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Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Buffalo SabresApr 6, 2026

Final· KeyBank Center
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TBL
2
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BUF
4
Goals123TShots123T
TBL1102TBL88925
BUF2114BUF1114530
TBL 52BUF 53
TBL 2.36BUF 3.40
PP goals
TBL 1BUF 0
Hits
TBL 28BUF 22
Blocks
TBL 10BUF 10
PIM
TBL 12BUF 14
TBL 53%BUF 47%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 at home. Jake Guentzel (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jake Guentzel (TBL) played 24:54, +4:43 up on his 20:11 season average over 80 games.

  1. Points
    Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:54.Guentzel
  2. Points
    Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:44.Zucker
  3. Points
    Bowen Byram had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:16.Byram
  4. Points
    Darren Raddysh had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:45.Raddysh
  5. Usage
    Jake Guentzel (TBL) played 24:54, +4:43 up on his 20:11 season average over 80 games.Guentzel
  6. Usage
    Gage Goncalves (TBL) played 19:17, +6:17 up on his 13:00 season average over 73 games.Goncalves
  7. Usage
    Darren Raddysh (TBL) played 25:45, +3:06 up on his 22:39 season average over 72 games.Raddysh
  8. Usage
    Nikita Kucherov (TBL) played 23:30, +3:12 up on his 20:18 season average over 75 games.Kucherov

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, TBL at BUF: 105 attempts, 55 on goal, 6 goals, 5.76 expected goals; best chance Jack Quinn at 0.53 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • TBL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · BUF 53 · TBL 52

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, TBL at BUF: expected goals 3.40 to 2.36 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 53 to 52, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdBUFTBLTKNGZQnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BUF
  • TBL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFTBLcontrol2nd3rdTuch · 1st 5:42Kucherov · 1st 11:45Norris · 1st 14:04Guentzel · 2nd 3:56Zucker · 2nd 7:38Quinn · 3rd 18:06
  • BUF pressure
  • TBL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 24% of the game, BUF 34%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, TBL at BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (60:00) for BUF and Andrei Vasilevskiy (58:05) for TBL, 6 goals.

BUF
TBL
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against TBL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, BUF rows versus TBL columns: 250 matchups; most common Samuelsson vs Kucherov, 8:46 at 33% xGF.

BUF ↓ · TBL →GuentzelKucherovPointGourdeGirgensonsHolmbergGoncalvesPaulBjorkstrandPerryChaffeeSabourinRaddyshMoserD'AstousLillebergMcDonaghCernakL1 BensonL1 NorrisL1 DoanL2 TuchL2 ThompsonL2 KrebsL3 MalenstynL3 GreenwayL3 DunneL4 McLeodL4 QuinnL4 ZuckerD1 ByramD1 PowerD2 DahlinD2 SamuelssonD3 SchennD3 Stanley
BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatTBLBUF
4440
1.931.88
1.901.82
88
44
1614
+0.007−0.007
24%34%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Current TBL line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 5:42
    BUFAlex Tuch (Bowen Byram, Ryan McLeod)snap0.05 xG
    TBL: McDonagh, Gourde, Guentzel, Raddysh, HolmbergBUF: Schenn, Tuch, Stanley, McLeod, Krebs
    TBL 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 11:45
    TBLNikita KucherovPP (Jake Guentzel, Darren Raddysh)snap0.07 xG
    TBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Paul, Point, RaddyshBUF: Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson, Byram
    TBL 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 14:04
    BUFJosh Norris (Josh Doan, Zach Benson)wrist0.09 xG
    TBL: Kucherov, Point, Raddysh, Chaffee, MoserBUF: Norris, Samuelsson, Byram, Doan, Benson
    TBL 1 – 2 BUF

2nd period

  1. 3:56
    TBLJake Guentzel (Brayden Point, Darren Raddysh)wrist0.20 xG
    TBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh, MoserBUF: Schenn, Tuch, Stanley, Thompson, Krebs
    TBL 2 – 2 BUF
  2. 7:38
    BUFJason Zucker (Bowen Byram, Rasmus Dahlin)tip-in0.12 xG
    TBL: Perry, Gourde, Holmberg, Moser, LillebergBUF: Zucker, McLeod, Dahlin, Byram, Quinn
    TBL 2 – 3 BUF

3rd period

  1. 18:06
    BUFJack QuinnEN (Jason Zucker, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen)wrist0.53 xG
    TBL: Perry, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh, D'AstousBUF: Zucker, McLeod, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Quinn
    TBL 2 – 4 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jake Guentzel CL1112-160.9110224:54——7077
Nikita Kucherov RL1101-130.4100023:30——6667
Brayden Point CL1011-120.2010020:11——6972
Yanni Gourde CL2000-200.0001014:53——103
Zemgus Girgensons CL2000000.0020211:29——00
Pontus Holmberg RL2000-200.001128:21——144
Gage Goncalves CL3000000.1330019:17——5052
Nick Paul LL3000020.0630018:05——5231
Oliver Bjorkstrand RL3000010.0051014:57——6559
Corey Perry RL4000-210.1301212:36——4028
Mitchell Chaffee RL4000-100.002006:23——4358
Scott Sabourin RL4000000.005005:58——5024
Darren Raddysh DD1022-240.1900025:45——5568
J.J. Moser DD1000-120.1300019:54——5362
Charle-Edouard D'Astous DD2000-130.1420218:02——5548
Emil Lilleberg DD2000-100.0022016:58——4546
Ryan McDonagh DD3000-100.0402016:44——4727
Erik Cernak DD3000010.0312213:58——6323
TBL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)L29263.8972.8758:05

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Zach Benson LL1011+130.4410217:44——4344
Josh Norris CL1101+120.2021017:10——4443
Josh Doan RL1011+100.1020214:40——4343
Alex Tuch RL2101060.7420417:59——5357
Tage Thompson CL2000-110.1130017:56——4441
Peyton Krebs CL2000010.0221012:37——5351
Beck Malenstyn LL3000010.0252012:53——4742
Jordan Greenway LL3000010.0500211:19——5053
Josh Dunne CL3000010.090227:58——5053
Ryan McLeod CL4011+300.0000017:31——5891
Jack Quinn RL4101+240.9400214:24——4252
Jason Zucker LL4112+240.4900013:44——5066
Bowen Byram DD1022+210.0000021:16——6775
Owen Power DD1000020.0500019:48——6475
Rasmus Dahlin DD2011+210.0910023:01——4343
Mattias Samuelsson DD2000+210.0421022:44——3733
Luke Schenn DD3000000.0121012:54——3746
Logan Stanley DD3000010.0002012:40——4453
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)W25232.9202.3660:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Alex Tuch (BUF) 1st 5:42 · assists Bowen Byram, Ryan McLeod · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 73.5 mph shot · 2.3 s from entry to goal.

Alex Tuch · 1st 5:42 · BUF

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
73.5 mph
Distance
41 ft
Entry to goal
2.3 s

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Nikita Kucherov · 1st 11:45 · TBL PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
57.5 mph
Distance
32 ft
Type
one-timer

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Josh Norris · 1st 14:04 · BUF

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
3
Shot
63.4 mph
Distance
27 ft
Entry to goal
4.2 s

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Jason Zucker · 2nd 7:38 · BUF

Play
deflection
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
68.9 mph
Distance
59 ft
Type
one-timer

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