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Final · February 3, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres3
Tampa Bay Lightning4

Shots on goal : BUF 26 — TBL 35 · Benchmark International Arena

Three stars

BUFGame statsTBL

26Shots on goal35
49 %Faceoff win %51 %
1/3Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes6
13Hits26
9Blocked shots10
22Giveaways15
9Takeaways6

Shots by period

P1P2P3OTTotal
BUF948526
TBL131011135

Season seriesBUF 3 – 1 TBL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 3 / 26 / 384 / 35 / 49 TBL →
Missed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 05:55 · snapMissed shot — Konsta Helenius (BUF), P1 07:09 · snapMissed shot — J.J. Moser (TBL), P1 08:08 · wristMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P1 08:28 · slapMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 09:03 · backhandMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 12:32 · snapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 14:11 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 14:52 · snapMissed shot — Scott Sabourin (TBL), P1 18:05 · wristMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 01:18 · snapMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 01:23 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 05:24 · wrap-aroundMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 11:27 · tip-inMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 11:56 · tip-inMissed shot — Curtis Douglas (TBL), P2 13:42 · wristMissed shot — Declan Carlile (TBL), P2 16:40 · wristMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 18:46 · wristMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 03:39 · snapMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 11:33 · backhandMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 15:07 · snapMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 16:04 · snapMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 16:55 · wristMissed shot — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P3 17:31 · tip-inMissed shot — Ryan McDonagh (TBL), P3 17:33 · slapMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), OT 02:33 · wristMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), OT 03:31 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 01:02 · wristShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P1 01:05 · slapShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P1 01:08 · wristShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P1 03:36 · deflectedShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P1 04:15 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 05:49 · tip-inShot on goal — Curtis Douglas (TBL), P1 07:30 · backhandShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 09:01 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 09:09 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 10:40 · snapShot on goal — Ryan McDonagh (TBL), P1 10:47 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 11:06 · snapShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P1 13:42 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 13:56 · snapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 15:38 · snapShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P1 17:44 · wristShot on goal — Jack Finley (TBL), P1 18:04 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 18:35 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 18:39 · snapShot on goal — Dominic James (TBL), P1 19:06 · backhandShot on goal — Erik Cernak (TBL), P2 00:35 · slapShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 00:50 · wristShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P2 00:51 · wristShot on goal — Victor Hedman (TBL), P2 04:20 · wristShot on goal — Scott Sabourin (TBL), P2 08:13 · backhandShot on goal — Dominic James (TBL), P2 08:50 · backhandShot on goal — Ryan McDonagh (TBL), P2 12:29 · wristShot on goal — Declan Carlile (TBL), P2 13:40 · wristShot on goal — Konsta Helenius (BUF), P2 14:05 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 14:18 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 15:39 · snapShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P2 17:16 · backhandShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P2 18:45 · wristShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P2 18:49 · backhandShot on goal — Jacob Bryson (BUF), P3 02:18 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 03:45 · snapShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 03:56 · wristShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 07:30 · backhandShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P3 07:48 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 07:57 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 08:06 · slapShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 08:51 · slapShot on goal — Erik Cernak (TBL), P3 13:21 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 13:53 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 14:01 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 14:11 · snapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 15:18 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 18:36 · slapShot on goal — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P3 18:38 · deflectedShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), OT 00:45 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), OT 01:17 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), OT 02:22 · backhandShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), OT 03:59 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), OT 04:32 · snapGoal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 10:24 · wristGoal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 16:53 · wristGoal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 04:08 · wristGoal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P3 08:53 · snapGoal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 14:53 · deflectedGoal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 19:34 · slapGoal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), OT 04:45 · snap

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

3rd period

Overtime

Penalties

1st period

  • 01:10BUFNoah Ostlund — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Jake Guentzel
  • 10:35TBLGage Goncalves — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Josh Doan
  • 13:55TBLJ.J. Moser — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Jack Quinn

3rd period

  • 07:33BUFBowen Byram — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Brandon Hagel
  • 12:55TBLCurtis Douglas — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Konsta Helenius

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
J. ZuckerL0000017:10
P. KrebsC00-21317:47
J. QuinnR0102117:50
B. MalenstynL0011209:08
T. KozakC0010112:25
I. RosenR0000008:17
R. McLeodC0102019:31
T. ThompsonC01-15122:09
N. OstlundC0000014:36
A. TuchR00-21022:38
J. DoanR1001016:29
K. HeleniusC0011313:47
B. ByramD00-10023:37
M. SamuelssonD2013224:01
O. PowerD00-11021:51
R. DahlinD0107027:47
Z. MetsaD0000011:12
J. BrysonD0001011:01
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Lyon0/0—00:00
C. Ellis(O)31/3588.6 %64:24

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
D. JamesC0002213:02
O. BjorkstrandR1012115:04
Z. GirgensonsC0002417:07
P. HolmbergR0000316:31
Y. GourdeC0012120:01
B. HagelL0104125:40
C. DouglasC0001205:45
S. SabourinR0001406:03
J. GuentzelC1111126:07
J. FinleyC0001107:43
N. KucherovR1317022:24
G. GoncalvesC0001113:52
R. McDonaghD0002019:40
D. RaddyshD11-13225:48
D. CarlileD0011315:08
V. HedmanD0011017:39
E. CernakD0002018:04
J. MoserD01-12023:51
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Johansson0/0—00:00
A. Vasilevskiy(W)23/2688.5 %63:33

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