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Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres, March 8, 2026

TBL

LightningTampa Bay Lightning

39-19-4

TBL 7, BUF 8

Final

Shots 29–42

BUF

SabresBuffalo Sabres

39-19-6

Scores for March 8, 2026

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Goals

Each goal, replayed in pixel art

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TBLTBL 0, BUF 0BUF1st 11:34PP

GOAL1 of 14

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Doan scores, from Thompson and Byram

TBL at BUF, March 8, 2026

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Pick a side and play the game's goals and big chances one at a time: score yours again, stop theirs, and change the final.

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Linescore

Goals
Goals123T
TBLTampa Bay Lightning0437
BUFBuffalo Sabres1348
Shots on goal
Shots on goal123T
TBLTampa Bay Lightning6101329
BUFBuffalo Sabres10151742

Three stars

Picked by points, then goals, then shots

  1. 1st star: BUFTage Thompson#724 assists, 3 shots
  2. 2nd star: BUFJason Zucker#172 goals, 1 assist, 6 shots
  3. 3rd star: TBLNikita Kucherov#862 goals, 1 assist, 5 shots

Game flow

Shot attempts, minute by minute

A goal was scored in that minute.Shot attempts are every shot: on goal, missed or blocked.

Team stats

TBLBUF
29Shots on goal42
50.0%Faceoffs50.0%
1/2Power play4/6
57Penalty minutes45
40Hits27
9Blocked shots17
11Giveaways17
2Takeaways5

Standings

After the games of March 8, 2026

All standings
Atlantic
RankTeamGPWLOTLPTS
1BUFSabres643919684
2TBLLightning623919482
3DETRed Wings643621779
4MTLCanadiens6234181078
5BOSBruins633522676
6OTTSenators623122971
7FLAPanthers633129365
8TORMaple Leafs6427261165