11-4-2, 3-4-2 Away

8-6-3, 4-5-0 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	8	4	1	0	2.85	.883
D. Hildeby	3	0	1	0	2.95	.880

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	5	3	3	0	3.27	.878
C. Ellis	3	3	0	1	3.09	.884

KeyBank Center

7:00 PM, November 11, 2026Coverage: TNT/truTV

Buffalo, NY

Lightning play the Sabres after Holmberg's 2-goal showing

Tampa Bay Lightning (11-4-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (8-6-3, in the Atlantic Division)

Nov 10, 2026, 04:11 am - Data Skrive

BUF

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

22PTS

17A

Tage ThompsonC #72

19PTS

10G

Goals

Jake GuentzelC #59

10G

3PPG

47S

Tage ThompsonC #72

10G

2PPG

70S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

17A

6PPA

6+/-

Zach BensonLW #6

13A

3PPA

11+/-

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.71	3.06	29.9	24.7	140	12	19.4	13	72.9	0	0
BUF	2.94	3.29	28.4	27.1	158	8	14.3	17	71.2	1	0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brayden Point C	IR	Dec 2

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Alex Lyon G	IR	Nov 14
Konsta Helenius C	OUT	Nov 17
Justin Danforth RW	IR	Nov 22
Matt Grzelcyk D	IR	Nov 14

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/8/26	@WPG	L4-3
11/7/26	@MIN	W4-3 OT
11/5/26	vsCHI	W4-1
11/3/26	vsDET	W4-2
10/31/26	@NSH	L5-4 SO

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/8/26	vsVGK	L4-1
11/6/26	vsCBJ	W5-2
11/4/26	vsOTT	L2-1
10/31/26	@LA	W3-2
10/29/26	@ANA	W7-6

2026-11-12T00:00ZOpenMLTotalSpread

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

(11-4-2)

(11-4-2, 3-4-2 Away)

-125

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

(8-6-3)

(8-6-3, 4-5-0 Home)

u6.5

-118

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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	13	4	1	27
Montreal	11	3	3	25
Tampa Bay	11	4	2	24
Ottawa	11	6	1	23
Florida	9	7	2	20
Buffalo	8	6	3	19
Toronto	8	9	2	18
Detroit	7	8	3	17

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Lightning play the Sabres after Holmberg's 2-goal showing

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Tage ThompsonC #72

Jake GuentzelC #59

Tage ThompsonC #72

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Zach BensonLW #6

Team Stats

Injury Report

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