Buffalo Sabres 6 — 2 Tampa Bay Lightning
2026-02-28 · Benchmark International Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | TBL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | 20 | 12 |
| 3 | 5 | 12 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Johansson | TBL | 20 | 21 | 1 | 13/13 | 6/7 | 1/1 | 38:06 | |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy start | TBL | L | 9 | 14 | 5 | 9/14 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 21:54 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | W | 36 | 38 | 2 | 31/33 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 59:41 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24:32 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13:08 |
| Josh Norris | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:15 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22:45 |
| Owen Power | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:59 |
| Josh Doan | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:08 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:21 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10:59 |
| Zach Benson | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:39 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:21 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24:08 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:05 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12:26 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:40 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14:46 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:04 |
TBL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Hedman | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:53 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:24 |
| Darren Raddysh | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:18 |
| Dominic James | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:06 |
| Brandon Hagel | L | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:05 |
| Nikita Kucherov | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:11 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:03 |
| Jake Guentzel | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| Emil Lilleberg | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:45 |
| Gage Goncalves | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:17 |
| J.J. Moser | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:46 |
| Pontus Holmberg | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:59 |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:01 |
| Erik Cernak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:39 |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 |
| Brayden Point | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:52 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:50 |
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 |