Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2026-02-28

NHL · Feb 28, 2026

Buffalo Sabres35-19-6

6–2

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning38-16-4

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The Sabres rolled past the Lightning 6–2 at Benchmark International Arena. R. Dahlin took first star with 1 goal and 2 assists.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	4	1	1	6	35
Lightning	0	1	1	2	38

★ Three Stars

1R. DahlinBUF · 1G 2A

2J. NorrisBUF · 2G 0A

3Z. MetsaBUF · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

05:25

Rasmus Dahlin (Owen Power)

1-0

06:15

Josh Norris (Josh Doan, Zach Metsa)

2-0

08:18

Josh Norris (Bowen Byram, Zach Benson)

3-0

15:06

Tage Thompson (Peyton Krebs, Rasmus Dahlin)

4-0

2nd Period

01:54

Zach Metsa

5-0

16:03

Dominic James (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Victor Hedman)

5-1

3rd Period

03:43

Alex Tuch (Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Quinn)PP

6-1

05:27

Victor Hedman (Darren Raddysh)

6-2

Boxscore

Sabres6

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Rasmus DahlinD	1	2	3	+2	2	2	0	0	24:32
Josh NorrisC	2	0	2	+2	0	2	0	0	15:03
Zach MetsaD	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	2	13:08
Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	-1	0	6	0	0	16:00
Alex TuchR	1	0	1	-1	2	5	1	0	18:15
Zach BensonL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	13:39
Josh DoanR	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1	16:08
Peyton KrebsC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	5	0	10:59
Jack QuinnR	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	14:21
Owen PowerD	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	0	19:59
Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	2	22:45
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	13:04
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	12:26
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	20:21
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	14:46
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	1	12:05
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2	24:08
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	8:40

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenStart	38	36	2	.947	59:41
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Victor HedmanD	1	1	2	+1	2	2	1	1	16:53
Dominic JamesC	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	13:06
Darren RaddyshD	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	0	21:18
Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	1	1	-1	0	4	2	0	16:24
Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	14:01
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	15:03
Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	8:17
Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0	15:59
Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	-1	14	3	0	0	13:02
Brandon HagelL	0	0	0	-1	0	8	0	1	21:05
Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13:52
Nikita KucherovR	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	20:11
Brayden PointC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	17:52
Erik CernakD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	14:39
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	-2	4	0	3	0	15:50
Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	3	0	16:45
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	16:16
J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	15:46

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Andrei VasilevskiyStart	14	9	5	.643	21:54
Jonas Johansson	21	20	1	.952	38:06