Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators

Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 2015 · Bridgestone Arena

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0–3

Final

SOG 24–43

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Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Sabres 43-24.

Goals came from Taylor Beck, Craig Smith and Mike Fisher.

Pekka Rinne made 24 saves on 24 shots for the win; Matt Hackett stopped 40 of 43.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	0	0	24
NSH	0	1	2	3	43

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Taylor Beck (7)Shea Weber (30), Matt Cullen (16)0–114:52 NSH · PPG

3rd period

Craig Smith (23)Ryan Ellis (16), Matt Cullen (17)0–205:49 NSH
Mike Fisher (17)Viktor Stalberg (6), Ryan Ellis (17)0–315:01 NSH

Team stats

BUFNSH

24Shots on goal43

37%Faceoff %63%

0/4Power play1/1

2Penalty minutes8

17Hits15

12Blocked shots10

9Giveaways11

7Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 00:31Roman Josi · interference2 min
1st 17:50Craig Smith · high sticking double minor4 min
2nd 14:48Johan Larsson · holding the stick2 min
3rd 19:57Mattias Ekholm · tripping2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	33	16:27
19Cody HodgsonC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	16:19
20Zac DalpeC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	75	10:05
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	24	21:00
25Mikhail GrigorenkoC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	53	12:47
26Matt MoulsonL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	19:30
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	36	10:29
44Nicolas DeslauriersL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	12:59
49Jerry D'AmigoR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:46
63Tyler EnnisC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	24:08
82Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	–	17:40
84Phil VaroneC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	25	14:53
6Mike WeberD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	20:03
24Tyson StrachanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	17:42
41Andrej MeszarosD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	17:50
51Nikita ZadorovD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	15:37
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	–	24:23
61Andre BenoitD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	19:25

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Matt HackettG	L	43	40	3	.930	59:53
35Anders LindbackG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

7Matt CullenC	0	2	2	+1	3	0	1	0	80	11:09
4Ryan EllisD	0	2	2	+2	3	0	0	0	–	18:26
12Mike FisherC	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	50	17:14
15Craig SmithC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	4	–	17:29
25Viktor StalbergL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	13:45
41Taylor BeckL	1	0	1	0	4	2	2	0	–	12:14
6Shea WeberD	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	–	25:11
9Filip ForsbergL	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	–	16:23
10Mike SantorelliC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	13:04
19Calle JarnkrokC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	38	14:15
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100	11:31
38Viktor ArvidssonL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:52
57Gabriel BourqueL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	15:10
63Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	52	18:45
3Seth JonesD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:31
14Mattias EkholmD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	2	2	–	19:23
44Cody FransonD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	15:47
59Roman JosiD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	23:48

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Carter HuttonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Pekka RinneG	W	24	24	0	1.000	60:00