Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Thu, Mar 7, 2024 · Bridgestone Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 4

Final

Nashville Predators

The Nashville Predators beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at Bridgestone Arena. Filip Forsberg scored a hat trick. Juuse Saros made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–24.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	28
NSH	2	0	2	4	24

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:53	NSH	PP	Filip Forsberg (31) · snap	Roman Josi (47), Gustav Nyquist (37)	0–1
1st	04:23	BUF	EV	Bowen Byram (9) · snap	Rasmus Dahlin (32), Peyton Krebs (10)	1–1
1st	16:15	NSH	PP	Luke Evangelista (12) · wrist	Mark Jankowski (1), Tommy Novak (22)	1–2
3rd	01:49	NSH	EV	Filip Forsberg (32) · backhand	Gustav Nyquist (38), Ryan O'Reilly (32)	1–3
3rd	06:43	NSH	EV	Filip Forsberg (33) · wrap-around	Jeremy Lauzon (7), Gustav Nyquist (39)	1–4
3rd	12:52	BUF	EV	Owen Power (5) · wrist	Bowen Byram (13)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:50	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons	interference	2
1st	05:56	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	interference	2
1st	08:34	NSH	Roman Josi	high sticking	2
1st	14:51	BUF	Dylan Cozens	tripping	2
2nd	13:24	NSH	Alexandre Carrier	holding	2
3rd	10:45	NSH	Michael McCarron	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 1.81 · NSH 3.65 · xG% BUF 33.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Bowen Byram	D	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	1		24:58	31
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	1		26:05	31
25	Owen Power	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0		21:57	29
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	62.5	11:42	15
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	35.7	22:23	25
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	33.3	19:40	18
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	33.3	19:16	22
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		18:22	25
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		17:25	21
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	40.0	15:25	17
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0		14:36	17
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		14:00	17
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		13:54	17
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	66.7	13:17	16
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:13	15
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		12:09	19
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		11:51	15
13	Lukas Rousek	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		8:33	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Eric Comrie	L	24	20	4	.833	56:47

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Filip Forsberg	L	3	0	3	+2	0	8	1	1		19:39	22
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	3	3	+1	0	1	0	0		19:01	22
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	4		22:35	25
3	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	5	1		21:17	26
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	57.1	20:00	26
17	Mark Jankowski	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	66.7	14:57	22
82	Tommy Novak	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	12:35	17
77	Luke Evangelista	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		10:31	16
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		20:05	25
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2		19:48	25
57	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3		17:46	19
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	4	0	64.3	17:12	23
36	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0		15:33	23
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	55.6	15:32	23
2	Luke Schenn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		14:33	19
44	Kiefer Sherwood	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		14:01	20
8	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	25.0	11:06	16
15	Denis Gurianov	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7:49	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
74	Juuse Saros	W	28	26	2	.929	60:00