Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2026-02-03

NHL · Feb 3, 2026

Buffalo Sabres32-18-6

3–4

Final – OT

Tampa Bay Lightning36-14-4

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The Lightning edged the Sabres 4–3 in overtime at Benchmark International Arena. J. Guentzel took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Sabres	1	0	2	0	3	26
Lightning	1	0	2	1	4	35

★ Three Stars

1J. GuentzelTBL · 1G 1A

2N. KucherovTBL · 1G 3A

3M. SamuelssonBUF · 2G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

10:24

Nikita Kucherov (Jake Guentzel)

0-1

16:53

Mattias Samuelsson

1-1

3rd Period

04:08

Mattias Samuelsson (Ryan McLeod, Jack Quinn)

2-1

08:53

Oliver Bjorkstrand (Darren Raddysh, Nikita Kucherov)PP

2-2

14:53

Josh Doan (Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin)PP

3-2

19:34

Darren Raddysh (Nikita Kucherov, Brandon Hagel)

3-3

Overtime

04:45

Jake Guentzel (Nikita Kucherov, J.J. Moser)

3-4

Boxscore

Sabres3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Mattias SamuelssonD	2	0	2	+1	0	3	2	0	24:01
Josh DoanR	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16:29
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	19:31
Jack QuinnR	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	17:50
Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	-1	0	5	1	0	22:09
Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	0	0	7	0	1	27:47
Konsta HeleniusC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1	13:47
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	12:25
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	17:47
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	9:08
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	14:36
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:10
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:12
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	21:51
Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	22:38
Isak RosénR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8:17
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	23:37
Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11:01

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Colten EllisStart	35	31	4	.886	64:24
Alex Lyon	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nikita KucherovR	1	3	4	+1	0	7	0	1	22:24
Jake GuentzelC	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	0	26:07
Darren RaddyshD	1	1	2	-1	0	3	2	2	25:48
Oliver BjorkstrandR	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	15:04
Brandon HagelL	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	25:40
J.J. MoserD	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	3	23:51
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	17:07
Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	13:52
Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	20:01
Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16:31
Dominic JamesC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	13:02
Scott SabourinR	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	6:03
Erik CernakD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	18:04
Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	17:39
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19:40
Jack FinleyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7:43
Curtis DouglasC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	5:45
Declan CarlileD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	15:08

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Andrei VasilevskiyStart	26	23	3	.885	63:33
Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	-	0:00