Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

Sat, Feb 28, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

6 – 2

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 on Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. Josh Norris scored twice. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 36 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 35–38.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	4	1	1	6	35
TBL	0	1	1	2	38

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:25	BUF	EV	Rasmus Dahlin (12) · wrist	Owen Power (14)	1–0
1st	06:15	BUF	EV	Josh Norris (7) · wrist	Josh Doan (22), Zach Metsa (2)	2–0
1st	08:18	BUF	EV	Josh Norris (8) · tip-in	Bowen Byram (21), Zach Benson (20)	3–0
1st	15:06	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (32) · wrist	Peyton Krebs (20), Rasmus Dahlin (38)	4–0
2nd	01:54	BUF	EV	Zach Metsa (2) · wrist	Unassisted	5–0
2nd	16:03	TBL	EV	Dominic James (7) · wrist	Oliver Bjorkstrand (18), Victor Hedman (14)	5–1
3rd	03:43	BUF	PP	Alex Tuch (24) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (39), Jack Quinn (26)	6–1
3rd	05:27	TBL	EV	Victor Hedman (1) · slap	Darren Raddysh (37)	6–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:44	BUF	Zach Benson	cross checking	2
2nd	05:47	TBL	Brayden Point	slashing	2
2nd	05:47	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	cross checking	2
2nd	10:26	TBL	Emil Lilleberg	roughing	2
2nd	12:10	TBL	Jake Guentzel	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	16:03	TBL	Victor Hedman	roughing	2
2nd	16:03	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	roughing	2
3rd	01:28	BUF	Alex Tuch	roughing	2
3rd	01:28	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	roughing	2
3rd	01:28	BUF	Michael Kesselring	cross checking	2
3rd	02:02	TBL	Jake Guentzel	abuse of officials	2
3rd	02:02	TBL	Jake Guentzel	abusive language	10
3rd	06:23	TBL	Darren Raddysh	cross checking	2
3rd	12:48	TBL	Anthony Cirelli	interference	2
3rd	17:12	BUF	Michael Kesselring	cross checking	2
3rd	20:00	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	roughing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 3.90 · TBL 3.42 · xG% BUF 53.3

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	2	3	+2	2	2	0	0		24:32	29
9	Josh Norris	C	2	0	2	+2	0	2	0	0	43.8	15:03	22
73	Zach Metsa	D	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	2		13:08	18
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	2		22:45	25
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	0		19:59	27
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	-1	2	5	1	0		18:15	25
91	Josh Doan	R	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1		16:08	24
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	-1	0	6	0	0	75.0	16:00	20
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0		14:21	20
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	100.0	13:39	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	5	0	33.3	10:59	18
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2		24:08	28
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	47.6	20:21	27
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2		14:46	20
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	38.5	13:04	19
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2		12:26	19
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	1	100.0	12:05	17
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0		8:40	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	38	36	2	.947	59:41

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	Victor Hedman	D	1	1	2	+1	2	2	1	1		16:53	22
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	0		21:18	21
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	1	1	-1	0	4	2	0		16:26	19
17	Dominic James	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	66.7	13:06	17
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	0	0	-1	0	8	0	1		21:03	28
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		20:11	21
21	Brayden Point	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	56.3	17:52	20
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	3	0		16:45	21
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0		16:16	21
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0	31.3	15:59	21
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	0	0	-2	4	0	3	0		15:50	18
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		15:46	20
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0		15:03	23
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		14:39	21
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	66.7	14:01	22
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:52	20
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-1	14	3	0	0	50.0	13:02	16
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0		8:17	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Jonas Johansson	L	21	20	1	.952	38:06
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	L	14	9	5	.643	21:54