Buffalo Sabres @ Nashville Predators

BUF

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

18-14-4, 7-9-2 Away

NSH

Nashville PredatorsPredatorsNSH

16-16-4, 10-9-2 Home

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Lyon	9	6	3	1	2.87	.907
U. Luukkonen	5	5	1	0	2.73	.892
C. Ellis	4	3	0	0	3.25	.895

Predators

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Saros	14	11	3	0	2.92	.899
J. Annunen	2	5	1	0	3.43	.871

Bridgestone Arena

Bridgestone Arena

1:00 AM, 21 January 2026

Nashville, TN

BUF

NSH

Points

Tage ThompsonC #72

Ryan O'ReillyC #90

Goals

Tage ThompsonC #72

Filip ForsbergLW #9

Assists

Rasmus DahlinD #26

Ryan O'ReillyC #90

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Tyson Kozak C	OUT	27 Dec
Conor Timmins D	IR	5 Feb
Colten Ellis G	IR	27 Dec
Jason Zucker LW	IR	27 Dec

Nashville Predators

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jonathan Marchessault RW	OUT	27 Dec

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
BUF	3.03	3.25	28.3	29.7	341	22	20.2	16	84.5	3	0
NSH	2.81	3.36	28.1	28.4	314	21	18.6	20	82.6	1	0

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/24/25	@OTT	W3-2 OT
12/22/25	@NJ	W3-1
12/20/25	vsNYI	W3-2 SO
12/19/25	vsPHI	W5-3
12/15/25	@SEA	W3-1

Predators Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/24/25	@MIN	W3-2 OT
12/22/25	vsNYR	W2-1
12/21/25	vsTOR	W5-3
12/18/25	vsCAR	L4-1
12/16/25	@STL	W5-2

Regular Season Series

Series starts 1/20

Sabres
Predators

Game 1

21/1

Predators
Sabres

Game 2

7/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	5	45
Tampa Bay	20	13	3	43
Florida	20	14	2	42
Ottawa	18	13	5	41
Boston	20	17	1	41
Buffalo	18	14	4	40
Toronto	16	15	5	37

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	27	2	7	61
Dallas	25	7	6	56
Minnesota	22	10	6	50
Utah	18	18	3	39
Nashville	16	16	4	36
St. Louis	14	16	8	36
Winnipeg	15	17	3	33
Chicago	13	17	6	32

Kraken play the Flyers on 3-game winning streak

Kraken play the Flyers on 3-game winning streak

Philadelphia Flyers (19-10-7, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Seattle Kraken (15-14-6, in the Pacific Division)

Will Zellers leads U.S. past Germany in world juniors opener

Will Zellers leads U.S. past Germany in world juniors opener

Will Zellers scored twice and added an assist as the United States beat Germany 6-3 in both team's opening game of the World Junior Championships on Friday.

ECHL postpones 13 games after players go on strike

ECHL postpones 13 games after players go on strike

The ECHL postponed 13 games Friday after players went on strike, causing a work stoppage in the North American development minor hockey league two tiers below the NHL.

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