Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Jan 31, 2025 · KeyBank Center · 2024–25 Regular Season

Nashville Predators

3 – 4

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Nashville Predators 4–3 on Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at KeyBank Center. Jiri Kulich scored twice. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	2	1	0	3	31
BUF	2	1	1	4	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:25	BUF	EV	Ryan McLeod (11) · poke	Rasmus Dahlin (30), Jack Quinn (11)	0–1
1st	08:41	BUF	EV	Jiri Kulich (10) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (31), Owen Power (21)	0–2
1st	10:56	NSH	EV	Luke Evangelista (5) · tip-in	Justin Barron (3), Ryan O'Reilly (15)	1–2
1st	17:06	NSH	EV	Brady Skjei (5) · slap	Colton Sissons (8), Michael McCarron (5)	2–2
2nd	02:51	NSH	EV	Tommy Novak (9) · tip-in	Brady Skjei (14), Fedor Svechkov (3)	3–2
2nd	12:26	BUF	EV	Jason Zucker (17) · tip-in	Alex Tuch (20)	3–3
3rd	17:56	BUF	EV	Jiri Kulich (11) · wrist	Tage Thompson (20), JJ Peterka (26)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:53	NSH	Justin Barron	holding	2
1st	14:55	BUF	Jason Zucker	roughing	2
2nd	15:16	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	cross checking	2
3rd	00:15	BUF	Jiri Kulich	high sticking double minor	4
3rd	03:36	NSH	Brady Skjei	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NSH 2.88 · BUF 3.22 · xG% NSH 47.2

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
76	Brady Skjei	D	1	1	2	+1	2	1	1	1		21:53	27
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	77.8	21:41	23
20	Justin Barron	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0		17:13	21
77	Luke Evangelista	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		16:21	19
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	50.0	14:26	21
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	83.3	11:55	18
82	Tommy Novak	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		11:53	15
40	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	14.3	9:48	13
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		25:02	24
37	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		19:27	26
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	100.0	19:18	22
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	0	66.7	18:36	21
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	-2	0	5	3	0		18:20	21
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		17:55	20
83	Adam Wilsby	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		15:06	19
2	Luke Schenn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		13:19	21
68	Zachary L'Heureux	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1		12:56	15
36	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		12:52	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Justus Annunen	L	27	23	4	.852	57:59

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	2	2	0	2	2	3	3		25:39	29
20	Jiri Kulich	C	2	0	2	+2	4	2	0	1	27.3	15:44	22
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	2		20:42	28
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0		18:33	23
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		18:14	25
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	16.7	17:07	23
71	Ryan McLeod	C	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	36.4	14:43	23
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0		13:48	20
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1		12:27	18
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	4		26:19	29
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	2		21:38	28
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	6	0	69.2	15:05	20
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	33.3	13:44	20
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		12:39	17
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		12:33	18
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		12:20	17
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		10:43	15
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12.5	10:02	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00