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January 2, 2027, 7:00PM EST

Buffalo Sabres

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Tampa Bay Lightning

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Buffalo Sabres

4-3-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
JACK QUINN	R	3	2	4	6	0	2	03:52	18:13	8	2.6667	4	5	3	0
MATTIAS SAMUELSSON	D	3	1	3	4	0	0	00:15	27:20	5	1.6667	2	0	3	2
ZACH BENSON	L	3	0	4	4	0	1	03:57	20:11	7	2.3333	3	2	4	2
OLEN ZELLWEGER	D	3	2	1	3	0	0	01:11	23:27	15	5.0000	1	4	1	2
TAGE THOMPSON	C	3	1	2	3	0	1	04:00	20:32	8	2.6667	2	0	5	2
OWEN POWER	D	3	1	2	3	0	0	04:12	27:38	3	1.0000	3	0	0	0
NOAH OSTLUND	C	3	1	2	3	1	1	03:53	19:44	5	1.6667	3	0	1	0
BECK MALENSTYN	R	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:02	09:58	0	0.0000	2	2	11	3
PEYTON KREBS	L	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:00	14:54	1	0.3333	-1	2	6	1
DENNIS GILBERT	D	2	1	1	2	0	0	00:00	09:39	1	0.5000	3	2	1	1

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	3	2	0	1	161	0	8	82	2.97	0.902	1.10
COLTEN ELLIS	1	0	0	0	26	0	2	9	4.54	0.778	-1.00

Last 3 Years VS T.B

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
RASMUS DAHLIN	D	11	4	13	17	1	9	03:23	25:12	33	3.0000	8	15	9	9
TAGE THOMPSON	C	11	4	6	10	2	6	03:15	17:34	37	3.3636	-5	2	13	5
JASON ZUCKER	R	8	4	3	7	2	3	03:10	15:20	19	2.3750	6	0	3	3
ZACH BENSON	L	10	1	6	7	0	0	00:46	14:35	17	1.7000	3	8	7	7
JACK QUINN	R	9	1	5	6	0	1	02:10	13:53	19	2.1111	5	2	9	1
JOSH DOAN	R	6	4	2	6	3	3	02:40	15:40	10	1.6667	0	2	11	3
RYAN MCLEOD	C	9	0	5	5	0	0	01:55	18:00	8	0.8889	1	0	4	3
JOSH NORRIS	C	6	4	1	5	0	1	03:57	17:24	10	1.6667	2	2	9	4
PEYTON KREBS	L	11	1	2	3	0	0	00:18	13:16	7	0.6364	-10	5	20	2
MATT GRZELCYK	D	8	0	3	3	0	1	00:41	16:59	2	0.2500	-1	2	5	4

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	6	4	2	0	357	20	155	3.36	0.871	-4.25
ALEX LYON	5	3	0	0	206	8	94	2.33	0.915	2.91
COLTEN ELLIS	1	0	0	1	64	4	35	3.73	0.886	-0.36

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
TAGE THOMPSON	C	8	4	4	8	1	2	03:30	20:04	37	4.6250	5	4	8	5
JACK QUINN	R	8	4	4	8	0	2	03:37	19:20	22	2.7500	3	9	9	2
OWEN POWER	D	8	2	6	8	0	0	02:35	26:38	8	1.0000	4	2	1	3
MATTIAS SAMUELSSON	D	8	2	4	6	0	0	00:06	22:53	11	1.3750	-1	4	7	5
NOAH OSTLUND	C	8	2	4	6	1	1	03:08	18:46	19	2.3750	5	0	1	1
ZACH BENSON	L	8	0	5	5	0	1	03:31	19:42	16	2.0000	3	6	13	4
PEYTON KREBS	L	8	0	4	4	0	0	00:08	14:44	6	0.7500	-2	9	13	2
RASMUS DAHLIN	D	6	2	2	4	1	2	03:17	23:38	19	3.1667	0	2	8	14
OLEN ZELLWEGER	D	7	2	1	3	0	0	00:39	19:34	16	2.2857	0	6	2	3
JIRI KULICH	L	6	1	1	2	0	0	00:47	13:06	8	1.3333	2	0	7	2

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	6	3	2	1	340	0	20	137	3.52	0.854	-4.79
COLTEN ELLIS	3	1	1	0	150	0	8	59	3.19	0.864	-1.45

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Toronto Maple Leafs

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	13:37	23.6	JACK QUINN - NOAH OSTLUND - ZACH BENSON	3	0	3	7	7	50.0	17	9	65.4
2	8:30	14.7	TAGE THOMPSON - RYAN MCLEOD - JOSH DOAN	1	0	1	8	5	61.5	10	7	58.8
3	7:59	13.8	JOSH NORRIS - PEYTON KREBS - KONSTA HELENIUS	0	1	-1	5	3	62.5	7	5	58.3
4	4:36	8.0	SAM CARRICK - BECK MALENSTYN - JUSTIN DANFORTH	0	0	0	1	2	33.3	2	5	28.6
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	14:25	25.0	MATTIAS SAMUELSSON - OLEN ZELLWEGER	1	1	0	8	11	42.1	15	14	51.7
2	9:51	17.1	OWEN POWER - ZACH METSA	0	1	-1	3	7	30.0	7	10	41.2
3	6:19	10.9	DENNIS GILBERT - LOUIS CREVIER	1	0	1	5	1	83.3	11	2	84.6
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:13	50.0	TAGE THOMPSON - JACK QUINN - NOAH OSTLUND - ZACH BENSON	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	3	0	100.0
2	0:42	28.8	RYAN MCLEOD - JOSH NORRIS - JOSH DOAN - KONSTA HELENIUS	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0
3	0:26	17.8	TAGE THOMPSON - JOSH DOAN - NOAH OSTLUND - ZACH BENSON	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0
4	0:05	3.4	RYAN MCLEOD - JACK QUINN - NOAH OSTLUND - ZACH BENSON	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:44	71.2	OWEN POWER	0	0	0	3	0	100.0	4	0	100.0
2	0:42	28.8	OLEN ZELLWEGER	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:16	41.3	BECK MALENSTYN - RYAN MCLEOD	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
2	0:54	29.3	NOAH OSTLUND - ZACH BENSON	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	50.0
3	0:31	16.8	RYAN MCLEOD - ZACH BENSON	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:37	52.7	MATTIAS SAMUELSSON - LOUIS CREVIER	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0
2	0:41	22.3	OWEN POWER - ZACH METSA	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	50.0
3	0:34	18.5	MATTIAS SAMUELSSON - OWEN POWER	0	1	-1	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0

Tampa Bay Lightning

5-2-0

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
BRANDON HAGEL	L	3	5	1	6	0	1	04:22	21:58	13	4.3333	-1	0	5	5
VICTOR HEDMAN	D	3	1	2	3	0	0	00:01	13:41	3	1.0000	3	0	0	0
JAKE GUENTZEL	R	3	2	1	3	1	1	05:02	19:12	7	2.3333	-1	0	3	0
MAX CROZIER	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:09	15:47	4	1.3333	1	0	7	1
NIKITA KUCHEROV	R	3	0	2	2	0	1	05:01	21:06	11	3.6667	-2	0	1	1
ANTHONY CIRELLI	C	3	0	2	2	0	0	02:38	17:18	2	0.6667	1	2	2	2
PONTUS HOLMBERG	R	3	0	2	2	0	0	01:12	15:08	4	1.3333	3	4	1	2
ILYA MIKHEYEV	L	3	1	0	1	0	0	00:00	14:41	3	1.0000	2	0	3	0
RYAN MCDONAGH	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:06	15:01	4	1.3333	2	0	0	3
DOMINIC JAMES	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	01:44	15:25	1	1.0000	1	2	3	0

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	3	2	1	0	179	0	9	72	3.01	0.875	-1.01

Last 3 Years VS BUF

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
NIKITA KUCHEROV	R	11	6	10	16	2	5	04:16	21:41	33	3.0000	1	4	6	2
BRANDON HAGEL	L	10	3	9	12	0	2	01:59	20:45	27	2.7000	3	15	5	6
JAKE GUENTZEL	R	10	7	4	11	2	3	03:48	20:37	29	2.9000	-2	18	6	1
JOHN CARLSON	D	8	0	10	10	0	2	02:42	25:44	16	2.0000	2	2	4	10
ANTHONY CIRELLI	C	9	0	6	6	0	0	01:08	18:41	15	1.6667	3	6	10	5
BRAYDEN POINT	C	10	3	3	6	1	1	03:43	20:04	19	1.9000	-3	4	3	8
J.J. MOSER	D	9	1	4	5	0	0	00:12	21:00	14	1.5556	-1	2	6	13
YANNI GOURDE	C	9	1	4	5	0	0	00:35	17:09	14	1.5556	-3	0	20	1
VICTOR HEDMAN	D	10	1	3	4	0	1	02:12	20:51	21	2.1000	6	6	9	7
GAGE GONCALVES	L	6	1	2	3	0	0	00:24	13:21	8	1.3333	-1	6	13	0

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	6	2	3	1	322	0	23	159	4.28	0.855	-7.00
DENNIS HILDEBY	1	1	0	0	60	0	3	27	3.00	0.889	-0.30

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
BRANDON HAGEL	L	7	6	4	10	0	1	05:05	22:07	33	4.7143	1	2	6	7
NIKITA KUCHEROV	R	7	1	7	8	0	2	05:40	21:52	17	2.4286	1	0	1	2
JAKE GUENTZEL	R	7	3	4	7	1	2	05:33	20:21	19	2.7143	1	0	5	2
ILYA MIKHEYEV	L	7	2	2	4	0	0	00:02	14:24	8	1.1429	2	0	9	2
PONTUS HOLMBERG	R	7	1	3	4	0	0	01:17	14:42	11	1.5714	3	8	3	3
JOHN CARLSON	D	7	2	2	4	1	1	05:22	20:10	19	2.7143	-3	2	6	9
BRAYDEN POINT	C	7	1	3	4	0	0	05:19	19:31	16	2.2857	1	2	1	3
ANTHONY CIRELLI	C	7	1	2	3	0	0	02:08	17:55	11	1.5714	3	4	5	6
VICTOR HEDMAN	D	7	1	2	3	0	0	00:21	14:21	7	1.0000	4	0	2	9
ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS	C	7	1	1	2	0	0	00:03	13:46	9	1.2857	1	2	24	5

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	6	4	2	0	355	0	15	131	2.53	0.885	-0.46
DENNIS HILDEBY	1	1	0	0	59	0	2	36	2.01	0.944	2.00

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Seattle Kraken

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	9:53	19.0	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS - ILYA MIKHEYEV - PONTUS HOLMBERG	1	0	1	7	6	53.8	11	8	57.9
2	8:41	16.7	JEFFREY VIEL - CONOR GEEKIE - DOMINIC JAMES	0	0	0	1	3	25.0	5	6	45.5
3	7:21	14.1	NIKITA KUCHEROV - ANTHONY CIRELLI - BRANDON HAGEL	0	1	-1	6	1	85.7	7	3	70.0
4	6:08	11.8	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL	0	0	0	2	4	33.3	7	8	46.7
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	14:23	27.7	JOHN CARLSON - J.J. MOSER	0	1	-1	8	5	61.5	14	10	58.3
2	9:54	19.0	RYAN MCDONAGH - ERIK CERNAK	1	0	1	9	4	69.2	13	8	61.9
3	9:46	18.8	VICTOR HEDMAN - MAX CROZIER	2	0	2	4	5	44.4	5	9	35.7
4	3:59	7.7	VICTOR HEDMAN - EMIL LILLEBERG	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:35	43.1	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL - BRANDON HAGEL	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	5	0	100.0
2	1:29	24.7	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL - ANTHONY CIRELLI	0	0	0	3	0	100.0	4	0	100.0
3	0:55	15.3	ANTHONY CIRELLI - PONTUS HOLMBERG - CONOR GEEKIE - DOMINIC JAMES	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
4	0:31	8.6	BRANDON HAGEL - PONTUS HOLMBERG - CONOR GEEKIE - DOMINIC JAMES	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	4:23	73.1	JOHN CARLSON	0	0	0	4	0	100.0	9	0	100.0
2	1:31	25.3	J.J. MOSER	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
3	0:04	1.1	ERIK CERNAK - J.J. MOSER	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:11	53.0	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS - ILYA MIKHEYEV	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0
2	1:49	44.1	ANTHONY CIRELLI - BRANDON HAGEL	0	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0
3	0:04	1.6	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS - BRANDON HAGEL	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:09	52.2	VICTOR HEDMAN - J.J. MOSER	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0
2	1:51	44.9	RYAN MCDONAGH - ERIK CERNAK	0	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0
3	0:04	1.6	VICTOR HEDMAN - ERIK CERNAK	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

January 2, 2027, 7:00PM EST

Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay Lightning

Buffalo Sabres

4-3-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS T.B

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Toronto Maple Leafs

Tampa Bay Lightning

5-2-0

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS BUF

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Seattle Kraken

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