Tampa Bay 1st Atlantic47-22-4-2

Buffalo 2nd Atlantic46-22-8-0

7:00PM ET 7:00PM ET · Apr 06, 2026

Lightning vs Sabres Game Overview

TB vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
TB	29-13-3	24-21-0	23-22-0	17-4-3	12-9-0
BUF	26-16-4	25-21-0	22-23-1	10-10-2	16-6-2

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

7-2-1

$106

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
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
Mar 17, '26	@ SEA	W 6 - 2	W -196	o6.0	26	18	1-3	0-3

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 6-5 (SO)	W -215	o6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

6-2-2-0

Over / Under

4-6-0

$15

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
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
Mar 14, '26	TOR	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W -240	u6.5	33	18	1-4	0-2

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

Check back shortly for a full preview.

TB vs BUFInjury report

Tampa Bay's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
S. Sabourin	RW	Day To Day - Undisclosed( Apr 02, '26)	Apr 02, '26
Sabourin did not play on Thursday's (Apr. 2) game versus the Penguins due to an undisclosed injury.
B. Hagel	LW	Day To Day - Undisclosed( Apr 02, '26)	Apr 02, '26
Hagel did not play on Thursday's (Apr. 2) game versus the Penguins due to an undisclosed injury.
V. Hedman	D	Out - Personal( Apr 01, '26)	Apr 01, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning placed D Victor Hedman on long-term injured reserve.
D. Carlile	D	Out - Undisclosed( Mar 13, '26)	Mar 13, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning placed D Declan Carlile on injured reserve on Saturday (Mar. 14).
D. James	C	Out - Leg( Mar 04, '26)	Mar 04, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning said on Thursday (Mar. 5) that James will be sidelined for 8-10 weeks after undergoing surgery, per Benjamin Pierce of the team's official site.
M. Crozier	D	Out - Abdomen( Feb 20, '26)	Feb 20, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning placed D Max Crozier on injured reserve on Saturday (Feb. 21).

Tampa Bay Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	10	Corey Perry
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	16	Steven Santini
D	27	Ryan McDonagh
G	31	Jonas Johansson
D	43	Darren Raddysh
D	51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
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	Day To Day - Upper-Body( Apr 02, '26)	Apr 02, '26
Ostlund did not play on Thursday's (Apr. 2) game against the Senators.
S. Carrick	C	Out - Arm( Apr 01, '26)	Apr 01, '26
The Sabres said on Thursday (Apr. 2) that Carrick is week to week with an arm injury, per Mike Harrington 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 - Lower Body( 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	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

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	34	Alex Lyon
D	64	Logan Stanley
D	73	Zach Metsa
G	92	Colten Ellis

W/L

3-1-1-0

GAA

2.60

Save %

.889

Tampa Bay Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
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
A.Vasilevskiy	Mar 26, 2026	TB 3 - SEA 4 (OT)	-	4	20	.800	-	L -300	o6.0

W/L

2-2-1-0

GAA

3.00

Save %

.881

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
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
U.Luukkonen	Mar 25, 2026	BUF 3 - BOS 4 (OT)	-	4	31	.871	-	L -205	o6.5

TB vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

TBTampa Bay Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.56	Total	3.11
1.20	1st Period	1.04
1.00	2nd Period	0.83
1.22	3rd Period	1.15
0.09	OT	0.09

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
27.33	Total	29.46
8.93	1st Period	9.09
8.40	2nd Period	9.78
7.98	3rd Period	9.63
0.31	OT	0.41

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.13	Total	0.89
0.13	1st Period	0.89
0.12	2nd Period	0.92
0.15	3rd Period	0.88
0.29	OT	0.79

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
29 - 144	G/Att vs. GA/Att	21 - 126
20.14	PP % vs. PK %	83.33

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Tampa Bay Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Jonas Johansson	454	407	0.896	10-6-1
Andrei Vasilevskiy	751	686	0.913	20-7-2

Lightning vs Sabres Game Overview

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

Betting Terminology

Pages Related to This Topic