Nashville Predators vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, March 21, 2023 · KeyBank Center
MSG-B · BSSO
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-3 on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Predators 31-27.
Matt Duchene scored twice and Luke Evangelista scored twice. Philip Tomasino, Dylan Cozens, Tommy Novak, Ryan McDonagh, Tage Thompson and Jeff Skinner also scored.
Juuse Saros made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 14 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Philip Tomasino (4)Matt Duchene (33)1–011:45 NSH
Matt Duchene (20)Philip Tomasino (9), Jeremy Lauzon (8)2–018:43 NSH
2nd period
Dylan Cozens (27)JJ Peterka (18), Jack Quinn (19)2–103:36 BUF
Tommy Novak (14)Luke Evangelista (3), Tyson Barrie (36)3–104:00 NSH
Luke Evangelista (4)Tommy Novak (18), Juuse Saros (1)4–109:21 NSH- Luke Evangelista (5)Kiefer Sherwood (5)5–110:01 NSH
Ryan McDonagh (2)Luke Evangelista (4)6–115:52 NSH
Tage Thompson (43)Rasmus Dahlin (50), Victor Olofsson (10)6–217:17 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Jeff Skinner (30)Alex Tuch (35)6–307:45 BUF- Matt Duchene (21)Ryan McDonagh (15)7–317:37 NSH · EN
Team stats
NSHBUF
27Shots on goal31
56%Faceoff %44%
0/3Power play1/4
13Penalty minutes11
16Hits19
8Blocked shots9
8Giveaways5
13Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 04:54
Ryan McDonagh · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 14:42
Tage Thompson · holding2 min - 2nd 01:14Mark Jankowski · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:02Kiefer Sherwood · fighting5 min
- 2nd 04:02Tage Thompson · fighting5 min
- 2nd 06:19Craig Anderson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 16:46Dante Fabbro · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:03Colton Sissons · throwing equipment2 min
- 3rd 04:31Henri Jokiharju · high sticking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 77Luke EvangelistaR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 7 | 15:49 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 14:35 |
| 26Philip TomasinoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 13:18 |
| 82Tommy NovakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 15:30 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 44Kiefer SherwoodL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | 12:08 |
| 3Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 20:11 |
| 22Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 8Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 17Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 36Cole SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 |
| 70Egor AfanasyevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 71Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 46Jordan GrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:04 |
| 52Cal FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 57Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Kevin LankinenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 74Juuse SarosG | W | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 59:58 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:55 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 14:56 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 14:50 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:44 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 17:31 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 25:44 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:27 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 11:17 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:57 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:18 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:13 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:58 |
| 38Kale ClagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:48 |
| 61Riley StillmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 23:23 | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | L | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | 35:52 |