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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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7–8

Final

SOG 28–42

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 8-7 on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 42-28.

Josh Doan scored twice, Jason Zucker scored twice, Alex Tuch scored twice and Nikita Kucherov scored twice. Corey Perry, Zemgus Girgensons, J.J. Moser, Brayden Point, Sam Carrick, Brandon Hagel and Rasmus Dahlin also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 22 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jonas Johansson stopped 34 of 42.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL043728
Buffalo SabresBUF134842

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJosh DoanBUF · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJason ZuckerBUF · 2G 1A
  3. ★3rd starTage ThompsonBUF · 0G 4A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:14

0–3 · 2nd 5:10 · Tuch. Moser was 2:14 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 8:26 · PP · Doan

Hagel 0:55

0–2 BUF

2nd 2:15 · PP · Zucker

Stuck out there: Moser 1:38

0–3 BUF

2nd 5:10 · PP · Tuch

Stuck out there: Moser 2:14

1–3 TBL

2nd 7:55 · Perry

Power 0:56

1–4 BUF

2nd 11:07 · SH · Tuch

Point 0:32

2–4 TBL

2nd 12:26 · PP · Kucherov

Stuck out there: Tuch 1:30

3–4 TBL

2nd 14:46 · Girgensons

Stuck out there: Samuelsson 1:51

4–4 TBL

2nd 17:37 · Moser

Long shift: Samuelsson 1:27

5–4 TBL

3rd 0:59 · Kucherov

Samuelsson 0:59

6–4 TBL

3rd 5:46 · Point

Doan 0:58

6–5 BUF

3rd 6:12 · Carrick

Perry 0:31

7–5 TBL

3rd 9:48 · Hagel

Stuck out there: Power 1:30

7–6 BUF

3rd 11:03 · Dahlin

Long shift: Gourde 1:15

7–7 BUF

3rd 14:29 · Zucker

Geekie 0:56

7–8 BUF

3rd 15:43 · PP · Doan

Long shift: Moser 1:14

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

TBLBUF
28Shots on goal42
50%Faceoff %50%
1/2Power play4/7
57Penalty minutes45
40Hits27
6Blocked shots15
11Giveaways17
2Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 04:36Darren Raddysh · slashing2 min
  • 1st 04:36Brandon Hagel · boarding2 min
  • 1st 04:36Darren Raddysh · fighting5 min
  • 1st 04:36Rasmus Dahlin · fighting5 min
  • 1st 08:20Erik Cernak · interference2 min
  • 1st 08:54Sam Carrick · fighting5 min
  • 1st 08:54Scott Sabourin · fighting5 min
  • 1st 09:13Charle-Edouard D'Astous · roughing2 min
  • 1st 09:13Bowen Byram · roughing2 min
  • 1st 09:13Brandon Hagel · fighting5 min
  • 1st 09:13Peyton Krebs · fighting5 min
  • 1st 09:13Bowen Byram · misconduct10 min
  • 1st 09:13Charle-Edouard D'Astous · misconduct10 min
  • 1st 10:40Mattias Samuelsson · slashing2 min
  • 1st 10:40Nikita Kucherov · slashing2 min
  • 1st 14:59Erik Cernak · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 1st 14:59Michael Kesselring · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 1st 16:41Noah Ostlund · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 2nd 00:02Michael Kesselring · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 00:02Erik Cernak · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 00:06Corey Perry · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 00:06Beck Malenstyn · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 01:31Ryan McDonagh · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 03:35Brandon Hagel · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 03:35Brandon Hagel · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 10:56Owen Power · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 15:03Zemgus Girgensons · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 20:00Anthony Cirelli · charging2 min

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