Tampa Bay at Buffalo — NHL March 8, 2026

7 – 8

Final

KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY

	1	2	3	T
TB	0	4	3	7
BUF	1	3	4	8

TB 28 shots on goal 42 BUF

Recap

Three stars

1st star

J. Doan

2 goals

-2 rating

2nd star

J. Zucker

2 goals

1 assist

+1 rating

3rd star

T. Thompson

4 assists

-1 rating

Closing line

Scoring

	1st Per	TB	BUF
8:26	Josh Doan 20 (power-play) (Assists: Tage Thompson 33, Bowen Byram 23)	0	1

	2nd Per	TB	BUF
2:15	Jason Zucker 18 (power-play) (Assists: Rasmus Dahlin 43, Tage Thompson 34)	0	2
5:10	Alex Tuch 26 (power-play) (Assists: Tage Thompson 35, Noah Ostlund 14)	0	3
7:55	Corey Perry 13 (Assists: Nikita Kucherov 69, Darren Raddysh 39)	1	3
11:07	Alex Tuch 27 (short-handed) (Assists: Bowen Byram 24)	1	4
12:26	Nikita Kucherov 33 (power-play) (Assists: Darren Raddysh 40)	2	4
14:46	Zemgus Girgensons 8 (Assists: Yanni Gourde 16, J.J. Moser 16)	3	4
17:37	J.J. Moser 6 (Assists: Conor Geekie 2)	4	4

	3rd Per	TB	BUF
0:59	Nikita Kucherov 34 (Assists: Brandon Hagel 29, J.J. Moser 17)	5	4
5:46	Brayden Point 16 (Unassisted)	6	4
6:12	Sam Carrick 5 (Assists: Zach Benson 21, Michael Kesselring 2)	6	5
9:48	Brandon Hagel 30 (Assists: Anthony Cirelli 23, Darren Raddysh 41)	7	5
11:03	Rasmus Dahlin 13 (Assists: Tage Thompson 36, Bowen Byram 25)	7	6
14:29	Jason Zucker 19 (Assists: Ryan McLeod 33)	7	7
15:43	Josh Doan 21 (power-play) (Assists: Jason Zucker 15, Rasmus Dahlin 44)	7	8

Penalties

1st Per

4:36 Darren Raddysh (Slashing - 2 min) drawn by Alex Tuch served by Conor Geekie
4:36 Brandon Hagel (Boarding - 2 min) drawn by Tage Thompson
4:36 Darren Raddysh (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
4:36 Rasmus Dahlin (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Darren Raddysh
8:20 Erik Cernak (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Josh Norris
8:54 Sam Carrick (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Scott Sabourin
8:54 Scott Sabourin (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Sam Carrick
9:13 Charle-Edouard D'Astous (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Bowen Byram served by Corey Perry
9:13 Bowen Byram (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Charle-Edouard D'Astous served by Beck Malenstyn
9:13 Brandon Hagel (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Peyton Krebs
9:13 Peyton Krebs (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Brandon Hagel
9:13 Bowen Byram (Misconduct - 10 min)
9:13 Charle-Edouard D'Astous (Misconduct - 10 min)
10:40 Mattias Samuelsson (Slashing - 2 min) drawn by Nikita Kucherov
10:40 Nikita Kucherov (Slashing - 2 min) drawn by Mattias Samuelsson
14:59 Erik Cernak (Unsportsmanlike Conduct - 2 min) drawn by Michael Kesselring
14:59 Michael Kesselring (Unsportsmanlike Conduct - 2 min) drawn by Erik Cernak
16:41 Noah Ostlund (Unsportsmanlike Conduct - 2 min) drawn by Jonas Johansson

2nd Per

3rd Per

Highlights

BUFFALO IS ALIVE after INSANE 8-7 win over Tampa!