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Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Jan 20, 2026 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 33
Nashville Predators 3 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:11 BUF Noah Ostlund (8) Konsta Helenius (1), Rasmus Dahlin (29) 1 - 0
11:45 BUF Noah Ostlund (9) Konsta Helenius (2), Owen Power (12) 2 - 0
17:24 BUF Konsta Helenius (1) Peyton Krebs (14) 3 - 0
2nd Period
04:20 BUF Tage Thompson (26) Alex Tuch (24), Josh Doan (20) 4 - 0
10:09 NSH Ryan O'Reilly (17) Filip Forsberg (19), Brady Skjei (14) 4 - 1
11:54 NSH Filip Forsberg (19) Ryan O'Reilly (29) 4 - 2
3rd Period
09:30 NSH Ryan O'Reilly (18) Luke Evangelista (28), Filip Forsberg (20) 4 - 3
18:14 BUF Peyton Krebs (5) Mattias Samuelsson (17) 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
13:24 BUF Jason Zucker Tripping 2
2nd Period
06:20 NSH Luke Evangelista Tripping 2
19:43 BUF Jordan Greenway Holding 2
3rd Period
20:00 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Roughing 2
20:00 NSH Ryan O'Reilly High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 48 39 33 5 2.9 42.1
Nashville Predators 82 63 34 3 3.4 57.9

How the game went

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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: 2.9 expected, 5 scored · Nashville Predators: 3.4 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 8:11 of 1st, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 11:45 of 1st, a 24% chanceBUF goal, 17:24 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 4:20 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 18:14 of 3rd, a 37% chanceNSH goal, 10:09 of 2nd, a 16% chanceNSH goal, 11:54 of 2nd, a 1% chanceNSH goal, 9:30 of 3rd, a 11% chanceNSH 3.4BUF 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 · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn12:1052.047.00-1
Noah Ostlund · Zach Benson · Konsta Helenius11:2758.877.02-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Josh Doan8:4923.522.81-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs8:2731.651.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Owen Power10:0940.030.20-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin8:4840.969.72-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Bowen Byram8:1957.164.70-1

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
94 Konsta Helenius C 1 2 3 2 0 4 2 14:43 0.25 14-10 0.94-0.22
86 Noah Ostlund C 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 16:58 0.50 13-13 0.84-0.41
19 Peyton Krebs C 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 12:31 0.05 12-14 0.57-0.31
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:33 0.09 7-14 0.15-0.43
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 25:53 20-25 1.25-0.72
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 23:25 0.10 20-24 0.84-0.95
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 28:02 24-37 1.18-1.27
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:44 0.04 7-17 0.17-0.62
91 Josh Doan R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:57 0.02 7-19 0.16-0.62
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 15:32 0.06 15-10 0.90-0.28
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 11:02 0.17 8-16 0.45-0.32
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -2 2 5 1 17:32 0.57 15-17 0.73-0.81
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 16:32 0.44 16-18 0.80-0.84
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:59 0.12 20-17 0.89-0.62
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11:25 0.11 7-17 0.33-0.34
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:30 0.06 15-21 0.68-0.88
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:06 3-10 0.17-0.24
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:36 2-11 0.14-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Alex Lyon W 34 31 3 60:00 3.26 +0.26

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan O'Reilly · Filip Forsberg · Luke Evangelista10:5772.765.22-0
Michael McCarron · Cole Smith · Ozzy Wiesblatt9:2246.765.00-1
Steven Stamkos · Erik Haula · Michael Bunting5:1933.31.80-1
Jonathan Marchessault · Fedor Svechkov · Matthew Wood4:5660.022.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Brady Skjei17:2375.079.90-0
Nicolas Hague · Nick Blankenburg8:5457.160.51-0
Nicolas Hague · Nick Perbix6:5066.749.70-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 2 1 3 2 2 4 0 20:42 0.66 36-10 1.33-0.54
9 Filip Forsberg L 1 2 3 1 0 7 1 19:38 0.48 28-14 1.14-0.86
76 Brady Skjei D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 26:15 0.14 27-15 0.80-0.39
77 Luke Evangelista R 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 20:35 0.58 33-14 1.33-0.95
9 Fedor Svechkov C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:19 0.03 9-9 0.15-0.40
22 Cole Smith R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 13:21 0.46 11-10 0.51-0.36
37 Nick Blankenburg D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 18:15 0.03 16-18 0.45-0.95
41 Nicolas Hague D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 20:09 0.07 27-18 1.13-0.96
47 Michael McCarron C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:28 0.01 9-11 0.48-0.45
48 Nick Perbix D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:30 0.01 11-11 0.71-0.85
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 13:28 0.23 9-16 0.14-0.84
58 Michael Bunting L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:39 0.01 9-14 0.05-0.90
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 28:24 0.41 32-16 0.85-0.51
71 Matthew Wood R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:33 11-7 0.15-0.24
72 Justin Barron D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:22 0.03 11-12 0.11-0.81
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 13:49 0.19 11-11 0.08-0.32
89 Ozzy Wiesblatt C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:24 7-8 0.47-0.25
91 Steven Stamkos C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:06 0.06 13-11 0.24-0.59
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Justus Annunen 13 13 0 34:09 0.97 +0.97
74 Juuse Saros L 19 15 4 23:54 1.50 -2.50