Buffalo Sabres 3 — 4 Tampa Bay Lightning
2026-02-03 · Benchmark International Arena · OT
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | TBL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy start | TBL | W | 23 | 26 | 3 | 16/18 | 7/8 | 0/0 | 63:33 |
| Colten Ellis start | BUF | O | 31 | 35 | 4 | 25/28 | 4/5 | 2/2 | 64:24 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:01 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27:47 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:09 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:31 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:51 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:47 |
| Konsta Helenius | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13:47 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:08 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:38 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:10 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:12 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:37 |
| Isak Rosen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:17 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:25 |
TBL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikita Kucherov | R | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22:24 |
| Darren Raddysh | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 25:48 |
| Jake Guentzel | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:07 |
| Brandon Hagel | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:40 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:04 |
| J.J. Moser | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23:51 |
| Dominic James | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:02 |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:40 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:01 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:07 |
| Erik Cernak | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18:04 |
| Scott Sabourin | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 06:03 |
| Victor Hedman | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 |
| Gage Goncalves | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 |
| Jack Finley | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:43 |
| Declan Carlile | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:08 |
| Curtis Douglas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:45 |
| Pontus Holmberg | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:31 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | 2025-26 | TBL | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2026-03-08 | 2025-26 | TBL | 7 | BUF | 8 | |
| 2026-02-28 | 2025-26 | BUF | 6 | TBL | 2 | |
| 2026-02-03 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | TBL | 4 | OT |
| 2025-04-13 | 2024-25 | BUF | 4 | TBL | 7 | |
| 2025-04-05 | 2024-25 | TBL | 2 | BUF | 3 | SO |
| 2025-03-06 | 2024-25 | BUF | 5 | TBL | 6 | |
| 2024-04-15 | 2023-24 | BUF | 4 | TBL | 2 | |
| 2024-02-29 | 2023-24 | BUF | 3 | TBL | 2 | OT |
| 2024-01-20 | 2023-24 | TBL | 3 | BUF | 1 |