Lightning vs. Sabres (Mar 8, 2026)

Forward Matchup

N. Kucherov

TBL RW #86

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

31

Goals

32

95

Points

63

164

Shots on Goal

214

Defenseman Matchup

D. Raddysh

TBL D #43

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

54

Points

51

54

Blocks

69

52

Hits

52

Goalie Matchup

A. Vasilevskiy

TBL G #88

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

28

Wins

15

.916

Save Pct

.913

2.22

Goals Against Avg

2.69

TBL

Team Stats

BUF

3.53

Goals per Game

3.38

2.6

Goals Against per Game

3.02

28.45

Shots per Game

27.97

26.76

Shots Against per Game

30.18

21.9

Power Play Pct

20.0

83.1

Penalty Kill Pct

82.8

.903

Save Pct

.900

TBL

Injuries

BUF

Anthony Cirelli

C

Day to day (Undisclosed)

RW

Justin Danforth

Day to day (Lower Body)

Max Crozier

D

Out (Abdomen)

C

Jiri Kulich

Out (Ear)

Nick Paul

LW

Out (Undisclosed)

D

Conor Timmins

Out (Leg)

LW

Jordan Greenway

Out (Abdomen)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	38	16	4	80	56
Sabres	35	19	6	76	25
Canadiens	33	17	9	75	15
Red Wings	34	20	6	74	-3
Bruins	33	21	5	71	13
Senators	29	22	8	66	9
Panthers	30	26	3	63	-14
Maple Leafs	27	24	9	63	-15

TBL

Last 5

BUF

Sat, Feb 28

Sat, Feb 28

Thu, Feb 26

Fri, Feb 27

Wed, Feb 25

Wed, Feb 25

Thu, Feb 5

Thu, Feb 5

Tue, Feb 3

Tue, Feb 3

Game Info

March 8, 2026

ESPN+

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

G

31

N. Kucherov

A

64

N. Kucherov

GWG

6

B. Hagel

SV%

.916

A. Vasilevskiy

Season

Career vs BUF

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Andrei Vasilevskiy A. Vasilevskiy	39	39	28	8	3	1,008	923	.916	85	2.22	2	2301
	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	19	19	14	2	3	523	477	.912	46	2.40	2	1152
	Jonas Johansson J. Johansson	4	4	2	0	2	121	111	.917	10	2.45	0	245

Team Leaders

G

32

T. Thompson

A

39

R. Dahlin

GWG

4

J. Quinn

SV%

.913

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs TBL

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	40	20	32	52	+24	24	1	14	0	2	0	126	15.9	0	1	0.0	20	9	21	43	19:09
Victor Hedman V. Hedman	58	8	22	30	+14	48	2	4	2	0	0	117	6.8	0	0	0	45	78	20	49	22:24
Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	29	16	11	27	-2	12	8	3	0	3	1	83	19.3	18	43	41.9	22	5	12	16	18:55
Brayden Point B. Point	29	12	14	26	-3	8	6	4	0	2	0	69	17.4	166	322	51.6	8	19	17	17	19:12
Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	41	3	16	19	+10	8	1	2	1	0	0	62	4.8	0	0	0	30	59	18	27	22:33
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	24	10	8	18	+3	5	3	0	0	2	0	73	13.7	0	5	0.0	23	8	9	6	15:05
Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	23	7	11	18	+9	12	1	1	1	3	0	42	16.7	83	159	52.2	28	3	13	3	16:32
Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	21	6	11	17	+12	4	0	1	1	1	0	32	18.8	168	310	54.2	13	13	9	2	17:04
Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	13	5	12	17	+8	6	1	3	0	0	0	30	16.7	1	4	25.0	18	6	10	8	20:25
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	21	1	4	5	+3	14	0	0	0	0	0	38	2.6	0	0	0	51	29	8	7	19:24
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	9	2	2	4	+2	4	0	2	0	0	0	9	22.2	0	0	0	8	10	3	9	18:43
Gage Goncalves G. Goncalves	4	1	2	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	1	0.0	7	0	2	4	13:08
J.J. Moser J.J. Moser	9	0	3	3	-3	4	0	0	1	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	4	17	3	4	20:44
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	4	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	8	11	72.7	11	1	0	1	11:52
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	6	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	10	28	35.7	11	4	2	1	12:03
Emil Lilleberg E. Lilleberg	5	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	6	5	1	3	14:36
Curtis Douglas C. Douglas	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5:45
Dominic James D. James	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	5	11	45.5	2	0	2	1	13:02
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	60	32	31	63	-6	27	5	12	0	0	3	0	214	15.0	307	673	45.6	55	36	22	55	19:07
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	59	24	27	51	+15	47	6	2	1	2	2	1	146	16.4	28	64	43.8	62	67	29	48	18:49
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	56	12	39	51	-3	53	4	14	0	0	0	0	148	8.1	0	0	0	52	69	24	92	24:33
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	60	11	31	42	+20	8	0	6	4	1	1	0	74	14.9	454	975	46.6	14	25	27	67	17:46
Josh Doan J. Doan	60	18	22	40	-6	23	7	7	0	0	1	0	128	14.1	4	15	26.7	58	25	38	49	16:06
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	60	12	26	38	+4	12	2	4	0	0	4	0	125	9.6	3	12	25.0	29	20	11	56	15:42
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	58	11	23	34	+28	18	0	0	1	2	3	1	84	13.1	0	0	0	102	117	12	57	23:06
Bowen Byram B. Byram	60	10	21	31	+12	30	1	4	0	0	4	1	77	13.0	0	0	0	32	75	13	70	22:32
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	41	15	14	29	-7	17	7	5	0	0	4	0	84	17.9	39	103	37.9	40	11	4	46	15:50
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	60	9	20	29	+5	67	0	1	0	0	3	0	65	13.8	166	380	43.7	139	31	18	43	13:39
Zach Benson Z. Benson	43	7	20	27	+17	22	1	4	0	1	4	0	75	9.3	5	10	50.0	23	15	15	30	16:26
Josh Norris J. Norris	22	8	12	20	+2	6	1	5	0	0	2	0	33	24.2	143	294	48.6	6	11	3	12	15:55
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	48	10	10	20	+6	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	48	20.8	72	239	30.1	4	26	14	27	13:37
Owen Power O. Power	59	4	14	18	+4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	94	4.3	0	0	0	27	65	17	62	21:41
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	59	5	4	9	-6	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	53	9.4	5	14	35.7	206	59	9	28	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
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	35	2	3	5	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	0	0	0	9	20	2	11	10:02
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	29	2	2	4	+15	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	12.5	0	0	0	3	19	3	20	9:40
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	30	1	3	4	-5	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3.8	48	93	51.6	35	12	6	16	9:33
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	38	2	2	4	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	7.7	162	331	48.9	97	32	11	23	11:25
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	27	0	1	1	-4	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0.0	0	0	0	20	35	6	31	13:51
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
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	24	13	4	17	+8	8	2	2	1	0	2	1	52	25.0	4	11	36.4	21	8	14	10	15:45
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	18	10	7	17	+1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	48	20.8	66	147	44.9	16	7	5	8	16:35
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	22	3	14	17	+4	16	1	7	0	0	1	1	46	6.5	0	0	0	30	20	11	20	22:49
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	17	3	5	8	-1	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	35	8.6	15	34	44.1	17	15	19	6	18:39
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	11	3	4	7	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	16.7	1	4	25.0	6	1	4	4	13:46
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
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	10	1	4	5	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	6.7	65	132	49.2	6	2	7	7	17:15
Bowen Byram B. Byram	10	2	3	5	-5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	25.0	0	0	0	18	12	2	5	20:46
Josh Norris J. Norris	6	2	2	4	+1	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	20.0	45	83	54.2	9	4	3	4	18:17
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	10	2	2	4	+4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	0	0	0	24	18	6	6	22:56
Owen Power O. Power	11	0	4	4	-2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0	0	10	8	3	9	22:53
Zach Benson Z. Benson	7	1	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	0	0	0	2	6	5	2	14:19
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	12	1	2	3	-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	44	108	40.7	22	1	1	7	14:05
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	2	2	100.0	22	5	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	4	0	2	2	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	7	2	0	1	15:27
Josh Doan J. Doan	3	2	0	2	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	50.0	1	2	50.0	6	2	1	1	14:55
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
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	10	0	0	0	-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	10	11	1	2	16:29
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	1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	57.1	1	1	1	1	12:25
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	3	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	15	40.0	0	1	1	2	11:59
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11:12

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	28	26	15	8	3	807	737	.913	70	2.69	2	1562
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	23	22	13	7	2	619	562	.908	57	2.62	0	1307
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	5	5	1	3	1	98	80	.816	18	4.13	261
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