Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

35-8-2, 16-4-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	1	1	3	5
Sabres BUF	2	0	1	3

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

23-16-6, 14-6-3 Home


Shots	30	33
Hits	11	20
Faceoffs Won	30	32
Faceoff Win Percent	48.4	51.6
Power Play Opportunities	2	4
Power Play Goals	1	0
Power Play Percentage	50.0	0.0
Short Handed Goals	0	0
Total Penalties	4	3
Penalty Minutes	10	6
Blocked Shots	10	7
Takeaways	3	10
Giveaways	2	10

Regular Season Series

TB leads 2-1

Lightning
1
Sabres
2

Game 1

14/11

Sabres
4
Lightning
5

Game 2

30/11

Lightning
5
Sabres
3

Game 3

13/1

Sabres
1
Lightning
2

Game 4

22/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	21	13	3	45
Tampa Bay	20	13	3	43
Montreal	19	12	5	43
Boston	20	16	1	41
Florida	19	14	2	40
Ottawa	18	13	4	40
Buffalo	17	14	4	38
Toronto	15	15	5	35

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Stars of the Game

Nikita KucherovRW - TB

Steven StamkosC - TB

Sam ReinhartC - BUF

Game Information

Team Stats

Regular Season Series

TB leads 2-1

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

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