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Final · April 6, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning2
Buffalo Sabres4

Shots on goal : TBL 25 — BUF 30 · KeyBank Center

Three stars

TBLGame statsBUF

25Shots on goal30
53 %Faceoff win %47 %
1/5Power play0/4
12Penalty minutes14
28Hits22
10Blocked shots10
18Giveaways13
5Takeaways4

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
TBL88925
BUF1114530

Season seriesTBL 1 – 3 BUF

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← TBL 2 / 25 / 414 / 30 / 43 BUF →
Missed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 00:49 · slapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 06:11 · wristMissed shot — Luke Schenn (BUF), P1 10:01 · slapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 16:53 · wristMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 19:33 · snapMissed shot — Josh Dunne (BUF), P2 02:23 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 05:40 · wristMissed shot — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P2 08:19 · deflectedMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 13:24 · snapMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 14:41 · slapMissed shot — Ryan McDonagh (TBL), P2 16:22 · snapMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 16:27 · snapMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 16:55 · snapMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 19:56 · tip-inMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 19:57 · wristMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 00:45 · slapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 01:10 · wristMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 01:24 · wristMissed shot — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P3 01:33 · tip-inMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 01:45 · wristMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 01:51 · snapMissed shot — Erik Cernak (TBL), P3 03:00 · snapMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P3 10:36 · tip-inMissed shot — Brayden Point (TBL), P3 10:40 · wristMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 14:07 · snapMissed shot — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P3 15:45 · snapMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P3 19:08 · snapMissed shot — Ryan McDonagh (TBL), P3 19:41 · slapMissed shot — Nick Paul (TBL), P3 19:47 · backhandShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 00:46 · tip-inShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 02:36 · wristShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 04:22 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 04:39 · wristShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P1 04:56 · slapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 07:44 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 08:42 · tip-inShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P1 12:50 · snapShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P1 15:04 · wristShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P1 15:05 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 16:00 · backhandShot on goal — Brayden Point (TBL), P1 16:09 · backhandShot on goal — Nick Paul (TBL), P1 16:35 · snapShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P1 16:41 · snapShot on goal — Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL), P1 18:42 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 19:41 · tip-inShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 00:16 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 00:36 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 01:36 · snapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 02:46 · snapShot on goal — Erik Cernak (TBL), P2 02:51 · snapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 03:17 · snapShot on goal — Logan Stanley (BUF), P2 03:20 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 05:45 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 05:46 · wristShot on goal — Brayden Point (TBL), P2 06:13 · tip-inShot on goal — Nick Paul (TBL), P2 06:44 · backhandShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 06:52 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 09:27 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 11:29 · wristShot on goal — Josh Dunne (BUF), P2 13:18 · backhandShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 14:28 · tip-inShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 15:04 · wristShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P2 15:38 · slapShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P2 15:44 · slapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 18:03 · wristShot on goal — Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL), P3 03:14 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 04:23 · slapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 05:06 · wristShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P3 09:18 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 10:19 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 10:59 · tip-inShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 11:21 · slapShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 11:44 · slapShot on goal — Corey Perry (TBL), P3 13:29 · slapShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 14:14 · slapShot on goal — Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL), P3 16:30 · snapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P3 17:56 · wristShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P3 18:17 · snapGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 05:42 · snapGoal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 11:45 · snapGoal — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 14:04 · wristGoal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 03:56 · wristGoal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 07:38 · tip-inGoal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 18:06 · 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

  • 01:56TBLPontus Holmberg — Holding the stick (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
  • 03:33BUFAlex Tuch — Holding the stick (2 min) · drawn by J.J. Moser
  • 07:19TBLCharle-Edouard D'Astous — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Beck Malenstyn
  • 10:03BUFJordan Greenway — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Darren Raddysh
  • 10:03BUFJosh Dunne — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Corey Perry
  • 10:03TBLCorey Perry — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Josh Dunne
  • 16:37BUFJosh Doan — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Jake Guentzel
  • 19:25TBLZemgus Girgensons — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Josh Doan

2nd period

  • 04:06BUFJack Quinn — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Zemgus Girgensons
  • 10:05TBLErik Cernak — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 16:32BUFAlex Tuch — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Nikita Kucherov

3rd period

  • 10:40BUFZach Benson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Jake Guentzel
  • 10:40TBLJake Guentzel — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Zach Benson

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
C. PerryR00-21012:36
N. PaulL0002318:05
B. PointC01-12120:11
O. BjorkstrandR0001514:57
Z. GirgensonsC0000211:29
P. HolmbergR00-20108:21
Y. GourdeC00-20014:53
M. ChaffeeR00-10206:23
S. SabourinR0000505:58
J. GuentzelC11-16124:54
N. KucherovR10-13023:30
G. GoncalvesC0000319:17
R. McDonaghD00-10016:44
D. RaddyshD02-24025:45
C. D'AstousD00-13218:02
E. LillebergD00-10216:58
E. CernakD0001113:58
J. MoserD00-12019:54
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Johansson0/0—00:00
A. Vasilevskiy(L)26/2989.7 %58:05

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0113117:44
J. NorrisC1012217:10
J. GreenwayL0001011:19
J. ZuckerL1124013:44
P. KrebsC0001212:37
J. QuinnR1024014:24
B. MalenstynL0001512:53
J. DunneC0001007:58
R. McLeodC0130017:31
T. ThompsonC00-11317:56
A. TuchR1006217:59
J. DoanR0110214:40
B. ByramD0221021:16
L. SchennD0000212:54
M. SamuelssonD0021222:44
O. PowerD0002019:48
R. DahlinD0121123:01
L. StanleyD0001012:40
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(W)23/2592.0 %60:00
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

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