Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators

Regular season · Saturday, March 31, 2018 · Bridgestone Arena

BuffaloSabresAway

7–4

Final

SOG 36–36

NashvillePredatorsHome

FS-TN · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Nashville Predators 7-4 on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at Bridgestone Arena.

Kyle Okposo scored twice and Sam Reinhart scored a hat trick. Jason Pominville, P.K. Subban, Austin Watson, Kyle Turris, Ryan O'Reilly and Nick Bonino also scored.

Chad Johnson made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 23 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	5	1	7	36
NSH	2	2	0	4	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jason Pominville (13)Zemgus Girgensons (8), Jack Eichel (33)1–000:43 BUF
P.K. Subban (16)Roman Josi (38), Ryan Johansen (37)1–102:59 NSH · PPG
Austin Watson (13)Mattias Ekholm (23), Nick Bonino (13)1–217:00 NSH

2nd period

Kyle Turris (16)Craig Smith (25), Kevin Fiala (25)1–302:00 NSH
Ryan O'Reilly (22)Jack Eichel (34), Rasmus Ristolainen (31)2–305:45 BUF · PPG
Kyle Okposo (12)Evan Rodrigues (14), Casey Mittelstadt (2)3–307:20 BUF
Nick Bonino (12)Ryan Ellis (20), Austin Watson (5)3–412:50 NSH
Sam Reinhart (21)Rasmus Ristolainen (32), Jack Eichel (35)4–415:04 BUF · PPG
Sam Reinhart (22)Ryan O'Reilly (34), Jack Eichel (36)5–417:18 BUF · PPG
Kyle Okposo (13)Rasmus Ristolainen (33), Jack Eichel (37)6–419:00 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Sam Reinhart (23)Ryan O'Reilly (35)7–408:17 BUF

Team stats

BUFNSH

36Shots on goal36

39%Faceoff %61%

4/9Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes37

12Hits20

10Blocked shots8

8Giveaways10

5Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 02:07Kyle Okposo · tripping2 min
1st 13:41Ryan Johansen · slashing2 min
2nd 04:37Kyle Turris · hooking2 min
2nd 14:09Scott Hartnell · boarding5 min
2nd 14:09Scott Hartnell · game misconduct10 min
3rd 04:56Zemgus Girgensons · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 05:32Benoit Pouliot · slashing2 min
3rd 05:58Kevin Fiala · high sticking2 min
3rd 09:24Mike Fisher · tripping2 min
3rd 15:36Brendan Guhle · interference2 min
3rd 19:08Austin Watson · slashing2 min
3rd 19:08Austin Watson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 19:08Austin Watson · misconduct10 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

15Jack EichelC	0	5	5	-1	5	0	1	0	11	19:37
23Sam ReinhartC	3	0	3	+1	5	1	2	0	–	18:06
90Ryan O'ReillyC	1	2	3	+1	5	0	1	0	38	22:45
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	–	28:05
21Kyle OkposoR	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	–	16:07
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	2	100	12:11
29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	15:40
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	38	13:59
71Evan RodriguesC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	50	14:48
13Nick BaptisteR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:01
20Scott WilsonC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	16:14
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	71	14:30
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	10:50
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	22:26
8Casey NelsonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	19:58
41Justin FalkD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	12:39
45Brendan GuhleD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	–	17:07
93Victor AntipinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:05

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Chad JohnsonG	W	36	32	4	.889	60:00
32Adam WilcoxG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

13Nick BoninoC	1	1	2	+1	1	1	1	0	67	17:43
51Austin WatsonL	1	1	2	+1	3	1	1	14	–	17:05
8Kyle TurrisC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	73	17:25
15Craig SmithC	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	100	14:41
22Kevin FialaL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	13:15
92Ryan JohansenC	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	55	18:28
4Ryan EllisD	0	1	1	+1	6	0	1	0	–	24:27
14Mattias EkholmD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	20:16
59Roman JosiD	0	1	1	+1	5	1	0	0	–	25:01
76P.K. SubbanD	1	0	1	-3	2	2	1	0	–	22:13
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	+2	1	2	0	0	64	16:10
11Eeli TolvanenR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:34
12Mike FisherC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	2	50	13:18
17Scott HartnellL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	15	–	06:15
33Viktor ArvidssonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:22
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	–	13:56
2Anthony BitettoD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	15:08
25Alexei EmelinD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	14:39

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Pekka RinneG	L	29	23	6	.793	40:00
74Juuse SarosG		7	6	1	.857	17:04