Buffalo Sabres 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - NHL Box Score for February 28th 2026

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Final

Game Summary

Final	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Score
Tampa Bay LightningLightning	0	1	1	2
Buffalo SabresSabres	4	1	1	6

Scoring Summary

1^st Period
05:25	Buffalo	Rasmus Dahlin (Owen Power)
06:15	Buffalo	Josh Norris (Josh Doan, Zach Metsa)
08:18	Buffalo	Josh Norris (Bowen Byram, Zach Benson)
15:06	Buffalo	Tage Thompson (Rasmus Dahlin, Peyton Krebs)

2^nd Period
01:54	Buffalo	Zach Metsa (Unassisted)
16:03	Tampa Bay	Dominic James (Victor Hedman, Oliver Bjorkstrand)

3^rd Period
03:43	Buffalo	PPG Alex Tuch (Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Quinn)
05:27	Tampa Bay	Victor Hedman (Darren Raddysh)

Penalty Summary

1^st Period
10:44	Buffalo	Zach Benson: Cross checking - 2 minutes

2^nd Period
05:47	Tampa Bay	Brayden Point: Slashing - 2 minutes
05:47	Buffalo	Rasmus Dahlin: Cross checking - 2 minutes
10:26	Tampa Bay	Emil Lilleberg: Roughing - 2 minutes
12:10	Tampa Bay	Jake Guentzel: Delay of game - 2 minutes
16:03	Buffalo	Mattias Samuelsson: Roughing - 2 minutes
16:03	Tampa Bay	Victor Hedman: Roughing - 2 minutes

3^rd Period
01:28	Tampa Bay	Charle-Edouard D'Astous: Roughing - 2 minutes
01:28	Buffalo	Michael Kesselring: Cross checking - 2 minutes
01:28	Buffalo	Michael Kesselring: Cross checking - 2 minutes
01:28	Buffalo	Alex Tuch: Roughing - 2 minutes
02:02	Tampa Bay	Jake Guentzel: Abuse of Officials - 10 minutes
02:02	Tampa Bay	Jake Guentzel: Abusive language - 2 minutes
06:23	Tampa Bay	Darren Raddysh: Cross checking - 2 minutes
12:48	Tampa Bay	Anthony Cirelli: Interference - 2 minutes
17:12	Buffalo	Michael Kesselring: Cross checking - 2 minutes
20:00	Tampa Bay	Charle-Edouard D'Astous: Roughing - 2 minutes

Shots on Goal

Team	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Total
Tampa Bay	14	12	12	38
Buffalo	10	20	5	35

Goalie Stats

Team	Goalie	SV	SA	SV %	TOI
Tampa Bay	Jonas Johansson	20	21	0.952	38:06
Buffalo	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	36	38	0.947	59:41
Tampa Bay	Andrei Vasilevskiy	9	14	0.643	21:54

Tampa Bay Lightning

Players	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	EV	PP	SH	TOI
Victor Hedman	D	1	1	2	+1	2	2	13:03	01:01	02:49	16:53
Dominic James	LW	1	0	1	+0	0	1	13:06	00:00	00:00	13:06
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	0	1	1	-1	0	4	12:38	03:46	00:00	16:24
Darren Raddysh	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	17:11	04:07	00:00	21:18
Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	09:57	00:00	04:42	14:39
Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	11:52	00:06	02:03	14:01
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	0	0	-2	4	0	15:32	00:10	00:08	15:50
Zemgus Girgensons	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	3	10:53	00:04	04:06	15:03
Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	08:11	00:06	00:00	08:17
Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	11:18	00:22	04:19	15:59
Jake Guentzel	LW	0	0	0	-1	14	3	09:54	02:28	00:40	13:02
Brandon Hagel	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	8	15:27	02:02	03:36	21:05
Pontus Holmberg	RW	0	0	0	+0	0	1	12:50	00:04	00:58	13:52
Nikita Kucherov	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	4	15:47	04:24	00:00	20:11
Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	16:21	00:04	00:20	16:45
Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	11:15	00:00	05:01	16:16
J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	12:50	00:00	02:56	15:46
Brayden Point	C	0	0	0	+0	2	0	13:44	04:06	00:02	17:52

Buffalo Sabres

Players	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	EV	PP	SH	TOI
Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	2	3	+2	2	2	19:59	04:07	00:26	24:32
Josh Norris	C	2	0	2	+2	0	2	11:31	03:32	00:00	15:03
Zach Metsa	D	1	1	2	+2	0	3	12:31	00:00	00:37	13:08
Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	-1	0	6	11:55	04:05	00:00	16:00
Alex Tuch	RW	1	0	1	-1	2	5	12:28	03:57	01:50	18:15
Zach Benson	LW	0	1	1	+1	2	0	12:43	00:20	00:36	13:39
Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	15:10	04:06	03:29	22:45
Josh Doan	RW	0	1	1	+2	0	2	12:26	03:42	00:00	16:08
Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	10:49	00:00	00:10	10:59
Owen Power	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	18:56	00:22	00:41	19:59
Jack Quinn	RW	0	1	1	+2	0	2	10:32	03:49	00:00	14:21
Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	08:34	00:00	00:06	08:40
Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	11:43	00:07	01:14	13:04
Beck Malenstyn	LW	0	0	0	+0	0	1	09:59	00:06	02:21	12:26
Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	13:19	04:05	02:57	20:21
Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	10:48	03:58	00:00	14:46
Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	20:19	00:00	03:49	24:08
Jason Zucker	LW	0	0	0	+2	0	1	08:26	03:39	00:00	12:05

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