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Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Feb 8, 2025 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 29
Nashville Predators 6 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:57 NSH Tommy Novak (11) Unassisted 0 - 1
09:26 NSH Brady Skjei (6) Ryan O'Reilly (17), Jonathan Marchessault (25) 0 - 2
15:21 BUF Bowen Byram (7) Jason Zucker (23), Alex Tuch (23) 1 - 2
18:25 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (7) Zach Benson (9), Ryan McLeod (16) 2 - 2
2nd Period
14:31 NSH Filip Forsberg (20) PP Ryan O'Reilly (18), Roman Josi (28) 2 - 3
15:13 NSH Brady Skjei (7) Ryan O'Reilly (19), Jonathan Marchessault (26) 2 - 4
17:43 BUF Alex Tuch (19) Bowen Byram (22), Rasmus Dahlin (35) 3 - 4
3rd Period
06:58 NSH Filip Forsberg (21) Ryan O'Reilly (20), Jonathan Marchessault (27) 3 - 5
12:30 BUF Dylan Cozens (11) PP Alex Tuch (24), Owen Power (23) 4 - 5
19:24 NSH Jonathan Marchessault (17) Unassisted 4 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
19:42 BUF Alex Tuch Interference 2
2nd Period
10:50 NSH Michael McCarron Roughing 2
10:50 BUF Dennis Gilbert Roughing 2
14:16 BUF Dylan Cozens Roughing 2
3rd Period
09:06 NSH Justin Barron Tripping 2
10:40 NSH Brady Skjei Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 76 50 29 4 3.2 60.6
Nashville Predators 48 33 23 6 2.9 39.4

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdNashville Predators aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.2 expected, 4 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.9 expected, 6 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 15:21 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 18:25 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 17:43 of 2nd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 12:30 of 3rd, a 5% chanceNSH goal, 6:57 of 1st, a 7% chanceNSH goal, 9:26 of 1st, a 8% chanceNSH goal, 14:31 of 2nd, a 22% chanceNSH goal, 15:13 of 2nd, a 17% chanceNSH goal, 6:58 of 3rd, a 7% chanceNSH goal, 19:24 of 3rd, a 55% chanceBUF 3.2NSH 2.9

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

Buffalo Sabres
Nashville Predators

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Ryan McLeod10:3561.953.42-1
Tage Thompson · JJ Peterka · Jiri Kulich10:2048.137.80-3
Peyton Krebs · Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn9:5485.780.80-0
Sam Lafferty · Peyton Krebs · Zach Benson3:3750.054.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram14:0868.061.53-0
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power6:4855.60.00-0
Connor Clifton · Jacob Bryson6:1380.077.20-1

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
89 Alex Tuch R 1 2 3 0 2 2 1 17:50 0.10 13-13 0.27-0.59
24 Bowen Byram D 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 23:20 0.29 27-14 1.08-0.67
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 24:02 0.09 23-16 0.82-0.84
24 Dylan Cozens C 1 0 1 -1 2 1 3 15:58 0.09 14-4 0.41-0.10
6 Zach Benson L 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 11:44 0.45 12-6 0.62-0.18
17 Jason Zucker L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:27 0.09 18-11 0.49-0.53
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 23:02 0.08 20-18 0.74-0.51
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 21:09 0.06 22-10 0.75-0.31
6 Dennis Gilbert D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 08:28 0.01 8-9 0.09-0.27
10 JJ Peterka R 0 0 0 -4 0 1 3 19:07 0.53 14-18 0.44-0.79
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:56 0.14 19-10 0.68-0.48
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:00 8-9 0.10-0.51
20 Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 15:01 0.18 16-17 0.58-0.79
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:21 0.34 15-2 0.52-0.08
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 09:05 0.28 10-4 0.57-0.14
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -4 0 3 1 18:59 0.45 17-16 0.59-0.76
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:05 0.05 15-3 0.92-0.09
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:56 14-5 0.38-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L 22 17 5 58:15 2.34 -2.66

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Michael McCarron · Cole Smith · Ozzy Wiesblatt9:1329.457.20-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Jonathan Marchessault · Filip Forsberg8:4460.951.92-1
Steven Stamkos · Gustav Nyquist · Colton Sissons4:5680.093.80-0
Colton Sissons · Tommy Novak · Joakim Kemell3:3837.554.51-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brady Skjei · Nick Blankenburg11:3542.924.91-2
Luke Schenn · Roman Josi11:2936.469.92-0
Kevin Gravel · Justin Barron9:2942.945.60-0

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
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 1 3 4 3 0 1 1 18:10 17-17 0.60-0.67
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 4 4 1 0 2 0 17:12 0.19 17-16 0.64-0.79
9 Filip Forsberg L 2 0 2 2 0 3 6 18:08 0.41 16-12 0.56-0.57
76 Brady Skjei D 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 22:26 0.29 17-24 0.71-1.00
18 Tommy Novak C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:41 0.15 4-16 0.18-0.45
59 Roman Josi D 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 25:37 0.30 17-23 1.02-0.88
2 Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 17:53 10-19 0.56-0.41
5 Kevin Gravel D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:01 0.05 10-15 0.19-0.34
9 Fedor Svechkov C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 06:45 0.08 0-8 0.00-0.34
14 Gustav Nyquist R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:21 5-11 0.44-0.64
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:50 0.14 12-14 0.57-0.31
22 Cole Smith R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:47 0.07 10-19 0.36-0.54
25 Joakim Kemell R 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 08:57 0.01 7-11 0.18-0.20
37 Nick Blankenburg D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:08 11-14 0.29-0.70
47 Michael McCarron C 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 16:16 0.18 7-20 0.37-0.59
72 Justin Barron D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 16:26 0.06 10-19 0.40-0.69
89 Ozzy Wiesblatt C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:06 0.18 9-18 0.45-0.45
91 Steven Stamkos C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:03 0.23 6-9 0.41-0.48
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Justus Annunen W 29 25 4 59:23 3.26 -0.74