Nashville Predators vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, December 12, 2019 · KeyBank Center
FS-TN · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Nashville Predators 4–3 on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at KeyBank Center. The Predators outshot the Sabres 39–32.
Jack Eichel scored twice. Matt Duchene, Jimmy Vesey, Colton Sissons, Ryan Johansen and Victor Olofsson also scored.
Linus Ullmark made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Duchene (8)Kyle Turris (7)1–000:57 NSH
Jimmy Vesey (4)Rasmus Ristolainen (13)1–114:33 BUF
Colton Sissons (7)Ryan Ellis (17)2–115:32 NSH
2nd period
Jack Eichel (21)Sam Reinhart (14), Colin Miller (5)2–204:55 BUF- Jack Eichel (22)Henri Jokiharju (7), Rasmus Dahlin (16)2–314:21 BUF
Ryan Johansen (6)Filip Forsberg (11), Calle Jarnkrok (11)3–316:07 NSH
3rd period
Victor Olofsson (13)Brandon Montour (8), Sam Reinhart (15)3–408:29 BUF
Team stats
NSHBUF
3932
53%47%
0/20/1
24
1216
813
88
33
Penalties
- 17:50 into the first period
Brandon Montour · tripping2 min - 19:08 into the first periodMarco Scandella · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 7:15 into the second period
Matt Duchene · hooking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 8Kyle TurrisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:54 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:46 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25:25 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 12:19 |
| 26Daniel CarrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 07:01 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:16 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 5Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 7Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:56 |
| 57Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 74Juuse SarosG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 22:56 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:41 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:33 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:20 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 11:46 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:49 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15:18 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:57 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:13 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 07:26 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 05:28 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:34 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | – |