6 Buffalo 1st Atlantic50-23-8-0

2 Tampa Bay 2nd Atlantic50-25-4-2

FINAL 6 FINAL 2 7:00PM ET · Feb 28, 2026

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Sabres vs Lightning Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
BUF Buffalo	4	1	1	6	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
TB Tampa Bay	0	1	1	2	Andrei Vasilevskiy

Location Benchmark International Arena

Referees Jean Hebert , Furman South

Linesmen Julien Fournier, Jonny Murray

Attendance 19,092 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
5:25		R. Dahlin Assisted by: O. Power ,
6:15		J. Norris Assisted by: Z. Metsa , J. Doan
8:18		J. Norris Assisted by: B. Byram , Z. Benson
15:06		T. Thompson Assisted by: R. Dahlin , P. Krebs
Scoring - Period 2
1:54		Z. Metsa Unassisted
16:03		D. James Assisted by: O. Bjorkstrand , V. Hedman
Scoring - Period 3
3:43		A. Tuch (PP) Assisted by: J. Quinn , R. Dahlin
5:27		V. Hedman Assisted by: D. Raddysh ,

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
10:44		Z. Benson (2:00) Cross Checking
Penalties - Period 2
5:47		R. Dahlin (2:00) Cross Checking
5:47		B. Point (2:00) Slashing
10:26		E. Lilleberg (2:00) Roughing
12:10		J. Guentzel (2:00) Delay Of Game
16:03		M. Samuelsson (2:00) Roughing
16:03		V. Hedman (2:00) Roughing
Penalties - Period 3
1:28		C. D'Astous (2:00) Roughing
1:28		M. Kesselring (2:00) Cross Checking
1:28		A. Tuch (2:00) Roughing
2:02		J. Guentzel (10:00) Unsportsmanlike Conduct
2:02		O. Bjorkstrand (2:00) Unsportsmanlike Conduct
6:23		D. Raddysh (2:00) Cross Checking
12:48		A. Cirelli (2:00) Interference
17:12		M. Kesselring (2:00) Cross Checking
20:00		C. D'Astous (2:00) Roughing

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Buffalo	10	20	5	35
Tampa Bay	14	12	12	38

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Buffalo	6	35	17.14	20.00	100.00	31	6	12
Tampa Bay	2	38	5.26	0.00	80.00	33	10	28

Goaltending

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
U. Luukkonen	38	36	2	.947	0	59:41

Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
A. Vasilevskiy	14	9	5	.643	0	21:54
J. Johansson	21	20	1	.952	0	38:06

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	1	1	2	0	4	25	22:45	15:10	4:06	3:29	0	-	-	-
6	LW	Z. Benson	0	1	1	1	2	0	19	13:39	12:43	0:20	0:36	0	1	-	100
8	D	M. Kesselring	0	0	0	-1	4	0	15	8:40	8:34	0:00	0:06	0	-	-	-
9	C	J. Norris	2	0	2	2	0	2	22	15:03	11:31	3:32	0:00	0	7	9	44
17	LW	J. Zucker	0	0	0	2	0	1	17	12:05	8:26	3:39	0:00	0	1	-	100
19	C	P. Krebs	0	1	1	-1	0	0	18	10:59	10:49	0:00	0:10	0	1	2	33
22	RW	J. Quinn	0	1	1	2	0	2	20	14:21	10:32	3:49	0:00	0	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-1	2	1	28	24:08	20:19	0:00	3:49	0	-	-	-
25	D	O. Power	0	1	1	2	0	4	27	19:59	18:56	0:22	0:41	0	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	1	2	3	2	2	2	29	24:32	19:59	4:07	0:26	0	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	E	0	1	19	12:26	9:59	0:06	2:21	0	-	-	-
48	C	T. Kozak	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	13:04	11:43	0:07	1:14	0	5	8	38
71	C	R. McLeod	0	0	0	1	0	2	27	20:21	13:19	4:05	2:57	0	10	11	48
72	C	T. Thompson	1	0	1	-1	0	6	20	16:00	11:55	4:05	0:00	0	6	2	75
73	D	Z. Metsa	1	1	2	2	0	3	18	13:08	12:31	0:00	0:37	0	-	-	-
86	C	N. Ostlund	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:46	10:48	3:58	0:00	0	-	-	-
89	RW	A. Tuch	1	0	1	-1	2	5	25	18:15	12:28	3:57	1:50	1	-	1	0
91	RW	J. Doan	0	1	1	2	0	2	24	16:08	12:26	3:42	0:00	0	-	-	-
1	G	U. Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	59:41	47:08	7:59	4:34	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
17	C	D. James	1	0	1	E	0	1	17	13:06	13:06	0:00	0:00	8	4	67
21	C	B. Point	0	0	0	E	2	0	20	17:52	13:44	4:06	0:02	9	7	56
22	RW	O. Bjorkstrand	0	1	1	-1	0	4	18	16:24	12:38	3:46	0:00	-	-	-
27	D	R. McDonagh	0	0	0	-3	0	0	21	16:16	11:15	0:00	5:01	-	-	-
28	C	Z. Girgensons	0	0	0	-1	0	3	23	15:03	10:53	0:04	4:06	-	1	0
29	RW	P. Holmberg	0	0	0	E	0	1	20	13:52	12:50	0:04	0:58	-	1	0
37	C	Y. Gourde	0	0	0	-1	0	1	21	15:59	11:18	0:22	4:19	5	11	31
38	LW	B. Hagel	0	0	0	-1	0	8	28	21:05	15:27	2:02	3:36	-	1	0
43	D	D. Raddysh	0	1	1	1	2	3	21	21:18	17:11	4:07	0:00	-	-	-
51	D	C. D'Astous	0	0	0	-2	4	0	18	15:50	15:32	0:10	0:08	-	-	-
59	C	J. Guentzel	0	0	0	-1	14	3	16	13:02	9:54	2:28	0:40	1	1	50
71	C	A. Cirelli	0	0	0	-2	2	1	22	14:01	11:52	0:06	2:03	10	5	67
77	D	V. Hedman	1	1	2	1	2	2	22	16:53	13:03	1:01	2:49	-	-	-
78	D	E. Lilleberg	0	0	0	-1	2	3	21	16:45	16:21	0:04	0:20	-	-	-
81	D	E. Cernak	0	0	0	-1	0	0	21	14:39	9:57	0:00	4:42	-	-	-
86	RW	N. Kucherov	0	0	0	-1	0	4	21	20:11	15:47	4:24	0:00	-	-	-
90	D	J. Moser	0	0	0	-1	0	2	20	15:46	12:50	0:00	2:56	-	-	-
93	C	G. Goncalves	0	0	0	-1	0	2	11	8:17	8:11	0:06	0:00	-	-	-
31	G	J. Johansson	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	38:06	27:33	2:34	7:59	-	-	-
88	G	A. Vasilevskiy	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	21:54	19:54	2:00	0:00	-	-	-

BUF vs TBRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
BUF	34-19-6	34-25-0	28-28-3	17-11-3	17-8-3
TB	38-15-4	31-26-0	28-27-2	19-6-4	19-9-0

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

5-4-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Feb 03, '26	TB	4 - 3 (OT)	TB -210	o6.0	35	26	1-2	1-3
Apr 13, '25	TB	7 - 4	TB -250	o6.5	31	25	1-2	1-2
Apr 05, '25	BUF	3 - 2 (SO)	BUF +182	u6.5	38	24	1-3	0-3
Mar 06, '25	TB	6 - 5	TB -250	o6.5	26	33	1-3	1-4
Apr 15, '24	TB	4 - 2	BUF +151	P6.0	33	34	0-2	0-2
Feb 29, '24	TB	3 - 2 (OT)	BUF +132	u6.5	23	23	1-3	2-3
Jan 20, '24	BUF	3 - 1	TB -109	u6.5	27	16	0-2	0-3
Oct 17, '23	BUF	3 - 2 (OT)	BUF -117	u7.0	31	25	0-3	0-4
Mar 04, '23	BUF	5 - 3	BUF +137	o7.0	34	36	2-5	1-5
Feb 23, '23	TB	6 - 5 (OT)	BUF +190	o7.0	41	23	1-3	1-2

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

7-2-1-0

Over / Under

4-6-0

$353

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Feb 27, '26	@ FLA	W 3 - 2	W +100	u6.0	39	29	1-3	1-4
Feb 25, '26	@ NJ	W 2 - 1	W -110	u6.0	30	28	0-3	0-2
Feb 05, '26	PIT	L 2 - 5	L -125	o6.5	27	31	1-5	0-3
Feb 03, '26	@ TB	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L +172	o6.0	26	35	1-3	1-2
Feb 02, '26	@ FLA	W 5 - 3	W -108	o6.5	20	42	1-3	1-4
Jan 31, '26	MON	L 2 - 4	L -130	u6.5	38	30	1-4	1-3
Jan 29, '26	LA	W 4 - 1	W -125	u5.5	32	38	1-3	1-2
Jan 27, '26	@ TOR	W 7 - 4	W -102	o6.5	31	23	1-2	0-0
Jan 24, '26	@ NYI	W 5 - 0	W -114	u6.5	21	26	0-2	0-3
Jan 22, '26	@ MON	W 4 - 2	W +104	u6.5	17	34	0-2	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Mar 03, '26	VEG	W 4-3 (SO)	W +177	o6.5
Mar 05, '26	@ PIT	L 2-5	L -125	o6.5
Mar 07, '26	NAS	W 5-3	W +114	o6.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

8-2-0-0

Over / Under

5-4-1

$170

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Feb 26, '26	@ CAR	L 4 - 5	L +128	o6.0	28	33	1-2	1-2
Feb 25, '26	TOR	W 4 - 2	W -220	p6.0	36	34	0-4	1-2
Feb 05, '26	FLA	W 6 - 1	W -215	o5.5	28	34	1-4	1-6
Feb 03, '26	BUF	W 4 - 3 (OT)	W -210	o6.0	35	26	1-2	1-3
Feb 01, '26	BOS	W 6 - 5 (SO)	W -215	o6.0	46	34	3-8	1-3
Jan 29, '26	WIN	W 4 - 1	W -184	u5.5	37	24	0-1	0-2
Jan 26, '26	UTAH	W 2 - 0	W -152	u6.0	29	28	2-4	0-3
Jan 24, '26	@ CLB	L 5 - 8	L -120	o6.5	30	29	1-2	1-2
Jan 23, '26	@ CHI	W 2 - 1 (SO)	W -295	u6.0	31	19	0-3	0-3
Jan 20, '26	SJ	W 4 - 1	W -330	u6.5	20	23	0-1	0-1

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Mar 03, '26	@ MIN	L 3-5	L -102	o6.5
Mar 05, '26	@ WIN	W 4-1	W -184	u5.5
Mar 07, '26	@ TOR	W 4-2	W -220	p6.0

BUF vs TB Preview

Buffalo at

Tampa Bay

Last Meeting ( Feb 3, 2026 ) Buffalo 3, Tampa Bay 4

Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson is excited about what is at stake over the team's final 23 games of the regular season.

The Sabres will continue their journey on Saturday when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning.

"We have something really good going here, and I think every point -- especially at this point in the season, going forward -- is crucial for us," Thompson said. "Especially (against) teams in the East."

Buffalo extended its season-best road point streak to eight games (7-0-1) with a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday.

It's the first streak of that length since the 2006-07 team accomplished the feat en route to earning 10 straight road victories to start the season.

The Sabres have 74 points on the season, third in the Eastern Conference.

Alex Tuch notched his 23rd goal of the season on Friday, second-most on the club, while Beck Malenstyn added his fifth.

"Every game's a playoff game from here on out," said forward Peyton Krebs, who recorded what proved to be the game-winning goal by scoring into an empty net with 1:17 remaining.

"We need the wins, and it's going to be a lot of fun."

Forward Zach Benson (upper body) has not played since crashing into the boards against Florida on Feb. 2, and he recently battled a viral illness.

Benson, however, joined the team on the road and could skate against the Lightning, who will be playing their third game in four days.

"He was good enough that we got him down here last night," said coach Lindy Ruff of Benson.

With coach Jon Cooper absent for a second consecutive match following the death of his father, the Lightning displayed both their resilience and offensive prowess on Thursday against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Playing their first game following the Winter Olympics break, the Hurricanes burst out to a three-goal advantage just 6:41 into the matchup of Eastern Conference top squads.

However, Brandon Hagel notched his 28th goal of the season, while Nikita Kucherov and Dominic James also scored.

Brayden Point's 14th goal of the season squared it at 4-4 before Carolina's Sebastian Aho scored on the power play for the only goal of the third period.

"We spent a lot of energy trying to come back from 3-0 ... it's never a good recipe," said Lightning assistant coach Rob Zettler, who oversees the defense.

"We're started to clean it up in the second half of the first period. ... We just needed a kill to keep it alive and see if we could get some points out of a back-to-back."

That did not happen, though, as the Lightning saw their six-game winning streak come to a halt.

Zettler, a former defenseman, said the roster's variety helps.

"We've got a lot of guys that we call ‘gamers,' and we've got a lot of skill on our team," he said. "Guys are able to make plays, and we're dangerous. We average almost four goals a game."

Winners of 10 consecutive on home ice, Tampa Bay will start play Saturday with Kucherov riding a 12-game point streak (eight goals, 20 assists).

Jake Guentzel had three assists to boost his point total to 63, second only to Kucherov's 95.

--Field Level Media

BUF vs TBInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
N. Ostlund	C	Out - Upper-Body( Apr 10, '26)	Apr 10, '26
The Sabres said on Saturday (Apr. 11) that Ostlund likely won't play before the end of the regular season, according to Heather Engel of NHL.com.
A. Lyon	G	Out - Lower Body( Apr 08, '26)	Apr 08, '26
Lyon is likely to be out for about a week, per Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News.
S. Carrick	C	Out - Arm( Apr 01, '26)	Apr 01, '26
The Sabres said on Thursday (Apr. 2) that Carrick is week to week with an arm injury, per Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News.
J. Kulich	C	Out For Season - Ear( Mar 05, '26)	Mar 05, '26
The Sabres said that Kulich is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
J. Danforth	RW	Out - Lower Body( Jan 25, '26)	Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	44	Josh Dunne
C	48	Tyson Kozak
LW	70	Tanner Pearson
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch
RW	91	Josh Doan

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	5	Luke Schenn
D	8	Michael Kesselring
D	21	Conor Timmins
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	34	Alex Lyon
D	64	Logan Stanley
D	73	Zach Metsa
G	92	Colten Ellis

Tampa Bay's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
J. Johansson	G	Day To Day - Undisclosed( Apr 13, '26)	Apr 13, '26
Johansson did not play on Monday's (Apr. 13) game against Detroit.
B. Hagel	LW	Day To Day - Lower-Body( Apr 13, '26)	Apr 13, '26
Hagel did not play against Detroit on Monday (Apr. 13).
D. Raddysh	D	Day To Day - Undisclosed( Apr 13, '26)	Apr 13, '26
Raddysh did not play on against Detroit on Monday (Apr. 13).
P. Holmberg	RW	Out - Upper-Body( Apr 05, '26)	Apr 05, '26
The Lightning said on Monday (Apr. 6) that Holmberg might be set for extended absence, per Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times.
V. Hedman	D	Out - Personal( Apr 01, '26)	Apr 01, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning placed D Victor Hedman on long-term injured reserve.
D. James	C	Out - Leg( Mar 04, '26)	Mar 04, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning said on Thursday (Mar. 5) that James will be sidelined for 8-10 weeks after undergoing surgery, per Benjamin Pierce of the team's official site.
M. Crozier	D	Out - Abdomen( Feb 20, '26)	Feb 20, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning placed D Max Crozier on injured reserve on Saturday (Feb. 21).

Tampa Bay Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	10	Corey Perry
C	14	Conor Geekie
LW	20	Nick Paul
C	21	Brayden Point
RW	22	Oliver Bjorkstrand
C	28	Zemgus Girgensons
RW	29	Pontus Holmberg
C	37	Yanni Gourde
LW	38	Brandon Hagel
RW	46	Scott Sabourin
C	59	Jake Guentzel
C	71	Anthony Cirelli
RW	86	Nikita Kucherov
C	93	Gage Goncalves

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	16	Steven Santini
D	27	Ryan McDonagh
G	31	Jonas Johansson
D	43	Darren Raddysh
D	51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
D	67	Declan Carlile
D	78	Emil Lilleberg
D	81	Erik Cernak
G	88	Andrei Vasilevskiy
D	90	J.J. Moser

GoaltendersLast 5

Buffalo
Tampa Bay

W/L

3-1-1-0

GAA

2.80

Save %

.916

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
A.Lyon	Feb 27, 2026	FLA 2 - BUF 3	W	2	29	.931	-	W +100	u6.0
U.Luukkonen	Feb 25, 2026	NJ 1 - BUF 2	W	1	28	.964	-	W -110	u6.0
A.Lyon	Feb 5, 2026	BUF 2 - PIT 5	L	4	31	.871	-	L -125	o6.5
C.Ellis	Feb 3, 2026	TB 4 - BUF 3 (OT)	-	4	35	.886	-	L +172	o6.0
A.Lyon	Feb 2, 2026	FLA 3 - BUF 5	W	3	42	.929	-	W -108	o6.5

W/L

4-1-0-0

GAA

3.20

Save %

.900

Tampa Bay Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Johansson	Feb 26, 2026	CAR 5 - TB 4	L	5	33	.848	-	L +128	o6.0
A.Vasilevskiy	Feb 25, 2026	TB 4 - TOR 2	W	2	34	.941	-	W -220	p6.0
A.Vasilevskiy	Feb 5, 2026	TB 6 - FLA 1	W	1	34	.971	-	W -215	o5.5
A.Vasilevskiy	Feb 3, 2026	TB 4 - BUF 3 (OT)	W	3	26	.885	-	W -210	o6.0
A.Vasilevskiy	Feb 1, 2026	TB 6 - BOS 5 (SO)	W	5	34	.853	-	W -215	o6.0

BUF vs TBStats

Offense vs Defense

BUFBuffalo Offense
TBTampa Bay Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.39	Total	2.58
1.00	1st Period	0.89
1.19	2nd Period	0.74
1.10	3rd Period	0.88
0.05	OT	0.04

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
27.85	Total	26.61
8.22	1st Period	8.56
9.63	2nd Period	7.51
7.85	3rd Period	8.00
0.29	OT	0.54

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.12	Total	0.90
0.12	1st Period	0.90
0.12	2nd Period	0.90
0.14	3rd Period	0.89
0.18	OT	0.94

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
35 - 175	G/Att vs. GA/Att	30 - 178
20.00	PP % vs. PK %	83.15

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Buffalo Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Colten Ellis	367	329	0.896	7-4-1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	581	526	0.905	12-7-2
Alex Lyon	807	737	0.913	15-8-3

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Goaltenders

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