Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL
Benchmark International Arena
TV: Sportsnet+
On the ice
BUF shoots leftTB shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| TB | 13 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 35 |
In net
Colten Ellis31/35 SV, .886
Andrei Vasilevskiy23/26 SV, .885| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| TB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Who won: Lightning 4-3
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning lead the series 1-0. Nikita Kucherov led the Lightning in goals (1). Mattias Samuelsson led the Sabres in goals (2).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh DoanRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 | 4:30 | 0:00 | 11:59 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Konsta HeleniusC | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:47 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson KozakC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12:25 | 0:00 | 1:41 | 10:44 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 17:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:47 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck MalenstynLW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:08 | 0:00 | 1:33 | 7:35 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeodC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:31 | 1:28 | 1:39 | 16:24 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 47.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah OstlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 13:08 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack QuinnRW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:50 | 4:26 | 0:00 | 13:24 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isak RosenRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:17 | 1:27 | 0:00 | 6:50 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 22:09 | 4:30 | 0:00 | 17:39 | 25 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex TuchRW | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 22:38 | 1:28 | 1:45 | 19:25 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason ZuckerLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:10 | 4:30 | 0:00 | 12:40 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:01 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen ByramD | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 23:37 | 1:31 | 1:12 | 20:54 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus DahlinD | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27:47 | 4:27 | 1:18 | 22:02 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach MetsaD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen PowerD | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 21:51 | 0:05 | 1:39 | 20:07 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:01 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 21:28 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten EllisG | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .886 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 64:24 | 0 | 0 |
