4-4-2, 1-1-2 Away

7-3-0, 5-0-0 Home

Buffalo Sabres @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	3	3	2	0	3.54	.864
C. Ellis	1	1	0	0	3.19	.864

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	5	3	0	0	2.46	.884
D. Hildeby	2	0	0	0	2.01	.920

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, January 2, 2027

Tampa, FL

BUF

Points

Jack QuinnRW #22

10PTS

Brandon HagelLW #38

13PTS

Goals

Jack QuinnRW #22

0PPG

28S

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

43S

Assists

Owen PowerD #25

0PPA

4+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

3PPA

3+/-

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
BUF	2.80	3.60	26.9	25.7	106	4	11.1	12	66.7	1	0
TB	3.44	2.56	29.8	24.2	76	4	12.9	5	79.2	0	0

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jiri Kulich C	Day-To-Day	Oct 24
Justin Danforth RW	Day-To-Day	Oct 24
Sam Carrick C	IR	Oct 24
Alex Lyon G	IR	Oct 31
Matt Grzelcyk D	IR	Oct 24

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Victor Hedman D	Day-To-Day	Oct 24
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Dec 2

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/21/26	vsPHI	L3-1
10/17/26	@MTL	L4-3 OT
10/15/26	@TOR	W5-4 OT
10/13/26	@MTL	L4-3 SO
10/12/26	vsFLA	W5-3

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/23/26	@COL	L6-3
10/20/26	@VGK	W6-2
10/17/26	vsVAN	W4-2
10/15/26	vsSEA	W4-3 OT
10/13/26	@NYR	L4-1

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 11/11

Lightning
Sabres

Game 1

11/11

TNT/truTV

Sabres
Lightning

Game 2

11/22

NHL Net

Sabres
Lightning

Game 3

1/2

Lightning
Sabres

Game 4

4/5

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	8	2	1	17
Tampa Bay	7	3	0	14
Ottawa	7	4	0	14
Toronto	6	4	2	14
Montreal	5	3	2	12
Florida	5	4	2	12
Detroit	4	3	3	11
Buffalo	4	4	2	10

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Buffalo Sabres @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Jack QuinnRW #22

Brandon HagelLW #38

Jack QuinnRW #22

Brandon HagelLW #38

Owen PowerD #25

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Team Stats

Injury Report

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