Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-03-08

NHL · Mar 8, 2026

Tampa Bay Lightning39-19-4

7–8

Final

Buffalo Sabres39-19-6

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The Sabres slipped past the Lightning 8–7 at KeyBank Center. J. Doan took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Lightning	0	4	3	7	28
Sabres	1	3	4	8	42

★ Three Stars

1J. DoanBUF · 2G 0A

2J. ZuckerBUF · 2G 1A

3T. ThompsonBUF · 0G 4A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

08:26

Josh Doan (Tage Thompson, Bowen Byram)PP

0-1

2nd Period

02:15

Jason Zucker (Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson)PP

0-2

05:10

Alex Tuch (Tage Thompson, Noah Ostlund)PP

0-3

07:55

Corey Perry (Nikita Kucherov, Darren Raddysh)

1-3

11:07

Alex Tuch (Bowen Byram)SH

1-4

12:26

Nikita Kucherov (Darren Raddysh)PP

2-4

14:46

Zemgus Girgensons (Yanni Gourde, J.J. Moser)

3-4

17:37

J.J. Moser (Conor Geekie)

4-4

3rd Period

00:59

Nikita Kucherov (Brandon Hagel, J.J. Moser)

5-4

05:46

Brayden Point

6-4

06:12

Sam Carrick (Zach Benson, Michael Kesselring)

6-5

09:48

Brandon Hagel (Anthony Cirelli, Darren Raddysh)

7-5

11:03

Rasmus Dahlin (Tage Thompson, Bowen Byram)

7-6

14:29

Jason Zucker (Ryan McLeod)

7-7

15:43

Josh Doan (Jason Zucker, Rasmus Dahlin)PP

7-8

Boxscore

Lightning7

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nikita KucherovR	2	1	3	+1	2	5	5	0	19:15
J.J. MoserD	1	2	3	+2	0	3	2	0	26:17
Darren RaddyshD	0	3	3	+2	7	4	1	1	23:13
Brandon HagelL	1	1	2	+1	11	2	0	1	16:42
Zemgus GirgensonsC	1	0	1	0	2	1	4	0	15:48
Brayden PointC	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	17:13
Corey PerryR	1	0	1	+2	5	1	0	0	8:54
Anthony CirelliC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	4	0	18:55
Conor GeekieC	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	0	7:33
Yanni GourdeC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	18:39
Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	17:44
Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	13:17
Scott SabourinR	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	4:17
Erik CernakD	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	3	6:47
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	-1	12	1	4	0	18:37
Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	0	20:07
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20:41
Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	14:02

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jonas JohanssonStart	42	34	8	.810	58:54
Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres8

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Tage ThompsonC	0	4	4	-1	0	3	4	1	19:39
Jason ZuckerL	2	1	3	+1	0	6	0	1	16:42
Rasmus DahlinD	1	2	3	+2	5	1	0	1	26:16
Bowen ByramD	0	3	3	0	12	7	1	0	20:12
Josh DoanR	2	0	2	-2	0	4	2	0	18:25
Alex TuchR	2	0	2	0	0	4	3	2	18:54
Sam CarrickC	1	0	1	-2	5	3	3	0	6:03
Zach BensonL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	14:15
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1	21:03
Noah OstlundC	0	1	1	-1	2	2	1	0	16:34
Michael KesselringD	0	1	1	+1	7	1	0	0	6:03
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-3	5	1	0	0	8:46
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	-1	5	0	3	0	6:03
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	17:55
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	15:19
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8:55
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	3	27:08
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-3	2	3	2	3	24:57

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenStart	28	22	7	.786	59:21
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00