Detroit – Utah 2:4 (end) | Tampa – Buffalo 6:5 (end) | Florida – Columbus 3:0 (end)
Philadelphia – Winnipeg 1:4 (end) | Carolina – Boston 3:2 (end) | Nashville – Seattle 5:3 (end)
Dallas – Calgary 3:2 (after OT) | Edmonton – Montreal 3:2 (after OT) | Colorado – San Jose 7:3 (end)
final
Tampa Bay Lightning
6:5 (2:3, 3:2, 1:0)
Buffalo Sabres
Friday 07.03.2025, 01:00 • Amalie Arena, Tampa • NHL
     
    Game over. (03:48:56)
     
    59:43
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Ryan McDonagh – 2 min., high-sticking.
     
    58:06
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Brandon Hagel – 2 min., tripping.
     
    50:25
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    John Peterka – 2 min., holding.
    41:39 Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL) - 6:5
     
    41:39
    Team Tampa with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is OLIVER BJORKSTRAND. Assisted by Yanni Gourde, Nikita Kucherov.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    38:46 Jake Guentzel (TBL) - 5:5
     
    38:46
    Team Tampa with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is JAKE GUENTZEL. Assisted by Brandon Hagel, Darren Raddysh.
     
    38:10
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Anthony Cirelli – 2 min., roughing.

    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Rasmus Dahlin – 2 min. + 2 min., roughing.
    37:43 Jake Guentzel (TBL) - 4:5
     
    37:43
    Team Tampa with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is JAKE GUENTZEL. Assisted by Brayden Point, Nick Paul.
    32:40 John Peterka (BUF) - 3:5
     
    32:40
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is JOHN PETERKA.
    29:35 Tage Thompson (BUF) - 3:4
     
    29:35
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is TAGE THOMPSON. Assisted by Rasmus Dahlin, John Peterka.
     
    29:15
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Gage Goncalves – 2 min., tripping.
     
    21:57
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Cernak – 2 min., roughing.
    20:57 Jake Guentzel (TBL) - 3:3
    Goals and assists: 6. Paul (McDonagh, Hagel), 6. D. Raddysh (Girgensons), 21. Guentzel (Cernak, Kucherov), 38. Guentzel (Point, Paul), 39. Guentzel (Hagel, D. Raddysh), 42. Bjorkstrand (Gourde, Kucherov) – 6. Dahlin (McLeod, Benson), 9. Tuch, 18. Krebs (McLeod, Benson), 30. T. Thompson (Dahlin, Peterka), 33. Peterka


    Tampa Bay Lightning: Vasilevsky (J. Johansson) – Moser, Hedman (C), Cernak, McDonagh (A), D. Raddysh, Lilleberg – Kucherov (A), Point, Guentzel – Paul, Cirelli, Hagel – Goncalves, Bjorkstrand, Gourde – Girgensons, Glendening, Chaffee.
    Coach: Jon Cooper

    Buffalo Sabres: Luukkonen (Reimer) – Dahlin, Samuelsson, Power, Byram, Clifton, Bryson – T. Thompson, Kulich, Peterka – Tuch, Cozens, Greenway – Quinn, McLeod, Benson – Lafferty, Krebs, Malenstyn.
    Coach: Lindy Ruff

    Referees: D. O'Rourke, G. Rank – B. Pancich, R. Jackson