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Nashville Predators vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, January 31, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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3–4

Final

SOG 31–27

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Friday, January 31, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Predators outshot the Sabres 31-27.

Jiri Kulich scored twice. Ryan McLeod, Luke Evangelista, Brady Skjei, Tommy Novak and Jason Zucker also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Justus Annunen stopped 23 of 27.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH210331
Buffalo SabresBUF211427

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJiri KulichBUF · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starRasmus DahlinBUF · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starJason ZuckerBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:00

3–3 · 2nd 12:26 · Zucker. Forsberg was 1:00 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNSH on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 2:25 · McLeod

Skjei 0:35

0–2 BUF

1st 8:41 · Kulich

Schenn 0:11

1–2 NSH

1st 10:56 · Evangelista

McLeod 0:22

2–2 NSH

1st 17:06 · Skjei

McLeod 0:35

3–2 NSH

2nd 2:51 · Novak

McLeod 0:26

3–3 BUF

2nd 12:26 · Zucker

Long shift: Forsberg 1:00

3–4 BUF

3rd 17:56 · Kulich

Josi 0:50

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

NSHBUF
31Shots on goal27
64%Faceoff %36%
0/4Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes8
25Hits23
8Blocked shots16
16Giveaways13
8Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 05:53Justin Barron · holding2 min
  • 1st 14:55Jason Zucker · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 15:16Rasmus Dahlin · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 00:15Jiri Kulich · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 3rd 03:36Brady Skjei · interference2 min

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