Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Sunday, April 13, 2025 · Amalie Arena
SNE · FDSNSUN · MSG-B
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 31-25.
Jake Guentzel scored twice and Nikita Kucherov scored twice. Jiri Kulich, Connor Clifton, Ryan McDonagh, Conor Geekie, Emil Lilleberg, Alex Tuch and Sam Lafferty also scored.
Jonas Johansson made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 24 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jake Guentzel (39)Brandon Hagel (53), Anthony Cirelli (30)0–116:35 TBL
Jiri Kulich (15)Tage Thompson (28)1–119:37 BUF
Connor Clifton (1)Peyton Krebs (18), Jack Quinn (23)2–119:52 BUF
2nd period
Ryan McDonagh (4)Brandon Hagel (54), Anthony Cirelli (31)2–203:02 TBL
Nikita Kucherov (35)Victor Hedman (49), Yanni Gourde (22)2–306:34 TBL
Conor Geekie (7)Gage Goncalves (11), Nick Paul (19)2–414:21 TBL
Emil Lilleberg (1)Mitchell Chaffee (6), Gage Goncalves (12)2–516:45 TBL
3rd period
- Nikita Kucherov (36)Unassisted2–602:39 TBL
Alex Tuch (35)Rasmus Dahlin (50), JJ Peterka (40)3–608:39 BUF · PPG- Jake Guentzel (40)Nikita Kucherov (83), Brandon Hagel (55)3–713:12 TBL · PPG
Sam Lafferty (4)Rasmus Dahlin (51)4–718:23 BUF
Team stats
BUFTBL
25Shots on goal31
48%Faceoff %52%
1/2Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits13
9Blocked shots12
17Giveaways14
3Takeaways8
Penalties
- 2nd 18:41
Jacob Bernard-Docker · interference2 min - 3rd 06:58
Emil Lilleberg · tripping2 min - 3rd 08:08Zemgus Girgensons · holding2 min
- 3rd 12:26JJ Peterka · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24:11 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17:48 |
| 20Jiri KulichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:43 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:37 |
| 81Sam LaffertyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:34 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:07 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 17Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:45 |
| 36Noah OstlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:59 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:46 |
| 24Jacob Bernard-DockerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 14:08 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 47James ReimerG | L | 31 | 24 | 7 | .774 | 60:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 38Brandon HagelL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 19:42 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:16 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:59 |
| 93Gage GoncalvesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 14Conor GeekieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 12:40 |
| 20Nick PaulL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:16 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:56 |
| 41Mitchell ChaffeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:38 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:33 |
| 78Emil LillebergD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:18 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:25 |
| 43Darren RaddyshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 48Nick PerbixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 90J.J. MoserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jonas JohanssonG | W | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 60:00 |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |