Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 7, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	2	25
Buffalo Sabres	3	24

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
01:17	NSH	Zachary L'Heureux (1)	Jonathan Marchessault (8), Ryan O'Reilly (38)	1 - 0
12:39	BUF	Tage Thompson (34)	Alex Tuch (29)	1 - 1
14:17	BUF	Jason Zucker (17)	Jack Quinn (27), Rasmus Dahlin (42)	1 - 2
3rd Period
00:16	BUF	Josh Doan (19)	Josh Norris (14), Noah Ostlund (13)	1 - 3
16:08	NSH	Matthew Wood (13) PP	Roman Josi (32), Steven Stamkos (20)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:12	NSH	Tyson Jost	Roughing	2
07:12	BUF	Peyton Krebs	Roughing	2
08:43	NSH	Steven Stamkos	Tripping	2
2nd Period
06:13	BUF	Ryan McLeod	Hooking	2
3rd Period
07:09	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	Boarding	2
11:27	NSH	Tyson Jost	Slashing	2
15:55	BUF	Jack Quinn	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	58	40	25	2	2.7	43.6
Buffalo Sabres	57	43	24	3	3.3	56.4

How the game went

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, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.3 expected, 3 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Erik Haula · Zachary L'Heureux · Joakim Kemell	9:44	40.0	61.5	0-0
Steven Stamkos · Ryan O'Reilly · Jonathan Marchessault	8:05	28.6	4.4	0-1
Filip Forsberg · Luke Evangelista · Matthew Wood	7:42	52.9	25.4	0-1
Tyson Jost · Ozzy Wiesblatt · Fedor Svechkov	7:36	16.7	0.0	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Roman Josi · Brady Skjei	11:29	41.2	22.3	0-2
Nicolas Hague · Justin Barron	8:51	38.9	24.3	0-0
Nick Perbix · Ryan Ufko	7:17	38.5	8.0	0-1

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
68	Zachary L'Heureux	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	13:26	0.36	10-14	0.41-0.21
71	Matthew Wood	R	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	15:57	0.41	17-15	0.53-0.96
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	25:56	0.09	11-13	0.17-0.82
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	17:03	0.00	11-12	0.36-0.75
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	21:20	0.44	12-13	0.25-0.68
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	17:53	0.18	11-13	0.32-0.76
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	18:48	0.51	18-14	0.46-0.80
9	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	09:49		3-12	0.00-0.73
12	Ryan Ufko	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	13:44		9-10	0.09-1.08
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	10:47		2-12	0.00-0.73
25	Joakim Kemell	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:00		10-16	0.47-0.31
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	20:59	0.11	20-22	0.71-0.66
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	18:41	0.06	16-23	0.71-1.15
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	16:12	0.20	11-15	0.53-0.30
72	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:49		10-17	0.24-0.61
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	21:35		16-20	0.57-0.80
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	15:48	0.28	16-14	0.42-0.83
89	Ozzy Wiesblatt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	09:21		2-10	0.00-0.72

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Juuse Saros	L	24	21	3	58:52	2.77	-0.23

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund	12:25	65.4	78.4	1-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn	10:35	58.8	76.9	1-1
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs	10:20	54.5	57.4	1-0
Sam Carrick · Beck Malenstyn · Zach Benson	5:13	63.6	70.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	11:04	61.9	78.3	1-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	9:13	66.7	73.7	0-1
Bowen Byram · Zach Metsa	5:30	50.0	85.5	0-0

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
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	14:42	0.55	11-8	0.83-0.25
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	18:53	0.51	16-14	0.74-0.51
91	Josh Doan	R	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	16:11	0.54	20-10	0.80-0.21
9	Josh Norris	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	16:37		19-9	0.81-0.20
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	14:10	0.53	10-7	0.83-0.25
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	24:36	0.03	24-18	1.60-0.67
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	14:46	0.07	19-10	0.77-0.21
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	21:19	0.09	14-14	0.70-0.52
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	09:32	0.18	8-6	0.23-0.08
7	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	10:28	0.06	8-12	0.78-0.44
10	Sam Carrick	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	08:55	0.02	8-10	0.20-0.28
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	14:27	0.07	14-16	0.71-0.69
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	24:36	0.02	22-16	0.94-0.44
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	23:11	0.13	20-11	0.91-0.23
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	23:02	0.06	21-16	0.60-0.36
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	09:12		9-10	0.25-0.28
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17:32		10-8	0.83-0.27
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:38	0.03	12-10	0.38-0.36

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Alex Lyon	W	25	23	2	60:00	2.56	+0.56