Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

38-15-4, 19-6-4 Away

BUF

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

33-19-6, 17-8-3 Home

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	28	7	3	2	2.11	.921
J. Johansson	10	8	1	0	3.03	.888

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Lyon	14	8	3	2	2.72	.913
U. Luukkonen	12	7	2	0	2.65	.905
C. Ellis	7	4	1	0	3.11	.896

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TB

BUF

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Tage ThompsonC #72

Goals

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Tage ThompsonC #72

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Rasmus DahlinD #26

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Anthony Cirelli C	Day-To-Day	28 Feb
Nick Paul LW	IR-LT	12 Mar

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Zach Benson LW	IR	27 Feb
Jordan Greenway LW	IR	8 Mar
Justin Danforth RW	IR	28 Feb

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.56	2.54	28.3	26.6	810	40	22.2	30	83.1	3	0
BUF	3.34	3.05	27.7	30.1	522	34	19.8	27	82.7	7	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
2/27/26	@CAR	L5-4
2/26/26	vsTOR	W4-2
2/6/26	vsFLA	W6-1
2/4/26	vsBUF	W4-3 OT
2/1/26	vsBOS	W6-5 SO

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
2/26/26	@NJ	W2-1
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

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	38	15	4	80
Detroit	34	19	6	74
Montreal	32	17	9	73
Buffalo	33	19	6	72
Boston	33	20	5	71
Ottawa	28	22	8	64
Florida	30	25	3	63
Toronto	27	23	9	63

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