Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres
Full matchup breakdown — line combos, team ranks, top performers, trending, and injuries for both sides.
Tampa Bay Lightning
50-26-6 · 106 pts · SOS 1.009
3.5
GF
4th
2.8
GA
3rd
21
PP%
17th
83
PK%
3rd
47
FO%
28th
Line combos
L1 Hagel · Cirelli · Kucherov
L2 Guentzel · Point · Gourde
L3 Mikheyev · Holmberg · Girgensons
L4 Sabourin · Goncalves · James
D1 D'Astous · Carlson
D2 Hedman · Moser
D3 McDonagh · Cernak
G Vasilevskiy · Johansson · Hildeby
Top performers
Nikita Kucherov R130P · 44G 86A
Jake Guentzel C88P · 38G 50A
Brandon Hagel L74P · 36G 38A
John Carlson D60P · 14G 46A
Anthony Cirelli C52P · 23G 29A
Brayden Point C50P · 18G 32A
Trending
Injuries (1)
Pontus Holmberg Probable for start of season
Buffalo Sabres
50-23-9 · 109 pts · SOS 1.014
3.5
GF
5th
2.9
GA
10th
20
PP%
19th
82
PK%
4th
46
FO%
32nd
Line combos
L1 McLeod · Quinn · Thompson
L2 Benson · Norris · Doan
L3 Zucker · Krebs · Carrick
L4 Malenstyn · Kozak · Ostlund
D1 Samuelsson · Dahlin
D2 Power · Timmins
D3 Crevier · Zellweger
G Luukkonen · Lyon · Ellis
Top performers
Tage Thompson C81P · 40G 41A
Rasmus Dahlin D74P · 19G 55A
Ryan McLeod C54P · 14G 40A
Josh Doan R52P · 25G 27A
Jack Quinn R51P · 20G 31A
Jason Zucker L45P · 24G 21A
Trending
Injuries (3)
Noah Ostlund Probable for start of season
Justin Danforth Probable for start of season
Jiri Kulich Probable for start of season