Buffalo Sabres @ Tampa Bay Lightning

BUF

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

32-19-6, 15-11-3 Away

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

37-14-4, 18-9-0 Home

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Lyon	14	8	3	2	2.72	.913
U. Luukkonen	11	7	2	0	2.73	.903
C. Ellis	7	4	1	0	3.11	.896

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	27	7	3	2	2.11	.920
J. Johansson	10	7	1	0	2.92	.890

Benchmark International Arena

Benchmark International Arena

12:00 AM, 1 March 2026

Tampa, FL

BUF

TB

Points

Tage ThompsonC #72

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Goals

Tage ThompsonC #72

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Assists

Rasmus DahlinD #26

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jordan Greenway LW	Day-To-Day	25 Feb
Zach Benson LW	Day-To-Day	25 Feb
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G	IR	25 Feb
Josh Norris C	IR	25 Feb
Justin Danforth RW	IR	25 Feb

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Nick Paul LW	Day-To-Day	25 Feb
Anthony Cirelli C	Day-To-Day	25 Feb
Brayden Point C	IR-LT	25 Feb
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	IR	28 Feb

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
BUF	3.37	3.09	27.6	30.1	513	34	20.1	27	82.5	7	0
TB	3.55	2.51	28.1	26.4	792	39	22.4	28	83.9	3	0

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
2/6/26	vsPIT	L5-2
2/4/26	@TB	L4-3 OT
2/3/26	@FLA	W5-3
2/1/26	vsMTL	L4-2
1/30/26	vsLA	W4-1

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
2/6/26	vsFLA	W6-1
2/4/26	vsBUF	W4-3 OT
2/1/26	vsBOS	W6-5 SO
1/30/26	vsWPG	W4-1
1/27/26	vsUTA	W2-0

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Sabres
3
Lightning
4

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	37	14	4	78
Montreal	32	17	8	72
Detroit	33	19	6	72
Buffalo	32	19	6	70
Boston	32	20	5	69
Ottawa	28	22	7	63
Toronto	27	21	9	63
Florida	29	25	3	61

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