The Tampa Bay Lightning (48-22-6) visit the Buffalo Sabres (46-23-8) at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York on April 6, 2026, starting at 7 p.m. ET on NHL Network. The Lightning rank second in the Eastern Conference with 102 points and the Sabres are fourth in the Eastern Conference with 100 points.<\/p>\n
Watch the NHL, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. Use our link<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n Lightning vs. Sabres: April 6 Viewing Options<\/p>\n Date: Monday, April 6, 2026 Catch NHL action all year long on Fubo.<\/a><\/p>\n Lightning vs. Sabres Top Players<\/p>\n Lightning<\/p>\n One of Tampa Bay’s top offensive options this season is Nikita Kucherov, who has recorded 125 points in 70 games. Tage Thompson has scored 38 goals (0.5 per game) and collected 40 assists (0.5 per game), contributing to the Buffalo offense with 78 total points (1.0 per game). He averages 3.4 shots per game, shooting 14.6%. Lightning<\/p>\n Declan Carlile: Out (Undisclosed), <\/p>\n Max Crozier: Out (Abdomen), <\/p>\n Dominic James: Out (Leg), <\/p>\n Victor Hedman: Out (Personal), <\/p>\n Brandon Hagel: Day-To-Day (Undisclosed), <\/p>\n Scott Sabourin: Day-To-Day (Undisclosed)<\/p>\n Sabres<\/p>\n Justin Danforth: Out (Lower Body), <\/p>\n Jiri Kulich: Out For Season (Ear), <\/p>\n Sam Carrick: Out (Arm), <\/p>\n Noah Ostlund: Day-To-Day (Upper Body)<\/p>\n Sign up for ESPN+<\/a>, Fubo<\/a> and HBO Max<\/a> to watch the NHL this season.<\/p>\n Lightning’s Schedule<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Lightning (48-22-6) visit the Buffalo Sabres (46-23-8) at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5100],"tags":[1107,229,5133,833,5,835,4,37137,834,1108,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-542986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-sabres","8":"tag-buffalo","9":"tag-buffalo-sabres","10":"tag-buffalosabres","11":"tag-ds-sports","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-men","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-nhl-preview","16":"tag-professional","17":"tag-sabres","18":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116355033119260218","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542986","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=542986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTime: 7 p.m. ET
\nHow to watch on TV: NHL Network
\nLocation: Buffalo, New York
\nVenue: KeyBank Center
\nLightning’s 2025-26 Stats<\/p>\n
\nJake Guentzel has 84 points (36 goals, 48 assists) to add to the team’s offensive efforts.
\nTampa Bay’s offensive effort is aided by Brandon Hagel’s 84 points. He’s contributed 38 assists.
\nIn the 54 games Andrei Vasilevskiy has played this season, his save percentage is .912, the fourth-best in the league.
\nSabres<\/p>\n
\nRasmus Dahlin has scored 69 total points (0.9 per game) this season. He has 18 goals and 51 assists.
\nBuffalo’s Alex Tuch is among the leaders on the team with 60 total points (28 goals and 32 assists).
\nAlex Lyon is 20-10-4 this season, amassing 885 saves and giving up 92 goals (2.8 goals against average) with a .907 save percentage (16th in the league).
\nLightning vs. Sabres Injury Report<\/p>\n