Buffalo Sabres 5 — 3 Nashville Predators
2026-01-20 · Bridgestone Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | NSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 8 |
| 2 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | 8 | 14 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justus Annunen | NSH | 13 | 13 | 0 | 12/12 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 34:09 | |
| Juuse Saros start | NSH | L | 15 | 19 | 4 | 15/19 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 23:54 |
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | W | 31 | 34 | 3 | 27/30 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konsta Helenius | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14:43 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:58 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:31 |
| Owen Power | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23:25 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:57 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25:53 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 28:02 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:32 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:32 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:02 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:59 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11:25 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 08:36 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:30 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 08:06 |
NSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Forsberg | L | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19:38 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 |
| Luke Evangelista | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:35 |
| Brady Skjei | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26:15 |
| Roman Josi | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28:24 |
| Nicolas Hague | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| Cole Smith | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:21 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18:15 |
| Fedor Svechkov | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:19 |
| Michael Bunting | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 |
| Nick Perbix | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:30 |
| Steven Stamkos | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:06 |
| Erik Haula | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:28 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:49 |
| Michael McCarron | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:28 |
| Matthew Wood | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| Ozzy Wiesblatt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:24 |
| Justin Barron | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:22 |
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 |