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Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres

NHLMarch 7, 2026KeyBank Center

PredatorsNashvilleNSH28-27-8

Predators 2, Sabres 3

Final
SabresBuffaloBUFWon38-19-6
Score by period
Team123T
NSH0112
BUF0213

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:37Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Steven Stamkos
  4. 0:38Puck in Netting
  5. 0:38Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Erik Haula
  6. 0:40Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Right
  7. 0:42Goalie Stopped
  8. 0:42Erik Haula faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  9. 1:08Tage Thompson hit Nicolas Hague
  10. 1:47Matthew Wood shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  11. 2:08Sam Carrick hit Luke Evangelista
  12. 2:38Giveaway by Fedor Svechkov
  13. 3:01Bowen Byram Wrap-around Wide Left
  14. 3:20Icing
  15. 3:20Josh Norris faceoff won against Erik Haula
  16. 3:23Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  17. 3:29Josh Doan shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
  18. 3:52Giveaway by Nicolas Hague
  19. 4:06Brady Skjei shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  20. 4:40Alex Tuch Snap Shot Wide Left
  21. 4:47Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  22. 5:24Nick Perbix Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  23. 6:19Off-side
  24. 6:19Josh Norris faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  25. 6:23Josh Doan hit Brady Skjei
  26. 6:49Ozzy Wiesblatt hit Bowen Byram
  27. 6:52Tyson Jost shot blocked by Owen Power
  28. 7:06Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  29. 7:12Tyson Jost Roughing against Peyton Krebs
  30. 7:12Peyton Krebs Roughing against Tyson Jost
  31. 7:12Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  32. 7:39Filip Forsberg Tip-In Short
  33. 7:41Filip Forsberg Snap Shot Wide Left
  34. 7:45Alex Tuch hit Brady Skjei
  35. 8:29Bowen Byram hit Erik Haula
  36. 8:43Steven Stamkos Tripping against Josh Norris
  37. 8:43Josh Norris faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  38. 10:00Nicolas Hague Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  39. 10:20Jack Quinn shot blocked by Nick Perbix
  40. 11:00Giveaway by Owen Power
  41. 11:19Icing
  42. 11:19Matthew Wood faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  43. 11:21Ryan Ufko shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  44. 11:24Puck in Netting
  45. 11:24Matthew Wood faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  46. 11:32Giveaway by Filip Forsberg
  47. 12:04Off-side
  48. 12:04Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Josh Norris
  49. 12:22Giveaway by Michael Kesselring
  50. 12:35Steven Stamkos hit Owen Power
  51. 12:44Michael Kesselring Backhand saved by Juuse Saros
  52. 12:53Owen Power Wrist Shot Wide Right
  53. 12:55Goalie Stopped
  54. 12:55Erik Haula faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  55. 13:13Icing
  56. 13:13Erik Haula faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  57. 13:18Zachary L'Heureux Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  58. 13:38Takeaway by Erik Haula
  59. 14:31Fedor Svechkov hit Jason Zucker
  60. 14:54Nicolas Hague hit Sam Carrick
  61. 14:55Beck Malenstyn hit Justin Barron
  62. 15:04Filip Forsberg Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  63. 15:05Luke Evangelista shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  64. 15:06Luke Evangelista Batted saved by Alex Lyon
  65. 15:23Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Matthew Wood
  66. 15:30Giveaway by Michael Kesselring
  67. 15:38Beck Malenstyn hit Brady Skjei
  68. 15:50Beck Malenstyn hit Brady Skjei
  69. 16:03Nicolas Hague Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  70. 16:05Luke Evangelista shot blocked by Sam Carrick
  71. 16:06Luke Evangelista Poke saved by Alex Lyon
  72. 16:07Goalie Stopped
  73. 16:07Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Josh Norris
  74. 16:15Jonathan Marchessault hit Noah Ostlund
  75. 16:28Noah Ostlund Snap Shot Wide Left
  76. 16:48Nick Perbix Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  77. 16:51Steven Stamkos shot blocked by Ryan O'Reilly
  78. 17:56Takeaway by Brady Skjei
  79. 18:04Roman Josi shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  80. 18:52Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  81. 18:58Icing
  82. 18:58Josh Norris faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  83. 19:00Noah Ostlund Tip-In Wide Left
  84. 19:21Off-side
  85. 19:21Matthew Wood faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  86. 19:33Tage Thompson Slap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  87. 19:46Takeaway by Filip Forsberg
  88. 19:54Giveaway by Zach Benson
  89. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:05Puck in Crowd
  4. 0:05Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Josh Norris
  5. 0:15Roman Josi shot blocked by Josh Norris
  6. 0:22Puck Frozen - Goalie
  7. 0:22Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  8. 0:29Jack Quinn hit Jonathan Marchessault
  9. 0:47Jack Quinn Backhand Wide Left
  10. 1:06Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  11. 1:17Zachary L'Heureux Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Jonathan Marchessault (8), Ryan O'Reilly (38)
  12. 1:17Tage Thompson faceoff won against Erik Haula
  13. 1:22Joakim Kemell hit Rasmus Dahlin
  14. 1:30Giveaway by Nick Perbix
  15. 1:35Tage Thompson shot blocked by Zachary L'Heureux
  16. 1:37Puck in Netting
  17. 1:37Tage Thompson faceoff won against Erik Haula
  18. 1:39Alex Tuch shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  19. 1:54Zachary L'Heureux Tip-In Wide Left
  20. 1:59Nick Perbix Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  21. 2:06Peyton Krebs Backhand Wide Left
  22. 2:10Tage Thompson hit Zachary L'Heureux
  23. 2:14Icing
  24. 2:14Josh Norris faceoff won against Erik Haula
  25. 2:16Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
  26. 2:33Icing
  27. 2:33Erik Haula faceoff won against Josh Norris
  28. 2:38Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  29. 2:52Josh Doan hit Nicolas Hague
  30. 2:57Hand Pass
  31. 2:57Sam Carrick faceoff won against Matthew Wood
  32. 3:02Zach Benson Tip-In saved by Juuse Saros
  33. 3:06Sam Carrick hit Brady Skjei
  34. 3:07Giveaway by Brady Skjei
  35. 3:18Zach Benson Snap Shot Wide Left
  36. 3:26Beck Malenstyn shot blocked by Matthew Wood
  37. 3:35Beck Malenstyn hit Filip Forsberg
  38. 3:38Giveaway by Zach Benson
  39. 3:52Puck Frozen - Skater
  40. 3:52Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  41. 4:09Jack Quinn Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  42. 4:11Puck in Netting
  43. 4:11Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  44. 4:30Tage Thompson Tip-In saved by Juuse Saros
  45. 4:33Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  46. 4:35Goalie Stopped
  47. 4:35Erik Haula faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  48. 4:41Josh Doan Backhand Failed Bank Attempt
  49. 5:05Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Wide Left
  50. 5:29Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Joakim Kemell
  51. 5:31Puck in Netting
  52. 5:31Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  53. 5:33Off-side
  54. 5:33Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  55. 5:58Jason Zucker Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  56. 6:13Ryan McLeod Hooking against Fedor Svechkov
  57. 6:13TV Timeout
  58. 6:13Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  59. 6:56Steven Stamkos Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  60. 6:58Goalie Stopped
  61. 6:58Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  62. 7:01Roman Josi Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  63. 7:25Filip Forsberg Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  64. 7:26Goalie Stopped
  65. 7:26Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  66. 7:45Ryan O'Reilly Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  67. 7:46Goalie Stopped
  68. 7:46Beck Malenstyn faceoff won against Matthew Wood
  69. 8:02Luke Evangelista Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  70. 8:04Goalie Stopped
  71. 8:04Erik Haula faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  72. 8:34Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  73. 8:35Alex Tuch shot blocked by Nick Perbix
  74. 8:44Peyton Krebs hit Tyson Jost
  75. 8:52Mattias Samuelsson hit Zachary L'Heureux
  76. 9:17Nicolas Hague Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  77. 9:55Giveaway by Steven Stamkos
  78. 10:06Giveaway by Justin Barron
  79. 10:08Jack Quinn hit Justin Barron
  80. 10:10Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  81. 10:39Icing
  82. 10:39Matthew Wood faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  83. 10:41Justin Barron shot blocked by Jack Quinn
  84. 10:45Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  85. 10:55Filip Forsberg Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  86. 10:57Puck in Netting
  87. 10:57Sam Carrick faceoff won against Zachary L'Heureux
  88. 11:04Erik Haula hit Zach Benson
  89. 11:46Ryan Ufko hit Beck Malenstyn
  90. 12:06Giveaway by Fedor Svechkov
  91. 12:28Giveaway by Roman Josi
  92. 12:39Tage Thompson Goal (34) Slap Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (29)
  93. 12:39Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Josh Norris
  94. 12:50Icing
  95. 12:50Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Josh Norris
  96. 13:34Filip Forsberg Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  97. 13:39Jonathan Marchessault Wrist Shot Wide Left
  98. 14:15Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  99. 14:17Jason Zucker Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (27), Rasmus Dahlin (42)
  100. 14:17Tage Thompson faceoff won against Erik Haula
  101. 15:10Off-side
  102. 15:10Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Beck Malenstyn
  103. 15:27Icing
  104. 15:27Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Josh Norris
  105. 15:29Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  106. 16:15Zach Metsa shot blocked by Fedor Svechkov
  107. 16:23Icing
  108. 16:23Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  109. 16:27Owen Power Slap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  110. 18:00Alex Tuch hit Roman Josi
  111. 18:19Giveaway by Joakim Kemell
  112. 18:20Takeaway by Joakim Kemell
  113. 18:26Icing
  114. 18:26Josh Norris faceoff won against Erik Haula
  115. 18:50Erik Haula Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  116. 18:51Zachary L'Heureux Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  117. 19:01Nick Perbix hit Josh Norris
  118. 19:38Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  119. 19:47Icing
  120. 19:47Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Matthew Wood
  121. 19:53Peyton Krebs Tip-In Wide Right
  122. 19:58Owen Power shot blocked by Matthew Wood
  123. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

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

2nd

  1. 1:17NSH 1, BUF 0Zachary L'Heureux Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Jonathan Marchessault (8), Ryan O'Reilly (38)
  2. 12:39NSH 1, BUF 1Tage Thompson Goal (34) Slap Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (29)
  3. 14:17NSH 1, BUF 2Jason Zucker Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (27), Rasmus Dahlin (42)

3rd

  1. 0:16NSH 1, BUF 3Josh Doan Goal (19) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Norris (14), Noah Ostlund (13)
  2. 16:08NSH 2, BUF 3Matthew Wood Goal (13) Tip-In, assists: Roman Josi (32), Steven Stamkos (20)

Game leaders

PredatorsNashville

SabresBuffalo

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Matthew Wood RW10-1002015:5754.53560020181314:371:200:00
Zachary L'Heureux LW101021013:260.0210002016112:330:000:53
Erik Haula LW000020016:1242.93861001211012:571:102:05
Fedor Svechkov C00-101109:4950.004420001029:490:000:00
Filip Forsberg LW00-1000018:480.04001041192815:453:030:00
Joakim Kemell RW000021015:000.0000100118012:561:001:04
Jonathan Marchessault RW010020017:030.00001012181113:593:040:00
Luke Evangelista RW00-1000015:480.0300001016914:381:100:00
Ozzy Wiesblatt C00-101009:210.000000001018:340:000:47
Ryan O'Reilly C010000021:2078.623110021232216:093:032:08
Steven Stamkos C01-1011217:5378.613111100193014:493:040:00
Tyson Jost C00-1000410:470.0000020013310:120:000:35
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brady Skjei D00-2000021:3500010020.029119:060:092:20
Justin Barron D000010012:4900010000.016012:490:000:00
Nick Perbix D000013018:4120010100.025316:180:002:23
Nicolas Hague D001012020:5930010100.024319:180:001:41
Roman Josi D01-2000025:5620020100.0271121:153:061:35
Ryan Ufko D00-1010013:4400000000.017012:371:070:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Juuse Saros G24321.87558:5200191100

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