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Final · January 20, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres5
Nashville Predators3

Shots on goal : BUF 33 — NSH 34 · Bridgestone Arena

Three stars

BUFGame statsNSH

33Shots on goal34
45 %Faceoff win %55 %
0/1Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits27
19Blocked shots8
15Giveaways10
4Takeaways6

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF1411833
NSH8121434

Season seriesBUF 2 – 0 NSH

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 5 / 33 / 393 / 34 / 63 NSH →
Missed shot — Justin Barron (NSH), P1 04:46 · wristMissed shot — Roman Josi (NSH), P1 12:11 · wristMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 13:42 · wristMissed shot — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P1 13:56 · snapMissed shot — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P1 17:48 · wristMissed shot — Luke Evangelista (NSH), P2 00:07 · wristMissed shot — Brady Skjei (NSH), P2 00:13 · wristMissed shot — Roman Josi (NSH), P2 05:37 · slapMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 10:49 · wristMissed shot — Cole Smith (NSH), P2 11:17 · tip-inMissed shot — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P2 12:21 · tip-inMissed shot — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P2 15:02 · wristMissed shot — Justin Barron (NSH), P2 16:37 · slapMissed shot — Erik Haula (NSH), P2 16:53 · backhandMissed shot — Cole Smith (NSH), P2 17:51 · wristMissed shot — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P2 18:24 · snapMissed shot — Luke Evangelista (NSH), P2 19:04 · tip-inMissed shot — Brady Skjei (NSH), P2 19:11 · slapMissed shot — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P3 00:56 · slapMissed shot — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P3 00:57 · wristMissed shot — Jonathan Marchessault (NSH), P3 01:22 · slapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 02:15 · wristMissed shot — Nick Blankenburg (NSH), P3 04:19 · wristMissed shot — Konsta Helenius (BUF), P3 05:27 · snapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 09:22 · snapMissed shot — Erik Haula (NSH), P3 09:38 · tip-inMissed shot — Erik Haula (NSH), P3 09:39 · backhandMissed shot — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P3 15:57 · slapMissed shot — Roman Josi (NSH), P3 16:20 · snapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 17:43 · wristMissed shot — Brady Skjei (NSH), P3 18:54 · wristMissed shot — Roman Josi (NSH), P3 19:36 · tip-inMissed shot — Roman Josi (NSH), P3 19:46 · wristMissed shot — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P3 19:55 · tip-inMissed shot — Luke Evangelista (NSH), P3 19:56 · wristShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P1 02:54 · backhandShot on goal — Nick Perbix (NSH), P1 03:16 · wristShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 03:25 · backhandShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 04:06 · wristShot on goal — Michael Bunting (NSH), P1 05:23 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 05:33 · wristShot on goal — Brady Skjei (NSH), P1 06:52 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 07:18 · wristShot on goal — Konsta Helenius (BUF), P1 07:59 · wristShot on goal — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P1 08:55 · backhandShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P1 09:14 · slapShot on goal — Michael McCarron (NSH), P1 10:48 · wristShot on goal — Konsta Helenius (BUF), P1 11:43 · wristShot on goal — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P1 12:01 · wristShot on goal — Erik Haula (NSH), P1 15:17 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 17:10 · wristShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P1 17:36 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 18:31 · wristShot on goal — Cole Smith (NSH), P1 18:54 · wristShot on goal — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P2 00:23 · slapShot on goal — Roman Josi (NSH), P2 00:25 · slapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 01:06 · wristShot on goal — Nicolas Hague (NSH), P2 01:22 · backhandShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 03:00 · backhandShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 03:07 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 03:30 · wristShot on goal — Nick Blankenburg (NSH), P2 06:10 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 07:26 · wristShot on goal — Luke Evangelista (NSH), P2 08:29 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 08:57 · snapShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P2 09:18 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 09:34 · wristShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P2 10:28 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 13:39 · snapShot on goal — Fedor Svechkov (NSH), P2 14:21 · wristShot on goal — Nicolas Hague (NSH), P2 16:02 · wristShot on goal — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P2 16:03 · backhandShot on goal — Nick Blankenburg (NSH), P2 18:43 · wristShot on goal — Luke Evangelista (NSH), P2 19:48 · tip-inShot on goal — Steven Stamkos (NSH), P3 00:29 · slapShot on goal — Roman Josi (NSH), P3 01:19 · snapShot on goal — Cole Smith (NSH), P3 02:44 · tip-inShot on goal — Luke Evangelista (NSH), P3 03:44 · backhandShot on goal — Roman Josi (NSH), P3 03:52 · slapShot on goal — Roman Josi (NSH), P3 03:56 · wristShot on goal — Brady Skjei (NSH), P3 04:14 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 05:26 · snapShot on goal — Jonathan Marchessault (NSH), P3 05:44 · tip-inShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 06:05 · slapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 08:05 · snapShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P3 09:51 · wristShot on goal — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P3 11:41 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 12:30 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 12:51 · wristShot on goal — Konsta Helenius (BUF), P3 14:03 · snapShot on goal — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P3 18:53 · slapShot on goal — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P3 19:00 · wristShot on goal — Luke Evangelista (NSH), P3 19:55 · wristShot on goal — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P3 19:57 · backhandGoal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P1 08:11 · wristGoal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P1 11:45 · backhandGoal — Konsta Helenius (BUF), P1 17:24 · wristGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 04:20 · snapGoal — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P2 10:09 · wristGoal — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P2 11:54 · wristGoal — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P3 09:30 · wristGoal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 18:14 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 13:24BUFJason Zucker — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Luke Evangelista

2nd period

  • 06:20NSHLuke Evangelista — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Jordan Greenway
  • 19:43BUFJordan Greenway — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Nick Blankenburg

3rd period

  • 20:00BUFMattias Samuelsson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Ryan O'Reilly
  • 20:00NSHRyan O'Reilly — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Mattias Samuelsson

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0032015:32
J. GreenwayL0003211:02
J. ZuckerL00-25117:32
P. KrebsC1122212:31
J. QuinnR00-15016:32
B. MalenstynL0001511:25
R. McLeodC00-10019:30
T. ThompsonC1011013:33
N. OstlundC2013016:58
A. TuchR0111015:44
J. DoanR0101012:57
K. HeleniusC1224214:43
B. ByramD0002023:59
M. SamuelssonD0120025:53
O. PowerD0103023:25
R. DahlinD0120528:02
Z. MetsaD0000008:06
J. BrysonD0000008:36
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Lyon(W)31/3491.2 %60:00
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

Nashville Predators

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
F. ForsbergL1217119:38
C. SmithR00-12513:21
F. SvechkovC00-11113:19
M. McCarronC00-11313:28
E. HaulaL00-21313:28
M. BuntingL00-21012:39
M. WoodR0000113:33
L. EvangelistaR0104120:35
J. MarchessaultR0011313:49
O. WiesblattC00-10311:24
R. O'ReillyC2124020:42
S. StamkosC00-21118:06
J. BarronD00-10008:22
N. BlankenburgD00-12318:15
N. HagueD00-22120:09
N. PerbixD00-11114:30
R. JosiD0004028:24
B. SkjeiD0112026:15
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Annunen13/13100.0 %34:09
J. Saros(L)15/1978.9 %23:54

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