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Buffalo Sabres vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: game summary

Final · March 6, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres logoBuffalo Sabres5
Tampa Bay Lightning logoTampa Bay Lightning6

Shots on goal : BUF 33 — TBL 26 · Amalie Arena

Three stars

Buffalo Sabres logo BUF

Game stats

TBL Tampa Bay Lightning logo
33Shots on goal26
45 %Faceoff win %55 %
1/4Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes10
23Hits19
10Blocked shots12
14Giveaways13
6Takeaways1

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF1281333
TBL713626

Season series BUF 1 – 2 TBL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Buffalo Sabres logoBUF 5 / 33 / 446 / 26 / 38 TBLTampa Bay Lightning logo →
Missed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 02:09 · wristMissed shot — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P1 02:33 · tip-inMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 04:49 · backhandMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 06:54 · wristMissed shot — Brayden Point (TBL), P1 15:30 · backhandMissed shot — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P1 16:48 · wristMissed shot — Connor Clifton (BUF), P1 18:13 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 18:46 · wristMissed shot — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P2 01:40 · backhandMissed shot — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P2 02:28 · wristMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 08:21 · wristMissed shot — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P2 11:20 · slapMissed shot — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P2 11:27 · slapMissed shot — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P2 13:52 · wristMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 17:00 · wristMissed shot — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P2 19:32 · wristMissed shot — Sam Lafferty (BUF), P3 03:44 · wristMissed shot — Brayden Point (TBL), P3 06:58 · wristMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 07:25 · wristMissed shot — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P3 12:11 · tip-inMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 18:04 · wristMissed shot — Erik Cernak (TBL), P3 18:07 · wristMissed shot — JJ Peterka (BUF), P3 19:14 · slapShot on goal — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P1 01:25 · tip-inShot on goal — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P1 02:07 · slapShot on goal — Brayden Point (TBL), P1 02:28 · wristShot on goal — Sam Lafferty (BUF), P1 02:57 · tip-inShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P1 03:39 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 04:03 · wristShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P1 07:14 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 07:55 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 07:59 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 11:01 · backhandShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 13:26 · slapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 13:33 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 14:13 · wristShot on goal — Connor Clifton (BUF), P1 18:40 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P2 00:41 · snapShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P2 05:58 · snapShot on goal — Nick Paul (TBL), P2 08:10 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 08:13 · backhandShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 09:56 · slapShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P2 10:59 · tip-inShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P2 11:01 · wristShot on goal — Erik Cernak (TBL), P2 11:09 · wristShot on goal — Erik Cernak (TBL), P2 12:20 · wristShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P2 13:11 · wristShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 13:49 · slapShot on goal — Mitchell Chaffee (TBL), P2 16:35 · wristShot on goal — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P2 18:08 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 18:47 · wristShot on goal — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P2 19:29 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 19:46 · wristShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 00:47 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 01:09 · wristShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P3 01:37 · tip-inShot on goal — Sam Lafferty (BUF), P3 03:38 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 04:15 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 06:47 · backhandShot on goal — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P3 07:02 · slapShot on goal — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P3 07:34 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P3 08:57 · wristShot on goal — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P3 09:43 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 12:30 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 13:28 · backhandShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 14:00 · wristShot on goal — Luke Glendening (TBL), P3 14:55 · wristShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P3 15:33 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 15:52 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 18:25 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 19:25 · slapGoal — Nick Paul (TBL), P1 05:01 · backhandGoal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 05:17 · wristGoal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P1 05:53 · wristGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 08:20 · snapGoal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P1 17:09 · wristGoal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 00:58 · snapGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 09:35 · wristGoal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P2 12:40 · wristGoal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 17:43 · backhandGoal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 18:46 · slapGoal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P3 01:40 · 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

  • 08:23BUFTage Thompson — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Brandon Hagel

2nd period

  • 01:57TBLErik Cernak — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 09:15TBLGage Goncalves — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
  • 18:10BUFRasmus Dahlin — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Anthony Cirelli
  • 18:10TBLAnthony Cirelli — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 18:10BUFRasmus Dahlin — Roughing removing opponents helmet (2 min) · drawn by Anthony Cirelli

3rd period

  • 10:25BUFJJ Peterka — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Nikita Kucherov
  • 18:06TBLBrandon Hagel — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
  • 19:43TBLRyan McDonagh — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Ryan McLeod

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0222110:57
J. GreenwayL0011112:16
P. KrebsC10-12213:47
J.KulichC00-13118:55
J. QuinnR0000002:25
D. CozensC0011116:54
B. MalenstynL00-30109:43
R. McLeodC0200021:38
T. ThompsonC1005219:19
J. PeterkaR11-12021:35
S. LaffertyC00-22412:32
A. TuchR1014321:00
B. ByramD00-21120:18
M. SamuelssonD0020325:12
O. PowerD00-34017:54
R. DahlinD1125123:35
C. CliftonD00-11215:36
J. BrysonD0000013:55
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(L)20/2676.9 %57:53
J. Reimer0/0—00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
L. GlendeningC0011110:49
N. PaulL1122015:42
B. PointC0101016:45
O. BjorkstrandR10-12313:53
Z. GirgensonsC0110211:02
Y. GourdeC01-12416:47
B. HagelL0211021:42
M. ChaffeeR0011108:42
J. GuentzelC3003018:27
A. CirelliC0012117:46
N. KucherovR0201017:18
G. GoncalvesC00-20211:07
R. McDonaghD0100025:41
D. RaddyshD1123124:47
V. HedmanD0000002:57
E. LillebergD0012017:01
E. CernakD0112322:10
J. MoserD00-23122:53
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Johansson0/0—00:00
A. Vasilevskiy(W)28/3384.8 %60:00

Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com) · View the game on NHL.com ↗

About this game

Who won Sabres vs Lightning?

Lightning won 6-5 over Sabres on Thursday, March 6, 2025.

When was Sabres vs Lightning played?

On Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 7:00 PM ET at Amalie Arena.

Where was Sabres vs Lightning played?

At Amalie Arena, in Tampa.

Have the Sabres and Lightning played this season?

No, this is their first meeting of the season.