Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning on March 6th 2025

Buffalo Sabres (5)

Tampa Bay Lightning (6)

Game No: 989

Started: 2025-03-06 19:00:00

Ended: 2025-03-06 21:48:00

Attendance: 19,092

Three Stars by: tb media

Full Recap

Period	Time	Team	Scorer	Assist	Assist
1	5:01	TBL	Nick Paul	Ryan McDonagh	Brandon Hagel
1	5:17	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Ryan McLeod	Zach Benson
1	8:20	BUF	Alex Tuch
1	5:53	TBL	Darren Raddysh	Zemgus Girgensons
1	17:09	BUF	Peyton Krebs	Ryan McLeod	Zach Benson
2	0:58	TBL	Jake Guentzel	Erik Cernak	Nikita Kucherov
2	9:35	BUF	Tage Thompson	Rasmus Dahlin	JJ Peterka
2	12:40	BUF	JJ Peterka
2	17:43	TBL	Jake Guentzel	Brayden Point	Nick Paul
2	18:46	TBL	Jake Guentzel	Brandon Hagel	Darren Raddysh
3	1:40	TBL	Oliver Bjorkstrand	Yanni Gourde	Nikita Kucherov

Referees

#9 Dan O'Rourke

#7 Garrett Rank

Officials

#94 Bryan Pancich

#84 Ryan Jackson

Period	Time	Team	Player	Penalty	PIM	Drawn By
1	8:23	BUF	Tage Thompson	High-sticking	2	Brandon Hagel
2	1:57	TBL	Erik Cernak	Roughing	2	Rasmus Dahlin
2	9:15	TBL	Gage Goncalves	Tripping	2	Tage Thompson
2	18:10	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Roughing - Removing opp helmet	2	Anthony Cirelli
2	18:10	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Roughing	2	Anthony Cirelli
2	18:10	TBL	Anthony Cirelli	Roughing	2	Ryan McLeod
3	10:25	BUF	JJ Peterka	Holding	2	Nikita Kucherov
3	18:06	TBL	Brandon Hagel	Tripping	2	Tage Thompson
3	19:43	TBL	Ryan McDonagh	High-sticking	2	Ryan McLeod

Buffalo Sabres Roster

Coach: Lindy Ruff

#	Player	Position
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	G
4	Bowen Byram	D
9	Zach Benson	L
12	Jordan Greenway	L
19	Peyton Krebs	C
20	Jiri Kulich	C
22	Jack Quinn	R
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D
24	Dylan Cozens	C
25	Owen Power	D
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D
29	Beck Malenstyn	L
47	James Reimer	G
71	Ryan McLeod	C
72	Tage Thompson	C
75	Connor Clifton	D
77	JJ Peterka	R
78	Jacob Bryson	D
81	Sam Lafferty	C
89	Alex Tuch	R

Tampa Bay Lightning Roster

Coach: Jon Cooper

#	Player	Position
11	Luke Glendening	C
20	Nick Paul	L
21	Brayden Point	C
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R
27	Ryan McDonagh	D
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C
31	Jonas Johansson	G
37	Yanni Gourde	C
38	Brandon Hagel	L
41	Mitchell Chaffee	R
43	Darren Raddysh	D
59	Jake Guentzel	C
71	Anthony Cirelli	C
77	Victor Hedman	D
78	Emil Martinsen Lilleberg	D
78	Emil Lilleberg	D
81	Erik Cernak	D
86	Nikita Kucherov	R
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	G
90	Janis Moser	D
90	J.J. Moser	D
93	Gage Goncalves	C

Buffalo Sabres Scratches

#	Player	Position
8	Dennis Gilbert	D
10	Henri Jokiharju	D
17	Jason Zucker	L

Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches

#	Player	Position

5	Goals	6
6	Assists	11
-5	Plus / Minus	5
4	Penalties	5
8	PIM	10
44	Corsi For	38
53.66	Corsi %	46.34
32	Fenwick For	38
45.71	Fenwick %	54.29
32	Shots	26
13	Shots Blocked	11
12	Missed Shots	12
23	Hits	19
14	Giveaways	13
6	Takeaways	1
10	Blocked Shots	12
31	Faceoffs Won	35
35	Faceoffs Lost	31
47%	Faceoff Percentage	53%

Time Spent With Lead

Buffalo Sabres		Tampa Bay Lightning
Lead	Time With Lead	Lead	Time With Lead
1	7:57	1	21:03
2	5:03	2

Time Each Lead Lasted

Buffalo Sabres - Tampa Bay Lightning	Time With Lead
0 - 1	0:16
1 - 2	2:27
3 - 2	3:49
4 - 3	3:05
5 - 3	5:03
5 - 4	1:03
5 - 6	18:20

Buffalo Sabres

#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	P	PIM	S	SB	MS	H	GV	TK	B Shots	FW	FL	F%
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Bowen Byram	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	Zach Benson	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	Jordan Greenway	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
19	Peyton Krebs	1	0	1	-1	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	75
20	Jiri Kulich	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	3	9	25
22	Jack Quinn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Mattias Samuelsson	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	0
24	Dylan Cozens	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	10	9	53
25	Owen Power	0	0	0	-3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Rasmus Dahlin	1	1	2	2	2	4	5	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
29	Beck Malenstyn	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	James Reimer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	Ryan McLeod	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	10	10	50
72	Tage Thompson	1	0	1	0	1	2	4	2	4	2	1	0	2	3	5	38
75	Connor Clifton	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
77	JJ Peterka	1	1	2	-1	1	2	2	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0
78	Jacob Bryson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
81	Sam Lafferty	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	100
89	Alex Tuch	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	100

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	P	PIM	S	SB	MS	H	GV	TK	B Shots	FW	FL	F%
11	Luke Glendening	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	8	43
20	Nick Paul	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	67
21	Brayden Point	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	7	6	54
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	1	0	1	-1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
27	Ryan McDonagh	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Zemgus Girgensons	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	Yanni Gourde	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0	3	4	0	0	0	4	4	50
38	Brandon Hagel	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
41	Mitchell Chaffee	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Darren Raddysh	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
59	Jake Guentzel	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	50
71	Anthony Cirelli	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	13	7	65
77	Victor Hedman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
78	Emil Martinsen Lilleberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	Emil Lilleberg	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
81	Erik Cernak	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	3	0	1	3	0	0	0
86	Nikita Kucherov	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	Janis Moser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	J.J. Moser	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
93	Gage Goncalves	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0

Buffalo Sabres

				TOI
#	Player	Shifts	Avg Shift	Total	Power Play	Shorthanded	Even Strength
4	Bowen Byram	30	00:40	20:18	01:02	01:06	18:10
9	Zach Benson	15	00:43	10:57	01:05	00:41	09:11
12	Jordan Greenway	20	00:36	12:16	00:00	01:53	10:23
19	Peyton Krebs	20	00:41	13:47	00:05	00:00	13:42
20	Jiri Kulich	26	00:43	18:55	03:09	00:00	15:46
22	Jack Quinn	4	00:36	02:25	00:00	00:00	02:25
23	Mattias Samuelsson	31	00:48	25:12	00:00	03:11	22:01
24	Dylan Cozens	26	00:39	16:54	01:01	00:13	15:40
25	Owen Power	25	00:42	17:54	00:51	00:00	17:03
26	Rasmus Dahlin	29	00:48	23:35	03:23	00:19	19:53
29	Beck Malenstyn	16	00:36	09:43	00:00	01:26	08:17
71	Ryan McLeod	26	00:49	21:38	02:50	02:55	15:53
72	Tage Thompson	25	00:46	19:15	03:08	00:00	16:07
75	Connor Clifton	21	00:44	15:36	00:00	03:29	12:07
77	JJ Peterka	26	00:49	21:35	03:12	00:00	18:23
78	Jacob Bryson	21	00:39	13:55	00:00	01:07	12:48
81	Sam Lafferty	19	00:39	12:36	00:06	00:00	12:30
89	Alex Tuch	29	00:43	21:00	03:12	02:04	15:44

Tampa Bay Lightning

				TOI
#	Player	Shifts	Avg Shift	Total	Power Play	Shorthanded	Even Strength
11	Luke Glendening	18	00:36	10:49	00:00	01:51	08:58
20	Nick Paul	21	00:44	15:42	01:11	00:00	14:31
21	Brayden Point	23	00:43	16:45	03:20	00:00	13:25
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	20	00:41	13:53	01:51	00:00	12:02
27	Ryan McDonagh	31	00:49	25:41	01:16	03:23	21:02
28	Zemgus Girgensons	17	00:38	11:02	00:00	01:11	09:51
37	Yanni Gourde	22	00:45	16:47	01:13	00:00	15:34
38	Brandon Hagel	26	00:50	21:42	03:20	01:39	16:43
41	Mitchell Chaffee	13	00:40	08:42	00:00	00:00	08:42
43	Darren Raddysh	27	00:55	24:47	03:21	00:34	20:52
59	Jake Guentzel	24	00:46	18:27	03:25	01:00	14:02
71	Anthony Cirelli	23	00:46	17:46	00:37	02:29	14:40
77	Victor Hedman	3	00:59	02:57	00:00	00:00	02:57
78	Emil Martinsen Lilleberg
78	Emil Lilleberg	24	00:42	17:01	00:00	00:36	16:25
81	Erik Cernak	32	00:41	22:10	00:00	02:14	19:56
86	Nikita Kucherov	21	00:49	17:18	03:26	00:00	13:52
90	Janis Moser
90	J.J. Moser	30	00:45	22:53	00:00	01:42	21:11
93	Gage Goncalves	15	00:44	11:07	00:00	00:00	11:07

Buffalo Sabres

#	Player	Period	Goals Against	Shots Against	Save Percentage
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	1	2	7	0.714
		2	3	13	0.769
		3	1	6	0.833

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Player	Period	Goals Against	Shots Against	Save Percentage
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	1	3	12	0.75
		2	2	8	0.75
		3	0	12	1

Shot Chart

Period

Expected Goals (experimental)

Player Deployments

Buffalo Sabres

Number of Deployments in Zones

OZ	NZ	DZ
29	0	37

#	Player	OZ	DZ
4	Bowen Byram	10	10
9	Zach Benson	1	7
12	Jordan Greenway	10	11
19	Peyton Krebs	6	8
20	Jiri Kulich	11	11
22	Jack Quinn	0	2
23	Mattias Samuelsson	10	22
24	Dylan Cozens	10	12
25	Owen Power	8	8
26	Rasmus Dahlin	11	19
29	Beck Malenstyn	4	5
71	Ryan McLeod	9	11
72	Tage Thompson	11	11
75	Connor Clifton	6	7
77	JJ Peterka	11	12
78	Jacob Bryson	6	7
81	Sam Lafferty	5	7
89	Alex Tuch	15	13

Tampa Bay Lightning

Number of Deployments in Zones

OZ	NZ	DZ
37	0	29

#	Player	OZ	DZ
11	Luke Glendening	5	10
20	Nick Paul	11	6
21	Brayden Point	15	5
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	7	6
27	Ryan McDonagh	15	11
28	Zemgus Girgensons	6	7
37	Yanni Gourde	7	7
38	Brandon Hagel	12	11
41	Mitchell Chaffee	5	5
43	Darren Raddysh	16	10
59	Jake Guentzel	15	5
71	Anthony Cirelli	10	13
77	Victor Hedman	2	1
78	Emil Lilleberg	11	8
81	Erik Cernak	13	16
86	Nikita Kucherov	15	5
90	J.J. Moser	14	10
93	Gage Goncalves	5	4