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Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

NHLApril 6, 2026KeyBank Center

LightningTampa BayTB48-23-6

Lightning 2, Sabres 4

Final
SabresBuffaloBUFWon47-23-8
Score by period
Team123T
TB1102
BUF2114

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  3. 0:46Josh Norris Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  4. 0:49Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  5. 1:15Josh Doan hit J.J. Moser
  6. 1:24Icing
  7. 1:24Nick Paul faceoff won against Josh Norris
  8. 1:35Oliver Bjorkstrand shot blocked by Josh Norris
  9. 1:37Puck in Netting
  10. 1:37Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  11. 1:46Peyton Krebs hit Erik Cernak
  12. 1:56Pontus Holmberg Holding the stick against Tage Thompson
  13. 1:56Josh Norris faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  14. 1:59Jason Zucker shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
  15. 2:36Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  16. 2:39Puck in Netting
  17. 2:39Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Josh Norris
  18. 3:33Alex Tuch Holding the stick against J.J. Moser
  19. 3:33Nick Paul faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  20. 4:22Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  21. 4:39Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  22. 4:42Goalie Stopped
  23. 4:42Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  24. 4:53Takeaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  25. 4:56Darren Raddysh Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  26. 5:09Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  27. 5:24Mattias Samuelsson hit Jake Guentzel
  28. 5:37Jake Guentzel hit Bowen Byram
  29. 5:42Alex Tuch Goal (30) Snap Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (29), Ryan McLeod (39)
  30. 5:42Tage Thompson faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  31. 6:11Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Right
  32. 6:14Tage Thompson hit Pontus Holmberg
  33. 6:50Beck Malenstyn hit Emil Lilleberg
  34. 6:56Beck Malenstyn hit Emil Lilleberg
  35. 7:05Nick Paul hit Owen Power
  36. 7:19Charle-Edouard D'Astous Tripping against Beck Malenstyn
  37. 7:19TV Timeout
  38. 7:19Josh Norris faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  39. 7:29Giveaway by Yanni Gourde
  40. 7:44Jason Zucker Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  41. 8:01Takeaway by Erik Cernak
  42. 8:02Giveaway by Erik Cernak
  43. 8:25Emil Lilleberg hit Ryan McLeod
  44. 8:42Alex Tuch Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  45. 9:14Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  46. 9:33Giveaway by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  47. 9:55Jordan Greenway shot blocked by Corey Perry
  48. 10:01Luke Schenn Slap Shot Wide Right
  49. 10:03Goalie Stopped
  50. 10:03Jordan Greenway Cross-checking against Darren Raddysh
  51. 10:03Josh Dunne Roughing against Corey Perry
  52. 10:03Corey Perry Roughing against Josh Dunne
  53. 10:03TV Timeout
  54. 10:03Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  55. 10:11Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  56. 11:02Puck in Crowd
  57. 11:02Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Brayden Point
  58. 11:26Puck in Crowd
  59. 11:26Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Paul
  60. 11:45Nikita Kucherov Goal (43) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (49), Darren Raddysh (47)
  61. 11:45Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Josh Norris
  62. 11:55Zach Benson hit Pontus Holmberg
  63. 12:42Alex Tuch hit J.J. Moser
  64. 12:50Peyton Krebs Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  65. 12:52Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Yanni Gourde
  66. 13:01Icing
  67. 13:01Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
  68. 13:12Gage Goncalves hit Rasmus Dahlin
  69. 13:20Gage Goncalves hit Ryan McLeod
  70. 13:40Icing
  71. 13:40Brayden Point faceoff won against Josh Norris
  72. 14:04Josh Norris Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Doan (25), Zach Benson (27)
  73. 14:04Nick Paul faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  74. 14:38Puck in Crowd
  75. 14:38Josh Dunne faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
  76. 15:04Jordan Greenway Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  77. 15:05Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  78. 15:35Jason Zucker shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
  79. 16:00Jason Zucker Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  80. 16:09Brayden Point Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  81. 16:10Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
  82. 16:10Nick Paul faceoff won against Josh Norris
  83. 16:24Josh Norris shot blocked by Oliver Bjorkstrand
  84. 16:25Puck in Netting
  85. 16:25Nick Paul faceoff won against Josh Doan
  86. 16:35Nick Paul Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  87. 16:37Josh Doan Tripping against Jake Guentzel
  88. 16:37Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  89. 16:41Darren Raddysh Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  90. 16:43Goalie Stopped
  91. 16:43Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  92. 16:53Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Right
  93. 17:10Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  94. 18:04Giveaway by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  95. 18:42Charle-Edouard D'Astous Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  96. 18:52Pontus Holmberg hit Bowen Byram
  97. 19:04Tage Thompson hit Erik Cernak
  98. 19:25Zemgus Girgensons Slashing against Josh Doan
  99. 19:25Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Josh Norris
  100. 19:28Giveaway by Jake Guentzel
  101. 19:31Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
  102. 19:33Jack Quinn Snap Shot Wide Left
  103. 19:41Jason Zucker Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  104. 19:58Tage Thompson shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  105. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Tage Thompson faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  3. 0:16Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  4. 0:23Tage Thompson shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  5. 0:36Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  6. 1:36Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  7. 2:12Puck in Benches
  8. 2:12Nick Paul faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  9. 2:21Beck Malenstyn hit Emil Lilleberg
  10. 2:23Josh Dunne Wrist Shot Wide Left
  11. 2:34Giveaway by Nick Paul
  12. 2:46Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  13. 2:48Goalie Stopped
  14. 2:48Nick Paul faceoff won against Josh Norris
  15. 2:51Erik Cernak Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  16. 3:13Scott Sabourin hit Josh Norris
  17. 3:17Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  18. 3:19Goalie Stopped
  19. 3:19Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
  20. 3:20Logan Stanley Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  21. 3:22Puck in Netting
  22. 3:22Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  23. 3:34Icing
  24. 3:34Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Brayden Point
  25. 3:49Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  26. 3:56Jake Guentzel Goal (37) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Point (30), Darren Raddysh (48)
  27. 3:56Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  28. 4:06Jack Quinn High-sticking against Zemgus Girgensons
  29. 4:06Alex Tuch faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  30. 4:11Rasmus Dahlin hit Brayden Point
  31. 5:38Giveaway by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  32. 5:40Alex Tuch Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  33. 5:45Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  34. 5:46Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  35. 5:48Goalie Stopped
  36. 5:48Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Beck Malenstyn
  37. 6:13Brayden Point Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  38. 6:23Brayden Point hit Mattias Samuelsson
  39. 6:39Scott Sabourin hit Peyton Krebs
  40. 6:40Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  41. 6:44Nick Paul Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  42. 6:52Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  43. 6:56Nick Paul hit Peyton Krebs
  44. 7:29Icing
  45. 7:29Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  46. 7:38Jason Zucker Goal (23) Tip-In, assists: Bowen Byram (30), Rasmus Dahlin (52)
  47. 7:38Nick Paul faceoff won against Josh Norris
  48. 8:00Josh Doan shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
  49. 8:10Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Rasmus Dahlin
  50. 8:19Gage Goncalves Deflected Wide Right
  51. 8:31Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Rasmus Dahlin
  52. 8:37Josh Doan hit Nick Paul
  53. 8:53Puck in Netting
  54. 8:53Josh Dunne faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  55. 9:27Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  56. 9:28Scott Sabourin hit Bowen Byram
  57. 9:42On-Ice Official
  58. 9:42Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  59. 9:53Giveaway by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  60. 10:05Erik Cernak Interference against Rasmus Dahlin
  61. 10:05TV Timeout
  62. 10:05Josh Norris faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
  63. 10:47Giveaway by Josh Norris
  64. 11:04Takeaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  65. 11:29Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  66. 11:38Takeaway by Gage Goncalves
  67. 12:22Giveaway by Brayden Point
  68. 12:39Giveaway by Zemgus Girgensons
  69. 13:18Josh Dunne Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  70. 13:20Goalie Stopped
  71. 13:20Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Nick Paul
  72. 13:24Tage Thompson Snap Shot Wide Right
  73. 13:30Giveaway by Erik Cernak
  74. 13:30Alex Tuch hit Erik Cernak
  75. 13:58Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  76. 14:08Scott Sabourin hit Josh Norris
  77. 14:16Hand Pass
  78. 14:16Nick Paul faceoff won against Josh Norris
  79. 14:28Jake Guentzel Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  80. 14:34Josh Norris hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  81. 14:41Zach Benson Slap Shot Wide Right
  82. 15:04Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  83. 15:27Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
  84. 15:38J.J. Moser Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  85. 15:40Goalie Stopped
  86. 15:40Nick Paul faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  87. 15:44J.J. Moser Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  88. 16:01J.J. Moser shot blocked by Gage Goncalves
  89. 16:22Ryan McDonagh Snap Shot Wide Left
  90. 16:27Darren Raddysh Snap Shot Wide Right
  91. 16:32Alex Tuch Tripping against Nikita Kucherov
  92. 16:32Nick Paul faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
  93. 16:35Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  94. 16:55Darren Raddysh Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  95. 17:04Takeaway by Beck Malenstyn
  96. 17:16Mattias Samuelsson hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  97. 17:43Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Logan Stanley
  98. 18:03Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  99. 18:39Off-side
  100. 18:39Tage Thompson faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  101. 19:10Zemgus Girgensons hit Rasmus Dahlin
  102. 19:12Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  103. 19:29Puck in Crowd
  104. 19:29Brayden Point faceoff won against Josh Norris
  105. 19:37Gage Goncalves hit Zach Benson
  106. 19:48Josh Norris hit J.J. Moser
  107. 19:56Nikita Kucherov Tip-In Wide Left
  108. 19:57Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  109. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  3. 0:10Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  4. 0:30Emil Lilleberg hit Jack Quinn
  5. 0:38Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Pontus Holmberg
  6. 0:45Mattias Samuelsson Slap Shot Wide Right
  7. 1:03Giveaway by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  8. 1:10Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Left
  9. 1:24Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  10. 1:29Goalie Stopped
  11. 1:29Josh Norris faceoff won against Brayden Point
  12. 1:33Gage Goncalves Tip-In Wide Left
  13. 1:45Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Left
  14. 1:51Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  15. 2:29Erik Cernak shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  16. 2:32Puck in Netting
  17. 2:32Nick Paul faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  18. 2:33Erik Cernak shot blocked by Josh Dunne
  19. 2:42Beck Malenstyn hit Ryan McDonagh
  20. 3:00Erik Cernak Snap Shot Wide Right
  21. 3:05Nick Paul shot blocked by Luke Schenn
  22. 3:14Charle-Edouard D'Astous Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  23. 3:16Goalie Stopped
  24. 3:16Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Mitchell Chaffee
  25. 3:48Mitchell Chaffee hit Logan Stanley
  26. 4:16Icing
  27. 4:16Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Josh Norris
  28. 4:21Puck in Benches
  29. 4:21Josh Norris faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  30. 4:23Mattias Samuelsson Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  31. 4:25Goalie Stopped
  32. 4:25Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Nick Paul
  33. 4:28Takeaway by Gage Goncalves
  34. 4:32Giveaway by Nick Paul
  35. 4:45Takeaway by Erik Cernak
  36. 4:56Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Peyton Krebs
  37. 4:58Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  38. 5:00Giveaway by Nick Paul
  39. 5:06Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  40. 6:20Corey Perry shot blocked by Logan Stanley
  41. 6:45Giveaway by Luke Schenn
  42. 6:48Luke Schenn hit Corey Perry
  43. 7:16Giveaway by Yanni Gourde
  44. 7:37Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  45. 7:37Zemgus Girgensons hit Bowen Byram
  46. 8:36Icing
  47. 8:36Mitchell Chaffee faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  48. 8:39Charle-Edouard D'Astous shot blocked by Josh Dunne
  49. 9:02Luke Schenn hit Scott Sabourin
  50. 9:18Oliver Bjorkstrand Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  51. 9:22Goalie Stopped
  52. 9:22Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Paul
  53. 9:27Takeaway by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  54. 9:32Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  55. 9:52Icing
  56. 9:52Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  57. 10:19Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  58. 10:36Jake Guentzel Tip-In Wide Right
  59. 10:40Brayden Point Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  60. 10:40Goalie Stopped
  61. 10:40Zach Benson Roughing against Jake Guentzel
  62. 10:40Jake Guentzel Roughing against Zach Benson
  63. 10:40TV Timeout
  64. 10:40Nick Paul faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  65. 10:59Tage Thompson Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  66. 11:21Owen Power Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  67. 11:44Darren Raddysh Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  68. 12:37Peyton Krebs hit Pontus Holmberg
  69. 12:44On-Ice Official
  70. 12:44Josh Dunne faceoff won against Mitchell Chaffee
  71. 13:00Mitchell Chaffee hit Beck Malenstyn
  72. 13:07Scott Sabourin hit Jordan Greenway
  73. 13:29Corey Perry Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  74. 14:03Tage Thompson hit Jake Guentzel
  75. 14:07Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot Wide Left
  76. 14:14Darren Raddysh Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  77. 14:15Goalie Stopped
  78. 14:15Alex Tuch faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  79. 14:22Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  80. 15:40Beck Malenstyn hit Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  81. 15:45Emil Lilleberg Snap Shot Short
  82. 15:53Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Owen Power
  83. 15:54Charle-Edouard D'Astous hit Beck Malenstyn
  84. 15:56Icing
  85. 15:56Josh Dunne faceoff won against Nick Paul
  86. 15:58Puck Frozen - Goalie
  87. 15:58Josh Norris faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  88. 16:30Charle-Edouard D'Astous Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  89. 16:44Icing
  90. 16:44Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  91. 17:20Erik Cernak hit Alex Tuch
  92. 17:33Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Rasmus Dahlin
  93. 17:45Giveaway by Yanni Gourde
  94. 17:56Jake Guentzel Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  95. 18:01Charle-Edouard D'Astous hit Jason Zucker
  96. 18:06Jack Quinn Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Jason Zucker (18), Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (1)
  97. 18:06Brayden Point faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  98. 18:17Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  99. 18:18Charle-Edouard D'Astous shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  100. 19:00Giveaway by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  101. 19:08Jake Guentzel Snap Shot Wide Left
  102. 19:41Ryan McDonagh Slap Shot Short
  103. 19:47Nick Paul Backhand Wide Right
  104. 19:51Nick Paul hit Peyton Krebs
  105. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  106. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 5:42TB 0, BUF 1Alex Tuch Goal (30) Snap Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (29), Ryan McLeod (39)
  2. 11:45TB 1, BUF 1Nikita Kucherov Goal (43) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (49), Darren Raddysh (47)
  3. 14:04TB 1, BUF 2Josh Norris Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Doan (25), Zach Benson (27)

2nd

  1. 3:56TB 2, BUF 2Jake Guentzel Goal (37) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Point (30), Darren Raddysh (48)
  2. 7:38TB 2, BUF 3Jason Zucker Goal (23) Tip-In, assists: Bowen Byram (30), Rasmus Dahlin (52)

3rd

  1. 18:06TB 2, BUF 4Jack Quinn Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Jason Zucker (18), Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (1)

Game leaders

LightningTampa Bay

SabresBuffalo

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Jake Guentzel C11-1010224:5456.36791120273713:057:394:10
Nikita Kucherov RW10-1000023:300.03002040234315:168:140:00
Brayden Point C01-1010020:1150.02331010231814:385:330:00
Corey Perry RW00-2001212:360.0100010016159:223:140:00
Gage Goncalves C000030019:170.00000022241114:031:333:41
Mitchell Chaffee RW00-102006:2333.302100001006:000:230:00
Nick Paul LW000030018:0572.22513301025614:153:100:40
Oliver Bjorkstrand RW000051014:570.0100000018119:175:400:00
Pontus Holmberg RW00-201128:210.0000010015117:141:070:00
Scott Sabourin RW00005005:580.00000000915:580:000:00
Yanni Gourde C00-2001014:5322.2072300023910:590:173:37
Zemgus Girgensons C000020211:2942.904311001898:260:003:03
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D00-1020218:0230031010.023616:451:170:00
Darren Raddysh D02-2000025:4540010200.0212117:108:100:25
Emil Lilleberg D00-1022016:5800000100.024314:310:002:27
Erik Cernak D000012213:5810021120.020210:460:043:08
J.J. Moser D00-1000019:5420000000.023715:330:134:08
Ryan McDonagh D00-1002016:4400000200.022611:340:015:09
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Andrei Vasilevskiy G29326.89758:0500167300

Video

1:17Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game HighlightsESPN video
0:51Josh Norris scores goal for Sabres0:50Jake Guentzel tallies goal vs. Sabres0:43Alex Tuch nets goal for Sabres0:40Andrei Vasilevskiy makes big-time save vs. Sabres
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