{"id":492641,"date":"2026-03-08T06:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/492641\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T06:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:01:13","slug":"lightning-vs-sabres-time-tv-live-stream-3-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/492641\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning vs. Sabres Time, TV &#038; Live Stream \u2013 3\/8\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunday NHL schedule includes the Tampa Bay Lightning (39-18-4) visiting the Buffalo Sabres (38-19-6) at KeyBank Center, starting at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The Lightning rank second and the Sabres third in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968176&amp;cid=GSmtBICJQE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs. Sabres: March 8 Viewing Options<\/p>\n<p>Date: Sunday, March 8, 2026<br \/>\nTime: 6 p.m. ET<br \/>\nHow to watch on TV: ESPN+<br \/>\nLocation: Buffalo, New York<br \/>\nVenue: KeyBank Center<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968183&amp;cid=GSmtBICJQE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nLightning&#8217;s 2025-26 Stats<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968378&amp;cid=GSmtBICJQE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs. Sabres Top Players<\/p>\n<p>Lightning<\/p>\n<p>A productive offensive player this season for Tampa Bay, Nikita Kucherov has recorded 100 points.<br \/>\nJake Guentzel has 27 goals and 40 assists for Tampa Bay to compile 67 total points (1.1 per game).<br \/>\nBrandon Hagel has created 57 points for Tampa Bay in 56 games this season, netting a goal on 17.3% of his shots and putting up 29 goals and 28 assists.<br \/>\nAcross 42 games played, Andrei Vasilevskiy has a goaltending record of 29-10-3. During those games, he&#8217;s allowed 94 goals while recording 989 saves.<br \/>\nSabres<\/p>\n<p>Tage Thompson&#8217;s 66 points make him an important offensive option for Buffalo. He has put up 34 goals and 32 assists in 63 games.<br \/>\nRasmus Dahlin has helped lead the attack for Buffalo this season with 12 goals and 42 assists.<br \/>\nAlex Tuch is a key player on offense for Buffalo with 24 goals and 29 assists.<br \/>\nAlex Lyon is 17-8-3 on the season, allowing 74 goals (2.6 goals against average) and amassing 785 saves with a .915 save percentage (second-best in the league).<br \/>\nLightning vs. Sabres Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Lightning<\/p>\n<p>Max Crozier: Out (Abdomen), <\/p>\n<p>Dominic James: Out (Leg), <\/p>\n<p>Gage Goncalves: Day-To-Day (Lower Body), <\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Paul: Out (Undisclosed)<\/p>\n<p>Sabres<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Greenway: Out (Abdomen), <\/p>\n<p>Tyson Kozak: Day-To-Day (Undisclosed), <\/p>\n<p>Jiri Kulich: Out For Season (Ear), <\/p>\n<p>Justin Danforth: Day-To-Day (Lower Body), <\/p>\n<p>Conor Timmins: Out (Leg)<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968265&amp;cid=GSmtBICJQE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Lightning take on Sabres.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning&#8217;s Schedule<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sunday NHL schedule includes the Tampa Bay Lightning (39-18-4) visiting the Buffalo Sabres (38-19-6) at KeyBank Center,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5105],"tags":[229,833,5,189,835,4,37137,834,540,92,5168,5167],"class_list":{"0":"post-492641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-lightning","8":"tag-buffalo-sabres","9":"tag-ds-sports","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-lightning","12":"tag-men","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-nhl-preview","15":"tag-professional","16":"tag-tampa-bay","17":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","18":"tag-tampabay","19":"tag-tampabaylightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116192037063403859","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}