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Final · March 7, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.

Nashville Predators2
Buffalo Sabres3

Shots on goal : NSH 25 — BUF 24 · KeyBank Center

Three stars

NSHGame statsBUF

25Shots on goal24
61 %Faceoff win %39 %
1/3Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes8
15Hits20
11Blocked shots17
15Giveaways14
8Takeaways5

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
NSH612725
BUF213924

Season seriesNSH 0 – 2 BUF

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← NSH 2 / 25 / 403 / 24 / 43 BUF →
Missed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 00:40 · wristMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 03:01 · wrap-aroundMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 03:23 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 04:40 · snapMissed shot — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P1 07:39 · tip-inMissed shot — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P1 07:41 · snapMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P1 12:53 · wristMissed shot — Zachary L'Heureux (NSH), P1 13:18 · snapMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P1 16:28 · snapMissed shot — Nick Perbix (NSH), P1 16:48 · snapMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P1 19:00 · tip-inMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 00:47 · backhandMissed shot — Zachary L'Heureux (NSH), P2 01:54 · tip-inMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 02:06 · backhandMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 03:18 · snapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 04:09 · snapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 04:41 · backhandMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 05:05 · wristMissed shot — Jonathan Marchessault (NSH), P2 13:39 · wristMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 19:53 · tip-inMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 01:01 · wristMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 02:31 · backhandMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 03:33 · snapMissed shot — Matthew Wood (NSH), P3 04:01 · backhandMissed shot — Sam Carrick (BUF), P3 05:51 · snapMissed shot — Matthew Wood (NSH), P3 06:47 · tip-inMissed shot — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P3 06:56 · tip-inMissed shot — Nicolas Hague (NSH), P3 07:03 · slapMissed shot — Luke Evangelista (NSH), P3 09:16 · slapMissed shot — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P3 09:51 · tip-inMissed shot — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P3 13:12 · wristMissed shot — Roman Josi (NSH), P3 19:06 · wristMissed shot — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P3 19:11 · slapMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 19:52 · wristShot on goal — Nick Perbix (NSH), P1 05:24 · backhandShot on goal — Nicolas Hague (NSH), P1 10:00 · snapShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 12:44 · backhandShot on goal — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P1 15:04 · snapShot on goal — Luke Evangelista (NSH), P1 15:06 · batShot on goal — Nicolas Hague (NSH), P1 16:03 · slapShot on goal — Luke Evangelista (NSH), P1 16:06 · pokeShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 19:33 · slapShot on goal — Nick Perbix (NSH), P2 01:59 · slapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 02:38 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 03:02 · tip-inShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 04:30 · tip-inShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 04:33 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 05:58 · snapShot on goal — Steven Stamkos (NSH), P2 06:56 · snapShot on goal — Roman Josi (NSH), P2 07:01 · wristShot on goal — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P2 07:25 · slapShot on goal — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P2 07:45 · wristShot on goal — Luke Evangelista (NSH), P2 08:02 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 08:34 · snapShot on goal — Nicolas Hague (NSH), P2 09:17 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 10:45 · wristShot on goal — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P2 10:55 · snapShot on goal — Filip Forsberg (NSH), P2 13:34 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 14:15 · snapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 15:29 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 16:27 · slapShot on goal — Erik Haula (NSH), P2 18:50 · wristShot on goal — Zachary L'Heureux (NSH), P2 18:51 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 19:38 · wristShot on goal — Sam Carrick (BUF), P3 02:42 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 04:51 · snapShot on goal — Ryan O'Reilly (NSH), P3 07:31 · deflectedShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 08:40 · backhandShot on goal — Matthew Wood (NSH), P3 09:00 · snapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 09:30 · wristShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P3 09:33 · snapShot on goal — Erik Haula (NSH), P3 09:45 · snapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 11:23 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 13:02 · snapShot on goal — Erik Haula (NSH), P3 15:53 · wristShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 18:54 · snapShot on goal — Matthew Wood (NSH), P3 19:19 · slapShot on goal — Roman Josi (NSH), P3 19:25 · snapGoal — Zachary L'Heureux (NSH), P2 01:17 · wristGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 12:39 · slapGoal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 14:17 · wristGoal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 00:16 · snapGoal — Matthew Wood (NSH), P3 16:08 · tip-in

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

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 07:12NSHTyson Jost — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Peyton Krebs
  • 07:12BUFPeyton Krebs — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Tyson Jost
  • 08:43NSHSteven Stamkos — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Josh Norris

2nd period

  • 06:13BUFRyan McLeod — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Fedor Svechkov

3rd period

  • 07:09BUFMattias Samuelsson — Boarding (2 min) · drawn by Matthew Wood
  • 11:27NSHTyson Jost — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Beck Malenstyn
  • 15:55BUFJack Quinn — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Joakim Kemell

Box score

Nashville Predators

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
F. ForsbergL00-14018:48
T. JostC00-10010:47
J. KemellR0000215:00
F. SvechkovC00-10109:49
E. HaulaL0003216:12
Z. L'HeureuxL1012213:26
M. WoodR10-13015:57
L. EvangelistaR00-13015:48
J. MarchessaultR0100217:03
O. WiesblattC00-10109:21
R. O'ReillyC0102021:20
S. StamkosC01-11117:53
J. BarronD0000112:49
N. HagueD0013120:59
N. PerbixD0002118:41
R. JosiD01-22025:56
B. SkjeiD00-20021:35
R. UfkoD00-10113:44
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Annunen0/0—00:00
J. Saros(L)21/2487.5 %58:52

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0002109:32
J. NorrisC0110016:37
S. CarrickC0001208:55
J. ZuckerL1005014:42
P. KrebsC0010214:27
J. QuinnR0102214:10
B. MalenstynL0000409:12
R. McLeodC0000017:32
T. ThompsonC1014218:53
N. OstlundC0110014:46
A. TuchR0110221:19
J. DoanR1013216:11
B. ByramD0001123:11
M. KesselringD0011110:28
M. SamuelssonD0011124:36
O. PowerD00-12023:02
R. DahlinD0131024:36
Z. MetsaD0001011:38
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Lyon(W)23/2592.0 %60:00
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

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