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NHL MATCHUP REPORT

February 28, 2026, 7:00 | Benchmark International Arena

Buffalo Sabres (32-19-6) VS Tampa Bay Lightning (37-14-4)

ODDS

	Bet365	5Dimes	BOL	bodog	pin
Moneyline
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Total	o u	o u	o u	o u	o u

SMART CHART

BUF	NAME	TB
3.42	OFFENSE	3.62
3.09	DEFENSE	2.55
20.12	POWER PLAY PERCENTAGES	22.67
82.47	PENALTY KILLS PERCENTAGES	83.91
27.58	SHOTS FOR	28.16
29.98	SHOTS AGAINST	26.33
0.33	DIFFERENTIAL	1.07

RECENT FORM

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Buffalo	32-19-6	$685	3.42	3.09	15-9	15-13	28-26-3
Tampa Bay	37-14-4	$760	3.62	2.55	29-15	7-2	26-27-2

TEAM RECORDS

Buffalo Sabres

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	32-19-6	17-8-3	15-11-3	15-9-3	15-13-3	28-26-3
Last 10	6-3-1	1-2	5-1-1	1-2	4-2-1	5-5
vs Div	11-4-3	6-2	5-2-3	2-2-1	8-2-2	10-6-2
vs WEST	13-7-2	6-3-2	7-4	8-2-1	5-4-1	10-11-1
vs EAST	19-12-4	11-5-1	8-7-3	7-4-2	10-6-2	18-15-2

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	37-14-4	18-9	19-5-4	29-15-3	7-2	26-27-2
Last 10	8-1-1	6-0	2-1-1	8-2-1	0-0	4-6
vs Div	9-3-1	4-2	5-1-1	7-3-1	1-0	10-3
vs WEST	18-4-1	10-3	8-1-1	14-3-1	4-1	8-15
vs EAST	19-10-3	8-6	11-4-3	15-9-2	3-1	18-12-2

SUPERGRID

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.45	5	2.57	2
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.24	9	2.69	4
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	17.72	22	83.12	4
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.57	2	3.05	14
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	3.27	15	3.28	19
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	20.45	16	82.67	10

HEAD TO HEAD SUMMARY

Team	Record	O/U	AVG	Shots	Power Play Goals	Power Play Percentage	Penalty Kill Percentage	Power Play Chances
Buffalo	6-3-1	5-4	3.70	29.40	9.00	31.03	80.00	29.00
Tampa Bay	4-2-4	5-4	3.60	29.00	6.00	20.00	68.97	30.00

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

Date	Away	Away Score	Home	Home Score	Line	Total	O/U	Away Shots	Home Shots	Away Power Play Goals	Home Power Play Goals	Away Power Plays	Home Power Plays	Away PP%	Home PP%	Away PK%	Home PK%
Feb 3, 2026	BUF	3	TB	4	-210	6.5	O	26	35	1	1	3	2	33.3	50	50	66.7
Apr 13, 2025	BUF	4	TB	7	-260	6.5	O	25	31	1	1	2	2	50	50	50	50
Apr 5, 2025	TB	2	BUF	3	178	6.5	U	24	38	0	1	3	3	0	33.3	66.7	100
Mar 6, 2025	BUF	5	TB	6	-250	6.5	O	33	26	1	1	4	3	25	33.3	66.7	75
Apr 15, 2024	BUF	4	TB	2	-170	6	P	34	33	0	0	2	2	0	0	100	100
Feb 29, 2024	BUF	3	TB	2	-150	6.5	U	23	23	2	1	3	3	66.7	33.3	66.7	33.3
Jan 20, 2024	TB	3	BUF	1	-110	6.5	U	16	27	0	0	3	2	0	0	100	100
Oct 17, 2023	TB	2	BUF	3	-125	7	U	25	31	0	0	4	3	0	0	100	100
Mar 4, 2023	TB	3	BUF	5	140	7	O	36	34	1	2	5	5	20	40	60	80
Feb 23, 2023	BUF	6	TB	5	-225	7	O	23	41	1	1	2	3	50	33.3	66.7	50

BETTING ODDS TRENDS

Tampa Bay Lightning

Buffalo Sabres

TEAM LAST 5 GAMES

Buffalo Sabres

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Feb 5, 2026	PIT	2-5	L	-125	27	32	1/5	3/3	Arturs Silovs	H
Feb 3, 2026	TB	3-4	L	170	26	35	1/3	1/2	Andrei Vasilevskiy	A
Feb 2, 2026	FLA	5-3	W	-105	20	42	1/3	3/4	Sergei Bobrovsky	A
Jan 31, 2026	MON	2-4	L	-125	38	31	1/4	2/3	Jakub Dobes	H
Jan 29, 2026	LA	4-1	W	-125	32	38	1/3	1/2	Darcy Kuemper	H

Tampa Bay Lightning

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Feb 5, 2026	FLA	6-1	W	-220	28	34	1/4	5/6	Daniil Tarasov	H
Feb 3, 2026	BUF	4-3	W	-210	35	26	1/2	2/3	Colten Ellis	H
Feb 1, 2026	BOS	6-5	W	-220	46	34	3/8	2/3	Jeremy Swayman	H
Jan 29, 2026	WPG	4-1	W	-185	37	24	0/1	2/2	Connor Hellebuyck	H
Jan 26, 2026	UTA	2-0	W	-155	29	28	2/4	3/3	Karel Vejmelka	H

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