Sabres vs. Lightning (Feb 28, 2026)

Forward Matchup

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

N. Kucherov

TBL RW #86

30

Goals

29

59

Points

91

204

Shots on Goal

156

Defenseman Matchup

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

D. Raddysh

TBL D #43

48

Points

52

67

Blocks

49

50

Hits

50

Goalie Matchup

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

A. Vasilevskiy

TBL G #88

14

Wins

27

.913

Save Pct

.919

2.72

Goals Against Avg

2.11

BUF

Team Stats

TBL

3.37

Goals per Game

3.55

3.09

Goals Against per Game

2.51

27.61

Shots per Game

28.15

30.11

Shots Against per Game

26.36

20.1

Power Play Pct

22.4

82.5

Penalty Kill Pct

83.9

.897

Save Pct

.905

BUF

Injuries

TBL

Zach Benson

LW

Day to day (Upper Body)

D

Emil Lilleberg

Out (Undisclosed)

Jordan Greenway

LW

Day to day (Abdomen)

D

Charle-Edouard D'Astous

Out (Lower-body)

Jiri Kulich

C

Out (Ear)

C

Brayden Point

Out (Lower Body)

Justin Danforth

RW

Out (Lower Body)

C

Anthony Cirelli

Out (Upper Body)

Josh Dunne

C

Out (Middle-body)

LW

Nick Paul

Out (Undisclosed)

Conor Timmins

D

Out (Leg)

Josh Norris

C

Out (Ribs)

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

G

Out (Lower Body)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	37	14	4	78	59
Canadiens	32	17	8	72	12
Red Wings	33	19	6	72	-1
Sabres	32	19	6	70	19
Bruins	32	20	5	69	13
Senators	28	22	7	63	7
Maple Leafs	27	21	9	63	-6
Panthers	29	25	3	61	-17

BUF

Last 5

TBL

Thu, Feb 5

Thu, Feb 5

Tue, Feb 3

Tue, Feb 3

Mon, Feb 2

Sun, Feb 1

Sat, Jan 31

Thu, Jan 29

Thu, Jan 29

Mon, Jan 26

Game Info

February 28, 2026

ESPN+

Benchmark International Arena

Tampa, Florida

Team Leaders

G

30

T. Thompson

A

37

R. Dahlin

GWG

4

J. Quinn

SV%

.913

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs TBL

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	27	25	14	8	3	778	710	.913	68	2.72	2	1502
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	21	20	11	7	2	553	499	.902	54	2.73	0	1187
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	13	12	7	4	1	367	329	.896	38	3.11	0	732

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	5	5	1	3	1	98	80	.816	18	4.13	261
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	5	4	3	0	0	94	86	.915	8	2.33	206
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	0	0	1	35	31	.886	4	3.73	64

Team Leaders

G

29

N. Kucherov

A

62

N. Kucherov

GWG

6

B. Hagel

SV%

.919

A. Vasilevskiy

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	57	30	29	59	-8	27	5	12	0	0	3	0	204	14.7	294	640	45.9	54	35	21	52	19:09
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	56	22	26	48	+14	45	4	2	1	2	2	1	133	16.5	28	62	45.2	58	63	29	48	18:47
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	53	11	37	48	-6	51	4	13	0	0	0	0	143	7.7	0	0	0	50	67	22	86	24:33
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	57	11	30	41	+19	8	0	5	4	1	1	0	68	16.2	430	922	46.6	14	23	26	66	17:45
Josh Doan J. Doan	57	18	21	39	-7	23	7	7	0	0	1	0	120	15.0	4	13	30.8	53	23	35	48	16:07
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	57	12	25	37	+1	12	2	3	0	0	4	0	118	10.2	3	12	25.0	27	20	11	54	15:45
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	55	11	23	34	+28	16	0	0	1	2	3	1	76	14.5	0	0	0	93	112	11	51	23:03
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	38	15	14	29	-9	12	7	5	0	0	4	0	79	19.0	38	101	37.6	38	9	4	40	15:59
Bowen Byram B. Byram	57	10	18	28	+9	30	1	3	0	0	4	1	71	14.1	0	0	0	31	70	12	69	22:30
Zach Benson Z. Benson	42	7	19	26	+16	20	1	4	0	1	4	0	75	9.3	4	9	44.4	21	15	15	30	16:30
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	57	7	18	25	+3	67	0	1	0	0	1	0	62	11.3	162	373	43.4	133	31	16	41	13:41
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	45	10	9	19	+5	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	43	23.3	71	235	30.2	3	24	13	25	13:32
Josh Norris J. Norris	19	6	11	17	0	6	1	5	0	0	1	0	27	22.2	121	246	49.2	6	11	3	9	15:57
Owen Power O. Power	56	4	13	17	+1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	87	4.6	0	0	0	26	60	17	58	21:40
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	56	4	4	8	-6	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	49	8.2	5	14	35.7	198	56	9	27	11:09
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	33	0	6	6	-11	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0.0	0	0	0	25	70	8	40	19:14
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	33	1	4	5	-9	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	8	30	26.7	49	15	5	17	12:24
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	35	2	3	5	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	0	0	0	9	20	2	11	10:02
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	12	3	2	5	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15.0	68	163	41.7	9	12	1	10	16:22
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	28	1	3	4	-4	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	45	89	50.6	34	12	5	14	9:31
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	35	2	2	4	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	8.3	150	302	49.7	92	28	11	20	11:22
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	24	0	1	1	-3	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0.0	0	0	0	19	32	6	30	14:05
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	17	31	54.8	3	4	0	3	11:42

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	24	13	4	17	+8	8	2	2	1	0	2	1	52	25.0	4	11	36.4	21	8	14	10	15:45
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	18	10	7	17	+1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	48	20.8	66	147	44.9	16	7	5	8	16:35
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	22	3	14	17	+4	16	1	7	0	0	1	1	46	6.5	0	0	0	30	20	11	20	22:49
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	17	3	5	8	-1	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	35	8.6	15	34	44.1	17	15	19	6	18:39
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	11	3	4	7	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	16.7	1	4	25.0	6	1	4	4	13:46
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	13	1	5	6	+7	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	19	5.3	6	17	35.3	19	9	6	2	14:36
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	10	1	4	5	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	6.7	65	132	49.2	6	2	7	7	17:15
Bowen Byram B. Byram	10	2	3	5	-5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	25.0	0	0	0	18	12	2	5	20:46
Josh Norris J. Norris	6	2	2	4	+1	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	20.0	45	83	54.2	9	4	3	4	18:17
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	10	2	2	4	+4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	0	0	0	24	18	6	6	22:56
Owen Power O. Power	11	0	4	4	-2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0	0	10	8	3	9	22:53
Zach Benson Z. Benson	7	1	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	0	0	0	2	6	5	2	14:19
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	12	1	2	3	-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	44	108	40.7	22	1	1	7	14:05
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	2	2	100.0	22	5	4	6	12:20
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	8	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	6	6	0	4	15:30
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	4	0	2	2	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	7	2	0	1	15:27
Josh Doan J. Doan	3	2	0	2	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	50.0	1	2	50.0	6	2	1	1	14:55
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	8	0	1	1	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	36	58	62.1	8	8	2	1	15:18
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	13	38	34.2	2	0	1	1	16:38
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	10	0	0	0	-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	10	11	1	2	16:29
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	4	25.0	4	3	0	0	8:19
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	57.1	1	1	1	1	12:25
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	3	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	15	40.0	0	1	1	2	11:59

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	51	29	62	91	+30	36	6	23	0	0	4	1	156	18.6	0	2	0.0	24	22	15	86	20:18
Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	55	26	34	60	+13	33	6	16	2	0	5	2	142	18.3	122	262	46.6	23	30	18	50	20:29
Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	50	27	27	54	+29	37	3	6	1	0	6	0	148	18.2	22	51	43.1	39	28	22	52	19:43
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	49	17	35	52	+17	33	9	11	0	0	5	1	129	13.2	0	0	0	50	49	9	54	22:33
Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	49	15	20	35	+30	29	3	1	0	2	3	1	90	16.7	347	721	48.1	32	30	21	34	17:28
Brayden Point B. Point	37	11	19	30	+4	8	3	4	0	0	0	0	82	13.4	173	377	45.9	4	13	5	22	18:02
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	55	10	17	27	-6	10	8	5	0	0	1	0	91	11.0	5	12	41.7	45	22	10	28	14:03
Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	55	7	15	22	+6	51	0	0	0	0	1	0	76	9.2	270	592	45.6	72	25	16	50	16:29
J.J. Moser J.J. Moser	53	5	14	19	+39	49	0	1	0	1	0	0	76	6.6	0	0	0	40	72	16	52	22:10
Charle-Edouard D'Astous C. D'Astous	43	3	14	17	0	57	0	2	0	0	2	0	52	5.8	0	0	0	53	45	14	37	19:23
Pontus Holmberg P. Holmberg	48	9	8	17	+9	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	66	13.6	16	43	37.2	43	24	10	30	13:39
Gage Goncalves G. Goncalves	51	6	11	17	+18	33	0	1	0	0	1	0	44	13.6	6	20	30.0	54	19	11	40	12:13
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	48	7	7	14	+3	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	62	11.3	44	120	36.7	128	28	3	25	15:10
Victor Hedman V. Hedman	21	0	13	13	+2	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	33	0.0	0	0	0	8	30	6	28	20:15
Dominic James D. James	40	5	8	13	+4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	10.4	119	247	48.2	55	13	12	41	12:08
Nick Paul N. Paul	34	6	6	12	-10	18	1	1	0	0	1	0	48	12.5	202	371	54.4	42	16	7	20	14:11
Max Crozier M. Crozier	34	1	9	10	+7	40	0	0	0	1	0	0	44	2.3	0	0	0	38	31	5	18	16:00
Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	22	4	6	10	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	17.4	0	0	0	9	37	10	25	19:54
Erik Cernak E. Cernak	36	1	6	7	+2	41	0	0	0	1	0	0	32	3.1	0	0	0	73	67	6	33	18:29
Emil Lilleberg E. Lilleberg	32	2	4	6	+9	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	8.3	0	0	0	53	33	5	25	17:21
Scott Sabourin S. Sabourin	11	1	2	3	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	2	0.0	24	7	0	4	8:07
Declan Carlile D. Carlile	34	1	2	3	+7	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	0	0	0	36	24	5	18	14:28
Curtis Douglas C. Douglas	29	0	2	2	+1	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	3	5	60.0	32	7	3	9	5:58

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	40	20	32	52	+24	24	1	14	0	2	0	126	15.9	0	1	0.0	20	9	21	43	19:09
Victor Hedman V. Hedman	58	8	22	30	+14	48	2	4	2	0	0	117	6.8	0	0	0	45	78	20	49	22:24
Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	29	16	11	27	-2	12	8	3	0	3	1	83	19.3	18	43	41.9	22	5	12	16	18:55
Brayden Point B. Point	29	12	14	26	-3	8	6	4	0	2	0	69	17.4	166	322	51.6	8	19	17	17	19:12
Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	41	3	16	19	+10	8	1	2	1	0	0	62	4.8	0	0	0	30	59	18	27	22:33
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	24	10	8	18	+3	5	3	0	0	2	0	73	13.7	0	5	0.0	23	8	9	6	15:05
Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	23	7	11	18	+9	12	1	1	1	3	0	42	16.7	83	159	52.2	28	3	13	3	16:32
Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	21	6	11	17	+12	4	0	1	1	1	0	32	18.8	168	310	54.2	13	13	9	2	17:04
Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	13	5	12	17	+8	6	1	3	0	0	0	30	16.7	1	4	25.0	18	6	10	8	20:25
Nick Paul N. Paul	22	3	9	12	+4	4	0	0	0	0	0	42	7.1	101	177	57.1	40	2	12	10	15:26
Erik Cernak E. Cernak	21	1	4	5	+3	14	0	0	0	0	0	38	2.6	0	0	0	51	29	8	7	19:24
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	9	2	2	4	+2	4	0	2	0	0	0	9	22.2	0	0	0	8	10	3	9	18:43
Gage Goncalves G. Goncalves	4	1	2	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	1	0.0	7	0	2	4	13:08
J.J. Moser J.J. Moser	9	0	3	3	-3	4	0	0	1	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	4	17	3	4	20:44
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	4	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	8	11	72.7	11	1	0	1	11:52
Scott Sabourin S. Sabourin	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	14	2	1	1	7:43
Pontus Holmberg P. Holmberg	6	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	10	28	35.7	11	4	2	1	12:03
Emil Lilleberg E. Lilleberg	5	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	6	5	1	3	14:36
Curtis Douglas C. Douglas	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5:45
Dominic James D. James	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	5	11	45.5	2	0	2	1	13:02
Max Crozier M. Crozier	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	11:30
Declan Carlile D. Carlile	1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15:08

Sabres BUF

Lightning TBL

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Andrei Vasilevskiy A. Vasilevskiy	37	37	27	7	3	960	882	.919	78	2.11	2	2219
	Jonas Johansson J. Johansson	19	18	10	7	1	483	430	.890	53	2.91	0	1091

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Andrei Vasilevskiy A. Vasilevskiy	19	19	14	2	3	523	477	.912	46	2.40	2	1152
	Jonas Johansson J. Johansson	4	4	2	0	2	121	111	.917	10	2.45	0	245