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Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators

Regular season · Saturday, February 8, 2025 · Bridgestone Arena

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

4–6

Final

SOG 29–23

Nashville PredatorsNashvillePredatorsHome

FDSNSO · MSG-B

Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-4 on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at Bridgestone Arena. The Sabres outshot the Predators 29-23.

Brady Skjei scored twice and Filip Forsberg scored twice. Tommy Novak, Bowen Byram, Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch, Dylan Cozens and Jonathan Marchessault also scored.

Justus Annunen made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 17 of 22.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF211429
Nashville PredatorsNSH222623

Three stars

  1. ★1st starRyan O'ReillyNSH · 0G 4A
  2. ★2nd starBrady SkjeiNSH · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starRasmus DahlinBUF · 1G 1A

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+
1:22

0–2 · 1st 9:26 · Skjei. Clifton was 1:22 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceNSH on ice

0–1 NSH

1st 6:57 · Novak

Tuch 0:33

0–2 NSH

1st 9:26 · Skjei

Long shift: Clifton 1:22

1–2 BUF

1st 15:21 · Byram

Long shift: Josi 1:19

2–2 BUF

1st 18:25 · Dahlin

Stamkos 0:27

2–3 NSH

2nd 14:31 · PP · Forsberg

Bryson 0:53

2–4 NSH

2nd 15:13 · Skjei

Thompson 0:42

3–4 BUF

2nd 17:43 · Tuch

Skjei 0:55

3–5 NSH

3rd 6:58 · Forsberg

Thompson 0:34

4–5 BUF

3rd 12:30 · PP · Cozens

Long shift: Smith 1:00

4–6 NSH

3rd 19:24 · EN · Marchessault

Zucker 2:08

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

BUFNSH
29Shots on goal23
44%Faceoff %56%
1/2Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes6
22Hits33
14Blocked shots26
19Giveaways16
6Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 19:42Alex Tuch · interference2 min
  • 2nd 10:50Michael McCarron · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 10:50Dennis Gilbert · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:16Dylan Cozens · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 09:06Justin Barron · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 10:40Brady Skjei · hooking2 min

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