2 Nashville 6th Central38-34-8-2

3 Buffalo 1st Atlantic50-23-8-1

FINAL 2 FINAL 3 5:30PM ET · Mar 07, 2026

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Predators vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
Team	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
NAS Nashville	0	1	1	2	Juuse Saros
BUF Buffalo	0	2	1	3	Alex Lyon

Player Stats


Team	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS
NAS Nashville	+146	6.5o	+1.5 (0.5)
BUF Buffalo	-176	6.5u (1.5)	-1.5

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
No Scoring
Scoring - Period 2
1:17		Z. L'Heureux Assisted by: R. O'Reilly , J. Marchessault
12:39		T. Thompson Assisted by: A. Tuch ,
14:17		J. Zucker Assisted by: J. Quinn , R. Dahlin
Scoring - Period 3
0:16		J. Doan Assisted by: J. Norris , N. Ostlund
16:08		M. Wood (PP) Assisted by: S. Stamkos , R. Josi

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
7:12		P. Krebs (2:00) Roughing
7:12		T. Jost (2:00) Roughing
8:43		S. Stamkos (2:00) Tripping
Penalties - Period 2
6:13		R. McLeod (2:00) Hooking
Penalties - Period 3
7:09		M. Samuelsson (2:00) Boarding
11:27		T. Jost (2:00) Slashing
15:55		J. Quinn (2:00) Interference

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Nashville	6	12	7	25
Buffalo	2	13	9	24

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Nashville	2	25	8.00	33.33	100.00	38	3	6
Buffalo	3	24	12.50	0.00	66.67	24	4	8

Goaltending

Nashville

Nashville Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
J. Saros	24	21	3	.875	0	58:52

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
A. Lyon	25	23	2	.920	0	60:00

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
9	LW	F. Forsberg	0	0	0	-1	0	4	19	18:48	15:45	3:03	0:00	0	-	-	-
17	C	T. Jost	0	0	0	-1	4	0	13	10:47	10:12	0:00	0:35	0	-	-	-
20	D	J. Barron	0	0	0	E	0	0	16	12:49	12:49	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
25	RW	J. Kemell	0	0	0	E	0	0	18	15:00	12:56	1:00	1:04	0	-	-	-
40	C	F. Svechkov	0	0	0	-1	0	0	10	9:49	9:49	0:00	0:00	0	4	4	50
41	D	N. Hague	0	0	0	1	0	3	24	20:59	19:18	0:00	1:41	0	-	-	-
48	D	N. Perbix	0	0	0	E	0	2	25	18:41	16:18	0:00	2:23	0	-	-	-
56	LW	E. Haula	0	0	0	E	0	3	21	16:12	12:57	1:10	2:05	0	6	8	43
59	D	R. Josi	0	1	1	-2	0	2	27	25:56	21:15	3:06	1:35	0	-	-	-
68	LW	Z. L'Heureux	1	0	1	1	0	2	16	13:26	12:33	0:00	0:53	0	-	1	0
71	RW	M. Wood	1	0	1	-1	0	3	18	15:57	14:37	1:20	0:00	1	6	5	55
76	D	B. Skjei	0	0	0	-2	0	0	29	21:35	19:06	0:09	2:20	0	-	-	-
77	RW	L. Evangelista	0	0	0	-1	0	3	16	15:48	14:38	1:10	0:00	0	-	-	-
81	C	J. Marchessault	0	1	1	E	0	0	18	17:03	13:59	3:04	0:00	0	-	-	-
85	D	R. Ufko	0	0	0	-1	0	0	17	13:44	12:37	1:07	0:00	0	-	-	-
89	C	O. Wiesblatt	0	0	0	-1	0	0	10	9:21	8:34	0:00	0:47	0	-	-	-
90	C	R. O'Reilly	0	1	1	E	0	2	23	21:20	16:09	3:03	2:08	0	11	3	79
91	C	S. Stamkos	0	1	1	-1	2	1	19	17:53	14:49	3:04	0:00	0	11	3	79
74	G	J. Saros	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	58:52	50:50	4:02	4:00	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	0	0	E	0	1	26	23:11	19:07	1:45	2:19	-	-	-
6	LW	Z. Benson	0	0	0	E	0	2	15	9:32	8:38	0:04	0:50	-	-	-
8	D	M. Kesselring	0	0	0	1	0	1	14	10:28	9:33	0:00	0:55	-	-	-
9	C	J. Norris	0	1	1	1	0	0	23	16:37	14:38	1:59	0:00	10	12	45
10	C	S. Carrick	0	0	0	E	0	1	13	8:55	8:01	0:00	0:54	4	4	50
17	LW	J. Zucker	1	0	1	E	0	5	19	14:42	12:25	2:17	0:00	-	-	-
19	C	P. Krebs	0	0	0	1	2	0	21	14:27	13:35	0:04	0:48	2	4	33
22	RW	J. Quinn	0	1	1	E	2	2	19	14:10	12:33	1:37	0:00	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	1	2	1	31	24:36	23:09	0:00	1:27	-	-	-
25	D	O. Power	0	0	0	-1	0	2	28	23:02	19:37	1:07	2:18	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	1	1	3	0	1	31	24:36	20:54	2:15	1:27	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	E	0	0	13	9:12	7:37	0:00	1:35	1	1	50
71	C	R. McLeod	0	0	0	E	2	0	24	17:32	13:53	2:01	1:38	4	9	31
72	C	T. Thompson	1	0	1	1	0	4	23	18:53	16:34	2:19	0:00	3	6	33
73	D	Z. Metsa	0	0	0	E	0	1	12	11:38	11:38	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
86	C	N. Ostlund	0	1	1	1	0	0	21	14:46	14:10	0:36	0:00	-	2	0
89	RW	A. Tuch	0	1	1	1	0	0	27	21:19	16:36	2:02	2:41	-	-	-
91	RW	J. Doan	1	0	1	1	0	3	23	16:11	14:46	1:25	0:00	-	-	-
34	G	A. Lyon	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	51:47	4:00	4:13	-	-	-

Game Info

Location KeyBank Center

Referees Riley Brace , Garrett Rank

Linesmen Dylan Blujus, Ryan Daisy

Attendance 19,070 attendance

NAS vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
NAS	28-26-8	33-29-0	30-29-3	11-13-5	17-13-3
BUF	37-19-6	36-26-0	29-30-3	19-11-3	18-8-3

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

5-5 Even

Over / Under

6-4-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Jan 20, '26	NAS	5 - 3	BUF +114	o6.5	34	33	0-2	0-1
Feb 08, '25	NAS	6 - 4	NAS -118	o6.5	23	29	1-2	1-2
Jan 31, '25	BUF	4 - 3	BUF +105	o6.5	27	31	0-2	0-4
Mar 07, '24	NAS	4 - 2	NAS -177	u6.5	24	28	2-3	0-3
Dec 03, '23	BUF	2 - 1	NAS -111	u6.5	35	29	0-0	0-1
Mar 21, '23	BUF	7 - 3	NAS +136	o6.5	31	27	1-4	0-3
Jan 14, '23	NAS	5 - 3	BUF +122	o6.5	41	33	1-3	1-4
Apr 01, '22	BUF	4 - 3	BUF +167	o6.0	35	25	1-2	0-1
Jan 13, '22	NAS	4 - 1	BUF +294	u6.0	30	21	1-4	1-4
Jan 18, '20	NAS	2 - 1	NAS -183	u6.0	37	31	1-3	0-3

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-3-3-0

Over / Under

4-5-1

-$273

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Mar 05, '26	BOS	W 6 - 3	W -106	o6.5	29	23	1-5	1-4
Mar 03, '26	@ CLB	L 2 - 3	L +112	u6.5	25	27	1-2	0-4
Mar 02, '26	DET	L 2 - 4	L -105	p6.0	30	30	1-3	0-2
Feb 28, '26	@ DAL	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L +125	u6.0	27	25	1-3	1-3
Feb 26, '26	CHI	W 4 - 2	W -156	u6.5	26	23	1-1	1-5
Feb 05, '26	@ WAS	L 2 - 4	L +138	u6.5	29	30	0-4	2-6
Feb 04, '26	MIN	L 5 - 6 (OT)	L +100	o6.5	35	43	2-3	1-2
Feb 02, '26	STL	W 6 - 5	W -146	o6.0	28	34	1-2	1-2
Jan 31, '26	@ NYI	W 4 - 3	W +100	o5.5	42	30	1-2	0-2
Jan 29, '26	@ NJ	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L +114	u6.0	29	35	0-2	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Mar 10, '26	@ SEA	L 1-4	L -120	u6.0
Mar 12, '26	@ VAN	L 4-5 (OT)	L -115	o5.5
Mar 15, '26	@ EDM	W 4-3 (OT)	W +106	o6.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

7-2-1-0

Over / Under

4-6-0

$421

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Mar 05, '26	@ PIT	W 5 - 1	W -113	u6.5	26	28	1-6	0-5
Mar 03, '26	VEG	W 3 - 2	W -140	u6.0	28	29	0-1	0-1
Feb 28, '26	@ TB	W 6 - 2	W +198	o6.5	35	38	1-5	0-3
Feb 27, '26	@ FLA	W 3 - 2	W +100	u6.0	39	29	1-3	1-4
Feb 25, '26	@ NJ	W 2 - 1	W -110	u6.0	30	28	0-3	0-2
Feb 05, '26	PIT	L 2 - 5	L -125	o6.5	27	31	1-5	0-3
Feb 03, '26	@ TB	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L +172	o6.0	26	35	1-3	1-2
Feb 02, '26	@ FLA	W 5 - 3	W -108	o6.5	20	42	1-3	1-4
Jan 31, '26	MON	L 2 - 4	L -130	u6.5	38	30	1-4	1-3
Jan 29, '26	LA	W 4 - 1	W -125	u5.5	32	38	1-3	1-2

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Mar 08, '26	TB	W 6-2	W +198	o6.5
Mar 10, '26	SJ	L 2-6	L -205	o6.5
Mar 12, '26	WAS	W 4-3 (SO)	W -122	o6.5

NAS vs BUF Preview

Nashville at

Buffalo

Last Meeting ( Jan 20, 2026 ) Buffalo 5, Nashville 3

With the trade deadline behind them, the visiting Nashville Predators and the Buffalo Sabres continue their sprint for the playoffs when they meet Saturday.

Buffalo, fighting for the lead in the Atlantic Division and looking like it will end a 14-year playoff drought, was active this week as it added four players.

Nashville, trying to hang on in the Western Conference wild-card race, made one move.

Riding a five-game winning streak, the Sabres' new faces include forward Sam Carrick, acquired from the New York Rangers, and defensemen Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn, who came over in a trade with the Winnipeg Jets.

Carrick, who had 10 points (four goals, six assists) in 60 games for New York while winning 53.9% of his faceoffs, will be Buffalo's fourth-line center while Stanley and Schenn provide defensive depth.

And just before Friday's deadline, the Sabres traded for Jets forward Tanner Pearson.

"It's way more exciting to be on this side of it than selling," defenseman Mattias Samuelsson said Friday. "... To be honest, no one in this room really cares if we trade a pick or two, so it's nice to get some new faces in here and some new energy. It's fun. It's good for morale, for sure."

Carrick could join the team in time for Saturday's game.

The Predators, meanwhile, sent forward Michael Bunting to the Dallas Stars on Thursday in exchange for Seattle's third-round pick in the 2026 draft. The team traded forwards Michael McCarron and Cole Smith and defenseman Nick Blankenburg for draft picks and an AHL player earlier in the week.

"We're still there making a playoff push," Nashville defenseman Roman Josi said. "You see a lot of guys go (in trades) that meant a lot to this team. We're a tight group. We've been through a lot together, even this year with the way that we started and then came back and we battled."

Buffalo opens a five-game homestand after a 5-1 win at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. Josh Norris and Owen Power each had a goal and an assist and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves.

"We got it going pretty good," Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said. "A lot of special teams, a lot of choppiness through the whole game. Back and forth with special teams was a big part of it."

Tage Thompson (assist) extended his career-high point streak to nine games (five goals, five assists).

Buffalo has outscored opponents 19-8 over its past five games.

The Predators snapped a three-game losing streak (0-2-1) on Thursday with a 6-3 home win against the Boston Bruins. Matthew Wood scored twice, Filip Forsberg had a goal and two assists and Juuse Saros made 20 saves.

Nashville scored four times in the second period to take a 5-1 lead.

"Our team is pretty battle-tested," Nashville coach Andrew Brunette said. "Nothing they do really surprises me. I thought everybody from our leaders grabbing it like they have all year and our young kids brought some energy. It was a good synergy (Thursday). Proud of the group."

Konsta Helenius had a goal and two assists when the Sabres beat the Predators 5-3 in Nashville in the team's first meeting on Jan. 20.

--Field Level Media

NAS vs BUFInjury report

Nashville's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

Nashville Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	9	Filip Forsberg
C	17	Tyson Jost
RW	18	Aiden Fink
RW	19	Cole O'Hara
RW	25	Joakim Kemell
C	40	Fedor Svechkov
LW	49	Reid Schaefer
LW	56	Erik Haula
LW	68	Zachary L'Heureux
RW	71	Matthew Wood
RW	77	Luke Evangelista
C	81	Jonathan Marchessault
C	89	Ozzy Wiesblatt
C	90	Ryan O'Reilly
C	91	Steven Stamkos

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	5	Kevin Gravel
D	20	Justin Barron
G	29	Justus Annunen
D	41	Nicolas Hague
D	48	Nick Perbix
D	59	Roman Josi
G	74	Juuse Saros
D	76	Brady Skjei
D	83	Adam Wilsby
D	85	Ryan Ufko

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
S. Carrick	C	Out - Arm( Apr 15, '26)	Apr 15, '26
The Sabres said on Thursday (Apr. 16) that Carrick will not return for the team's first-round series versus Boston.
N. Ostlund	C	Day To Day - Upper-Body( Apr 15, '26)	Apr 15, '26
The Sabres said on Thursday (Apr. 16) that Ostlund is a possibility to return for Game 1 of Buffalo's first-round series against Boston.
J. Kulich	C	Out For Season - Ear( Mar 05, '26)	Mar 05, '26
The Sabres said that Kulich is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
J. Danforth	RW	Day To Day - Lower Body( Jan 25, '26)	Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	44	Josh Dunne
C	48	Tyson Kozak
LW	70	Tanner Pearson
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch
RW	91	Josh Doan

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	5	Luke Schenn
D	8	Michael Kesselring
D	21	Conor Timmins
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	34	Alex Lyon
D	64	Logan Stanley
D	73	Zach Metsa
G	92	Colten Ellis

GoaltendersLast 5

Nashville
Buffalo

W/L

2-2-1-0

GAA

2.80

Save %

.890

Nashville Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Saros	Mar 5, 2026	NAS 6 - BOS 3	W	3	23	.870	-	W -106	o6.5
J.Annunen	Mar 3, 2026	CLB 3 - NAS 2	L	3	27	.889	-	L +112	u6.5
J.Saros	Mar 2, 2026	NAS 2 - DET 4	L	3	30	.900	-	L -105	p6.0
J.Saros	Feb 28, 2026	DAL 3 - NAS 2 (OT)	-	3	25	.880	-	L +125	u6.0
J.Annunen	Feb 26, 2026	NAS 4 - CHI 2	W	2	23	.913	-	W -156	u6.5

W/L

5-0-0-0

GAA

1.60

Save %

.948

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
U.Luukkonen	Mar 5, 2026	PIT 1 - BUF 5	W	1	28	.964	-	W -113	u6.5
A.Lyon	Mar 3, 2026	BUF 3 - VEG 2	W	2	29	.931	-	W -140	u6.0
U.Luukkonen	Feb 28, 2026	TB 2 - BUF 6	W	2	38	.947	-	W +198	o6.5
A.Lyon	Feb 27, 2026	FLA 2 - BUF 3	W	2	29	.931	-	W +100	u6.0
U.Luukkonen	Feb 25, 2026	NJ 1 - BUF 2	W	1	28	.964	-	W -110	u6.0

NAS vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

NASNashville Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
2.98	Total	2.97
0.81	1st Period	0.97
0.92	2nd Period	0.84
1.15	3rd Period	1.06
0.06	OT	0.10

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
28.50	Total	30.11
8.06	1st Period	8.60
8.44	2nd Period	9.40
8.13	3rd Period	9.16
0.45	OT	0.34

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.10	Total	0.90
0.10	1st Period	0.89
0.11	2nd Period	0.91
0.14	3rd Period	0.88
0.14	OT	0.71

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
42 - 184	G/Att vs. GA/Att	28 - 169
22.83	PP % vs. PK %	83.43

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Nashville Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Justus Annunen	472	418	0.886	6-8-2
Juuse Saros	1348	1201	0.891	22-19-6

Predators vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

Game Info

NAS vs BUFRecords

NAS vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

NAS vs BUF Preview

NAS vs BUFInjury report

Nashville's Injuries

Nashville Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

NAS vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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