Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Saturday, January 18, 2020 · Bridgestone Arena
FS-TN · MSG-B
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Sabres 37-31.
Goals came from Sam Reinhart, Ryan Johansen and Craig Smith.
Pekka Rinne made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 35 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sam Reinhart (17)Rasmus Dahlin (25), Jake McCabe (6)1–018:58 BUF
2nd period
Ryan Johansen (10)Roman Josi (34)1–106:05 NSH
3rd period
Craig Smith (11)Kyle Turris (13), Mattias Ekholm (21)1–213:31 NSH · PPG
Team stats
BUFNSH
31Shots on goal37
41%Faceoff %59%
0/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
14Hits17
12Blocked shots14
13Giveaways8
6Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 02:08
Colin Blackwell · tripping2 min - 1st 07:14
Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min - 2nd 09:47Calle Jarnkrok · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 00:44Yannick Weber · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:24Jack Eichel · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:14Rasmus Dahlin · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:26 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:45 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:22 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:56 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:25 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:17 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 |
| 24Lawrence PilutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:58 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | L | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 59:40 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Nashville Predators
| 8Kyle TurrisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:08 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:54 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:44 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26:52 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:26 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:15 |
| 33Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 42Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:16 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:14 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:54 |
| 5Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 7Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:46 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:15 |
| 57Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 60:00 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |