7-3-1, 2-3-1 Away

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

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	5	3	0	0	2.78	.884
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	2	1	0	1	2.28	.902

KeyBank Center

7:00 PM, April 5, 2027

Buffalo, NY

BUF

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

14PTS

10A

Jack QuinnRW #22

11PTS

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

50S

Jack QuinnRW #22

0PPG

34S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

10A

4PPA

2+/-

Owen PowerD #25

0PPA

6+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Victor Hedman D	Day-To-Day	Oct 29
Zemgus Girgensons C	Day-To-Day	Oct 29
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Dec 2

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Justin Danforth RW	OUT	Oct 29
Jiri Kulich C	OUT	Nov 4
Sam Carrick C	IR	Oct 31
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	3.45	3.09	30.4	24.5	92	6	15.0	7	76.7	0	0
BUF	2.75	3.33	27.5	26.3	118	4	9.8	12	71.4	1	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
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
10/15/26	vsSEA	W4-3 OT

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
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
10/15/26	@TOR	W5-4 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	3	1	19
Montreal	7	3	2	16
Ottawa	8	5	0	16
Florida	7	4	2	16
Toronto	7	5	2	16
Tampa Bay	7	3	1	15
Buffalo	5	4	3	13
Detroit	5	4	3	13

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Jack QuinnRW #22

Brandon HagelLW #38

Jack QuinnRW #22

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Owen PowerD #25

Injury Report

Team Stats

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Ducks host the Sabres after Greer's 2-goal game

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