Buffalo Sabres 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 6: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 5 to Tampa Bay Lightning 6, on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLThursday, March 6, 2025
DateMar 6, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
24-31-6Record37-21-4
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Atlantic Division
4-5Road record / home record8-0
LLLWLLast 5WWLWW
L3StreakW2
Team stats
Buffalo SabresTampa Bay Lightning
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveTampa Bay Lightning
Brayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveErik Cernak D · Upper Body
Day-To-DayAnthony Cirelli C · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:57 | 1:05 | 0:41 | 9:11 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:54 | 1:01 | 0:13 | 15:40 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 52.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12:16 | 0:00 | 1:53 | 10:23 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:47 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 13:42 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 18:55 | 3:09 | 0:00 | 15:46 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 12:32 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 12:26 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 9:43 | 0:00 | 1:26 | 8:17 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:38 | 2:50 | 2:55 | 15:53 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 21:35 | 3:12 | 0:00 | 18:23 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:25 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 | 3:08 | 0:00 | 16:11 | 25 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21:00 | 3:12 | 2:04 | 15:44 | 29 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 | 0:00 | 1:07 | 12:48 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 20:18 | 1:02 | 1:06 | 18:10 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:36 | 0:00 | 3:29 | 12:07 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23:35 | 3:23 | 0:19 | 19:53 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 17:54 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 17:03 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25:12 | 0:00 | 3:11 | 22:01 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .769 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 57:53 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 13:53 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 12:02 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:42 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:46 | 0:37 | 2:29 | 14:40 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 | 0:00 | 1:11 | 9:51 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Glendening | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:49 | 0:00 | 1:51 | 8:58 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 46.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 11:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:07 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 16:47 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 15:34 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 | 3:25 | 1:00 | 14:02 | 24 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:42 | 3:20 | 1:39 | 16:43 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 | 3:26 | 0:00 | 13:52 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:42 | 1:11 | 0:00 | 14:31 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 | 3:20 | 0:00 | 13:25 | 23 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22:10 | 0:00 | 2:14 | 19:56 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Hedman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:57 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 16:25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:41 | 1:16 | 3:23 | 21:02 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| JJ Moser | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 22:53 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 21:11 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:47 | 3:21 | 0:34 | 20:52 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .848 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 6-5, on Thursday, March 6, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Buffalo Sabres 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 6.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Dahlin (1 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Jake Guentzel (3 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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