Sabres vs. Lightning | February 28, 2026

Buffalo Sabres35-19-6

Final6 - 2

Tampa Bay Lightning38-16-4

1 2 3 T ------------------ BUF 4 1 1 6 TBL 0 1 1 2

Goals and Penalties: ShowHide

1st Period: ShowHide

P1 14:35
Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) scores on wrist shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy, assisted by Owen Power
1-0
P1 13:45
Josh Norris (BUF) scores on wrist shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy, assisted by Josh Doan and Zach Metsa
2-0
P1 11:42
Josh Norris (BUF) scores on tip-in past Andrei Vasilevskiy, assisted by Bowen Byram and Zach Benson
3-0

P1 09:16

Zach Benson (BUF) cross-checking against Oliver Bjorkstrand (2 minutes)

3-0

P1 04:54
Tage Thompson (BUF) scores on wrist shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy, assisted by Peyton Krebs and Rasmus Dahlin
4-0

2nd Period: ShowHide

P2 18:06
Zach Metsa (BUF) scores on wrist shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy
5-0

P2 14:13

Brayden Point (TBL) slashing against Rasmus Dahlin (2 minutes)

5-0

P2 14:13

Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) cross-checking against Brayden Point (2 minutes)

5-0

P2 09:34

Emil Lilleberg (TBL) roughing against Tage Thompson (2 minutes)

5-0

P2 07:50

Jake Guentzel (TBL) delaying game - puck over glass (2 minutes)

5-0

P2 03:57
Dominic James (TBL) scores on wrist shot past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, assisted by Oliver Bjorkstrand and Victor Hedman
5-1

P2 03:57

Victor Hedman (TBL) roughing against Mattias Samuelsson (2 minutes)

5-1

P2 03:57

Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) roughing against Victor Hedman (2 minutes)

5-1

3rd Period: ShowHide

P3 18:32

Alex Tuch (BUF) roughing against Yanni Gourde (2 minutes)

5-1

P3 18:32

Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL) roughing against Alex Tuch (2 minutes)

5-1

P3 18:32

Michael Kesselring (BUF) cross-checking against Yanni Gourde (2 minutes)

5-1

P3 17:58

Jake Guentzel (TBL) abuse of officials (2 minutes), served by Oliver Bjorkstrand

5-1

P3 17:58

Jake Guentzel (TBL) abusive language (10 minutes)

5-1

P3 16:17
Alex Tuch (BUF) scores power-play goal on wrist shot past Jonas Johansson, assisted by Rasmus Dahlin and Jack Quinn
6-1
P3 14:33
Victor Hedman (TBL) scores on slap shot past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, assisted by Darren Raddysh
6-2

P3 13:37

Darren Raddysh (TBL) cross-checking against Beck Malenstyn (2 minutes)

6-2

P3 07:12

Anthony Cirelli (TBL) interference against Rasmus Dahlin (2 minutes)

6-2

P3 02:48

Michael Kesselring (BUF) cross-checking against Dominic James (2 minutes)

6-2

P3 00:00

Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL) roughing against Peyton Krebs (2 minutes)

6-2

Box Score: Back to Top

Sabres Forwards: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Zach Benson L

13:39 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1/1

Josh Doan R

16:08 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0/0

Tyson Kozak C

13:04 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 5/13

Peyton Krebs C

10:59 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1/3

Beck Malenstyn L

12:26 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0/0

Ryan McLeod C

20:21 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 10/21

Josh Norris C

15:03 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 7/16

Noah Ostlund C

14:46 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0/0

Jack Quinn R

14:21 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0/0

Tage Thompson C

16:00 1 0 -1 6 0 0 1 1 6/8

Alex Tuch R

18:15 1 0 -1 5 0 2 0 0 0/1

Jason Zucker L

12:05 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1/1

Sabres Defenseman: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Bowen Byram D

22:45 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 0/0

Rasmus Dahlin D

24:32 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 3 0/0

Michael Kesselring D

08:40 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0 0 0/0

Zach Metsa D

13:08 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0/0

Owen Power D

19:59 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 0/0

Mattias Samuelsson D

24:08 0 0 -1 1 2 2 1 1 0/0

Sabres Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

6 9 35 14 12 2 15 31/64 48.4%

Sabres Goalies: TOI GA SV/SH EVEN PP SH PM

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G

59:41 2 36/38 31/33 4/4 1/1 0 .947 .939 1.000 1.000

Lightning Forwards: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Oliver Bjorkstrand R

16:24 0 1 -1 4 0 0 1 0 0/0

Anthony Cirelli C

14:01 0 0 -2 1 0 2 0 1 10/15

Zemgus Girgensons C

15:03 0 0 -1 3 0 0 0 0 0/1

Gage Goncalves C

08:17 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0

Yanni Gourde C

15:59 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 1 5/16

Jake Guentzel C

13:02 0 0 -1 3 0 14 0 3 1/2

Brandon Hagel L

21:05 0 0 -1 8 1 0 0 4 0/1

Pontus Holmberg R

13:52 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0/1

Dominic James C

13:06 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8/12

Nikita Kucherov R

20:11 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 1 0/0

Brayden Point C

17:52 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 9/16

Lightning Defenseman: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Erik Cernak D

14:39 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0/0

Charle-Edouard D'Astous D

15:50 0 0 -2 0 0 4 1 0 0/0

Victor Hedman D

16:53 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0/0

Emil Lilleberg D

16:45 0 0 -1 3 0 2 1 0 0/0

Ryan McDonagh D

16:16 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0/0

J.J. Moser D

15:46 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 1 0/0

Darren Raddysh D

21:18 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 0/0

Lightning Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

2 3 38 5 28 6 11 33/64 51.6%

Lightning Goalies: TOI GA SV/SH EVEN PP SH PM

Jonas Johansson G

38:06 1 20/21 13/13 6/7 1/1 0 .952 1.000 .857 1.000

Andrei Vasilevskiy G

21:54 5 9/14 9/14 0/0 0/0 0 .643 .643

Lightning Goalie Totals: GA SV/SH EVEN PP SH PM

6 29/35 22/27 6/7 1/1 0 .829 .815 .857 1.000