Nashville Predators 2 — 3 Buffalo Sabres
2026-03-07 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | NSH | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | 12 | 13 |
| 3 | 7 | 9 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | W | 23 | 25 | 2 | 15/16 | 7/8 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
| Juuse Saros start | NSH | L | 21 | 24 | 3 | 19/22 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 58:52 |
NSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Wood | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:57 |
| Zachary L'Heureux | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:26 |
| Roman Josi | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:56 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:20 |
| Steven Stamkos | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:53 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:03 |
| Filip Forsberg | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:48 |
| Erik Haula | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| Nicolas Hague | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20:59 |
| Luke Evangelista | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:48 |
| Nick Perbix | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18:41 |
| Tyson Jost | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:47 |
| Brady Skjei | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:35 |
| Ryan Ufko | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 |
| Ozzy Wiesblatt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:21 |
| Justin Barron | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:49 |
| Fedor Svechkov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 09:49 |
| Joakim Kemell | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Zucker | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:42 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:53 |
| Josh Doan | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:11 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14:10 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:36 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21:19 |
| Josh Norris | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:37 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:32 |
| Owen Power | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23:02 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23:11 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10:28 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:38 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24:36 |
| Sam Carrick | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 08:55 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 09:12 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:27 |
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 |