Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

Tue, Feb 3, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 4

Final/OT

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. Mattias Samuelsson scored twice. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	2	0	3	26
TBL	1	0	2	1	4	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:24	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (29) · wrist	Jake Guentzel (34)	0–1
1st	16:53	BUF	EV	Mattias Samuelsson (10) · wrist	Unassisted	1–1
3rd	04:08	BUF	EV	Mattias Samuelsson (11) · wrist	Ryan McLeod (29), Jack Quinn (24)	2–1
3rd	08:53	TBL	PP	Oliver Bjorkstrand (9) · snap	Darren Raddysh (34), Nikita Kucherov (59)	2–2
3rd	14:53	BUF	PP	Josh Doan (18) · deflected	Tage Thompson (29), Rasmus Dahlin (36)	3–2
3rd	19:34	TBL	PP	Darren Raddysh (17) · slap	Nikita Kucherov (60), Brandon Hagel (27)	3–3
OT	04:45	TBL	EV	Jake Guentzel (25) · snap	Nikita Kucherov (61), J.J. Moser (14)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:10	BUF	Noah Ostlund	holding	2
1st	10:35	TBL	Gage Goncalves	holding	2
1st	13:55	TBL	J.J. Moser	tripping	2
3rd	07:33	BUF	Bowen Byram	hooking	2
3rd	12:55	TBL	Curtis Douglas	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.50 · TBL 4.07 · xG% BUF 38.0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	2	0	2	+1	0	3	2	0		24:01	29
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	7	0	2		27:47	34
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	-1	0	5	1	0	50.0	22:09	25
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	47.4	19:31	27
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0		17:50	23
91	Josh Doan	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		16:29	19
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1		23:37	29
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	50.0	22:38	29
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		21:51	27
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0		17:47	23
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60.0	17:10	20
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50.0	14:36	21
94	Konsta Helenius	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1	50.0	13:47	18
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	57.1	12:25	17
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		11:12	13
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:01	15
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	100.0	9:08	14
63	Isak Rosen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8:17	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
92	Colten Ellis	OTL	35	31	4	.886	64:24

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	1	3	4	+1	0	7	0	1		22:24	23
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	0	46.2	26:07	25
43	Darren Raddysh	D	1	1	2	-1	0	3	2	2		25:48	23
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0		25:40	24
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	3		23:51	25
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		15:04	18
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	61.1	20:01	23
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		19:40	25
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3		18:04	23
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		17:39	24
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		17:07	22
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		16:31	21
67	Declan Carlile	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0		15:08	20
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		13:52	18
17	Dominic James	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	45.5	13:02	16
62	Jack Finley	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	50.0	7:43	12
46	Scott Sabourin	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1		6:03	8
42	Curtis Douglas	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		5:45	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	W	26	23	3	.885	63:33