2 Tampa Bay 2nd Atlantic50-26-4-2

4 Buffalo 1st Atlantic50-23-8-1

FINAL 2 FINAL 4 7:00PM ET · Apr 06, 2026

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Lightning vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
Team	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
TB Tampa Bay	1	1	0	2	Andrei Vasilevskiy
BUF Buffalo	2	1	1	4	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Player Stats


Team	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS
TB Tampa Bay	-110	6.5o	-1.5
BUF Buffalo	-110	6.5u (0.5)	+1.5 (3.5)

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
5:42		A. Tuch Assisted by: B. Byram , R. McLeod
11:45		N. Kucherov (PP) Assisted by: J. Guentzel , D. Raddysh
14:04		J. Norris Assisted by: J. Doan , Z. Benson
Scoring - Period 2
3:56		J. Guentzel Assisted by: D. Raddysh , B. Point
7:38		J. Zucker Assisted by: R. Dahlin , B. Byram
Scoring - Period 3
18:06		J. Quinn (EN) Assisted by: U. Luukkonen , J. Zucker

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
1:56		P. Holmberg (2:00) Undefined
3:33		A. Tuch (2:00) Undefined
7:19		C. D'Astous (2:00) Tripping
10:03		C. Perry (2:00) Roughing
10:03		J. Dunne (2:00) Roughing
10:03		J. Greenway (2:00) Cross Checking
16:37		J. Doan (2:00) Tripping
19:25		Z. Girgensons (2:00) Slashing
Penalties - Period 2
4:06		J. Quinn (2:00) High Sticking
10:05		E. Cernak (2:00) Interference
16:32		A. Tuch (2:00) Tripping
Penalties - Period 3
10:40		J. Guentzel (2:00) Roughing
10:40		Z. Benson (2:00) Roughing

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Tampa Bay	8	8	9	25
Buffalo	11	14	5	30

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Tampa Bay	2	25	8.00	20.00	100.00	31	6	12
Buffalo	4	30	13.33	0.00	80.00	28	7	14

Goaltending

Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
A. Vasilevskiy	29	26	3	.897	0	58:05

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
U. Luukkonen	25	23	2	.920	0	60:00

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
10	RW	C. Perry	0	0	0	-2	2	1	16	12:36	9:22	3:14	0:00	0	-	-	-
20	LW	N. Paul	0	0	0	E	0	2	25	18:05	14:15	3:10	0:40	0	13	5	72
21	C	B. Point	0	1	1	-1	0	2	23	20:11	14:38	5:33	0:00	0	3	3	50
22	RW	O. Bjorkstrand	0	0	0	E	0	1	18	14:57	9:17	5:40	0:00	0	-	-	-
27	D	R. McDonagh	0	0	0	-1	0	0	22	16:44	11:34	0:01	5:09	0	-	-	-
28	C	Z. Girgensons	0	0	0	E	2	0	18	11:29	8:26	0:00	3:03	0	3	4	43
29	RW	P. Holmberg	0	0	0	-2	2	0	15	8:21	7:14	1:07	0:00	0	-	-	-
37	C	Y. Gourde	0	0	0	-2	0	0	23	14:53	10:59	0:17	3:37	0	2	7	22
41	RW	M. Chaffee	0	0	0	-1	0	0	10	6:23	6:00	0:23	0:00	0	1	2	33
43	D	D. Raddysh	0	2	2	-2	0	4	21	25:45	17:10	8:10	0:25	0	-	-	-
46	RW	S. Sabourin	0	0	0	E	0	0	9	5:58	5:58	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
51	D	C. D'Astous	0	0	0	-1	2	3	23	18:02	16:45	1:17	0:00	0	-	-	-
59	C	J. Guentzel	1	1	2	-1	2	6	27	24:54	13:05	7:39	4:10	0	9	7	56
78	D	E. Lilleberg	0	0	0	-1	0	0	24	16:58	14:31	0:00	2:27	0	-	-	-
81	D	E. Cernak	0	0	0	E	2	1	20	13:58	10:46	0:04	3:08	0	-	-	-
86	RW	N. Kucherov	1	0	1	-1	0	3	23	23:30	15:16	8:14	0:00	1	-	-	-
90	D	J. Moser	0	0	0	-1	0	2	23	19:54	15:33	0:13	4:08	0	-	-	-
93	C	G. Goncalves	0	0	0	E	0	0	24	19:17	14:03	1:33	3:41	0	-	-	-
88	G	A. Vasilevskiy	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	58:05	41:09	9:19	7:37	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	2	2	2	0	1	27	21:16	16:41	2:04	2:31	-	-	-
5	D	L. Schenn	0	0	0	E	0	0	17	12:54	9:44	0:00	3:10	-	-	-
6	LW	Z. Benson	0	1	1	1	2	3	25	17:44	13:07	1:56	2:41	-	-	-
9	C	J. Norris	1	0	1	1	0	2	21	17:10	12:27	4:43	0:00	6	11	35
12	LW	J. Greenway	0	0	0	E	2	1	19	11:19	7:33	0:00	3:46	-	1	0
17	LW	J. Zucker	1	1	2	2	0	4	17	13:44	8:06	5:38	0:00	-	-	-
19	C	P. Krebs	0	0	0	E	0	1	20	12:37	12:33	0:00	0:04	5	3	62
22	RW	J. Quinn	1	0	1	2	2	4	18	14:24	8:20	6:04	0:00	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	2	0	1	26	22:44	15:50	0:00	6:54	-	-	-
25	D	O. Power	0	0	0	E	0	2	26	19:48	17:59	0:00	1:49	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	1	1	2	0	1	24	23:01	16:10	5:34	1:17	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	E	0	1	19	12:53	8:58	0:00	3:55	-	1	0
44	C	J. Dunne	0	0	0	E	2	1	12	7:58	7:58	0:00	0:00	4	4	50
64	D	L. Stanley	0	0	0	E	0	1	16	12:40	9:42	0:00	2:58	-	-	-
71	C	R. McLeod	0	1	1	3	0	0	23	17:31	9:55	2:57	4:39	8	5	62
72	C	T. Thompson	0	0	0	-1	0	1	21	17:56	12:13	5:43	0:00	3	4	43
89	RW	A. Tuch	1	0	1	E	4	6	28	17:59	12:38	1:51	3:30	2	1	67
91	RW	J. Doan	0	1	1	1	2	0	20	14:40	13:03	1:35	0:02	-	1	0
1	G	U. Luukkonen	0	1	1	-	0	0	-	60:00	43:04	7:37	9:19	-	-	-

Game Info

Location KeyBank Center

Referees Gord Dwyer , Chris Rooney

Linesmen Scott Cherrey, Ryan Gibbons

Attendance 19,070 attendance

TB vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
TB	48-22-6	41-35-0	39-32-5	23-9-5	25-13-1
BUF	46-23-8	40-37-0	36-38-3	22-13-4	24-10-4

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

5-4-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Mar 08, '26	BUF	8 - 7	BUF -102	o6.5	42	28	4-7	1-2
Feb 28, '26	TB	6 - 2	BUF +198	o6.5	38	35	0-3	1-5
Feb 03, '26	TB	4 - 3 (OT)	TB -210	o6.0	35	26	1-2	1-3
Apr 13, '25	TB	7 - 4	TB -250	o6.5	31	25	1-2	1-2
Apr 05, '25	BUF	3 - 2 (SO)	BUF +182	u6.5	38	24	1-3	0-3
Mar 06, '25	TB	6 - 5	TB -250	o6.5	26	33	1-3	1-4
Apr 15, '24	TB	4 - 2	BUF +151	P6.0	33	34	0-2	0-2
Feb 29, '24	TB	3 - 2 (OT)	BUF +132	u6.5	23	23	1-3	2-3
Jan 20, '24	BUF	3 - 1	TB -109	u6.5	27	16	0-2	0-3
Oct 17, '23	BUF	3 - 2 (OT)	BUF -117	u7.0	31	25	0-3	0-4

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

7-1-2-0

Over / Under

6-3-1

$111

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Apr 04, '26	BOS	W 3 - 1	W -178	u6.0	23	22	0-1	0-4
Apr 02, '26	PIT	W 6 - 3	W -166	o6.5	33	24	0-3	1-4
Mar 31, '26	MON	L 1 - 4	L -176	u6.5	37	21	0-4	1-3
Mar 29, '26	NAS	W 3 - 2	W -176	u6.5	28	31	0-4	0-4
Mar 28, '26	OTT	W 4 - 2	W -134	p6.0	27	28	0-4	0-2
Mar 26, '26	SEA	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L -300	o6.0	33	20	1-1	0-1
Mar 24, '26	MIN	W 6 - 3	W -160	o6.5	25	24	3-4	2-4
Mar 22, '26	@ CAL	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L -176	o6.5	35	29	0-1	0-0
Mar 21, '26	@ EDM	W 5 - 2	W -140	o6.5	28	27	1-3	0-3
Mar 19, '26	@ VAN	W 6 - 2	W -334	o6.5	31	21	0-1	0-2

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 07, '26	@ OTT	W 4-2	W -134	p6.0
Apr 09, '26	@ MON	L 1-4	L -176	u6.5
Apr 11, '26	@ BOS	W 3-1	W -178	u6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-3-2-0

Over / Under

5-5-0

-$125

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Apr 04, '26	@ WAS	L 2 - 6	L -113	o6.5	39	28	0-5	0-2
Apr 02, '26	@ OTT	L 1 - 4	L +100	u6.5	22	22	0-2	0-2
Mar 31, '26	NYI	W 4 - 3	W -170	o6.0	33	28	2-4	1-3
Mar 28, '26	SEA	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W -192	u6.5	36	34	1-3	0-4
Mar 27, '26	DET	L 2 - 5	L -137	o6.5	30	19	0-3	2-6
Mar 25, '26	BOS	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L -205	o6.5	25	31	2-3	0-2
Mar 22, '26	@ ANA	L 5 - 6 (OT)	L -125	o6.5	29	33	0-3	3-4
Mar 21, '26	@ LA	W 4 - 1	W -130	u6.5	33	27	1-1	1-3
Mar 19, '26	@ SJ	W 5 - 0	W -142	u6.5	16	23	0-2	0-2
Mar 17, '26	@ VEG	W 2 - 0	W +116	u6.5	25	29	0-2	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 08, '26	@ NYR	W 5-2	W -126	o6.0
Apr 09, '26	CLB	L 1-5	L -110	p6.0
Apr 13, '26	@ CHI	W 9-3	W -188	o6.5

TB vs BUF Preview

Tampa Bay at

Buffalo

Last Meeting ( Mar 8, 2026 ) Tampa Bay 7, Buffalo 8

The Buffalo Sabres host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night with something the Sabres have not had since 2011: A playoff spot.

Despite losing 6-2 to the host Washington Capitals on Saturday for their second loss in a row, the Sabres (46-23-8, 100 points) clinched a position in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

When the New York Rangers defeated the Detroit Red Wings in regulation 4-1 on Saturday afternoon, it ended the Sabres' NHL record 14-season postseason drought.

"Obviously unbelievable. I'm happy for the city, I'm happy for all the guys that have been grinding here for years, like the equipment managers, trainers, my teammates," captain and defenseman Rasmus Dahlin said. "... Wow, it's going to be special, that's for sure."

Buffalo finished last overall four times and had seven coaches during its time outside of the playoffs.

"The guys have worked so hard to get to this point," said coach Lindy Ruff, who is in his second stint behind the team's bench. "Every month has been pretty darn consistent, and we played a good brand of hockey. We've gotten rewarded for how hard we've played."

Dahlin got his 18th goal and had an assist in the loss on Saturday as Beck Malenstyn also scored.

"It's really hard to really focus on that (making the playoffs) right now with a loss, but really proud of the group," Alex Tuch said. "It's been a long time coming. It's my fifth year here, and pretty happy this afternoon."

The Lightning (48-22-6, 102 points) have won four of their last five after a 3-1 win over the visiting Boston Bruins on Saturday.

Tampa Bay, first in the Atlantic Division, had also clinched a playoff spot earlier in the day, securing its ninth straight postseason appearance.

"For me to be sitting up here right now after game seven of this year when we had won just one, (the playoffs) seemed distant," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "But that's when the ‘process over outcomes' came in and we didn't get the outcomes we wanted early on. This group is a special group. It's a great group in the sense of role definition. Everyone knows what they're doing. Everyone knows what they need to do for us to succeed."

Tampa Bay rallied with three goals in the third period for the win on Saturday.

One of the goals was the 21st of the season for defenseman Darren Raddysh, which broke the franchise record for goals in a season by a defenseman. He had been tied with Dan Boyle (2007-08) along with teammate and captain Victor Hedman (2021-22) at 20.

"I'm fortunate to play with a lot of good players and be put in this position," Raddysh said. "I'm thankful for that."

His marker was the game winner, breaking a tie with 5:31 left. Nikita Kucherov added an empty-net goal for his 42nd of the season and 399th of his career.

Defenseman Charle-Edouard D'Astous tied it early in the third period. He has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his last seven games.

Brandon Hagel missed his second game with an undisclosed injury.

--Field Level Media

TB vs BUFInjury report

Tampa Bay's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

Tampa Bay Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	10	Corey Perry
C	14	Conor Geekie
C	17	Dominic James
LW	20	Nick Paul
C	21	Brayden Point
RW	22	Oliver Bjorkstrand
C	28	Zemgus Girgensons
RW	29	Pontus Holmberg
C	37	Yanni Gourde
LW	38	Brandon Hagel
RW	46	Scott Sabourin
C	59	Jake Guentzel
C	71	Anthony Cirelli
RW	86	Nikita Kucherov
C	93	Gage Goncalves

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	24	Max Crozier
D	27	Ryan McDonagh
G	31	Jonas Johansson
D	43	Darren Raddysh
D	51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
D	67	Declan Carlile
D	78	Emil Lilleberg
D	81	Erik Cernak
G	88	Andrei Vasilevskiy
D	90	J.J. Moser

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
N. Ostlund	C	Out - Lower Body( May 02, '26)	May 02, '26
The Sabres said on Sunday (May. 3) that Ostlund isn't expected to be available to play in the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, according to Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News.
J. Kulich	C	Out For Season - Ear( Mar 05, '26)	Mar 05, '26
The Sabres said that Kulich is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
J. Danforth	RW	Out For Season - Kneecap( Jan 25, '26)	Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	44	Josh Dunne
C	45	Riley Fiddler-Schultz
C	48	Tyson Kozak
LW	70	Tanner Pearson
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch
RW	91	Josh Doan
C	92	Anton Wahlberg
C	94	Konsta Helenius

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	5	Luke Schenn
D	8	Michael Kesselring
D	21	Conor Timmins
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	27	Devon Levi
D	33	Ryan Johnson
G	34	Alex Lyon
D	57	Radim Mrtka
D	64	Logan Stanley
D	73	Zach Metsa
D	76	Vsevolod Komarov
G	92	Colten Ellis

GoaltendersLast 5

Tampa Bay
Buffalo

W/L

4-1-0-0

GAA

2.00

Save %

.920

Tampa Bay Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
A.Vasilevskiy	Apr 4, 2026	TB 3 - BOS 1	W	1	22	.955	-	W -178	u6.0
A.Vasilevskiy	Apr 2, 2026	TB 6 - PIT 3	W	3	24	.875	-	W -166	o6.5
A.Vasilevskiy	Mar 31, 2026	TB 1 - MON 4	L	2	21	.905	-	L -176	u6.5
J.Johansson	Mar 29, 2026	TB 3 - NAS 2	W	2	31	.935	-	W -176	u6.5
A.Vasilevskiy	Mar 28, 2026	TB 4 - OTT 2	W	2	28	.929	-	W -134	p6.0

W/L

2-3-0-0

GAA

2.83

Save %

.800

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
A.Lyon	Apr 4, 2026	WAS 6 - BUF 2	L	3	5	.400	-	L -113	o6.5
C.Ellis	Apr 4, 2026	WAS 6 - BUF 2	-	3	23	.870	-	L -113	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Apr 2, 2026	OTT 4 - BUF 1	L	2	22	.909	-	L +100	u6.5
U.Luukkonen	Mar 31, 2026	BUF 4 - NYI 3	W	3	28	.893	-	W -170	o6.0
U.Luukkonen	Mar 28, 2026	BUF 3 - SEA 2 (SO)	W	2	34	.941	-	W -192	u6.5
A.Lyon	Mar 27, 2026	BUF 2 - DET 5	L	4	19	.789	-	L -137	o6.5

TB vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

TBTampa Bay Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.64	Total	3.00
1.01	1st Period	0.95
1.25	2nd Period	0.87
1.26	3rd Period	1.08
0.07	OT	0.10

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
28.36	Total	29.31
7.82	1st Period	7.48
8.30	2nd Period	8.25
7.53	3rd Period	8.18
0.37	OT	0.31

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.13	Total	0.90
0.13	1st Period	0.87
0.15	2nd Period	0.89
0.17	3rd Period	0.87
0.18	OT	0.67

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
50 - 230	G/Att vs. GA/Att	38 - 212
21.74	PP % vs. PK %	82.08

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Tampa Bay Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Jonas Johansson	639	566	0.886	11-9-2
Andrei Vasilevskiy	1402	1277	0.911	38-13-4

Lightning vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

Game Info

TB vs BUFRecords

TB vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

TB vs BUF Preview

TB vs BUFInjury report

Tampa Bay's Injuries

Tampa Bay Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

TB vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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