⚡ Away Lightning 44-26-5
2–3
Final / SO
⚔️ Home Sabres 32-36-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
⚡ TBL 02002
⚔️ BUF 01113

Lightning at Sabres

Sabres beat Lightning 3–2 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on April 5, 2025.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2024-25 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Tage Thompson
1 G
4 shots · 22:50 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Zucker
1 G
2 shots · 15:47 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Alex Tuch
1 A
4 shots · 19:54 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
⚡ Brayden Point Go-ahead 2nd · 01:35
Assists: Nikita Kucherov · beat James Reimer
1–0
⚔️ Tage Thompson Tying 2nd · 04:47
Assists: Zach Benson · beat Jonas Johansson
1–1
⚡ Gage Goncalves Go-ahead 2nd · 13:01
Assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Yanni Gourde · beat James Reimer
2–1
3rd period
⚔️ Jason Zucker PP Tying 3rd · 05:07
Assists: Alex Tuch, Rasmus Dahlin · beat Jonas Johansson
2–2
Shootout
⚔️ Jack Quinn Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Jonas Johansson
2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Guentzel · Point · Kucherov 23:25
L2 Hagel · Paul · Cirelli 19:27
L3 Gourde · Goncalves · Bjorkstrand 13:50
L4 Girgensons · Glendening 9:34
D1 Hedman · McDonagh 25:09
D2 Cernak · Moser 20:12
D3 Raddysh · Martinsen Lilleberg 11:00
D4 Perbix 6:36
⚔️Sabres
L1 Thompson · Tuch · Peterka 19:54
L2 Benson · McLeod · Kulich 18:04
L3 Zucker · Krebs · Quinn 15:47
L4 Malenstyn · Lafferty · Ostlund 9:01
D1 Dahlin · Samuelsson 22:52
D2 Byram · Clifton 20:16
D3 Power · Bernard-Docker 17:11

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL BUF⚔️
24 Shots on goal 38
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
19 Hits 16
14 Blocked shots 18
4 Takeaways 7
18 Giveaways 13
6 Penalty minutes 6
TBL shooting 8.3% (2/24) BUF shooting 7.9% (3/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Jonas Johansson
36/38
.947 SV% · 2 GA · 64:59 TOI
⚔️Sabres
James Reimer
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located
Brayden Point · 2nd 01:35 · 1–0 Tage Thompson · 2nd 04:47 · 1–1 Gage Goncalves · 2nd 13:01 · 2–1 Jason Zucker · 3rd 05:07 · 2–2
TBL BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 44-26-5 (59% win rate, 75 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 32-36-6 (43% win rate, 74 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Mar 62025 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 5–6 Apr 152024 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–2 Feb 292024 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 3–2 OT Jan 202024 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 Oct 172023 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 OT
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❓ TBL vs BUF, answered

Who won Lightning vs Sabres on April 5, 2025?

Sabres won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Lightning 2, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Lightning?

Brayden Point, Gage Goncalves.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Zucker, Tage Thompson.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Jonas Johansson made 36 saves on 38 shots (.947 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

James Reimer made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Sabres season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeApr 3 ⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT 1–2 AfterApr 7 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 5–1
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 1 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 5–2 AfterApr 6 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–6
Also on April 5
🗽NYR 0–4 😈NJD 🐆FLA 0–3 🏛️OTT 🐧PIT 5–3 ⭐DAL 🛢️EDM 0–3 👑LAK 🦆ANA 2–6 🐋VAN 🏔️COL 4–5 🎵STL 🌪️CAR 1–5 🐻BOS 🧥CBJ 0–5 🍁TOR
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