Buffalo Sabres @ Tampa Bay Lightning

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Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Noah Ostlund C	Day-To-Day	Sep 21
Justin Danforth RW	IR	Sep 21
Jiri Kulich C	IR	Sep 21

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Pontus Holmberg RW	Day-To-Day	Sep 20

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
5/18/26	vsMTL	L3-2 OT
5/16/26	@MTL	W8-3
5/14/26	vsMTL	L6-3
5/12/26	@MTL	W3-2
5/10/26	@MTL	L6-2

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
5/3/26	vsMTL	L2-1
5/1/26	@MTL	W1-0 OT
4/29/26	vsMTL	L3-2
4/26/26	@MTL	W3-2
4/24/26	@MTL	L3-2 OT

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 11/11

Lightning
Sabres

Game 1

11/11

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Sabres
Lightning

Game 2

11/22

Sabres
Lightning

Game 3

1/2

Lightning
Sabres

Game 4

4/5

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	0	0	0	0
Buffalo	0	0	0	0
Detroit	0	0	0	0
Montreal	0	0	0	0
Ottawa	0	0	0	0
Tampa Bay	0	0	0	0
Toronto	0	0	0	0
Florida	0	0	0	0

Dylan Larkin to attend Red Wings camp despite trade request

Longtime captain Dylan Larkin will be at Red Wings training camp, despite requesting a trade this offseason. Though Larkin will be in attendance, the team said it will begin the season without a captain.

NHL players react to their odd NHL 27 facial scans

We asked over a dozen players about their facial scans and those of teammates that went viral. Many players were impressed with their digital avatars. Others were not.

Golden Knights ink forward Braeden Bowman to 6-year extension

Golden Knights forward Braeden Bowman signed a six-year contract extension Thursday with an average annual value of $3.4 million in what could be his first full season in Vegas.

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