Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres on Mar 8, 2026?

Buffalo Sabres won 7-8 on Mar 8, 2026.

Lightning 7, Sabres 8 — Mar 8, 2026 Recap

NHLSUN, MAR 8, 20265:10 PM CDT

Away

LightningTampa Bay Lightning7

Final

Home

SabresBuffalo Sabres8

Betting results

Spread

Sabres covered

Sabres +1.5

Total

Over

15 / 6.5

Moneyline

Sabres

-102

Probability

Loading probability

Pre-game notes3 notes

Back-to-backNo rest day

Won 6 straightSabres on heater

Key performers

Lightning

Darren Raddysh80g0.9PTS

0.3G0.6A22mTOI

Last 5: 0.4 pts·vs Sabres: 2 pts (4g)

J.J. Moser86g0.4PTS

0.1G0.3A21mTOI

Last 5: 0.6 pts·vs Sabres: 1 pts (4g)

Jake Guentzel88g1.1PTS

0.5G0.7A20mTOI

Last 5: 1.6 pts·vs Sabres: 1 pts (4g)

Nikita Kucherov83g1.7PTS

0.6G1.1A20mTOI

Last 5: 1.2 pts·vs Sabres: 2 pts (4g)

Brandon Hagel77g1.1PTS

0.6G0.5A20mTOI

Last 5: 1.4 pts·vs Sabres: 1 pts (3g)

Goalie

Jonas JohanssonCold86g

.883SV%3.31GAA

L5 .000 SV% · 0 GAA

Sabres

Rasmus Dahlin84g0.9PTS

0.3G0.7A24mTOI

Last 5: 0.4 pts·vs Lightning: 2 pts (4g)

Mattias Samuelsson85g0.5PTS

0.2G0.3A22mTOI

Last 5: 0.2 pts·vs Lightning: 0.5 pts (4g)

Bowen Byram89g0.5PTS

0.2G0.4A22mTOI

Last 5: 1 pts·vs Lightning: 1.5 pts (4g)

Owen Power88g0.4PTS

0.1G0.3A21mTOI

Last 5: 0.8 pts·vs Lightning: 0.3 pts (4g)

Tage Thompson88g1PTS

0.5G0.5A19mTOI

Last 5: 1 pts·vs Lightning: 1.5 pts (4g)

Goalie

Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenCold62g

.906SV%2.61GAA

L5 .821 SV% · 4.24 GAA

ScoringSeason · per game

Team

GPG

Scored

OPP

Allowed

MARGIN

Per game

Lightning

3.5★

2.7★

+0.9★

Sabres

3.4★

3.0★

+0.5★

Edge

Lightning +0.1

Lightning +0.3

Lightning +0.4

Last 10 · Trend

Lightning

3.7avg

Sabres

3.4avg

Head to head2025-26 · 2 games

Lightning1

Sabres1

Recent formLast 10

Straight-Up

Lightning

6-460%

SabresW6

7-370%

Against the Spread

Lightning

5-550%

Sabres

6-460%

Season records2025-26 · 61g / 63g

Team

ATS

O/U

Lightning

Overall

64%39-22

51%31-30

Sabres

Overall

60%38-25

59%37-26

48%30-33

Matchup venueRoad / Home splits

Team

ATS

O/U

Lightning

On Road

63%20-12

50%16-16

Sabres

At Home

63%19-11

53%16-14

47%14-16

Player prop results21 players · 64 props

Nikita KucherovTampa Bay Lightning

4 props

PointsO 1.5

3✓

AssistsO 0.5

1✓

GoalsO 0.5

2✓

Shots on GoalO 2.5

5✓

Rasmus DahlinBuffalo Sabres

3 props

PointsO 0.5

3✓

AssistsO 0.5

2✓

Shots on GoalO 2.5

1✗

Darren RaddyshTampa Bay Lightning

3 props

PointsO 0.5

3✓

AssistsO 0.5

3✓

Shots on GoalO 2.5

4✓

Jake GuentzelTampa Bay Lightning

4 props

PointsO 0.5

0✗

AssistsO 0.5

0✗

GoalsO 0.5

0✗

Shots on GoalO 2.5

1✗

Tage ThompsonBuffalo Sabres

4 props

PointsO 0.5

4✓

AssistsO 0.5

4✓

GoalsO 0.5

0✗

Shots on GoalO 3.5

3✗

Brayden PointTampa Bay Lightning

4 props

PointsO 0.5

1✓

AssistsO 0.5

0✗

GoalsO 0.5

1✓

Shots on GoalO 2.5

1✗

Brandon HagelTampa Bay Lightning

4 props

PointsO 0.5

2✓

AssistsO 0.5

1✓

GoalsO 0.5

1✓

Shots on GoalO 2.5

2✗

Alex TuchBuffalo Sabres

4 props

PointsO 0.5

2✓

AssistsO 0.5

0✗

GoalsO 0.5

2✓

Shots on GoalO 2.5

4✓

Ryan McLeodBuffalo Sabres

2 props

PointsO 0.5

1✓

AssistsO 0.5

1✓

Bowen ByramBuffalo Sabres

2 props

PointsO 0.5

3✓

AssistsO 0.5

3✓

Josh NorrisBuffalo Sabres

3 props

PointsO 0.5

0✗

AssistsO 0.5

0✗

Shots on GoalO 1.5

1✗

Jack QuinnBuffalo Sabres

3 props

PointsO 0.5

0✗

AssistsO 0.5

0✗

Shots on GoalO 1.5

3✓

Oliver BjorkstrandTampa Bay Lightning

3 props

PointsO 0.5

0✗

AssistsO 0.5

0✗

Shots on GoalO 1.5

2✓

Victor HedmanTampa Bay Lightning

3 props

PointsO 0.5

0✗

AssistsO 0.5

0✗

Shots on GoalO 1.5

3✓

Jason ZuckerBuffalo Sabres

4 props

PointsO 0.5

3✓

AssistsO 0.5

1✓

GoalsO 0.5

2✓

Shots on GoalO 1.5

6✓

Owen PowerBuffalo Sabres

3 props

PointsO 0.5

0✗

AssistsO 0.5

0✗

Shots on GoalO 1.5

0✗

Anthony CirelliTampa Bay Lightning

3 props

PointsO 0.5

1✓

AssistsO 0.5

1✓

Shots on GoalO 1.5

1✗

Josh DoanBuffalo Sabres

3 props

PointsO 0.5

2✓

AssistsO 0.5

0✗

Shots on GoalO 1.5

4✓

Mattias SamuelssonBuffalo Sabres

3 props

PointsO 0.5

0✗

AssistsO 0.5

0✗

Blocked ShotsO 1.5

3✓

Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBuffalo Sabres

1 prop

SavesO 26.5

22✗

Jonas JohanssonTampa Bay Lightning

1 prop

SavesO 24.5

34✓

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