar 5

Tue, Mar 3

Tue, Mar 3

Sat, Feb 28

Sat, Feb 28

Thu, Feb 26

Fri, Feb 27

Game Info

March 8, 2026

ESPN+

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

G

32

N. Kucherov

A

68

N. Kucherov

GWG

6

B. Hagel

SV%

.914

A. Vasilevskiy

Season

Career vs BUF

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Andrei Vasilevskiy A. Vasilevskiy	42	42	29	10	3	1,087	993	.914	94	2.28	2	2478
	Jonas Johansson J. Johansson	21	19	10	8	1	537	478	.890	59	2.98	0	1186

	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	5	4	2	0	2	142	131	.923	11	2.33	0	283

Team Leaders

G

34

T. Thompson

A

42

R. Dahlin

GWG

4

T. Thompson

SV%

.914

A. Lyon

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	57	32	68	100	+32	38	6	24	0	0	5	1	167	19.2	0	2	0.0	24	25	15	95	20:28
Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	61	27	40	67	+13	47	6	19	2	0	5	2	166	16.3	135	290	46.6	25	34	20	57	20:24
Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	56	29	28	57	+25	41	3	6	1	0	6	0	168	17.3	23	57	40.4	41	32	25	59	19:45
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	55	17	38	55	+16	39	9	13	0	0	5	1	149	11.4	0	0	0	58	55	10	60	22:36
Brayden Point B. Point	43	15	24	39	+7	12	5	4	0	0	0	0	93	16.1	223	481	46.4	6	14	8	24	18:15
Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	53	15	22	37	+26	35	3	1	0	2	3	1	97	15.5	378	777	48.6	37	35	22	35	17:20
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	61	11	18	29	-10	10	9	5	0	0	1	0	107	10.3	7	15	46.7	56	29	11	29	14:07
Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	61	7	15	22	0	51	0	0	0	0	1	0	87	8.0	303	682	44.4	87	25	17	57	16:34
Gage Goncalves G. Goncalves	54	7	13	20	+21	35	0	1	0	0	1	0	50	14.0	6	20	30.0	58	19	12	43	12:11
J.J. Moser J.J. Moser	59	5	15	20	+38	49	0	1	0	1	0	0	89	5.6	0	0	0	44	77	18	59	21:43
Charle-Edouard D'Astous C. D'Astous	49	3	16	19	-5	66	0	2	0	0	2	0	53	5.7	0	0	0	62	55	15	42	18:51
Pontus Holmberg P. Holmberg	54	9	9	18	+4	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	71	12.7	19	48	39.6	47	29	10	33	13:43
Victor Hedman V. Hedman	27	1	14	15	-1	10	0	6	0	0	0	0	41	2.4	0	0	0	15	36	7	30	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
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	54	7	7	14	-1	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	71	9.9	57	143	39.9	149	30	4	28	15:08
Nick Paul N. Paul	34	6	6	12	-10	18	1	1	0	0	1	0	48	12.5	202	371	54.4	42	16	7	20	14:11
Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	28	5	7	12	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	19.2	0	0	0	10	42	11	30	19:00
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
Erik Cernak E. Cernak	42	1	6	7	+2	43	0	0	0	1	0	0	36	2.8	0	0	0	81	74	7	36	18:13
Emil Lilleberg E. Lilleberg	35	2	4	6	+10	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	7.1	0	0	0	60	33	6	25	16:56
Scott Sabourin S. Sabourin	16	1	3	4	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	2	0.0	33	10	0	5	7:56
Declan Carlile D. Carlile	36	1	2	3	+5	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	0	0	0	39	27	5	19	14:28
Corey Perry C. Perry	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:58
Conor Geekie C. Geekie	9	0	1	1	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	13	34	38.2	24	6	1	6	10:09

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	41	20	32	52	+23	24	1	14	0	2	0	130	15.4	0	1	0.0	20	9	21	44	19:10
Victor Hedman V. Hedman	59	9	23	32	+15	50	2	4	2	0	0	119	7.6	0	0	0	46	79	20	49	22:18
Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	30	16	11	27	-3	26	8	3	0	3	1	86	18.6	19	45	42.2	22	5	12	19	18:43
Brayden Point B. Point	30	12	14	26	-3	10	6	4	0	2	0	69	17.4	175	338	51.8	8	20	18	17	19:09
Corey Perry C. Perry	31	15	5	20	+3	34	5	0	0	3	0	85	17.6	4	8	50.0	27	13	12	17	16:28
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	25	10	9	19	+2	5	3	0	0	2	0	77	13.0	0	5	0.0	25	8	10	6	15:08
Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	42	3	16	19	+7	8	1	2	1	0	0	62	4.8	0	0	0	30	59	18	27	22:24
Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	24	7	11	18	+8	12	1	1	1	3	0	43	16.3	88	175	50.3	33	3	13	4	16:31
Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	22	6	11	17	+10	6	0	1	1	1	0	33	18.2	178	325	54.8	15	13	9	3	16:56
Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	14	5	12	17	+7	6	1	3	0	0	0	38	13.2	1	5	20.0	18	7	10	12	20:28
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
Erik Cernak E. Cernak	22	1	4	5	+2	14	0	0	0	0	0	38	2.6	0	0	0	52	30	9	7	19:11
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	10	2	3	5	+3	6	0	2	0	0	0	12	16.7	0	0	0	9	10	4	9	18:59
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
J.J. Moser J.J. Moser	10	0	3	3	-4	4	0	0	1	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	5	18	3	5	20:15
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	8	12	66.7	14	1	0	1	12:30
Scott Sabourin S. Sabourin	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	14	2	1	1	7:43
Pontus Holmberg P. Holmberg	7	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	10	29	34.5	12	4	2	1	12:18
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
Conor Geekie C. Geekie	1	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	1	2	50.0	4	2	0	0	12:40
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
Charle-Edouard D'Astous C. D'Astous	1	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	15:50
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	63	34	32	66	-4	27	5	12	0	1	4	0	221	15.4	321	701	45.8	59	38	23	57	19:08
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	62	25	29	54	+19	49	6	2	2	2	2	1	150	16.7	29	68	42.6	66	70	30	50	18:51
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	59	12	42	54	+3	57	4	14	0	0	0	0	154	7.8	0	0	0	56	70	25	93	24:31
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	63	12	32	44	+23	12	0	6	5	1	1	0	77	15.6	474	1,020	46.5	14	26	31	69	17:44
Josh Doan J. Doan	63	19	23	42	-5	23	7	8	0	0	2	0	135	14.1	4	15	26.7	61	26	39	51	16:09
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	63	12	27	39	+5	14	2	4	0	0	4	0	134	9.0	3	12	25.0	31	21	11	59	15:37
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	61	12	23	35	+33	20	0	0	1	2	3	1	90	13.3	0	0	0	104	122	13	60	23:08
Bowen Byram B. Byram	63	10	22	32	+11	30	1	5	0	0	4	1	80	12.5	0	0	0	34	76	14	73	22:33
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	44	17	14	31	-7	17	7	5	0	0	4	0	92	18.5	41	106	38.7	40	13	5	52	15:43
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	63	9	20	29	+7	71	0	1	0	0	3	0	66	13.6	175	395	44.3	149	32	19	46	13:43
Zach Benson Z. Benson	46	7	20	27	+17	22	1	4	0	1	4	0	77	9.1	5	11	45.5	27	16	16	33	16:04
Josh Norris J. Norris	25	9	14	23	+3	6	2	5	0	0	3	0	37	24.3	168	344	48.8	6	12	5	14	16:00
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	51	10	13	23	+9	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	50	20.0	74	243	30.5	4	26	14	28	13:43
Owen Power O. Power	62	6	15	21	+5	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	99	6.1	0	0	0	28	71	18	64	21:42
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	62	5	4	9	-6	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	54	9.3	8	18	44.4	217	64	10	29	11:11
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	33	0	6	6	-11	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0.0	0	0	0	25	70	8	40	19:14
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
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	32	2	2	4	+16	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	11.1	0	0	0	4	21	3	22	9:48
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	39	2	2	4	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	7.7	165	336	49.1	98	33	11	23	11:21
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	30	0	1	1	-3	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0.0	0	0	0	22	38	6	34	13:37
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	4	8	50.0	2	1	0	0	8:55
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	23	4	16	20	+6	18	1	8	0	0	1	1	48	8.3	0	0	0	30	20	11	23	22:53
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	19	11	7	18	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	54	20.4	72	155	46.5	16	7	6	9	16:33
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	25	13	4	17	+10	8	2	2	1	0	2	1	53	24.5	5	12	41.7	21	9	14	11	15:36
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	18	4	5	9	-2	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	40	10.0	15	35	42.9	18	15	19	6	18:38
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	12	3	5	8	+5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	20	15.0	1	4	25.0	7	1	4	4	13:49
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	7	4	2	6	+3	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	12	33.3	52	99	52.5	9	4	3	5	17:49
Bowen Byram B. Byram	11	2	4	6	-3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	0	0	0	18	14	2	5	20:57
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
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	11	1	4	5	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	5.9	75	153	49.0	6	3	7	7	17:32
Owen Power O. Power	12	0	5	5	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	10	8	3	11	22:39
Zach Benson Z. Benson	8	1	4	5	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	1	1	100.0	4	6	5	2	14:14
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	11	2	2	4	+3	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14.3	0	0	0	25	20	7	7	23:02
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	13	1	3	4	-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	45	111	40.5	27	1	1	7	13:51
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
Josh Doan J. Doan	4	2	1	3	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3	1	2	50.0	7	3	1	2	15:14
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	8	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	2	2	100.0	26	7	4	6	12:20
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
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	5	0	2	2	-1	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	7	2	0	1	14:06
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	2	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	12:10
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	10	0	1	1	-5	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	30	60	50.0	21	4	1	2	9:51
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
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
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	15	40.0	1	3	1	3	12:41

Lightning TBL

Sabres BUF

Odds

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	30	28	17	8	3	861	787	.914	74	2.64	2	1682
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	24	23	14	7	2	647	589	.910	58	2.55	0	1366
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	13	12	7	4	1	367	329	.896	38	3.11	0	732

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	6	6	2	3	1	136	116	.853	20	3.74	321
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	5	4	3	0	0	94	86	.915	8	2.33	206
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	0	0	1	35	31	.886	4	3.73	64