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Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Buffalo Sabres: game summary

Final · April 5, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning logoTampa Bay Lightning2
Buffalo Sabres logoBuffalo Sabres3

Shots on goal : TBL 24 — BUF 38 · KeyBank Center

Three stars

Tampa Bay Lightning logo TBL

Game stats

BUF Buffalo Sabres logo
24Shots on goal38
58 %Faceoff win %42 %
0/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits16
14Blocked shots18
18Giveaways13
4Takeaways7

Shots by period

P1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL21354024
BUF912134038

Season series TBL 2 – 1 BUF

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Tampa Bay Lightning logoTBL 2 / 24 / 392 / 38 / 51 BUFBuffalo Sabres logo →
Missed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 00:43 · slapMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 06:49 · slapMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P1 07:50 · wristMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P1 08:15 · slapMissed shot — Victor Hedman (TBL), P1 10:04 · slapMissed shot — Luke Glendening (TBL), P1 14:16 · batMissed shot — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P1 16:23 · wristMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 01:25 · wristMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 01:50 · wristMissed shot — Brayden Point (TBL), P2 02:23 · wristMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 07:15 · backhandMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 14:03 · tip-inMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 14:34 · wristMissed shot — Victor Hedman (TBL), P2 19:45 · slapMissed shot — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P3 01:48 · wristMissed shot — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P3 02:36 · snapMissed shot — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P3 04:21 · tip-inMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 04:37 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 05:06 · wristMissed shot — Jacob Bernard-Docker (BUF), P3 06:54 · wristMissed shot — Erik Cernak (TBL), P3 09:12 · wristMissed shot — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P3 11:23 · slapMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 16:28 · wristMissed shot — Erik Cernak (TBL), P3 17:03 · snapMissed shot — JJ Peterka (BUF), P3 19:03 · wristMissed shot — Yanni Gourde (TBL), OT 03:42 · wristMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), OT 04:39 · snapMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), OT 04:59 · tip-inShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 01:27 · slapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 01:53 · wristShot on goal — Connor Clifton (BUF), P1 04:19 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 04:42 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 04:55 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 08:26 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 11:08 · backhandShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 12:37 · backhandShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 12:47 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 14:10 · slapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 17:39 · wristShot on goal — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P2 00:10 · wristShot on goal — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P2 00:17 · slapShot on goal — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P2 00:44 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 00:49 · wristShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P2 04:19 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 04:40 · deflectedShot on goal — Jacob Bernard-Docker (BUF), P2 05:04 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 06:28 · wrap-aroundShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 07:17 · snapShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P2 08:26 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 09:45 · snapShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P2 10:14 · wristShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P2 10:42 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 10:55 · wristShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 11:46 · wristShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P2 12:42 · wristShot on goal — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P2 14:17 · tip-inShot on goal — Brayden Point (TBL), P2 14:52 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 15:34 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 17:00 · wristShot on goal — Victor Hedman (TBL), P2 17:51 · wristShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P2 18:42 · snapShot on goal — Connor Clifton (BUF), P3 00:03 · wristShot on goal — Victor Hedman (TBL), P3 00:25 · slapShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P3 02:06 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 03:43 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 05:04 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P3 06:16 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 07:03 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 08:23 · slapShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P3 08:33 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 09:30 · wristShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P3 09:36 · backhandShot on goal — Nick Paul (TBL), P3 14:33 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 15:53 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 15:57 · wristShot on goal — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P3 16:58 · wristShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 17:55 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 18:56 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), OT 01:10 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), OT 01:29 · wristShot on goal — Victor Hedman (TBL), OT 01:57 · snapShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), OT 02:26 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), OT 02:32 · backhandShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), OT 02:44 · wristShot on goal — Nick Paul (TBL), OT 03:11 · tip-inShot on goal — Victor Hedman (TBL), OT 04:27 · snapGoal — Brayden Point (TBL), P2 01:35 · wristGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 04:47 · wristGoal — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P2 13:01 · wristGoal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 05:07 · 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

2nd period

3rd period

Shootout

Penalties

1st period

  • 00:28TBLBrandon Hagel — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Bowen Byram
  • 09:35BUFOwen Power — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)

2nd period

  • 08:58TBLVictor Hedman — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Jason Zucker
  • 16:36BUFNoah Ostlund — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Brandon Hagel
  • 19:59BUFBench — Too many men on the ice (2 min) · served by J. Quinn

3rd period

  • 04:34TBLGage Goncalves — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by JJ Peterka

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
L. GlendeningC0000209:15
N. PaulL0002117:29
B. PointC1002022:24
O. BjorkstrandR0113313:50
Z. GirgensonsC0000309:52
Y. GourdeC0110217:22
B. HagelL0002021:53
J. GuentzelC0004124:31
A. CirelliC0000019:27
N. KucherovR0103023:25
G. GoncalvesC1014111:42
R. McDonaghD0000024:50
D. RaddyshD0000111:41
N. PerbixD0010106:36
V. HedmanD0004125:28
E. LillebergD0000110:20
E. CernakD0000221:00
J. MoserD0010019:23
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Johansson(O)36/3894.7 %64:59
A. Vasilevskiy0/0—00:00

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0113016:06
J. ZuckerL1002115:47
P. KrebsC0001415:49
J.KulichC0012118:04
J. QuinnR00-23013:22
B. MalenstynL0002111:01
N. OstlundC0000008:37
R. McLeodC00-20018:17
T. ThompsonC1014122:50
J. PeterkaR00-26019:35
S. LaffertyC0000009:01
A. TuchR0104019:54
B. ByramD0001120:18
M. SamuelssonD00-12422:27
J. Bernard-DockerD0001014:10
O. PowerD0003120:12
R. DahlinD0102023:16
C. CliftonD00-12220:14
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen0/0—00:00
J. Reimer(W)22/2491.7 %65:00

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About this game

Who won Lightning vs Sabres?

Sabres won 3-2 in a shootout over Lightning on Saturday, April 5, 2025.

When was Lightning vs Sabres played?

On Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 7:00 PM ET at KeyBank Center.

Where was Lightning vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center, in Buffalo.

Have the Lightning and Sabres played this season?

Yes: March 6 (Sabres 5, Lightning 6).