Buffalo Sabres @ Tampa Bay Lightning

BUF

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

11-13-4, 2-8-2 Away

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

16-10-2, 8-7-0 Home

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Lyon	3	6	3	1	3.23	.899
U. Luukkonen	4	4	1	0	2.57	.895
C. Ellis	4	3	0	0	3.40	.892

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	11	6	2	1	2.31	.917
J. Johansson	5	4	0	0	3.06	.896

Benchmark International Arena

Benchmark International Arena

12:30 AM, 4 February 2026

Tampa, FL

BUF

TB

Points

Alex TuchRW #89

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Goals

Tage ThompsonC #72

Brandon HagelLW #38

Assists

Rasmus DahlinD #26

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Tyson Kozak C	Day-To-Day	8 Dec
Michael Kesselring D	IR	18 Dec

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Dominic James C	Day-To-Day	8 Dec
Curtis Douglas C	Day-To-Day	8 Dec
Nikita Kucherov RW	OUT	8 Dec
Andrei Vasilevskiy G	OUT	8 Dec
Brayden Point C	IR	8 Dec

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
BUF	2.93	3.43	29.0	30.0	279	15	18.1	10	87.2	3	0
TB	3.26	2.63	27.2	27.5	310	14	16.3	11	87.4	2	0

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/6/25	@WPG	L4-1
12/4/25	@PHI	L5-2
12/2/25	vsWPG	W5-1
11/30/25	@MIN	W3-2 SO
11/28/25	vsNJ	L5-0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/7/25	vsNYI	L2-0
12/5/25	vsPIT	L4-3
12/3/25	@NYI	L2-1
11/29/25	@NYR	W4-1
11/28/25	@DET	W6-3

Regular Season Series

Series starts 2/3

Sabres
Lightning

Game 1

4/2

Sabres
Lightning

Game 2

1/3

Lightning
Sabres

Game 3

8/3

Lightning
Sabres

Game 4

7/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	16	10	2	34
Boston	17	13	0	34
Montreal	15	9	3	33
Detroit	15	11	3	33
Toronto	13	11	4	30
Ottawa	13	11	4	30
Florida	13	12	2	28
Buffalo	11	13	4	26

Raty has 2 goals and an assist as Canucks beat Wild 4-2

Raty has 2 goals and an assist as Canucks beat Wild 4-2

— Aatu Raty had two goals and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Saturday night to snap a four-game skid.

Kane scores late in 3rd period to help Red Wings beat Kraken 4-3

Kane scores late in 3rd period to help Red Wings beat Kraken 4-3

— Patrick Kane scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:29 remaining in the third period and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Seattle Kraken 4-3 on Saturday night.

Oilers score 4 1st-period goals in 6-2 victory over slumping Jets

Oilers score 4 1st-period goals in 6-2 victory over slumping Jets

— Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had a goal and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers raced past the slumping Winnipeg Jets, 6-2 on Saturday night.

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