Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Buffalo Sabres 3: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 to Buffalo Sabres 3, on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHLSaturday, April 5, 2025
DateApr 5, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance15,982
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Tampa Bay LightningBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
44-26-6Record33-36-6
1st in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
5-6Road record / home record4-6
LWWLWLast 5LLLLW
L1StreakL4
Team stats
Tampa Bay LightningBuffalo Sabres
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.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Upper Body
OutAnthony Cirelli C · Lower Body
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
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 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:50 | 3:09 | 0:00 | 10:41 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:27 | 0:49 | 2:31 | 16:07 | 23 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 41.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:52 | 0:00 | 1:22 | 8:30 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Glendening | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:15 | 0:00 | 1:20 | 7:55 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 90.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:42 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:22 | 0:47 | 0:34 | 16:01 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:31 | 5:14 | 1:07 | 18:10 | 25 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:53 | 2:51 | 1:33 | 17:29 | 27 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:25 | 5:10 | 0:00 | 18:15 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 | 0:47 | 0:35 | 16:07 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:24 | 5:13 | 0:03 | 17:08 | 25 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21:00 | 0:00 | 2:36 | 18:24 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Hedman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:28 | 4:00 | 1:08 | 20:20 | 29 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 | 0:00 | 0:48 | 9:32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:50 | 0:00 | 2:38 | 22:12 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:23 | 0:00 | 1:57 | 17:26 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:36 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:41 | 2:01 | 0:00 | 9:40 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Johansson | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .947 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 64:59 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:06 | 0:00 | 2:34 | 13:32 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 15:48 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:04 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 17:05 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:01 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 9:00 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:01 | 0:01 | 2:10 | 8:50 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 18:17 | 0:59 | 3:26 | 13:52 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8:37 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 6:33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 19:35 | 3:33 | 0:00 | 16:02 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 13:22 | 1:17 | 0:00 | 12:05 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:50 | 3:15 | 0:00 | 19:35 | 25 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:54 | 2:28 | 3:50 | 13:36 | 23 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:47 | 3:26 | 0:00 | 12:21 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 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 Bernard-Docker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:10 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:18 | 0:08 | 1:57 | 18:13 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 20:14 | 0:00 | 4:13 | 16:01 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:16 | 3:29 | 1:09 | 18:38 | 29 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:12 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 19:08 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 4 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 22:27 | 0:00 | 4:41 | 17:46 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Reimer | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .917 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 3-2, on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
What was the final score of Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres?
Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Buffalo Sabres 3.
Who were the top performers?
Tampa Bay Lightning: Gage Goncalves (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson (1 goals).
Where is Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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