Buffalo Sabres vs. Tampa Bay LightningFeb 3, 2026

Final / OTTuesday, Feb 3, 2026· Benchmark International Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	0	2	0	3		BUF	9	4	8	5	26
TBL	1	0	2	1	4		TBL	13	10	11	1	35

: BUF 49TBL 59
: BUF 2.42TBL 3.50
PP goals: BUF 1TBL 1
Hits: BUF 13TBL 26
Blocks: BUF 9TBL 10
PIM: BUF 4TBL 6
: BUF 49%TBL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3 (OT)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 3A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Doan) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:26 together.

Points
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 22:24.Kucherov
Points
Mattias Samuelsson had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:01.Samuelsson
Points
Darren Raddysh had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:48.Raddysh
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 26:07.Guentzel
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Doan) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:26 together.Zucker Thompson Dahlin Quinn Doan
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Raddysh and Hagel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:51 together.Kucherov Guentzel Bjorkstrand Raddysh Hagel
Usage
Brandon Hagel (TBL) played 25:40, +5:59 up on his 19:41 season average over 70 games.Hagel
Usage
Jake Guentzel (TBL) played 26:07, +5:57 up on his 20:10 season average over 80 games.Guentzel

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · TBL 59 · BUF 49

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 16% of the game, TBL 42%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

TBL

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

TBL skaters (rows) against BUF skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the TBL side.

Matchup matrix

TBL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	TBL
	35	54
	1.13	2.42
	1.08	2.30
	7	18
	1	4
	22	28
	−0.002	+0.002
	16%	42%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
11:4638% CF
L2Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
10:2819% CF
L3Doan – Ostlund – Helenius
8:0425% CF
L4Malenstyn – Rosen – Kozak
5:0967% CF
D1Byram – Power
14:0235% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:5044% CF
D3Bryson – Metsa
9:1427% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Doan
4:2685% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Rosen – Ostlund
1:23100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
0:58
PK2FMalenstyn – Kozak
0:50
PK1DSamuelsson – Byram
1:11
PK2DDahlin – Power
0:47

Current BUF line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Kucherov – Guentzel – Hagel
13:0869% CF
L2Gourde – Girgensons – Holmberg
12:5757% CF
L3Bjorkstrand – Goncalves – James
9:3564% CF
L4Sabourin – Douglas – Finley
5:0162% CF
D1Raddysh – Moser
18:5850% CF
D2Hedman – Carlile
12:2156% CF
D3McDonagh – Cernak
11:5479% CF

PP1Kucherov – Guentzel – Bjorkstrand – Raddysh – Hagel
2:51100% CF
PP2Hedman – Kucherov – Gourde – Guentzel – Hagel
0:29
PK1FGuentzel – Hagel
3:50
PK2FGourde – Girgensons
1:26
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
4:35
PK2DHedman – Moser
0:41

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	0	1	0	22:38	—	—	44	51
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.56	1	0	0	22:09	—	—	35	39
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.43	3	0	0	17:47	—	—	50	60
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.38	0	1	0	19:31	—	—	35	36
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	17:50	—	—	29	22
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	26	18
Josh Doan R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.27	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	26	5
Noah Ostlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:36	—	—	33	15
Konsta Helenius C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	1	0	13:47	—	—	42	14
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:25	—	—	60	68
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	0	0	9:08	—	—	63	96
Isak Rosen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:17	—	—	71	85
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	1	2	23:37	—	—	38	32
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	2	0	21:51	—	—	42	40
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	0	7	0.36	0	1	0	27:47	—	—	54	48
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.10	2	0	0	24:01	—	—	41	36
Zach Metsa D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:12	—	—	27	8
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	21	8

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Colten Ellis(start)	O	35	31	4	.886	3.50	64:24

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.35	1	0	0	26:07	—	—	67	71
Brandon Hagel L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.35	1	0	0	25:40	—	—	62	71
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	1	3	4	+1	7	0.59	0	1	0	22:24	—	—	66	71
Yanni Gourde C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	20:01	—	—	50	53
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	4	0	0	17:07	—	—	57	53
Pontus Holmberg R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	16:31	—	—	58	52
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.47	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	59	57
Gage Goncalves C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	2	13:52	—	—	67	80
Dominic James C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	57	60
Jack Finley C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	7:43	—	—	65	87
Scott Sabourin R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	1	0	6:03	—	—	53	87
Curtis Douglas C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	2	0	2	5:45	—	—	62	89
Darren Raddysh D	D1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.52	2	2	0	25:48	—	—	55	71
J.J. Moser D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	0	3	2	23:51	—	—	47	71
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	63	46
Declan Carlile D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	0	0	15:08	—	—	50	43
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	19:40	—	—	78	85
Erik Cernak D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	3	0	18:04	—	—	78	85

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.42	63:33

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Nikita Kucherov (TBL) 1st 10:24 · assists Jake Guentzel · Forecheck turnover · 51.3 mph shot.

Nikita Kucherov · 1st 10:24 · TBL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.3 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Mattias Samuelsson · 1st 16:53 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 72.1 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Mattias Samuelsson · 3rd 4:08 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 72.3 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 s

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Oliver Bjorkstrand · 3rd 8:53 · TBL PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 9.0 s
Type: rebound

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Josh Doan · 3rd 14:53 · BUF PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 16.6 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Darren Raddysh · 3rd 19:34 · TBL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 76.9 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jake Guentzel · OT 4:45 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.8 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Tampa Bay LightningFeb 3, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

1st period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goal anatomy

Nikita Kucherov · 1st 10:24 · TBL

Mattias Samuelsson · 1st 16:53 · BUF

Mattias Samuelsson · 3rd 4:08 · BUF

Oliver Bjorkstrand · 3rd 8:53 · TBL PP

Josh Doan · 3rd 14:53 · BUF PP

Darren Raddysh · 3rd 19:34 · TBL

Jake Guentzel · OT 4:45 · TBL