Buffalo Sabres 6–2 Tampa Bay Lightning · Saturday, February 28, 2026

Final

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Benchmark International Arena, Tampa

MSG-B, The Spot

Scoring

1st period

05:25

Rasmus Dahlin (12)Owen Power (14) · wrist1–0

06:15

Josh Norris (7)Josh Doan (22), Zach Metsa (2) · wrist2–0

08:18

Josh Norris (8)Bowen Byram (21), Zach Benson (20) · tip-in3–0

15:06

Tage Thompson (32)Peyton Krebs (20), Rasmus Dahlin (38) · wrist4–0

2nd period

01:54

Zach Metsa (2)Unassisted · wrist5–0

16:03

Dominic James (7)Oliver Bjorkstrand (18), Victor Hedman (14) · wrist5–1

3rd period

03:43

Alex Tuch (24)ppRasmus Dahlin (39), Jack Quinn (26) · wrist6–1

05:27

Victor Hedman (1)Darren Raddysh (37) · slap6–2

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Z. Benson	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	0	0	100	13:39	19
9	J. Norris	C	2	0	2	+2	0	2	0	0	1	0	44	15:03	22
17	J. Zucker	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	1	1	0	100	12:05	17
19	P. Krebs	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	5	0	0	0	33	10:59	18
22	J. Quinn	R	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	0	0	–	14:21	20
29	B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	–	12:26	19
48	T. Kozak	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	2	0	38	13:04	19
71	R. McLeod	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	0	0	48	20:21	27
72	T. Thompson	C	1	0	1	-1	0	6	0	0	1	1	75	16:00	20
86	N. Ostlund	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	14:46	20
89	A. Tuch	R	1	0	1	-1	2	5	1	0	0	0	–	18:15	25
91	J. Doan	R	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1	1	0	–	16:08	24
4	B. Byram	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	2	0	0	–	22:45	25
8	M. Kesselring	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:40	15
23	M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2	1	1	–	24:08	28
25	O. Power	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	0	2	0	–	19:59	27
26	R. Dahlin	D	1	2	3	+2	2	2	0	0	3	0	–	24:32	29
73	Z. Metsa	D	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	2	2	0	–	13:08	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	U. LuukkonenSTART	W	38	36	2	.947	59:41
92	C. Ellis		0	0	0	–	00:00

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	D. James	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	67	13:06	17
21	B. Point	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	56	17:52	20
22	O. Bjorkstrand	R	0	1	1	-1	0	4	2	0	0	1	–	16:24	18
28	Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	0	0	–	15:03	23
29	P. Holmberg	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	13:52	20
37	Y. Gourde	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0	1	0	31	15:59	21
38	B. Hagel	L	0	0	0	-1	0	8	0	1	4	0	–	21:05	28
59	J. Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-1	14	3	0	0	3	0	50	13:02	16
71	A. Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	1	0	67	14:01	22
86	N. Kucherov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	1	0	–	20:11	21
93	G. Goncalves	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	0	0	–	08:17	11
27	R. McDonagh	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:16	21
43	D. Raddysh	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	0	0	1	–	21:18	21
51	C. D'Astous	D	0	0	0	-2	4	0	3	0	0	1	–	15:50	18
77	V. Hedman	D	1	1	2	+1	2	2	1	1	0	0	–	16:53	22
78	E. Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	3	0	0	1	–	16:45	21
81	E. Cernak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	0	1	–	14:39	21
90	J. Moser	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	1	0	–	15:46	20

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	J. Johansson		21	20	1	.952	38:06
88	A. VasilevskiySTART	L	14	9	5	.643	21:54

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