Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Monday, December 3, 2018 · Bridgestone Arena
SN · FS-TN · MSG-B
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Monday, December 3, 2018 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Sabres 25–22.
Goals came from Ryan Ellis, Sam Reinhart and Kevin Fiala.
Pekka Rinne made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 23 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Ellis (2)Roman Josi (14), Ryan Johansen (19)0–116:25 NSH ·
2nd period
Sam Reinhart (7)Unassisted1–105:20 BUF
Kevin Fiala (5)Craig Smith (7), Mattias Ekholm (14)1–216:34 NSH
Team stats
BUFNSH
2225
48%52%
0/41/2
48
1724
1615
167
610
Penalties
- 11:41 into the first period
Miikka Salomaki · holding2 min - 15:04 into the first period
Nathan Beaulieu · tripping2 min - 1:50 into the second periodDan Hamhuis · tripping2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodAustin Watson · hooking2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodRyan Hartman · tripping2 min
- 18:19 into the second periodJeff Skinner · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:31 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 21:59 |
| 10Patrik BerglundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:47 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:17 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:16 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:13 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:34 |
| 81Remi ElieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:13 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:48 |
| 24Lawrence PilutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:51 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:53 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | L | 25 | 2 | .920 |
Nashville Predators
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 21:25 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 24:32 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:25 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 25:46 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 11Eeli TolvanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 20Miikka SalomakiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:37 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:23 |
| 5Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:42 |
| 7Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:43 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | – |