Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Sabres

32-18-6, 70 PTS

3-4

Final/OT

Lightning

36-14-4, 76 PTS

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).

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Oliver BjorkstrandRW	0	1	0	1	15:04	2:35	0:00	12:29	18	1	9	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Curtis DouglasC	0	2	0	0	5:45	0:00	0:00	5:45	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Jack FinleyC	0	1	0	0	7:43	0:00	0:26	7:17	12	0	2	0	1	0	3	3	50.0	0	0	0
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	4	0	0	17:07	0:00	1:53	15:14	22	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Gage GoncalvesC	0	1	0	0	13:52	0:00	0:00	13:52	18	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Yanni GourdeC	0	1	0	1	20:01	0:45	1:42	17:34	23	0	7	0	2	0	11	7	61.1	0	0	0
Jake GuentzelC	0	1	0	1	26:07	3:20	3:52	18:55	25	1	25	1	1	1	12	14	46.2	1	0	0
Brandon HagelLW	0	1	0	0	25:40	3:20	4:03	18:17	24	0	26	1	4	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Pontus HolmbergRW	0	3	1	0	16:31	0:00	0:00	16:31	21	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Dominic JamesC	0	2	2	0	13:02	0:00	0:00	13:02	16	0	5	0	2	0	5	6	45.5	1	0	0
Nikita KucherovRW	1	0	1	1	22:24	3:20	0:00	19:04	23	1	29	3	7	3	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Scott SabourinRW	1	4	0	0	6:03	0:00	0:00	6:03	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Declan CarlileD	0	3	0	1	15:08	0:00	0:36	14:32	20	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Erik CernakD	3	0	0	0	18:04	0:00	4:37	13:27	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Victor HedmanD	0	0	1	1	17:39	0:29	1:17	15:53	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	1	0	19:40	0:00	4:40	15:00	25	0	4	0	2	1	2	0	0
J.J. MoserD	3	0	0	-1	23:51	0:00	0:46	23:05	25	0	5	1	2	1	0	1	2
Darren RaddyshD	2	2	0	-1	25:48	2:51	0:00	22:57	23	1	17	1	3	4	3	0	0