Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Sabres

35-19-6, 76 PTS

6-2

Final

Lightning

38-16-4, 80 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftTB shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	10	20	5	35
TB	14	12	12	38

In net

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen36/38 SV, .947

Andrei Vasilevskiy9/14 SV, .643

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	4	1	1	6
TB	0	1	1	2

Who won: Sabres 6-2

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The series is tied 1-1. The Sabres outscored the Lightning 4-0 in the 1st period. Josh Norris led the Sabres in goals (2). Victor Hedman led the Lightning in goals (1).

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach BensonLW	0	2	0	1	13:39	0:20	0:36	12:43	19	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	100.0	0	1	2
Josh DoanRW	1	1	0	2	16:08	3:42	0:00	12:26	24	0	18	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tyson KozakC	1	0	0	1	13:04	0:07	1:14	11:43	19	0	2	0	0	0	5	8	38.5	2	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	0	5	0	-1	10:59	0:00	0:10	10:49	18	0	9	1	0	2	1	2	33.3	0	0	0
Beck MalenstynLW	2	4	0	0	12:26	0:06	2:21	9:59	19	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	1	0	0	1	20:21	4:05	2:57	13:19	27	0	11	0	2	0	10	11	47.6	0	0	0
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	2	15:03	3:32	0:00	11:31	22	2	8	0	2	1	7	9	43.8	1	0	0
Noah OstlundC	2	1	0	1	14:46	3:58	0:00	10:48	20	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jack QuinnRW	0	1	0	2	14:21	3:49	0:00	10:32	20	0	12	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	0	0	1	-1	16:00	4:05	0:00	11:55	20	1	32	0	6	0	6	2	75.0	1	0	0
Alex TuchRW	0	1	0	-1	18:15	3:57	1:50	12:28	25	1	24	0	5	3	0	1	0.0	0	1	2
Jason ZuckerLW	1	0	0	2	12:05	3:39	0:00	8:26	17	0	15	0	1	1	1	0	100.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Bowen ByramD	2	0	0	2	22:45	4:06	3:29	15:10	25	0	10	1	4	1	0	0	0
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	2	24:32	4:07	0:26	19:59	29	1	12	2	2	1	3	1	2
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	-1	8:40	0:00	0:06	8:34	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Zach MetsaD	2	0	0	2	13:08	0:00	0:37	12:31	18	1	2	1	3	0	2	0	0
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	2	19:59	0:22	0:41	18:56	27	0	4	1	4	2	2	0	0
Mattias SamuelssonD	2	1	1	-1	24:08	0:00	3:49	20:19	28	0	11	0	1	1	1	1	2