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Final · March 8, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning7
Buffalo Sabres8

Shots on goal : TBL 28 — BUF 42 · KeyBank Center

Three stars

TBLGame statsBUF

28Shots on goal42
50 %Faceoff win %50 %
1/2Power play4/7
57Penalty minutes45
40Hits27
6Blocked shots15
11Giveaways17
2Takeaways5

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
TBL6101228
BUF10151742

Season seriesTBL 1 – 3 BUF

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← TBL 7 / 29 / 458 / 42 / 53 BUF →
Missed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 00:35 · wristMissed shot — Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL), P1 02:11 · snapMissed shot — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P1 07:48 · snapMissed shot — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P1 07:49 · backhandMissed shot — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P1 09:51 · deflectedMissed shot — Brayden Point (TBL), P1 17:26 · snapMissed shot — Victor Hedman (TBL), P1 18:37 · slapMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 00:24 · slapMissed shot — J.J. Moser (TBL), P2 03:00 · backhandMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P2 06:13 · snapMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 08:10 · wristMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 08:12 · wristMissed shot — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P2 08:44 · backhandMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P2 09:26 · slapMissed shot — Brayden Point (TBL), P2 11:44 · snapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 13:36 · snapMissed shot — Ryan McDonagh (TBL), P2 17:52 · snapMissed shot — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P3 00:10 · snapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 04:03 · wristMissed shot — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 04:34 · snapMissed shot — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P3 06:58 · slapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 08:30 · snapMissed shot — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 12:18 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 12:56 · slapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 15:40 · tip-inMissed shot — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P3 18:21 · snapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 19:20 · backhandShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P1 04:18 · slapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 05:29 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 05:30 · wristShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 05:46 · wristShot on goal — Sam Carrick (BUF), P1 06:48 · deflectedShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P1 07:14 · slapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 08:56 · wristShot on goal — Victor Hedman (TBL), P1 09:50 · snapShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 10:12 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 10:39 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 14:06 · wristShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P1 14:38 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 14:57 · snapShot on goal — Victor Hedman (TBL), P1 15:17 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 17:14 · wristShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 00:57 · wristShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 01:22 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 01:29 · tip-inShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 01:40 · slapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 02:54 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 06:04 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 06:27 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 09:38 · wristShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 10:23 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 10:25 · wristShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 11:58 · slapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 12:16 · snapShot on goal — Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL), P2 12:53 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 13:42 · wristShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P2 14:36 · snapShot on goal — Sam Carrick (BUF), P2 15:20 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 18:57 · wristShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P2 19:10 · backhandShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 01:37 · snapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 03:55 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 03:57 · backhandShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 04:19 · slapShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P3 05:42 · snapShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 07:50 · wristShot on goal — Victor Hedman (TBL), P3 08:56 · snapShot on goal — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P3 09:46 · tip-inShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 10:17 · wristShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 10:36 · wristShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 11:07 · wristShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 11:24 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 11:28 · snapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 11:32 · slapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 11:34 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 12:52 · tip-inShot on goal — Conor Geekie (TBL), P3 14:22 · tip-inShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 14:59 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 15:00 · wristShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 16:25 · snapShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P3 17:54 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 19:13 · snapShot on goal — Brayden Point (TBL), P3 19:35 · snapGoal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 08:26 · wristGoal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 02:15 · snapGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 05:10 · tip-inGoal — Corey Perry (TBL), P2 07:55 · backhandGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 11:07 · backhandGoal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 12:26 · wristGoal — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P2 14:46 · snapGoal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P2 17:37 · wristGoal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 00:59 · snapGoal — Brayden Point (TBL), P3 05:46Goal — Sam Carrick (BUF), P3 06:12 · wristGoal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 09:48 · wristGoal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 11:03 · wristGoal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 14:29 · backhandGoal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 15:43 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 04:36TBLDarren Raddysh — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Alex Tuch
  • 04:36TBLBrandon Hagel — Boarding (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
  • 04:36TBLDarren Raddysh — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 04:36BUFRasmus Dahlin — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Darren Raddysh
  • 08:20TBLErik Cernak — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Josh Norris
  • 08:54BUFSam Carrick — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Scott Sabourin
  • 08:54TBLScott Sabourin — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Sam Carrick
  • 09:13TBLCharle-Edouard D'Astous — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Bowen Byram
  • 09:13BUFBowen Byram — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  • 09:13TBLBrandon Hagel — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Peyton Krebs
  • 09:13BUFPeyton Krebs — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Brandon Hagel
  • 09:13BUFBowen Byram — Misconduct (10 min)
  • 09:13TBLCharle-Edouard D'Astous — Misconduct (10 min)
  • 10:40BUFMattias Samuelsson — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Nikita Kucherov
  • 10:40TBLNikita Kucherov — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Mattias Samuelsson
  • 14:59TBLErik Cernak — Unsportsmanlike conduct (2 min) · drawn by Michael Kesselring
  • 14:59BUFMichael Kesselring — Unsportsmanlike conduct (2 min) · drawn by Erik Cernak
  • 16:41BUFNoah Ostlund — Unsportsmanlike conduct (2 min) · drawn by Jonas Johansson

2nd period

  • 00:02BUFMichael Kesselring — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Erik Cernak
  • 00:02TBLErik Cernak — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Michael Kesselring
  • 00:06TBLCorey Perry — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Beck Malenstyn
  • 00:06BUFBeck Malenstyn — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Corey Perry
  • 01:31TBLRyan McDonagh — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Alex Tuch
  • 03:35TBLBrandon Hagel — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 03:35TBLBrandon Hagel — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 10:56BUFOwen Power — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Oliver Bjorkstrand

3rd period

  • 15:03TBLZemgus Girgensons — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Noah Ostlund
  • 20:00TBLAnthony Cirelli — Charging (2 min) · drawn by Alex Tuch

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
C. PerryR1021008:54
C. GeekieC0101607:33
B. PointC1001117:13
O. BjorkstrandR0002214:02
Z. GirgensonsC1001415:48
P. HolmbergR0000413:17
Y. GourdeC0112218:39
B. HagelL1112016:42
S. SabourinR0000404:17
J. GuentzelC00-11017:44
A. CirelliC0111418:55
N. KucherovR2115519:15
R. McDonaghD0000020:41
D. RaddyshD0324123:13
C. D'AstousD00-11418:37
V. HedmanD0023120:07
E. CernakD0000006:47
J. MoserD1223226:17
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Johansson(L)34/4281.0 %58:54
A. Vasilevskiy0/0—00:00

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0111214:15
J. NorrisC00-11117:55
S. CarrickC10-23306:03
J. ZuckerL2116016:42
P. KrebsC00-31008:46
J. QuinnR0003415:19
B. MalenstynL00-10306:03
R. McLeodC0122121:03
T. ThompsonC04-13419:39
N. OstlundC01-12116:34
A. TuchR2004318:54
J. DoanR20-24218:25
B. ByramD0307120:12
M. KesselringD0111006:03
M. SamuelssonD00-33224:57
O. PowerD00-40027:08
R. DahlinD1221026:16
Z. MetsaD0000008:55
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(W)22/2878.6 %59:21
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

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