Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning
NHLFebruary 28, 2026Benchmark International Arena
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| TB | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Scoring
1st
BUF 1, TB 0Rasmus Dahlin Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Owen Power (14)
BUF 2, TB 0Josh Norris Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Doan (22), Zach Metsa (2)
BUF 3, TB 0Josh Norris Goal (8) Tip-In, assists: Bowen Byram (21), Zach Benson (20)
BUF 4, TB 0Tage Thompson Goal (32) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (20), Rasmus Dahlin (38)
2nd
BUF 5, TB 0Zach Metsa Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: none
BUF 5, TB 1Dominic James Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand (18), Victor Hedman (14)
3rd
BUF 6, TB 1Alex Tuch Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (39), Jack Quinn (26)
BUF 6, TB 2Victor Hedman Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Darren Raddysh (37)
Game leaders
SabresBuffalo
- PointsRasmus Dahlin3 pts1 G2 A
- GoalieUkko-Pekka Luukkonen36 saves38 shots.947 SV%
LightningTampa Bay
- PointsVictor Hedman2 pts1 G1 A
- GoalieJonas Johansson20 saves21 shots.952 SV%
Box score
| Forwards | G | A | +/- | SOG | HT | BS | PIM | TOI | FO% | S | FL | FW | GV | PN | SM | TK | SHFT | YTDG | ESTOI | PPTOI | SHTOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Norris C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 | 43.8 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11:31 | 3:32 | 0:00 |
| Alex Tuch RW | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:15 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 12:28 | 3:57 | 1:50 |
| Tage Thompson C | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 | 75.0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 32 | 11:55 | 4:05 | 0:00 |
| Beck Malenstyn LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12:26 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9:59 | 0:06 | 2:21 |
| Jack Quinn RW | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 10:32 | 3:49 | 0:00 |
| Jason Zucker LW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:05 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 8:26 | 3:39 | 0:00 |
| Josh Doan RW | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:08 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 12:26 | 3:42 | 0:00 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:46 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10:48 | 3:58 | 0:00 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10:59 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 10:49 | 0:00 | 0:10 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:21 | 47.6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 13:19 | 4:05 | 2:57 |
| Tyson Kozak C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:04 | 38.5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 11:43 | 0:07 | 1:14 |
| Zach Benson LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:39 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 12:43 | 0:20 | 0:36 |
| Defense | G | A | +/- | SOG | HT | BS | PIM | TOI | S | FL | FW | GV | PN | SM | TK | FO% | SHFT | YTDG | ESTOI | PPTOI | SHTOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 12 | 19:59 | 4:07 | 0:26 |
| Zach Metsa D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:08 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 2 | 12:31 | 0:00 | 0:37 |
| Bowen Byram D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 10 | 15:10 | 4:06 | 3:29 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 24:08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 28 | 11 | 20:19 | 0:00 | 3:49 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 8:34 | 0:00 | 0:06 |
| Owen Power D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 4 | 18:56 | 0:22 | 0:41 |
| Goalies | SA | GA | SV | SV% | TOI | PIM | SOS | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | SOSA | YTDG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G | 38 | 2 | 36 | .947 | 59:41 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards | G | A | +/- | SOG | HT | BS | PIM | TOI | FO% | S | FL | FW | GV | PN | SM | TK | SHFT | YTDG | ESTOI | PPTOI | SHTOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic James C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 | 66.7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 13:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 |
| Anthony Cirelli C | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:01 | 66.7 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 11:52 | 0:06 | 2:03 |
| Brandon Hagel LW | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:05 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 15:27 | 2:02 | 3:36 |
| Brayden Point C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:52 | 56.3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 13:44 | 4:06 | 0:02 |
| Gage Goncalves C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:17 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 8:11 | 0:06 | 0:00 |
| Jake Guentzel C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13:02 | 50.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 26 | 9:54 | 2:28 | 0:40 |
| Nikita Kucherov RW | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:11 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 31 | 15:47 | 4:24 | 0:00 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand RW | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:24 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 12:38 | 3:46 | 0:00 |
| Pontus Holmberg RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 12:50 | 0:04 | 0:58 |
| Yanni Gourde C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15:59 | 31.3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 11:18 | 0:22 | 4:19 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 10:53 | 0:04 | 4:06 |
| Defense | G | A | +/- | SOG | HT | BS | PIM | TOI | S | FL | FW | GV | PN | SM | TK | FO% | SHFT | YTDG | ESTOI | PPTOI | SHTOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Hedman D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16:53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 1 | 13:03 | 1:01 | 2:49 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous D | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 3 | 15:32 | 0:10 | 0:08 |
| Darren Raddysh D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 17 | 17:11 | 4:07 | 0:00 |
| Emil Lilleberg D | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 2 | 16:21 | 0:04 | 0:20 |
| Erik Cernak D | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 1 | 9:57 | 0:00 | 4:42 |
| J.J. Moser D | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 5 | 12:50 | 0:00 | 2:56 |
| Ryan McDonagh D | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 4 | 11:15 | 0:00 | 5:01 |
| Goalies | SA | GA | SV | SV% | TOI | PIM | SOS | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | SOSA | YTDG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Johansson G | 21 | 1 | 20 | .952 | 38:06 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy G | 14 | 5 | 9 | .643 | 21:54 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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