Buffalo Sabres @ Tampa Bay Lightning

1-1-0, 0-1-0 Away

1-1-0, 1-0-0 Home

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	1	1	0	0	4.03	.784

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	1	1	0	0	2.59	.889

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, January 2, 2027

Tampa, FL

BUF

Points

Owen PowerD #25

3PTS

Nikita KucherovRW #86

2PTS

Goals

Jack QuinnRW #22

0PPG

Jake GuentzelC #59

0PPG

Assists

Owen PowerD #25

0PPA

0+/-

Brandon HagelLW #38

0PPA

1+/-

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Alex Lyon G	IR	Oct 6
Conor Timmins D	IR	Oct 17
Topias Leinonen G	IR-NR	Oct 10
Jack Rathbone D	IR-NR	Oct 24
Jason Zucker LW	IR	Oct 15

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Emil Lilleberg D	Day-To-Day	Oct 5
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Dec 2
Dominic James C	IR-NR	Oct 13

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
BUF	3.50	4.50	27.0	19.0	15	0	0.0	2	60.0	0	0
TB	2.00	3.00	27.5	23.0	19	0	0.0	1	75.0	0	0

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/3/26	vsCHI	W4-3
10/1/26	@CBJ	L6-3
9/26/26	vsPIT	L3-1
9/24/26	@DET	L3-2 OT
9/22/26	vsCBJ	W5-1

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/3/26	vsWSH	W3-1
10/1/26	@NYR	L5-1
9/26/26	@FLA	W3-2 SO
9/24/26	vsFLA	L5-3
9/22/26	@NSH	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	2	1	0	4
Florida	1	0	2	4
Montreal	1	0	1	3
Ottawa	1	0	0	2
Buffalo	1	1	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	1	0	2
Toronto	1	2	0	2
Detroit	0	2	0	0

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Buffalo Sabres @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Owen PowerD #25

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Jack QuinnRW #22

Jake GuentzelC #59

Owen PowerD #25

Brandon HagelLW #38

Injury Report

Team Stats

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Mikael Granlund scores in OT, Cutter Gauthier gets 2 goals in Ducks' 3-2 win over Panthers

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