NSH @ BUF · Mar 7, 2026 · Final

Saturday, March 7, 2026

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Scoring by period

Team23Total
Nashville PredatorsNSH112
Buffalo SabresBUF213

Team statistics

All situations · also sets the player stats' strength

Nashville PredatorsNSHStatBuffalo SabresBUF
59Corsi for55
55Corsi against59
51.8%CF%48.3%
39Fenwick for43
43Fenwick against39
47.6%FF%52.4%
2.82xG for3.20
3.20xG against2.82
46.8%xGF%53.2%
2Goals for3
3Goals against2

Cumulative expected goals (xG)

Final xG: Buffalo SabresBUF 3.20 - Nashville PredatorsNSH 2.82

Each dot is a goal, on the scoring team's line. All situations; the shootout has no game time and is not shown.

Shot map

NSHBUF
← Nashville PredatorsNSH shoot at this netBuffalo SabresBUF shoot at this net →GoalSize is xG:0.050.200.50Faint dots missed the net.Empty-net shots are hidden.

Scoring summary

All situations.

Period 2

Nashville PredatorsNSH - Zachary L'Heureux (Jonathan Marchessault, Ryan O'Reilly)
· xG: 0.14
01:17
Buffalo SabresBUF - Tage Thompson (Alex Tuch)
· xG: 0.25
12:39
Buffalo SabresBUF - Jason Zucker (Jack Quinn, Rasmus Dahlin)
· xG: 0.56
14:17

Period 3

Buffalo SabresBUF - Josh Doan (Josh Norris, Noah Ostlund)
· xG: 0.19
00:16
Nashville PredatorsNSH - Matthew Wood (Roman Josi, Steven Stamkos)
PPG · xG: 0.12
16:08

Penalty summary

All situations.

Period 1

Nashville PredatorsNSH - Tyson Jost
Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Peyton Krebs
07:12
Buffalo SabresBUF - Peyton Krebs
Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Tyson Jost
07:12
Nashville PredatorsNSH - Steven Stamkos
Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Josh Norris
08:43

Period 2

Buffalo SabresBUF - Ryan McLeod
Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Fedor Svechkov
06:13

Period 3

Buffalo SabresBUF - Mattias Samuelsson
Boarding (2 min) · drawn by Matthew Wood
07:09
Nashville PredatorsNSH - Tyson Jost
Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Beck Malenstyn
11:27
Buffalo SabresBUF - Jack Quinn
Interference (2 min) · drawn by Joakim Kemell
15:55

Matchups (5v5)

5v5 only. Pick a unit to see the share of its 5v5 time each opposing forward line was on against it; a line counts as on with two of its three forwards. Time against no named line is mixed. Units are named LW–C–RW and LD–RD, with their 5v5 time together; a dotted name's position is inferred from faceoffs and handedness.

BUF forward linesForwards
BUF defence pairsDefence
vs NSH L'Heureux – Haula – Kemell
vs NSH O'Reilly – Stamkos – Marchessault
vs NSH Forsberg – Wood – Evangelista
vs NSH Jost – Svechkov – Wiesblatt

mixed 3.5%

Player stats

The strength filters the individual and on-ice groups and the team statistics above; every other column is all situations.

Column groupsColumns:

Buffalo SabresBuffalo Sabres · Skaters

BoxscoreIce time
23Mattias SamuelssonD000001+12111000–24:3621:220:001:2724:3631157
26Rasmus DahlinD011001+30000000–24:3619:362:151:2724:3631144
4Bowen ByramD00000100110100–23:1118:311:452:1923:1126149
25Owen PowerD000002−10031000–23:0218:221:072:1823:0228146
89Alex TuchR011000+10210100–21:1914:502:022:4121:1927132
72Tage ThompsonC101004+1021203933.3%18:5315:292:190:0018:5323134
71Ryan McLeodC00000002000241330.8%17:3212:262:011:3817:3224113
9Josh NorrisC011000+100100102245.5%16:3714:001:590:0016:372391
91Josh DoanR101003+10201000–16:1114:461:250:0016:112398
86Noah OstlundC011000+100000020.0%14:4614:100:360:0014:462183
17Jason ZuckerL10100500012000–14:4212:252:170:0014:421991
19Peyton KrebsC000000+1220102633.3%14:2713:120:040:4814:272192
22Jack QuinnR01100202211000–14:1012:331:370:0014:1019101
73Zach MetsaD00000100010000–11:3811:380:000:0011:381286
8Michael KesselringD000001+10133000–10:289:330:000:5510:281467
6Zach BensonL00000200102100–9:328:380:040:509:321565
29Beck MalenstynL0000000042001250.0%9:127:370:001:359:121354
10Sam CarrickC0000010021004850.0%8:557:270:000:548:551349

Buffalo SabresBuffalo Sabres · Goalies

RecordShots & savesBy strengthExpected
34Alex LyonW160:00025232.920161.93881.875101.0002.82+0.82

Nashville PredatorsNashville Predators · Skaters

BoxscoreIce time
59Roman JosiD011002−20002000–25:5619:223:061:3525:5627158
76Brady SkjeiD000000−20001200–21:3517:560:092:2021:3529138
90Ryan O'ReillyC011002000001111478.6%21:2014:463:032:0821:2023112
41Nicolas HagueD000003+10121000–20:5918:430:001:4120:5924147
9Filip ForsbergL000004−10001100–18:4813:543:030:0018:4819105
48Nick PerbixD00000200131000–18:4115:570:002:2318:4125115
91Steven StamkosC011001−121110111478.6%17:5313:153:040:0017:531984
81Jonathan MarchessaultC01100000201200–17:0313:253:040:0017:0318100
56Erik HaulaL00000300201161442.9%16:1211:521:102:0516:1221104
71Matthew WoodR101103−10020061154.5%15:5713:401:200:0015:5718100
77Luke EvangelistaR000003−10000000–15:4814:151:100:0015:4816107
25Joakim KemellR00000000211100–15:0012:561:001:0415:001894
85Ryan UfkoD000000−10100000–13:4412:371:070:0013:441788
68Zachary L'HeureuxL101002+102100010.0%13:2612:330:000:5313:261691
20Justin BarronD00000000101000–12:4912:490:000:0012:491683
17Tyson JostC000000−14000000–10:4710:120:000:3510:471388
40Fedor SvechkovC000000−1011204850.0%9:499:490:000:009:491077
89Ozzy WiesblattC000000−10100000–9:218:340:000:479:211059

Nashville PredatorsNashville Predators · Goalies

RecordShots & savesBy strengthExpected
74Juuse SarosL158:52024213.875223.864101.000101.0002.83−0.17