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Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

Amalie Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–5 on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Buffalo Sabres 5 36-39-7
at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 47-27-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 3 2 0 5
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 3 1 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 12 8 13 33
Tampa Bay Lightning 7 13 6 26

Three stars

  1. J. Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning (3 goals)
  2. O. Bjorkstrand, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)
  3. R. Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:01 Tampa Bay Lightning Nick Paul (19) Ryan McDonagh (18), Brandon Hagel (39) Even strength BUF 0, TBL 1
1st 05:17 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (11) Ryan McLeod (18), Zach Benson (11) Even strength BUF 1, TBL 1
1st 05:53 Tampa Bay Lightning Darren Raddysh (4) Zemgus Girgensons (4) Even strength BUF 1, TBL 2
1st 08:20 Buffalo Sabres Alex Tuch (24) Unassisted Even strength BUF 2, TBL 2
1st 17:09 Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs (5) Ryan McLeod (19), Zach Benson (12) Even strength BUF 3, TBL 2
2nd 00:58 Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Guentzel (30) Erik Cernak (14), Nikita Kucherov (63) Even strength BUF 3, TBL 3
2nd 09:35 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson (31) Rasmus Dahlin (40), JJ Peterka (32) Power play BUF 4, TBL 3
2nd 12:40 Buffalo Sabres JJ Peterka (19) Unassisted Even strength BUF 5, TBL 3
2nd 17:43 Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Guentzel (31) Brayden Point (33), Nick Paul (16) Even strength BUF 5, TBL 4
2nd 18:46 Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Guentzel (32) Brandon Hagel (40), Darren Raddysh (24) Power play BUF 5, TBL 5
3rd 01:40 Tampa Bay Lightning Oliver Bjorkstrand (17) Yanni Gourde (12), Nikita Kucherov (64) Even strength BUF 5, TBL 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 33 26
Power play 1 of 4 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 8 10
Hits 23 19
Blocked shots 10 12
Giveaways 14 13
Takeaways 6 1
Faceoffs won 30/66 (45.5%) 36/66 (54.5%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 Z. Benson L 0 2 2 +2 0 2 1 0 0 10:57
12 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 12:16
19 P. Krebs C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 0 0 75% 13:47
20 J.Kulich C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 16.7% 18:55
22 J. Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:25
24 D. Cozens C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 52.6% 16:54
29 B. Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 0 0 09:43
71 R. McLeod C 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 21:38
72 T. Thompson C 1 0 1 0 2 5 2 2 1 37.5% 19:19
77 J. Peterka R 1 1 2 -1 2 2 0 0 0 21:35
81 S. Lafferty C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 1 0 100% 12:32
89 A. Tuch R 1 0 1 +1 0 4 3 0 0 100% 21:00
4 B. Byram D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 20:18
23 M. Samuelsson D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 3 3 0 25:12
25 O. Power D 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 0 0 17:54
26 R. Dahlin D 1 1 2 +2 4 5 1 1 0 23:35
75 C. Clifton D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 15:36
78 J. Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:55
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1 U. Luukkonen 26 20 6 .769 57:53 Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
11 L. Glendening C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 46.7% 10:49
20 N. Paul L 1 1 2 +2 0 2 0 0 0 66.7% 15:42
21 B. Point C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 61.5% 16:45
22 O. Bjorkstrand R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 0 0 13:53
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 0 0 11:02
37 Y. Gourde C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 4 0 0 50% 16:47
38 B. Hagel L 0 2 2 +1 2 1 0 2 0 21:42
41 M. Chaffee R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 08:42
59 J. Guentzel C 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 50% 18:27
71 A. Cirelli C 0 0 0 +1 2 2 1 1 0 63.2% 17:46
86 N. Kucherov R 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:18
93 G. Goncalves C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 0 0 11:07
27 R. McDonagh D 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 25:41
43 D. Raddysh D 1 1 2 +2 0 3 1 1 0 24:47
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:57
78 E. Lilleberg D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 2 0 17:01
81 E. Cernak D 0 1 1 +1 2 2 3 3 0 22:10
90 J. Moser D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 1 0 22:53
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 33 28 5 .848 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:23 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson High sticking 2
2nd 01:57 Tampa Bay Lightning Erik Cernak Roughing 2
2nd 09:15 Tampa Bay Lightning Gage Goncalves Tripping 2
2nd 18:10 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin Roughing 2
2nd 18:10 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli Roughing 2
2nd 18:10 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin Roughing removing opponents helmet 2
3rd 10:25 Buffalo Sabres JJ Peterka Holding 2
3rd 18:06 Tampa Bay Lightning Brandon Hagel Tripping 2
3rd 19:43 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan McDonagh High sticking 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Garrett Rank, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen
Ryan Jackson, Bryan Pancich
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Jason Zucker, Dennis Gilbert, Henri Jokiharju
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Nick Perbix

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final/SO Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 7 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 6

Matchup Status Details
Utah Hockey Club 4 at Detroit Red Wings 2 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 at Florida Panthers 3 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 4 at Philadelphia Flyers 1 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 3 Final Game page
Seattle Kraken 3 at Nashville Predators 5 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 2 at Dallas Stars 3 Final/OT Game page
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Edmonton Oilers 3 Final/OT Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Colorado Avalanche 7 Final Game page

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