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Saturday,February 28

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Benchmark International Arena

7:12 - 3P	Score	Line	OU	Record	ATS	O-U-P	PF	PA	EST Score	EST Line
Sabres	6	+200		34-19-6	35-24-0	29-30-0	3.4	3.0	2.2	6.5UN (6.37)
Lightning	2	-245	6.5	38-15-4	30-27-0	29-28-0	3.6	2.6	4.1	-194

Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning Head to Head

2024-25 Recent Results

Date	Opponent	ML	Line	OU	Score	SU	GL	OU	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets
Buffalo		DraftKings			Results				Money Line		Spread		OVER Total
Feb 27	at Florida	-105	+1.5 \| -258	6.5	3-2	W	W	U	57%	42%	39%	72%	63%	50%
Feb 25	at New Jersey	-108	+1.5 \| -270	6.5	2-1	W	W	U	73%	62%	18%	84%	29%	29%
Feb 5	VS Pittsburgh	-125	-1.5 \| +180	6.5	2-5	L	L	O	73%	68%	35%	35%	94%	82%
Feb 3	at Tampa Bay	+170	+1.5 \| -142	6.5	3-4	OTL	W	O	56%	26%	42%	64%	69%	61%
Feb 2	at Florida	-105	+1.5 \| -250	6.5	5-3	W	W	O	57%	49%	45%	82%	71%	48%
Buffalo		DraftKings			Results				Money Line		Spread		OVER Total
Date	Opponent	ML	Line	OU	Score	SU	GL	OU	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets
Jan 31	VS Montreal	-125	-1.5 \| +180	6.5	2-4	L	L	U	71%	70%	80%	42%	93%	79%
Jan 29	VS Los Angeles	-125	-1.5 \| +195	5.5	4-1	W	W	U	82%	80%	79%	25%	83%	78%
Jan 27	at Toronto	-102	+1.5 \| -245	6.5	7-4	W	W	O	59%	59%	58%	79%	91%	74%
Jan 24	at NY Islanders	-110	+1.5 \| -278	6.5	5-0	W	W	U	80%	57%	45%	75%	51%	41%
Jan 22	at Montreal	+100	+1.5 \| -245	6.5	4-2	W	W	U	44%	43%	72%	71%	88%	80%

2024-25 Recent Results

Date	Opponent	ML	Line	OU	Score	SU	GL	OU	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets
Tampa Bay		DraftKings			Results				Money Line		Spread		OVER Total
Feb 26	at Carolina	+124	+1.5 \| -198	6.5	4-5	L	W	O	31%	34%	37%	77%	27%	28%
Feb 25	VS Toronto	-225	-1.5 \| +120	6.5	4-2	W	W	U	64%	84%	63%	50%	78%	52%
Feb 5	VS Florida	-218	-1.5 \| +120	5.5	6-1	W	W	O	67%	84%	64%	55%	54%	70%
Feb 3	VS Buffalo	-205	-1.5 \| +120	6.5	4-3	W	L	O	44%	74%	58%	36%	69%	61%
Feb 1	VS Boston	-218	-1.5 \| +124	5.5	6-5	W	L	O	37%	61%	61%	42%	82%	80%
Tampa Bay		DraftKings			Results				Money Line		Spread		OVER Total
Date	Opponent	ML	Line	OU	Score	SU	GL	OU	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets
Jan 29	VS Winnipeg	-185	-1.5 \| +136	5.5	4-1	W	W	U	81%	91%	83%	60%	79%	70%
Jan 26	VS Utah	-155	-1.5 \| +154	5.5	2-0	W	W	U	67%	74%	69%	52%	57%	42%
Jan 24	at Columbus	-115	-1.5 \| +205	6.5	5-8	L	L	O	37%	76%	72%	44%	43%	34%
Jan 23	at Chicago	-310	-1.5 \| -118	6.5	2-1	W	L	U	65%	82%	87%	70%	79%	58%
Jan 20	VS San Jose	-310	-1.5 \| -120	6.5	4-1	W	W	U	73%	85%	90%	74%	79%	64%

Last 5 Head to Head Results

Date	Road/Home	Score	Line	ML	OU	SU	ATS	F/D	H/A	OU
2026 Feb 3	Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning	3 4	+1.5 -1.5	+170 -205	6.5	TAM	BUF	DOG	Road	Over
2025 Apr 13	Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning	4 7	+1.5 -1.5	+215 -265	6.5	TAM	TAM	FAV	HOME	Over
2025 Apr 5	Tampa Bay Lightning Buffalo Sabres	2 3	-1.5 +1.5	-198 +164	6.5	-	BUF	DOG	Home	Under
2025 Mar 6	Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning	5 6	+1.5 -1.5	+195 -238	6.5	TAM	BUF	DOG	Road	Over
2024 Apr 15	Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning	4 2	+1.5 -1.5	+142 -170	6	BUF	BUF	DOG	Road	Push

Betting Splits

Saturday,Feb 28	Goal	Handle	Bets	Total	Handle	Bets	Money	Handle	Bets
Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning	+1.5 -1.5	47% 53%	53% 47%	6.5 6.5	63% 37%	53% 47%	+200 -245	52% 48%	19% 81%

Makinen Daily Ratings

Saturday, February 28	Final	Line	OU	Score Proj	Eff Line
Buffalo Sabres		+200		2.2	6.5UN (6.37)
Tampa Bay Lightning		-245	6.5	4.1	-194

Player	Pos	Injury
Sabres
Zach Benson	LW	Upper Body - is upgraded to probable Saturday vs Tampa Bay
Jordan Greenway	LW	Abdominal - IR (02/26)
Conor Timmins	D	Leg - IR (12/20)
Jiri Kulich	C	Ear - IR (11/06)
Justin Danforth	RW	Lower Body - IR (10/18)

Player	Position	Injury
Lightning
Anthony Cirelli	C	Undisclosed - is upgraded to probable Saturday vs Buffalo
Nick Paul	LW	Undisclosed - IR (02/25)
Max Crozier	D	Abdominal - is out for season

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