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Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 31, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 3 31
Buffalo Sabres 4 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:25 BUF Ryan McLeod (11) Rasmus Dahlin (30), Jack Quinn (11) 0 - 1
08:41 BUF Jiri Kulich (10) Rasmus Dahlin (31), Owen Power (21) 0 - 2
10:56 NSH Luke Evangelista (5) Justin Barron (3), Ryan O'Reilly (15) 1 - 2
17:06 NSH Brady Skjei (5) Colton Sissons (8), Michael McCarron (5) 2 - 2
2nd Period
02:51 NSH Tommy Novak (9) Brady Skjei (14), Fedor Svechkov (3) 3 - 2
12:26 BUF Jason Zucker (17) Alex Tuch (20) 3 - 3
3rd Period
17:56 BUF Jiri Kulich (11) Tage Thompson (20), JJ Peterka (26) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:53 NSH Justin Barron Holding 2
14:55 BUF Jason Zucker Roughing 2
2nd Period
15:16 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Cross checking 2
3rd Period
00:15 BUF Jiri Kulich High sticking double minor 4
03:36 NSH Brady Skjei Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 60 43 31 3 2.7 51.8
Buffalo Sabres 48 37 27 4 2.9 48.2

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadNashville Predators ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.7 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 10:56 of 1st, a 11% chanceNSH goal, 17:06 of 1st, a 2% chanceNSH goal, 2:51 of 2nd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 2:25 of 1st, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 8:41 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 12:26 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 17:56 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF 2.9NSH 2.7

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Nashville Predators
Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Gustav Nyquist · Ryan O'Reilly · Luke Evangelista9:2172.265.01-1
Colton Sissons · Michael McCarron · Cole Smith8:1864.363.31-0
Tommy Novak · Zachary L'Heureux · Fedor Svechkov7:4335.730.91-1
Steven Stamkos · Jonathan Marchessault · Filip Forsberg7:3323.133.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brady Skjei · Nick Blankenburg14:4037.541.92-1
Roman Josi · Justin Barron14:2567.765.01-2
Luke Schenn · Adam Wilsby10:3652.663.50-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
76 Brady Skjei D 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 21:53 0.02 9-18 0.42-0.87
18 Tommy Novak C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:53 0.07 5-11 0.13-0.45
77 Luke Evangelista R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:21 0.36 16-9 0.66-0.67
9 Fedor Svechkov C 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 09:48 6-11 0.18-0.51
15 Colton Sissons C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 14:26 0.27 11-7 0.41-0.30
47 Michael McCarron C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:55 0.05 12-6 0.34-0.17
72 Justin Barron D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 17:13 21-11 0.84-0.58
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 21:41 0.52 18-8 0.86-0.44
2 Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:19 0.00 10-9 0.56-0.32
2 Adam Wilsby D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:06 0.05 11-13 0.58-0.60
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 0 0 -2 0 5 3 18:20 0.47 8-12 0.60-0.52
14 Gustav Nyquist R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:18 0.15 19-9 0.85-0.52
22 Cole Smith R 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:52 0.00 11-8 0.37-0.28
37 Nick Blankenburg D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:27 11-17 0.47-0.69
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 25:02 0.27 24-12 0.90-0.61
68 Zachary L'Heureux L 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 12:56 0.32 9-12 0.43-0.46
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:55 7-13 0.31-0.55
91 Steven Stamkos C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 18:36 0.12 7-14 0.50-0.63
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Justus Annunen L 27 23 4 57:59 2.16 -1.84

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tage Thompson · JJ Peterka · Jiri Kulich11:5252.448.22-0
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Dylan Cozens9:1450.043.41-0
Ryan McLeod · Peyton Krebs · Jack Quinn8:1841.744.41-2
Beck Malenstyn · Tyson Kozak · Zach Benson6:2766.781.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram14:4634.836.41-1
Mattias Samuelsson · Owen Power10:3964.362.31-1
Henri Jokiharju · Jacob Bryson8:1141.734.50-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
20 Jiri Kulich C 2 0 2 2 4 2 0 15:44 0.18 12-13 0.41-0.49
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 0 2 2 3 25:39 0.11 13-25 0.44-0.77
17 Jason Zucker L 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 13:48 0.41 10-12 0.40-0.68
71 Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 14:43 0.08 12-15 0.75-0.62
10 JJ Peterka R 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 18:33 0.10 13-12 0.47-0.47
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 12:27 0.17 13-15 0.73-0.60
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:42 0.26 22-16 1.12-0.84
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 17:07 0.10 12-12 0.47-0.46
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:14 0.11 13-12 0.57-0.66
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:39 4-4 0.19-0.16
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:44 0.18 11-17 0.61-0.62
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:43 0.01 5-8 0.23-0.43
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 21:38 0.08 23-13 1.12-0.56
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 26:19 0.05 9-17 0.32-0.70
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 15:05 0.14 13-11 0.63-0.62
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:20 0.01 4-1 0.24-0.00
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:02 3-4 0.04-0.16
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:33 0.15 8-8 0.44-0.58
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 31 28 3 60:00 2.70 -0.30