Buffalo Sabres 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 2: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Buffalo Sabres 6 to Tampa Bay Lightning 2, on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLSaturday, February 28, 2026
DateFeb 28, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
35-19-6Record38-16-4
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
4-4Road record / home record8-0
LLWLWLast 5WLWWW
L2StreakW1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresTampa Bay Lightning
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveTampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Undisclosed
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 | 0:20 | 0:36 | 12:43 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Doan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:08 | 3:42 | 0:00 | 12:26 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 | 0:07 | 1:14 | 11:43 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 10:59 | 0:00 | 0:10 | 10:49 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 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 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:21 | 4:05 | 2:57 | 13:19 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 47.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:03 | 3:32 | 0:00 | 11:31 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 43.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:46 | 3:58 | 0:00 | 10:48 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 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 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16:00 | 4:05 | 0:00 | 11:55 | 20 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:15 | 3:57 | 1:50 | 12:28 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:05 | 3:39 | 0:00 | 8:26 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:45 | 4:06 | 3:29 | 15:10 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:32 | 4:07 | 0:26 | 19:59 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Kesselring | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:40 | 0:00 | 0:06 | 8:34 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Zach Metsa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:08 | 0:00 | 0:37 | 12:31 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:59 | 0:22 | 0:41 | 18:56 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 24:08 | 0:00 | 3:49 | 20:19 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .947 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 59:41 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 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 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 14:01 | 0:06 | 2:03 | 11:52 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 15:03 | 0:04 | 4:06 | 10:53 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 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 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 15:59 | 0:22 | 4:19 | 11:18 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 31.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:02 | 2:28 | 0:40 | 9:54 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:05 | 2:02 | 3:36 | 15:27 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 | 0:04 | 0:58 | 12:50 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:06 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:11 | 4:24 | 0:00 | 15:47 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:52 | 4:06 | 0:02 | 13:44 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 14:39 | 0:00 | 4:42 | 9:57 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 15:50 | 0:10 | 0:08 | 15:32 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Victor Hedman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 | 1:01 | 2:49 | 13:03 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 16:45 | 0:04 | 0:20 | 16:21 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 16:16 | 0:00 | 5:01 | 11:15 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:46 | 0:00 | 2:56 | 12:50 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:18 | 4:07 | 0:00 | 17:11 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Johansson | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .952 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 38:06 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .643 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21:54 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Buffalo Sabres won, 6-2, on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Buffalo Sabres 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 2.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Josh Norris (2 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Victor Hedman (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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