Predators 7-3 Sabres (21 Mar, 2023) Box Score

Nashville Predators

35-26-8, 18-14-4 away

	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	4	1	7
BUF	0	2	1	3

Buffalo Sabres

33-31-6, 13-20-3 home

Nashville Predators


forwards
Egor AfanasyevE. Afanasyev#70
Rasmus AsplundR. Asplund#71
Matt DucheneM. Duchene#95
Luke EvangelistaL. Evangelista#77
Cody GlassC. Glass#8
Mark JankowskiM. Jankowski#17
Tommy NovakT. Novak#82
Kiefer SherwoodK. Sherwood#44
Colton SissonsC. Sissons#10
Cole SmithC. Smith#36
Philip TomasinoP. Tomasino#26
Yakov TreninY. Trenin#13
defensemen
Tyson BarrieT. Barrie#22
Dante FabbroD. Fabbro#57
Cal FooteC. Foote#52
Jordan GrossJ. Gross#46
Jeremy LauzonJ. Lauzon#3
Ryan McDonaghR. McDonagh#27

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	18	12:51	0:46	0:00	12:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11:59	0:00	0:28	11:31	0	0	0.0
2	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	19	14:35	3:40	0:00	10:55	3	0	100.0
2	2	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	15	15:49	3:57	0:00	11:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	15:49	3:51	2:05	9:53	6	5	54.5
0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	20	14:10	0:00	0:48	13:22	6	3	66.7
1	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	15:30	3:38	0:00	11:52	4	5	44.4
0	1	4	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	2	15	12:08	1:24	0:00	10:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	22	17:45	1:55	2:34	13:16	9	8	52.9
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	21	17:13	0:00	4:09	13:04	0	1	0.0
1	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18	13:18	2:21	0:00	10:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	22	18:11	2:20	2:15	13:36	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	19:33	3:44	0:57	14:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	25	20:02	0:00	3:19	16:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	18:15	0:00	2:30	15:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	19:04	2:24	0:11	16:29	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	24	20:11	0:00	3:23	16:48	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	24	17:08	0:00	2:15	14:53	0	0	0.0

goalies
Juuse SarosJ. Saros#74

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
31	3	28	.903	24	3	1	0	0	59:58	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Dylan CozensD. Cozens#24
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Tyson JostT. Jost#17
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Casey MittelstadtC. Mittelstadt#37
Kyle OkposoK. Okposo#21
Victor OlofssonV. Olofsson#71
JJ PeterkaJ. Peterka#77
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Jeff SkinnerJ. Skinner#53
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
defensemen
Kale ClagueK. Clague#38
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Henri JokiharjuH. Jokiharju#10
Ilya LyubushkinI. Lyubushkin#46
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Riley StillmanR. Stillman#61

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	18:42	2:30	2:50	13:22	6	9	40.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	10:57	0:00	2:15	8:42	3	1	75.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	14:52	0:00	0:16	14:36	1	4	20.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	17	12:27	0:00	2:26	10:01	1	2	33.3
0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	21	16:18	2:16	0:02	14:00	3	2	60.0
0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	11:17	0:00	0:24	10:53	1	3	25.0
0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17	15:48	3:48	0:00	12:00	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	15:44	2:23	0:00	13:21	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	17:55	2:26	1:48	13:41	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	14:56	3:51	0:00	11:05	1	2	33.3
1	0	-2	3	1	1	2	7	3	0	2	20	14:50	4:00	0:00	10:50	6	4	60.0
0	1	-3	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	23	17:31	3:51	2:00	11:40	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	19	13:28	0:00	0:00	13:28	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	31	25:44	4:07	1:38	19:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	29	20:13	0:08	1:44	18:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	25	18:48	0:00	3:44	15:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	21:58	2:05	2:43	17:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	18	13:17	0:00	2:10	11:07	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenU. Luukkonen#1
Craig AndersonC. Anderson#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
6	0	6	1.000	5	1	0	0	0	23:23	0
20	6	14	.700	11	3	0	0	0	35:52	2

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Predators	2	4	1	7
	Sabres	0	2	1	3

1st Period			NSH	BUF
11:45		Philip Tomasino (4) Assists: Matt Duchene (33)	1	0
18:43		Matt Duchene (20) Assists: Philip Tomasino (9), Jeremy Lauzon (8)	2	0

2nd Period		NSH	BUF
3:36	Dylan Cozens (27) Assists: JJ Peterka (18), Jack Quinn (19)	2	1
4:00	Tommy Novak (14) Assists: Luke Evangelista (3), Tyson Barrie (36)	3	1
9:21	Luke Evangelista (4) Assists: Tommy Novak (18), Juuse Saros (1)	4	1
10:01	Luke Evangelista (5) Assists: Kiefer Sherwood (5)	5	1
15:52	Ryan McDonagh (2) Assists: Luke Evangelista (4)	6	1
17:17	Tage Thompson (43) (Power Play) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin (50), Victor Olofsson (10)	6	2

3rd Period			NSH	BUF
7:45		Jeff Skinner (30) Assists: Alex Tuch (35)	6	3
17:37		Matt Duchene (21) (Empty Net) Assists: Ryan McDonagh (15)	7	3

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Sabres
5
Predators
3

Game 1

15/1

Predators
7
Sabres
3

Game 2

21/3

KeyBank Center

11:00 PM, 21 March 2023

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 13,043

Referees:
Graham Skilliter
Garrett Rank

Linesmen:
Brad Kovachik
James Tobias

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Winnipeg	16	3	0	32
Minnesota	13	3	3	29
Dallas	12	6	0	24
Colorado	11	9	0	22
St. Louis	9	11	1	19
Utah	7	9	3	17
Chicago	7	12	1	15
Nashville	6	11	3	15

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	12	6	2	26
Florida	12	7	1	25
Tampa Bay	10	6	2	22
Boston	9	9	3	21
Buffalo	9	9	1	19
Detroit	8	9	2	18
Ottawa	8	10	1	17
Montreal	7	10	2	16

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Nashville Predators

Buffalo Sabres

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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