Buffalo Sabres 1 — 2 Nashville Predators
2018-12-03 · Bridgestone Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | NSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 3 | 8 | 6 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pekka Rinne start | NSH | W | 21 | 22 | 1 | 17/18 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
| Carter Hutton start | BUF | L | 23 | 25 | 2 | 19/20 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 58:24 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Reinhart | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:31 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:59 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:54 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 22:51 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:34 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 26:53 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:13 |
| Remi Elie | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 09:13 |
| Patrik Berglund | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:47 |
| Vladimir Sobotka | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14:56 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:40 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:31 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 |
| Lawrence Pilut | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19:08 |
| Casey Nelson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:48 |
NSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Josi | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25:46 |
| Ryan Ellis | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24:32 |
| Craig Smith | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:41 |
| Kevin Fiala | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:27 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21:25 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:25 |
| Ryan Hartman | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| Austin Watson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17:21 |
| Yannick Weber | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13:43 |
| Rocco Grimaldi | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 07:37 |
| Matt Irwin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12:19 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 |
| Miikka Salomaki | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13:28 |
| Colton Sissons | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:23 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 07:23 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:20 |
| Dan Hamhuis | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:42 |
| Nick Bonino | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 |
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 |