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Buffalo Sabres vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: game summary

Final · February 28, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres logoBuffalo Sabres6
Tampa Bay Lightning logoTampa Bay Lightning2

Shots on goal : BUF 35 — TBL 38 · Benchmark International Arena

Three stars

Buffalo Sabres logo BUF

Game stats

TBL Tampa Bay Lightning logo
35Shots on goal38
48 %Faceoff win %52 %
1/5Power play0/3
12Penalty minutes28
16Hits28
14Blocked shots5
16Giveaways11
2Takeaways6

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF1020535
TBL14121238

Season series BUF 3 – 1 TBL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Buffalo Sabres logoBUF 6 / 35 / 502 / 38 / 51 TBLTampa Bay Lightning logo →
Missed shot — Victor Hedman (TBL), P1 02:35 · slapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 04:04 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 04:16 · backhandMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 05:02 · wristMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 05:07 · tip-inMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 05:43 · wristMissed shot — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P1 07:05 · wristMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P1 08:08 · slapMissed shot — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P1 12:49 · tip-inMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P1 17:43 · wristMissed shot — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P1 17:57 · backhandMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 01:09 · slapMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P2 01:43 · wristMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 02:57 · snapMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 04:24 · tip-inMissed shot — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P2 05:14 · tip-inMissed shot — Victor Hedman (TBL), P2 07:14 · slapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 11:13 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 14:07 · wristMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 15:04 · slapMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 00:22 · slapMissed shot — Erik Cernak (TBL), P3 04:31 · tip-inMissed shot — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P3 06:04 · backhandMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 06:16 · slapMissed shot — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P3 11:10 · snapMissed shot — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P3 12:19 · wristMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 14:30 · wristMissed shot — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P3 18:24 · slapShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P1 00:51 · backhandShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 04:43 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 04:50 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 05:42 · wristShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P1 06:43 · snapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 07:12 · snapShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P1 07:21 · wristShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P1 08:36 · wristShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 09:40 · backhandShot on goal — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P1 10:40 · tip-inShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 10:51 · wristShot on goal — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P1 12:44 · wristShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P1 12:51 · wristShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 13:36 · snapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 16:24 · wristShot on goal — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P1 17:55 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 18:07 · backhandShot on goal — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P1 19:07 · wristShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P1 19:23 · slapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 19:42 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 00:48 · snapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 00:58 · backhandShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 01:13 · wristShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P2 01:29 · wristShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P2 02:20 · slapShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 02:39 · slapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 03:13 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 03:19 · slapShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P2 03:31 · tip-inShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 06:06 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 06:50 · wristShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P2 07:35 · wristShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P2 07:40 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 10:18 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 10:30 · backhandShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 11:12 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 12:04 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 12:29 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 12:44 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 13:22 · wristShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P2 15:28 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 15:35 · wristShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P2 16:17 · wristShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 17:14 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 17:23 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 17:28 · wristShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P2 18:26 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 18:49 · snapShot on goal — Victor Hedman (TBL), P2 19:11 · wristShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P2 19:31 · wristShot on goal — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P3 01:25 · snapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 02:21 · wristShot on goal — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P3 04:03 · snapShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P3 05:48 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 06:03 · wristShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P3 06:11 · tip-inShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 09:52 · wristShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 14:18 · snapShot on goal — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P3 15:11 · wristShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 15:15 · wristShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 16:57 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 17:14 · wristShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 17:41 · wristShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 18:01 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 18:11 · slapGoal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 05:25 · wristGoal — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 06:15 · wristGoal — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 08:18 · tip-inGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 15:06 · wristGoal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P2 01:54 · wristGoal — Dominic James (TBL), P2 16:03 · wristGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 03:43 · wristGoal — Victor Hedman (TBL), P3 05:27 · slap

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

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 10:44BUFZach Benson — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Oliver Bjorkstrand

2nd period

  • 05:47TBLBrayden Point — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 05:47BUFRasmus Dahlin — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Brayden Point
  • 10:26TBLEmil Lilleberg — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
  • 12:10TBLJake Guentzel — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)
  • 16:03TBLVictor Hedman — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Mattias Samuelsson
  • 16:03BUFMattias Samuelsson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Victor Hedman

3rd period

  • 01:28BUFAlex Tuch — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Yanni Gourde
  • 01:28TBLCharle-Edouard D'Astous — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Alex Tuch
  • 01:28BUFMichael Kesselring — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Yanni Gourde
  • 02:02TBLJake Guentzel — Abuse of officials (2 min)
  • 02:02TBLJake Guentzel — Abusive language (10 min)
  • 06:23TBLDarren Raddysh — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Beck Malenstyn
  • 12:48TBLAnthony Cirelli — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 17:12BUFMichael Kesselring — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Dominic James
  • 20:00TBLCharle-Edouard D'Astous — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Peyton Krebs

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0110213:39
J. NorrisC2022015:03
J. ZuckerL0021012:05
P. KrebsC01-10510:59
J. QuinnR0122114:21
B. MalenstynL0001412:26
T. KozakC0010013:04
R. McLeodC0012020:21
T. ThompsonC10-16016:00
N. OstlundC0010114:46
A. TuchR10-15118:15
J. DoanR0122116:08
B. ByramD0124022:45
M. KesselringD00-10008:40
M. SamuelssonD00-11124:08
O. PowerD0124019:59
R. DahlinD1222024:32
Z. MetsaD1123013:08
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(W)36/3894.7 %59:41
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
D. JamesC1001213:06
B. PointC0000017:52
O. BjorkstrandR01-14216:24
Z. GirgensonsC00-13315:03
P. HolmbergR0001113:52
Y. GourdeC00-11515:59
B. HagelL00-18021:05
J. GuentzelC00-13013:02
A. CirelliC00-21214:01
N. KucherovR00-14020:11
G. GoncalvesC00-12308:17
R. McDonaghD00-30016:16
D. RaddyshD0113121:18
C. D'AstousD00-20315:50
V. HedmanD1112116:53
E. LillebergD00-13316:45
E. CernakD00-10114:39
J. MoserD00-12115:46
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Johansson20/2195.2 %38:06
A. Vasilevskiy(L)9/1464.3 %21:54

Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com) · View the game on NHL.com ↗

About this game

Who won Sabres vs Lightning?

Sabres won 6-2 over Lightning on Saturday, February 28, 2026.

When was Sabres vs Lightning played?

On Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 7:00 PM ET at Benchmark International Arena.

Where was Sabres vs Lightning played?

At Benchmark International Arena, in Tampa.

Have the Sabres and Lightning played this season?

Yes: February 3 (Sabres 3, Lightning 4).