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2026-27 regular season

Lightning at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Lightning play Sabres at KeyBank Center on April 5, 2027.

⚔️ Head-to-head

The matchup

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Game preview

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How both teams come in

Before puck drop
⚡Lightning vs Sabres⚔️
1-1-0 Record 1-1-0
2 Points 2
0.500 Points % 0.500
WLLWL Last 5 WLOTLWL
Jake Guentzel2 goals Hot scorer Jack Quinn4 goals
Brandon Hagel3 assists Setting up Rasmus Dahlin5 assists

Hot scorer and setting up count each team's last five games.

Last meetings

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Apr 62026 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Mar 82026 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 7–8 Feb 282026 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 6–2 Feb 32026 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 3–4 OT Apr 132025 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–7
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When do Lightning play Sabres?

Lightning visit Sabres on April 5, 2027. Puck drop is 6:00 PM CDT.

Where is Lightning vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeApr 3 ⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS Upcoming AfterApr 6 ⚡TBL @ 😈NJD Upcoming
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 3 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR Upcoming AfterApr 7 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF Upcoming
Also on April 5
🔔PHI @ 🌪️CAR 🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR 🦑SEA @ ⭐DAL ✈️WPG @ 🦣UTA 🔥CGY @ 🛢️EDM
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