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Sat, Feb 28, 2026 · Final

Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

Shots on goalBUF 35 · TBL 38

Scoring

1st period

  1. 05:25BUFRasmus Dahlin from Owen PowerScore after the goal: BUF 1 · TBL 0
  2. 06:15BUFJosh Norris from Josh Doan, Zach MetsaScore after the goal: BUF 2 · TBL 0
  3. 08:18BUFJosh Norris from Bowen Byram, Zach BensonScore after the goal: BUF 3 · TBL 0
  4. 15:06BUFTage Thompson from Peyton Krebs, Rasmus DahlinScore after the goal: BUF 4 · TBL 0

2nd period

  1. 01:54BUFZach Metsa unassistedScore after the goal: BUF 5 · TBL 0
  2. 16:03TBLDominic James from Oliver Bjorkstrand, Victor HedmanScore after the goal: BUF 5 · TBL 1

3rd period

  1. 03:43BUFAlex Tuch from Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Quinnpower-play goalScore after the goal: BUF 6 · TBL 1
  2. 05:27TBLVictor Hedman from Darren RaddyshScore after the goal: BUF 6 · TBL 2

Buffalo Sabres

Skaters
#
G
A
HIT
BLK
PIM
Rasmus Dahlin
26
1
2
2
0
0
2
24:32
Josh Norris
9
2
0
2
0
0
0
15:03
Zach Metsa
73
1
1
3
0
2
0
13:08
Alex Tuch
89
1
0
5
1
0
2
18:15
Tage Thompson
72
1
0
6
0
0
0
16:00
Bowen Byram
4
0
1
4
0
2
0
22:45
Owen Power
25
0
1
4
0
0
0
19:59
Josh Doan
91
0
1
2
1
1
0
16:08
Jack Quinn
22
0
1
2
1
0
0
14:21
Zach Benson
6
0
1
0
2
0
2
13:39
Peyton Krebs
19
0
1
0
5
0
0
10:59
Mattias Samuelsson
23
0
0
1
1
2
2
24:08
Ryan McLeod
71
0
0
2
0
1
0
20:21
Noah Ostlund
86
0
0
0
1
2
0
14:46
Tyson Kozak
48
0
0
0
0
1
0
13:04
Beck Malenstyn
29
0
0
1
4
2
0
12:26
Jason Zucker
17
0
0
1
0
1
0
12:05
Michael Kesselring
8
0
0
0
0
0
4
8:40
Goaltending
#
Started. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
38
36
2
.947
59:41

Tampa Bay Lightning

Skaters
#
G
A
HIT
BLK
PIM
Victor Hedman
77
1
1
2
1
1
2
16:53
Dominic James
17
1
0
1
2
0
0
13:06
Darren Raddysh
43
0
1
3
1
0
2
21:18
Oliver Bjorkstrand
22
0
1
4
2
0
0
16:24
Brandon Hagel
38
0
0
8
0
1
0
21:05
Nikita Kucherov
86
0
0
4
0
0
0
20:11
Brayden Point
21
0
0
0
0
1
2
17:52
Emil Lilleberg
78
0
0
3
3
0
2
16:45
Ryan McDonagh
27
0
0
0
0
0
0
16:16
Yanni Gourde
37
0
0
1
5
0
0
15:59
Charle-Edouard D'Astous
51
0
0
0
3
0
4
15:50
J.J. Moser
90
0
0
2
1
1
0
15:46
Zemgus Girgensons
28
0
0
3
3
0
0
15:03
Erik Cernak
81
0
0
0
1
1
0
14:39
Anthony Cirelli
71
0
0
1
2
0
2
14:01
Pontus Holmberg
29
0
0
1
1
0
0
13:52
Jake Guentzel
59
0
0
3
0
0
14
13:02
Gage Goncalves
93
0
0
2
3
0
0
8:17
Goaltending
#
Started. Andrei Vasilevskiy
88
14
9
5
.643
21:54
Relieved. Jonas Johansson
31
21
20
1
.952
38:06

The scoring summary is from the NHL play-by-play. Skater and goaltending lines as recorded in the NHL boxscore. A goalie's goals-against need not add up to the other club's goals: an empty-net goal is scored against no goalie.