8-3-1, 2-3-1 Away

6-4-3, 3-3-0 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	6	3	0	0	2.92	.876
D. Hildeby	2	0	1	0	2.98	.885

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	3	3	3	0	3.56	.866
C. Ellis	3	1	0	1	3.11	.880

KeyBank Center

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

Buffalo, NY

BUF

Points

Brandon HagelLW #38

16PTS

Tage ThompsonC #72

15PTS

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

55S

Tage ThompsonC #72

1PPG

55S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

11A

4PPA

2+/-

Zach BensonLW #6

2PPA

10+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Zemgus Girgensons C	OUT	Oct 31
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Dec 2

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Justin Danforth RW	IR	Oct 31
Konsta Helenius C	OUT	Nov 4
Jiri Kulich C	OUT	Nov 4
Alex Lyon G	IR	Oct 31
Matt Grzelcyk D	IR	Oct 31

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.67	3.17	30.4	24.3	96	7	16.3	7	78.1	0	0
BUF	3.08	3.54	27.8	26.9	126	6	13.6	15	67.4	1	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/29/26	vsWPG	W6-4
10/24/26	@UTA	L5-4 OT
10/23/26	@COL	L6-3
10/20/26	@VGK	W6-2
10/17/26	vsVAN	W4-2

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/29/26	@ANA	W7-6
10/27/26	@SJ	W2-0
10/24/26	@WSH	L4-3 OT
10/21/26	vsPHI	L3-1
10/17/26	@MTL	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

NHL Net

Sabres
Lightning

Game 3

1/2

Lightning
Sabres

Game 4

4/5

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	9	4	1	19
Montreal	8	3	2	18
Tampa Bay	8	3	1	17
Ottawa	8	5	1	17
Florida	7	4	2	16
Toronto	7	6	2	16
Buffalo	6	4	3	15
Detroit	6	4	3	15

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Scoring Leaders

Brandon HagelLW #38

Tage ThompsonC #72

Brandon HagelLW #38

Tage ThompsonC #72

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Zach BensonLW #6

Injury Report

Team Stats

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