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Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

NHLJanuary 20, 2026Bridgestone Arena

SabresBuffaloBUFWon27-17-5

Sabres 5, Predators 3

Final
PredatorsNashvilleNSH23-22-4
Score by period
Team123T
BUF3115
NSH0213

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  3. 0:10Icing
  4. 0:10Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  5. 0:19Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  6. 0:29Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  7. 0:51Giveaway by Michael Bunting
  8. 0:53Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  9. 1:18Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  10. 1:43Nick Blankenburg hit Zach Benson
  11. 1:53Off-side
  12. 1:53Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Konsta Helenius
  13. 2:19Konsta Helenius hit Justin Barron
  14. 2:42Michael McCarron hit Peyton Krebs
  15. 2:54Jordan Greenway Backhand saved by Juuse Saros
  16. 3:13Jordan Greenway hit Cole Smith
  17. 3:16Nick Perbix Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  18. 3:18Goalie Stopped
  19. 3:18Tage Thompson faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  20. 3:25Josh Doan Backhand saved by Juuse Saros
  21. 3:28Goalie Stopped
  22. 3:28Michael McCarron faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  23. 3:53Puck in Netting
  24. 3:53Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  25. 4:06Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  26. 4:46Justin Barron Wrist Shot Wide Left
  27. 4:50Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  28. 4:53Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  29. 4:54Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  30. 5:23Michael Bunting Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  31. 5:33Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  32. 5:35Goalie Stopped
  33. 5:35Tage Thompson faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  34. 5:46Off-side
  35. 5:46Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  36. 6:02Off-side
  37. 6:02Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  38. 6:21Nick Blankenburg shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  39. 6:52Brady Skjei Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  40. 6:52Beck Malenstyn hit Brady Skjei
  41. 6:58Puck in Benches
  42. 6:58Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  43. 7:18Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  44. 7:20Goalie Stopped
  45. 7:20Erik Haula faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  46. 7:27Giveaway by Owen Power
  47. 7:32Puck in Benches
  48. 7:32Erik Haula faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  49. 7:59Konsta Helenius Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  50. 8:02Erik Haula hit Konsta Helenius
  51. 8:11Noah Ostlund Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Konsta Helenius (1), Rasmus Dahlin (29)
  52. 8:11Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  53. 8:19Icing
  54. 8:19Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  55. 8:55Filip Forsberg Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  56. 8:57Goalie Stopped
  57. 8:57Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  58. 9:14Peyton Krebs Slap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  59. 9:18Beck Malenstyn hit Justin Barron
  60. 9:35Beck Malenstyn hit Nicolas Hague
  61. 9:48Nick Perbix hit Jack Quinn
  62. 10:26Rasmus Dahlin hit Michael McCarron
  63. 10:30Giveaway by Roman Josi
  64. 10:33Cole Smith hit Jack Quinn
  65. 10:48Michael McCarron Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  66. 11:37Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  67. 11:43Konsta Helenius Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  68. 11:45Noah Ostlund Goal (9) Backhand, assists: Konsta Helenius (2), Owen Power (12)
  69. 11:45Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  70. 12:01Filip Forsberg Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  71. 12:03Goalie Stopped
  72. 12:03Filip Forsberg faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
  73. 12:06Takeaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  74. 12:11Roman Josi Wrist Shot Wide Right
  75. 12:13Goalie Stopped
  76. 12:13Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  77. 12:33Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  78. 12:41Luke Evangelista hit Rasmus Dahlin
  79. 13:24Jason Zucker Tripping against Luke Evangelista
  80. 13:24Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  81. 13:28Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  82. 13:42Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  83. 13:56Filip Forsberg Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  84. 14:16Steven Stamkos shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  85. 14:56Jonathan Marchessault shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  86. 15:17Erik Haula Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  87. 15:45Nick Perbix shot blocked by Jacob Bryson
  88. 15:56Ozzy Wiesblatt hit Tage Thompson
  89. 16:08Cole Smith hit Zach Metsa
  90. 16:19Roman Josi shot blocked by Zach Metsa
  91. 16:48Jonathan Marchessault hit Zach Benson
  92. 17:10Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  93. 17:24Konsta Helenius Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (14)
  94. 17:24Beck Malenstyn faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  95. 17:36Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  96. 17:48Ryan O'Reilly Wrist Shot Wide Left
  97. 17:56Icing
  98. 17:56Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Erik Haula
  99. 18:12Beck Malenstyn shot blocked by Brady Skjei
  100. 18:31Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  101. 18:54Cole Smith Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  102. 19:16Rasmus Dahlin hit Ozzy Wiesblatt
  103. 19:41Matthew Wood hit Mattias Samuelsson
  104. 19:49Giveaway by Konsta Helenius
  105. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  3. 0:07Luke Evangelista Wrist Shot Wide Right
  4. 0:13Brady Skjei Wrist Shot Wide Right
  5. 0:18Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  6. 0:23Filip Forsberg Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  7. 0:25Roman Josi Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  8. 0:26Goalie Stopped
  9. 0:26Jason Zucker faceoff won against Erik Haula
  10. 1:06Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  11. 1:09Goalie Stopped
  12. 1:09Michael McCarron faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  13. 1:22Nicolas Hague Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  14. 1:32Nicolas Hague hit Konsta Helenius
  15. 2:45Jordan Greenway hit Brady Skjei
  16. 2:49Puck Frozen - Goalie
  17. 2:49Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  18. 2:51Jack Quinn shot blocked by Filip Forsberg
  19. 3:00Jack Quinn Backhand saved by Juuse Saros
  20. 3:07Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  21. 3:24Jack Quinn shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
  22. 3:26Puck in Netting
  23. 3:26Tage Thompson faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  24. 3:30Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  25. 4:20Tage Thompson Goal (26) Snap Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (24), Josh Doan (20)
  26. 4:20Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Steven Stamkos
  27. 4:42Giveaway by Erik Haula
  28. 4:55Michael Bunting shot blocked by Jacob Bryson
  29. 5:37Roman Josi Slap Shot Wide Left
  30. 6:03Takeaway by Ryan O'Reilly
  31. 6:10Nick Blankenburg Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  32. 6:20Luke Evangelista Tripping against Jordan Greenway
  33. 6:20TV Timeout
  34. 6:20Michael McCarron faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  35. 7:26Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  36. 8:21Alex Tuch shot blocked by Nick Blankenburg
  37. 8:23Takeaway by Ryan O'Reilly
  38. 8:29Luke Evangelista Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  39. 8:40Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  40. 8:44Fedor Svechkov hit Ryan McLeod
  41. 8:57Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  42. 8:59Goalie Stopped
  43. 8:59Konsta Helenius faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  44. 9:18Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  45. 9:29Giveaway by Justin Barron
  46. 9:34Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  47. 9:37Goalie Stopped
  48. 9:37Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  49. 9:49Giveaway by Josh Doan
  50. 10:09Ryan O'Reilly Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Filip Forsberg (19), Brady Skjei (14)
  51. 10:09Erik Haula faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  52. 10:17Erik Haula hit Rasmus Dahlin
  53. 10:28Jordan Greenway Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  54. 10:43Bowen Byram shot blocked by Nick Blankenburg
  55. 10:45Puck in Netting
  56. 10:45Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  57. 10:49Bowen Byram Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  58. 10:57Rasmus Dahlin hit Ozzy Wiesblatt
  59. 11:14Rasmus Dahlin hit Ozzy Wiesblatt
  60. 11:17Cole Smith Tip-In Hit Right Post
  61. 11:21Michael McCarron hit Rasmus Dahlin
  62. 11:23Ozzy Wiesblatt hit Jack Quinn
  63. 11:48Takeaway by Ryan O'Reilly
  64. 11:54Filip Forsberg Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan O'Reilly (29)
  65. 11:54Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  66. 12:01Beck Malenstyn hit Nick Blankenburg
  67. 12:02Peyton Krebs hit Nicolas Hague
  68. 12:19Peyton Krebs hit Luke Evangelista
  69. 12:21Filip Forsberg Tip-In Wide Right
  70. 12:37Beck Malenstyn hit Nick Blankenburg
  71. 13:19Giveaway by Roman Josi
  72. 13:39Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  73. 13:45Takeaway by Ozzy Wiesblatt
  74. 14:08Cole Smith hit Rasmus Dahlin
  75. 14:12Icing
  76. 14:12Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  77. 14:17Giveaway by Zach Benson
  78. 14:21Fedor Svechkov Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  79. 14:25Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  80. 15:02Filip Forsberg Wrist Shot Wide Right
  81. 15:26Brady Skjei shot blocked by Konsta Helenius
  82. 15:41Matthew Wood shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  83. 16:02Nicolas Hague Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  84. 16:03Ryan O'Reilly Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  85. 16:37Justin Barron Slap Shot Wide Right
  86. 16:52Jonathan Marchessault shot blocked by Jason Zucker
  87. 16:53Erik Haula Backhand Failed Bank Attempt
  88. 16:57Jonathan Marchessault hit Beck Malenstyn
  89. 17:16Puck Frozen - Goalie
  90. 17:16Alex Tuch faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  91. 17:51Cole Smith Wrist Shot Wide Right
  92. 18:03Michael McCarron hit Zach Metsa
  93. 18:06Cole Smith hit Jacob Bryson
  94. 18:10Icing
  95. 18:10Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  96. 18:15Luke Evangelista shot blocked by Zach Metsa
  97. 18:24Ryan O'Reilly Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  98. 18:42Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  99. 18:43Nick Blankenburg Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  100. 18:46Goalie Stopped
  101. 18:46Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  102. 19:04Luke Evangelista Tip-In Wide Left
  103. 19:11Brady Skjei Slap Shot Hit Right Post
  104. 19:22Off-side
  105. 19:22Erik Haula faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  106. 19:43Jordan Greenway Holding against Nick Blankenburg
  107. 19:43Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  108. 19:48Luke Evangelista Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  109. 19:52Goalie Stopped
  110. 19:52Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Steven Stamkos
  111. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  3. 0:29Steven Stamkos Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  4. 0:31Goalie Stopped
  5. 0:31Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  6. 0:56Filip Forsberg Slap Shot Wide Left
  7. 0:57Ryan O'Reilly Wrist Shot Wide Right
  8. 1:19Roman Josi Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  9. 1:20Goalie Stopped
  10. 1:20Matthew Wood faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  11. 1:22Jonathan Marchessault Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  12. 1:54Erik Haula hit Josh Doan
  13. 2:15Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Left
  14. 2:23Tage Thompson shot blocked by Roman Josi
  15. 2:25Puck in Netting
  16. 2:25Michael McCarron faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  17. 2:44Cole Smith Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  18. 2:47Cole Smith hit Owen Power
  19. 2:54Konsta Helenius hit Nicolas Hague
  20. 3:34Off-side
  21. 3:34Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  22. 3:44Luke Evangelista Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  23. 3:52Roman Josi Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  24. 3:54Goalie Stopped
  25. 3:54Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  26. 3:56Roman Josi Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  27. 3:58Goalie Stopped
  28. 3:58Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  29. 4:14Brady Skjei Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  30. 4:16Goalie Stopped
  31. 4:16Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Beck Malenstyn
  32. 4:19Nick Blankenburg Wrist Shot Wide Right
  33. 4:22Goalie Stopped
  34. 4:22Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  35. 4:52Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  36. 5:21Giveaway by Nicolas Hague
  37. 5:26Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  38. 5:27Konsta Helenius Snap Shot Wide Left
  39. 5:35Icing
  40. 5:35Erik Haula faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  41. 5:44Jonathan Marchessault Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  42. 5:56Giveaway by Brady Skjei
  43. 6:05Owen Power Slap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  44. 6:43Nick Blankenburg hit Beck Malenstyn
  45. 7:00Nick Blankenburg hit Beck Malenstyn
  46. 7:08Luke Evangelista shot blocked by Owen Power
  47. 7:13Steven Stamkos shot blocked by Owen Power
  48. 7:42Ozzy Wiesblatt hit Bowen Byram
  49. 8:05Bowen Byram Snap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  50. 8:07Goalie Stopped
  51. 8:07Michael McCarron faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  52. 8:16Puck in Benches
  53. 8:16Alex Tuch faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  54. 9:13Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Luke Evangelista
  55. 9:22Jack Quinn Snap Shot Wide Right
  56. 9:30Ryan O'Reilly Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Luke Evangelista (28), Filip Forsberg (20)
  57. 9:30Erik Haula faceoff won against Beck Malenstyn
  58. 9:38Erik Haula Tip-In Wide Right
  59. 9:39Erik Haula Backhand Failed Bank Attempt
  60. 9:51Jordan Greenway Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  61. 9:57Takeaway by Cole Smith
  62. 10:29Giveaway by Fedor Svechkov
  63. 10:46Steven Stamkos hit Bowen Byram
  64. 10:57Giveaway by Ozzy Wiesblatt
  65. 11:04Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  66. 11:17High Stick
  67. 11:17Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  68. 11:38Takeaway by Ryan O'Reilly
  69. 11:41Filip Forsberg Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  70. 12:04Roman Josi shot blocked by Josh Doan
  71. 12:30Jason Zucker Snap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  72. 12:32Puck in Netting
  73. 12:32Michael McCarron faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  74. 12:45Nicolas Hague shot blocked by Jack Quinn
  75. 12:51Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  76. 14:03Konsta Helenius Snap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  77. 14:05Goalie Stopped
  78. 14:05Alex Tuch faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  79. 14:29Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  80. 15:02Jason Zucker shot blocked by Brady Skjei
  81. 15:18Icing
  82. 15:18Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  83. 15:23Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Owen Power
  84. 15:23Rasmus Dahlin hit Luke Evangelista
  85. 15:41Jason Zucker hit Nick Blankenburg
  86. 15:57Filip Forsberg Slap Shot Wide Left
  87. 16:04Filip Forsberg hit Peyton Krebs
  88. 16:18Nicolas Hague shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  89. 16:20Roman Josi Snap Shot Wide Right
  90. 16:28Puck in Crowd
  91. 16:28Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  92. 16:36Giveaway by Brady Skjei
  93. 17:10Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Matthew Wood
  94. 17:36Jonathan Marchessault hit Owen Power
  95. 17:43Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  96. 18:14Peyton Krebs Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (17)
  97. 18:14Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  98. 18:53Filip Forsberg Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  99. 18:54Brady Skjei Wrist Shot Wide Left
  100. 19:00Filip Forsberg Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  101. 19:02Goalie Stopped
  102. 19:02Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  103. 19:36Roman Josi Tip-In Wide Left
  104. 19:46Roman Josi Wrist Shot Wide Left
  105. 19:55Ryan O'Reilly Tip-In Hit Right Post
  106. 19:55Luke Evangelista Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  107. 19:56Luke Evangelista Wrist Shot Short
  108. 19:57Ryan O'Reilly Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  109. 20:00Mattias Samuelsson Roughing against Ryan O'Reilly
  110. 20:00Ryan O'Reilly High-sticking against Mattias Samuelsson
  111. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  112. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 8:11BUF 1, NSH 0Noah Ostlund Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Konsta Helenius (1), Rasmus Dahlin (29)
  2. 11:45BUF 2, NSH 0Noah Ostlund Goal (9) Backhand, assists: Konsta Helenius (2), Owen Power (12)
  3. 17:24BUF 3, NSH 0Konsta Helenius Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (14)

2nd

  1. 4:20BUF 4, NSH 0Tage Thompson Goal (26) Snap Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (24), Josh Doan (20)
  2. 10:09BUF 4, NSH 1Ryan O'Reilly Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Filip Forsberg (19), Brady Skjei (14)
  3. 11:54BUF 4, NSH 2Filip Forsberg Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan O'Reilly (29)

3rd

  1. 9:30BUF 4, NSH 3Ryan O'Reilly Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Luke Evangelista (28), Filip Forsberg (20)
  2. 18:14BUF 5, NSH 3Peyton Krebs Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (17)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

PredatorsNashville

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Noah Ostlund C201001016:5814.3361100020915:351:230:00
Konsta Helenius C122021014:4350.0411101017114:430:000:00
Peyton Krebs C112020012:3120.0282000022612:240:000:07
Tage Thompson C101000013:3363.61470000202612:111:220:00
Alex Tuch RW011000015:4442.91430011231712:430:352:26
Beck Malenstyn LW000052011:2533.3121000017410:050:001:20
Jack Quinn RW00-1001016:320.05001010211115:540:380:00
Jason Zucker LW00-2011217:3250.05111100211116:051:270:00
Jordan Greenway LW000020211:020.0310010018110:170:000:45
Josh Doan RW010001012:570.01001010181511:321:250:00
Ryan McLeod C00-1000019:3064.706115012271116:130:372:40
Zach Benson LW003000015:320.0200100018614:170:330:42
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D000000023:5920010100.0301021:020:242:33
Jacob Bryson D00000208:3600000000.0928:360:000:00
Mattias Samuelsson D012002225:5300011010.031823:120:002:41
Owen Power D010003023:2530010000.028321:590:001:26
Rasmus Dahlin D012053028:0200010000.028725:061:361:20
Zach Metsa D00000208:0600000000.0918:060:000:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Alex Lyon G34331.91260:0000274000

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