10-3-2, 2-3-2 Away

7-5-3, 3-4-0 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	8	3	1	0	2.75	.886
D. Hildeby	2	0	1	0	2.98	.885

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	4	3	3	0	3.40	.874
C. Ellis	3	2	0	1	2.92	.891

KeyBank Center

7:00 PM, November 11, 2026Coverage: TNT/truTV

Buffalo, NY

BUF

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

20PTS

16A

Tage ThompsonC #72

18PTS

10G

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

62S

Tage ThompsonC #72

10G

2PPG

65S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

16A

5PPA

6+/-

Zach BensonLW #6

12A

3PPA

11+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Nov 7

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Konsta Helenius C	OUT	Nov 17
Justin Danforth RW	IR	Nov 8
Alex Lyon G	IR	Nov 22
Matt Grzelcyk D	IR	Nov 8

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.73	3.00	30.2	24.7	117	9	17.3	9	77.5	0	0
BUF	2.93	3.33	27.8	27.3	144	8	16.3	16	69.8	1	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/5/26	vsCHI	W4-1
11/3/26	vsDET	W4-2
10/31/26	@NSH	L5-4 SO
10/29/26	vsWPG	W6-4
10/24/26	@UTA	L5-4 OT

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/4/26	vsOTT	L2-1
10/31/26	@LA	W3-2
10/29/26	@ANA	W7-6
10/27/26	@SJ	W2-0
10/24/26	@WSH	L4-3 OT

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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

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Sabres
Lightning

Game 3

1/2

Lightning
Sabres

Game 4

4/5

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	12	4	1	25
Montreal	10	3	3	23
Tampa Bay	10	3	2	22
Ottawa	10	6	1	21
Florida	9	5	2	20
Toronto	8	7	2	18
Buffalo	7	5	3	17
Detroit	7	7	3	17

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Tage ThompsonC #72

Brandon HagelLW #38

Tage ThompsonC #72

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Zach BensonLW #6

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