New Jersey – Columbus 0:3 (end) | Philadelphia – Washington 4:2 (end) | Carolina – Ottawa 4:3 (end)
Tampa – Buffalo 4:3 (after OT) | NY Islanders – Pittsburgh 5:4 (after OT) | Edmonton – Toronto 2:5 (end)
Anaheim – Seattle 4:2 (end)
final/OT
Tampa Bay Lightning
4:3 (1:1, 0:0, 2:2 - 1:0)
Buffalo Sabres
Wednesday 04.02.2026, 01:30 • Benchmark International Arena, Tampa • NHL
     
    52:55
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Curtis Douglas – 2 min., hooking.
     
    47:33
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Bowen Byram – 2 min., hooking.
     
    13:55
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Janis Moser – 2 min., tripping.
     
    10:35
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Gage Goncalves – 2 min., holding.
     
    01:10
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Noah Östlund – 2 min., holding.
    Goals and assists: 11. Kucherov (Guentzel), 49. Bjorkstrand (D. Raddysh, Kucherov), 60. D. Raddysh (Kucherov, Hagel), 65. Guentzel (Kucherov, Moser) – 17. Samuelsson, 45. Samuelsson (McLeod, Quinn), 55. Doan (T. Thompson, Dahlin)


    Tampa Bay Lightning: Vasilevsky (J. Johansson) – D. Raddysh, Moser, Cernak, McDonagh (A), Carlile, Hedman (C) – Kucherov (A), Guentzel, Hagel – Goncalves, James, Bjorkstrand – Holmberg, Gourde, Girgensons – Sabourin, Finley, Douglas.
    Coach: Jon Cooper

    Buffalo Sabres: Ellis (Lyon) – Dahlin (C), Samuelsson, Power, Byram, Bryson, Metsa – Tuch (A), T. Thompson (A), Zucker – Quinn, McLeod, Doan – Östlund, Krebs, K. Helenius – Malenstyn, Kozak, I. Rosén.
    Coach: Lindy Ruff

    Referees: Chris Rooney, Brandon Schrader – Scott Cherrey, Jonny Murray

    Attendance: 19092