Buffalo Sabres 7 — 4 Nashville Predators
2018-03-31 · Bridgestone Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | NSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 9 |
| 2 | 15 | 9 |
| 3 | 7 | 18 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pekka Rinne start | NSH | L | 23 | 29 | 6 | 14/16 | 8/12 | 1/1 | 40:00 |
| Juuse Saros | NSH | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5/6 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 17:04 | |
| Chad Johnson start | BUF | W | 32 | 36 | 4 | 22/25 | 9/10 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Eichel | C | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19:37 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:06 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:45 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28:05 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:48 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:11 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14:30 |
| Brendan Guhle | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 |
| Scott Wilson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:14 |
| Benoit Pouliot | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 |
| Justin Falk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12:39 |
| Casey Nelson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:58 |
| Nick Baptiste | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:01 |
| Victor Antipin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:05 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:26 |
NSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Watson | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:05 |
| Nick Bonino | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:43 |
| Ryan Ellis | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:27 |
| Roman Josi | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:01 |
| Craig Smith | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:28 |
| P.K. Subban | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:13 |
| Kyle Turris | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:25 |
| Kevin Fiala | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:16 |
| Ryan Hartman | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| Colton Sissons | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:10 |
| Anthony Bitetto | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:08 |
| Mike Fisher | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13:18 |
| Scott Hartnell | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 06:15 |
| Alexei Emelin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:39 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:22 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:34 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-07 | 2025-26 | NSH | 2 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2026-01-20 | 2025-26 | BUF | 5 | NSH | 3 | |
| 2025-02-08 | 2024-25 | BUF | 4 | NSH | 6 | |
| 2025-01-31 | 2024-25 | NSH | 3 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2024-03-07 | 2023-24 | BUF | 2 | NSH | 4 | |
| 2023-12-03 | 2023-24 | NSH | 2 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2023-03-21 | 2022-23 | NSH | 7 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2023-01-14 | 2022-23 | BUF | 5 | NSH | 3 | |
| 2022-04-01 | 2021-22 | NSH | 3 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2022-01-13 | 2021-22 | BUF | 4 | NSH | 1 |