Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL KeyBank Center, Buffalo·April 5, 2027

TB

Tampa Bay Lightning TB 3-0-0, 0-0-0 Away

April 5, 2027 11:00 pm

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Buffalo Sabres BUF 2-1-0, 2-1-0 Home

BUF

Standings

Atlantic Division Eastern Conference League

#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY
1	OTT Senators	4	3	1	0	6	12	9	+3	1-0-0	2-1-0
2	TB Lightning	4	3	1	0	6	11	9	+2	3-0-0	0-0-0
3	FLA Panthers	4	2	0	2	6	8	8	0	0-0-0	2-0-2
4	BOS Bruins	6	4	2	0	8	20	13	+7	3-1-0	1-1-0
5	TOR Maple Leafs	5	2	2	1	5	14	15	-1	2-2-0	0-0-1
6	BUF Sabres	4	2	2	0	4	10	15	-5	2-1-0	0-0-0
7	MTL Canadiens	4	1	2	1	3	14	19	-5	0-2-0	1-0-1
8	DET Red Wings	4	1	3	0	2	10	14	-4	1-3-0	0-0-0

#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY
1	NYR Rangers	6	4	2	0	8	17	11	+6	2-0-0	1-2-0
2	CAR Hurricanes	5	3	1	1	7	18	14	+4	1-1-1	2-0-0
3	WSH Capitals	4	3	1	0	6	14	9	+5	2-0-0	1-1-0
4	OTT Senators	4	3	1	0	6	12	9	+3	1-0-0	2-1-0
5	TB Lightning	4	3	1	0	6	11	9	+2	3-0-0	0-0-0
6	FLA Panthers	4	2	0	2	6	8	8	0	0-0-0	2-0-2
7	BOS Bruins	6	4	2	0	8	20	13	+7	3-1-0	1-1-0
8	PIT Penguins	5	2	2	1	5	20	16	+4	1-1-0	1-1-1
9	TOR Maple Leafs	5	2	2	1	5	14	15	-1	2-2-0	0-0-1
10	CBJ Blue Jackets	3	2	1	0	4	10	9	+1	1-1-0	0-0-0
11	NYI Islanders	4	2	2	0	4	13	8	+5	2-0-0	0-2-0
12	BUF Sabres	4	2	2	0	4	10	15	-5	2-1-0	0-0-0
13	MTL Canadiens	4	1	2	1	3	14	19	-5	0-2-0	1-0-1
14	NJ Devils	3	1	2	0	2	6	13	-7	2-1-0	0-1-0
15	DET Red Wings	4	1	3	0	2	10	14	-4	1-3-0	0-0-0
16	PHI Flyers	6	0	4	2	2	7	24	-17	0-1-1	0-3-1

#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	RW	OTW	SOW	SOL	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY
1	VGK Golden Knights	5	4	1	0	8	3	0	1	0	21	13	+8	2-1-0	2-0-0
2	NYR Rangers	6	4	2	0	8	4	0	0	0	17	11	+6	2-0-0	1-2-0
3	EDM Oilers	4	3	0	1	7	3	0	0	0	22	16	+6	1-0-1	3-0-0
4	WPG Jets	5	3	1	1	7	3	0	0	0	13	15	-2	1-1-1	2-0-0
5	CAR Hurricanes	5	3	1	1	7	2	1	0	0	18	14	+4	1-1-1	2-0-0
6	COL Avalanche	4	3	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	23	11	+12	2-0-0	1-1-0
7	WSH Capitals	4	3	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	14	9	+5	2-0-0	1-1-0
8	OTT Senators	4	3	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	12	9	+3	1-0-0	2-1-0
9	TB Lightning	4	3	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	11	9	+2	3-0-0	0-0-0
10	ANA Ducks	4	3	1	0	6	2	1	0	0	14	11	+3	1-1-0	2-0-0
11	FLA Panthers	4	2	0	2	6	1	1	0	0	8	8	0	0-0-0	2-0-2
12	SJ Sharks	4	3	1	0	6	0	3	0	0	12	14	-2	2-1-0	1-1-0
13	SEA Kraken	5	3	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	21	14	+7	1-1-0	2-1-0
14	UTA Mammoth	5	3	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	18	14	+4	1-0-0	2-2-0
15	BOS Bruins	5	3	2	0	6	2	1	0	0	15	12	+3	3-1-0	1-1-0
16	MIN Wild	4	2	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	11	8	+3	1-0-0	0-1-1
17	NSH Predators	4	2	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	12	11	+1	1-0-0	1-0-1
18	PIT Penguins	5	2	2	1	5	1	1	0	1	20	16	+4	1-1-0	1-1-1
19	TOR Maple Leafs	5	2	2	1	5	1	1	0	1	14	15	-1	2-2-0	0-0-1
20	CBJ Blue Jackets	3	2	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	10	9	+1	1-1-0	0-0-0
21	NYI Islanders	4	2	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	13	8	+5	2-0-0	0-2-0
22	DAL Stars	4	2	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	10	6	+4	1-1-0	1-1-0
23	BUF Sabres	4	2	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	10	15	-5	2-1-0	0-0-0
24	VAN Canucks	5	2	3	0	4	1	1	0	0	21	25	-4	1-2-0	1-2-0
25	STL Blues	4	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	9	13	-4	0-0-1	1-2-0
26	MTL Canadiens	4	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	14	19	-5	0-2-0	1-0-1
27	NJ Devils	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	13	-7	2-1-0	0-1-0
28	DET Red Wings	4	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	10	14	-4	1-3-0	0-0-0
29	CHI Blackhawks	5	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	10	21	-11	1-0-0	0-4-0
30	PHI Flyers	5	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	19	-13	0-1-1	0-3-1
31	LA Kings	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	15	-6	0-1-0	0-1-1
32	CGY Flames	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	23	-17	0-2-0	0-2-0

Key Players

Lightning

NK

N. Kucherov R

1.25 PTS/G

0 G

5 A

JC

J. Carlson D

1 PTS/G

2 G

2 A

AV

A. Vasilevskiy G

.946 SV%

0.95 GAA

2 W

Sabres

TT

T. Thompson C

1.25 PTS/G

3 G

2 A

RD

R. Dahlin D

0.75 PTS/G

1 G

2 A

CE

C. Ellis G

.906 SV%

2.13 GAA

1 W

Stats Comparison

Overall Home vs Away

2026-2027

League Percentile Ranking

Scoring 3–0

3.3 13th

Goals For

26th 2.3

1.3 1st

Goals Against

17th 3.0

2.0 2nd

Goal Diff

21st -0.7

Special Teams 1–0

11.1 23rd

PP%

23rd 11.1

85.7 13th

PK%

19th 77.8

Offense 3–0

25.5 14th

Shots

22nd 22.3

9.8 22nd

Shooting%

25th 9.0

50.0 17th

Faceoff%

25th 47.4

Defense 3–3

18.0 2nd

Shots Against

1st 16.3

11.3 24th

Blocks

32nd 9.5

14.3 30th

Hits

23rd 17.5

2.8 28th

Takeaways

32nd 2.3

10.3 1st

Giveaways

18th 15.8

7.0 9th

PIM

3rd 4.5

2025-2026

League Percentile Ranking

Scoring 1–1

3.4 5th

Goals For

3rd 3.5

2.8 2nd

Goals Against

5th 2.9

0.6 3rd

Goal Diff

3rd 0.6

Special Teams 1–1

16.2 23rd

PP%

19th 17.9

88.3 1st

PK%

2nd 87.9

Offense 2–1

26.1 24th

Shots

16th 27.9

12.3 3rd

Shooting%

14th 11.2

45.6 30th

Faceoff%

32nd 43.3

Defense 3–3

27.7 16th

Shots Against

29th 30.9

14.3 22nd

Blocks

3rd 16.4

19.8 20th

Hits

21st 19.5

4.2 21st

Takeaways

6th 4.9

15.7 16th

Giveaways

18th 16.0

12.3 29th

PIM

20th 9.7

Head-to-Head

Sabres leads 2-0

Final

TB Lightning

110

2

BUF Sabres

211

4

Final

TB Lightning

043

7

BUF Sabres

134

8

Recent Form

Lightning

W vs MIN 3-2

W vs PHI 4-1

W vs WSH 3-1

L vs MTL 1-2

W @ MTL 1-0

Sabres

L vs DAL 0-4

W vs MIN 3-2

W vs CHI 4-3

L vs MTL 2-3

W @ MTL 8-3

Form Comparison

Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, US · 19,070 capacity

League: NHL
Season: NHL 26/27
Date: April 5, 2027
Time: 11:00 pm