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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Monday, April 6, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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2–4

Final

SOG 25–30

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Monday, April 6, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 30-25.

Goals came from Alex Tuch, Nikita Kucherov, Josh Norris, Jake Guentzel, Jason Zucker and Jack Quinn.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL110225
Buffalo SabresBUF211430

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex TuchBUF · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starUkko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF · .920 SV%
  3. ★3rd starJason ZuckerBUF · 1G 1A

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+
1:56

0–1 · 1st 5:42 · Tuch. Raddysh was 1:56 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 5:42 · Tuch

Stuck out there: Raddysh 1:56

1–1 TBL

1st 11:45 · PP · Kucherov

Tuch 0:43

1–2 BUF

1st 14:04 · Norris

Stuck out there: Raddysh 1:40

2–2 TBL

2nd 3:56 · Guentzel

Long shift: Schenn 1:08

2–3 BUF

2nd 7:38 · Zucker

Long shift: Perry 1:06

2–4 BUF

3rd 18:06 · EN · Quinn

Raddysh 0:41

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
25Shots on goal30
53%Faceoff %47%
1/5Power play0/4
12Penalty minutes14
28Hits22
10Blocked shots10
18Giveaways13
5Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 01:56Pontus Holmberg · holding the stick2 min
  • 1st 03:33Alex Tuch · holding the stick2 min
  • 1st 07:19Charle-Edouard D'Astous · tripping2 min
  • 1st 10:03Jordan Greenway · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 10:03Josh Dunne · roughing2 min
  • 1st 10:03Corey Perry · roughing2 min
  • 1st 16:37Josh Doan · tripping2 min
  • 1st 19:25Zemgus Girgensons · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 04:06Jack Quinn · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 10:05Erik Cernak · interference2 min
  • 2nd 16:32Alex Tuch · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 10:40Zach Benson · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 10:40Jake Guentzel · roughing2 min

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