Tampa Bay Lightning 7, Buffalo Sabres 8 - NHL Box Score for March 8th 2026

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Game Summary

Final	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Score
Buffalo SabresSabres	1	3	4	8
Tampa Bay LightningLightning	0	4	3	7

Scoring Summary

1^st Period
08:26	Buffalo	PPG Josh Doan (Bowen Byram, Tage Thompson)

2^nd Period
02:15	Buffalo	PPG Jason Zucker (Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson)
05:10	Buffalo	PPG Alex Tuch (Noah Ostlund, Tage Thompson)
07:55	Tampa Bay	Corey Perry (Nikita Kucherov, Darren Raddysh)
11:07	Buffalo	SH Alex Tuch (Bowen Byram)
12:26	Tampa Bay	PPG Nikita Kucherov (Darren Raddysh)
14:46	Tampa Bay	Zemgus Girgensons (J.J. Moser, Yanni Gourde)
17:37	Tampa Bay	J.J. Moser (Conor Geekie)

3^rd Period
00:59	Tampa Bay	Nikita Kucherov (J.J. Moser, Brandon Hagel)
05:46	Tampa Bay	Brayden Point (Unassisted)
06:12	Buffalo	Sam Carrick (Michael Kesselring, Zach Benson)
09:48	Tampa Bay	Brandon Hagel (Darren Raddysh, Anthony Cirelli)
11:03	Buffalo	Rasmus Dahlin (Bowen Byram, Tage Thompson)
14:29	Buffalo	Jason Zucker (Ryan McLeod)
15:43	Buffalo	PPG Josh Doan (Rasmus Dahlin, Jason Zucker)

Penalty Summary

1^st Period
04:36	Tampa Bay	Darren Raddysh: Slashing - 2 minutes
04:36	Tampa Bay	Darren Raddysh: Fighting - 5 minutes
04:36	Buffalo	Rasmus Dahlin: Fighting - 5 minutes
04:36	Tampa Bay	Brandon Hagel: Boarding - 2 minutes
08:20	Tampa Bay	Erik Cernak: Interference - 2 minutes
08:54	Tampa Bay	Scott Sabourin: Fighting - 5 minutes
08:54	Buffalo	Sam Carrick: Fighting - 5 minutes
09:13	Buffalo	Bowen Byram: Roughing - 2 minutes
09:13	Tampa Bay	Brandon Hagel: Fighting - 5 minutes
09:13	Buffalo	Peyton Krebs: Fighting - 5 minutes
09:13	Tampa Bay	Charle-Edouard D'Astous: Roughing - 2 minutes
09:13	Buffalo	Bowen Byram: Misconduct - 10 minutes
09:13	Tampa Bay	Charle-Edouard D'Astous: Misconduct - 10 minutes
10:40	Buffalo	Mattias Samuelsson: Slashing - 2 minutes
10:40	Tampa Bay	Nikita Kucherov: Slashing - 2 minutes
14:59	Tampa Bay	Erik Cernak: Unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 minutes
14:59	Buffalo	Michael Kesselring: Unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 minutes
16:41	Buffalo	Noah Ostlund: Unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 minutes

2^nd Period
00:02	Buffalo	Michael Kesselring: Fighting - 5 minutes
00:02	Tampa Bay	Erik Cernak: Fighting - 5 minutes
00:06	Tampa Bay	Corey Perry: Fighting - 5 minutes
00:06	Buffalo	Beck Malenstyn: Fighting - 5 minutes
01:31	Tampa Bay	Ryan McDonagh: High sticking - 2 minutes
03:35	Tampa Bay	Brandon Hagel: Roughing - 2 minutes
03:35	Tampa Bay	Brandon Hagel: Roughing - 2 minutes
10:56	Buffalo	Owen Power: High sticking - 2 minutes

3^rd Period
15:03	Tampa Bay	Zemgus Girgensons: Slashing - 2 minutes
20:00	Tampa Bay	Anthony Cirelli: Charging - 2 minutes

Shots on Goal

Team	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Total
Buffalo	10	15	17	42
Tampa Bay	6	10	12	28

Goalie Stats

Team	Goalie	SV	SA	SV %	TOI
Tampa Bay	Jonas Johansson	34	42	0.810	58:54
Buffalo	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	21	28	0.750	59:21

Buffalo Sabres

Players	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	EV	PP	SH	TOI
Tage Thompson	C	0	4	4	-1	0	3	13:32	06:07	00:00	19:39
Jason Zucker	LW	2	1	3	+1	0	6	11:55	04:47	00:00	16:42
Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	2	3	+2	5	1	21:37	03:40	00:59	26:16
Bowen Byram	D	0	3	3	+0	12	7	15:29	03:13	01:30	20:12
Josh Doan	RW	2	0	2	-2	0	4	13:50	04:35	00:00	18:25
Alex Tuch	RW	2	0	2	+0	0	4	14:03	02:21	02:30	18:54
Sam Carrick	C	1	0	1	-2	5	3	05:55	00:08	00:00	06:03
Zach Benson	LW	0	1	1	+1	0	1	13:00	00:01	01:14	14:15
Michael Kesselring	D	0	1	1	+1	7	1	05:58	00:00	00:05	06:03
Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	16:58	01:45	02:20	21:03
Noah Ostlund	C	0	1	1	-1	2	2	14:37	01:57	00:00	16:34
Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-3	5	1	08:46	00:00	00:00	08:46
Beck Malenstyn	LW	0	0	0	-1	5	0	05:29	00:00	00:34	06:03
Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	+0	0	0	07:57	00:00	00:58	08:55
Josh Norris	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	12:35	05:20	00:00	17:55
Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-4	2	0	25:42	00:25	01:01	27:08
Jack Quinn	RW	0	0	0	+0	0	3	14:23	00:56	00:00	15:19
Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-3	2	3	22:16	00:10	02:31	24:57

Tampa Bay Lightning

Players	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	EV	PP	SH	TOI
Nikita Kucherov	RW	2	1	3	+1	2	5	16:12	02:50	00:13	19:15
J.J. Moser	D	1	2	3	+2	0	3	21:22	00:00	04:55	26:17
Darren Raddysh	D	0	3	3	+2	7	4	18:41	02:53	01:39	23:13
Brandon Hagel	LW	1	1	2	+1	11	2	15:32	00:45	00:25	16:42
Zemgus Girgensons	LW	1	0	1	+0	2	1	13:05	00:00	02:43	15:48
Corey Perry	RW	1	0	1	+2	5	1	07:59	00:55	00:00	08:54
Brayden Point	C	1	0	1	+0	0	1	14:26	02:35	00:12	17:13
Anthony Cirelli	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	15:34	00:40	02:41	18:55
Conor Geekie	C	0	1	1	+0	0	1	07:33	00:00	00:00	07:33
Yanni Gourde	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	14:30	00:00	04:09	18:39
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	0	0	0	+0	0	2	11:39	02:23	00:00	14:02
Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	+0	9	0	05:29	00:04	01:14	06:47
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	0	0	-1	12	1	18:24	00:00	00:13	18:37
Jake Guentzel	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	1	13:07	02:53	01:44	17:44
Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	17:13	00:37	02:17	20:07
Pontus Holmberg	RW	0	0	0	+0	0	0	12:40	00:37	00:00	13:17
Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	+0	2	0	16:46	00:00	03:55	20:41
Scott Sabourin	RW	0	0	0	+0	5	0	04:17	00:00	00:00	04:17

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