7–3

Final

⚡ Home Lightning 11-34-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	0	0	0	7
TBL	0	0	0	3

Sabres at Lightning

Sabres beat Lightning 7–3 at AMALIE Arena on February 2, 1998.

🗓 Mon, Feb 2, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Brian Holzinger

1 G, 3 A

3 shots · 19:28 TOI · +4

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Donald Audette

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · 16:24 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Alexei Zhitnik

3 A

2 shots · 23:47 TOI · +4

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF TBL⚡

32 Shots on goal 38

14 Hits 13

6 Blocked shots 3

2 Takeaways 2

0 Giveaways 5

36 Penalty minutes 12

BUF shooting 21.9% (7/32) TBL shooting 7.9% (3/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Steve Shields

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚡Lightning

Zac Bierk

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 21:05 TOI

Mark Fitzpatrick

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 38:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 25-21-5 (49% win rate, 51 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 11-34-7 (21% win rate, 52 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 25-21-5 (49% win rate, 51 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 2nd: 11-34-7 (21% win rate, 52 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Holzinger · Plante · Audette 17:22

L2 Ward · Peca · Satan 14:15

L3 May · Primeau · Ray 12:44

L4 Grosek · Barnaby · Dawe 11:04

D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 22:39

D2 Woolley · Wilson 19:06

D3 Boughner · McKee 17:38

⚡Lightning

L1 Zamuner · Selivanov · Richer 21:06

L2 Ysebaert · Tucker · Renberg 17:15

L3 Peterson · Kelly · Wiemer 11:45

L4 Debrusk · Bonsignore · Brousseau 10:13

D1 Wilkie · Dykhuis 20:11

D2 McBain · Marchment 17:50

D3 Cross · Cullimore 17:20

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →

1–1 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs TBL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Lightning on February 2, 1998?

Sabres won 7–3.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Lightning?

The final score was Sabres 7, Lightning 3.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Steve Shields made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Zac Bierk made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Lightning season series?

Sabres lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Feb 1

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Jan 31

Also on February 2, 1998

Sabres season page Lightning season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule