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Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

Feb 3, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 26
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 35

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

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

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:10 BUF Noah Ostlund Holding 2
10:35 TBL Gage Goncalves Holding 2
13:55 TBL J.J. Moser Tripping 2
3rd Period
07:33 BUF Bowen Byram Hooking 2
12:55 TBL Curtis Douglas Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 49 38 26 3 2.6 40.5
Tampa Bay Lightning 59 49 35 4 3.5 59.5

How the game went

2024681012Start2nd3rdOTTampa Bay Lightning aheadBuffalo Sabres ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Tampa Bay Lightning had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.6 expected, 3 scored · Tampa Bay Lightning: 3.5 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 16:53 of 1st, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 4:08 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 14:53 of 3rd, a 13% chanceTBL goal, 10:24 of 1st, a 7% chanceTBL goal, 8:53 of 3rd, a 27% chanceTBL goal, 19:34 of 3rd, a 4% chanceTBL goal, 4:45 of overtime, a 21% chanceTBL 3.5BUF 2.6

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres
Tampa Bay Lightning

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs11:4643.837.00-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn10:2819.010.71-1
Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund · Konsta Helenius8:0425.06.60-0
Beck Malenstyn · Isak Rosen · Tyson Kozak5:0966.777.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power13:5231.836.90-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin13:4544.428.82-0
Jacob Bryson · Zach Metsa9:1136.410.70-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 24:01 0.13 11-16 0.34-0.80
91 Josh Doan R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16:29 0.33 5-14 0.05-0.80
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:50 0.07 7-17 0.21-0.83
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 27:47 0.50 15-13 0.33-0.50
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:31 0.28 9-17 0.43-0.83
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 22:09 0.60 8-12 0.29-0.59
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:10 6-17 0.17-0.83
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 17:47 0.40 13-11 0.65-0.58
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 23:37 0.06 11-18 0.39-0.79
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:51 0.08 15-21 0.68-1.01
27 Isak Rosen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:17 5-2 0.03-0.01
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 09:08 0.00 5-3 0.04-0.01
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:25 6-4 0.05-0.02
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:12 5-10 0.05-0.64
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:01 0.01 4-10 0.04-0.53
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:36 6-12 0.14-0.71
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 22:38 0.14 11-12 0.61-0.66
94 Konsta Helenius C 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 13:47 0.01 8-11 0.07-0.55
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
92 Colten Ellis OTL 35 31 4 64:24 3.36 -0.64

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nikita Kucherov · Jake Guentzel · Brandon Hagel13:0869.273.21-2
Yanni Gourde · Zemgus Girgensons · Pontus Holmberg12:5757.151.00-0
Oliver Bjorkstrand · Gage Goncalves · Dominic James9:3554.577.80-0
Scott Sabourin · Curtis Douglas · Jack Finley5:0161.586.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Darren Raddysh · J.J. Moser18:5550.070.20-2
Victor Hedman · Declan Carlile12:1156.342.81-0
Ryan McDonagh · Erik Cernak11:4873.788.10-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
86 Nikita Kucherov R 1 3 4 1 0 7 0 22:24 0.54 19-10 1.00-0.36
43 Darren Raddysh D 1 1 2 -1 0 3 2 25:48 0.39 18-15 1.07-0.43
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 26:07 0.35 18-9 0.98-0.36
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand R 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:04 0.45 9-8 0.27-0.10
38 Brandon Hagel L 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 25:40 0.37 18-11 0.98-0.36
90 J.J. Moser D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 23:51 0.08 15-17 1.02-0.43
17 Dominic James C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:02 0.18 7-7 0.21-0.10
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:40 0.05 17-6 0.78-0.10
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 17:07 0.13 8-6 0.40-0.38
29 Pontus Holmberg R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:31 0.06 11-8 0.47-0.42
37 Yanni Gourde C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:01 0.24 8-8 0.40-0.38
37 Jack Finley C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:43 0.17 11-6 0.55-0.08
42 Curtis Douglas C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 05:45 0.21 8-5 0.47-0.07
46 Scott Sabourin R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 06:03 0.05 8-7 0.47-0.08
72 Declan Carlile D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 15:08 0.04 9-9 0.29-0.38
77 Victor Hedman D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:39 0.00 12-7 0.34-0.38
81 Erik Cernak D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:04 0.05 17-6 0.78-0.10
93 Gage Goncalves C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:52 0.13 7-5 0.21-0.06
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy W 26 23 3 63:33 2.51 -0.49