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
Oliver BjorkstrandRW	0	2	1	-1	16:24	3:46	0:00	12:38	18	0	10	1	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Anthony CirelliC	0	2	0	-2	14:01	0:06	2:03	11:52	22	0	15	0	1	2	10	5	66.7	1	1	2
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	3	0	-1	15:03	0:04	4:06	10:53	23	0	7	0	3	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Gage GoncalvesC	0	3	0	-1	8:17	0:06	0:00	8:11	11	0	7	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Yanni GourdeC	0	5	0	-1	15:59	0:22	4:19	11:18	21	0	7	0	1	0	5	11	31.3	1	0	0
Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	-1	13:02	2:28	0:40	9:54	16	0	26	0	3	1	1	1	50.0	3	3	14
Brandon HagelLW	1	0	0	-1	21:05	2:02	3:36	15:27	28	0	28	0	8	1	0	1	0.0	4	0	0
Pontus HolmbergRW	0	1	0	0	13:52	0:04	0:58	12:50	20	0	9	0	1	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Dominic JamesC	0	2	0	0	13:06	0:00	0:00	13:06	17	1	7	0	1	0	8	4	66.7	0	0	0
Nikita KucherovRW	0	0	0	-1	20:11	4:24	0:00	15:47	21	0	31	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Brayden PointC	1	0	1	0	17:52	4:06	0:02	13:44	20	0	14	0	0	0	9	7	56.3	0	1	2

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Erik CernakD	1	1	1	-1	14:39	0:00	4:42	9:57	21	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	3	1	-2	15:50	0:10	0:08	15:32	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	4
Victor HedmanD	1	1	0	1	16:53	1:01	2:49	13:03	22	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	2
Emil LillebergD	0	3	1	-1	16:45	0:04	0:20	16:21	21	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	2
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	-3	16:16	0:00	5:01	11:15	21	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
J.J. MoserD	1	1	0	-1	15:46	0:00	2:56	12:50	20	0	5	0	2	0	1	0	0
Darren RaddyshD	0	1	1	1	21:18	4:07	0:00	17:11	21	0	17	1	3	1	0	1	2