Buffalo at Tampa Bay — NHL February 28, 2026

6 – 2

Final

Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL

	1	2	3	T
BUF	4	1	1	6
TB	0	1	1	2

BUF 35 shots on goal 38 TB

Recap

Three stars

1st star

R. Dahlin

1 goal

2 assists

+2 rating

2nd star

J. Norris

2 goals

+2 rating

3rd star

Z. Metsa

1 goal

1 assist

+2 rating

Closing line

Scoring

	1st Per	BUF
5:25	Rasmus Dahlin 12 (Assists: Owen Power 14)	1
6:15	Josh Norris 7 (Assists: Josh Doan 22, Zach Metsa 2)	2
8:18	Josh Norris 8 (Assists: Bowen Byram 21, Zach Benson 20)	3
15:06	Tage Thompson 32 (Assists: Peyton Krebs 20, Rasmus Dahlin 38)	4

	2nd Per	BUF	TB
1:54	Zach Metsa 2 (Unassisted)	5	0
16:03	Dominic James 7 (Assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand 18, Victor Hedman 14)	5	1

	3rd Per	BUF	TB
3:43	Alex Tuch 24 (power-play) (Assists: Rasmus Dahlin 39, Jack Quinn 26)	6	1
5:27	Victor Hedman 1 (Assists: Darren Raddysh 37)	6	2

Penalties

1st Per

2nd Per

3rd Per

1:28 Alex Tuch (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Yanni Gourde
1:28 Charle-Edouard D'Astous (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Alex Tuch
1:28 Michael Kesselring (Cross-Checking - 2 min) drawn by Yanni Gourde
2:02 Jake Guentzel (Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Abuse of Officials) - 2 min) served by Oliver Bjorkstrand
2:02 Jake Guentzel (Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Abusive Language) - 10 min)
6:23 Darren Raddysh (Cross-Checking - 2 min) drawn by Beck Malenstyn
12:48 Anthony Cirelli (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
17:12 Michael Kesselring (Cross-Checking - 2 min) drawn by Dominic James
20:00 Charle-Edouard D'Astous (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Peyton Krebs