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Nashville Predators vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Nashville PredatorsNashvillePredatorsAway

2–3

Final

SOG 25–24

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

FDSNSO · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Predators outshot the Sabres 25-24.

Goals came from Zachary L'Heureux, Tage Thompson, Jason Zucker, Josh Doan and Matthew Wood.

Alex Lyon made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 21 of 24.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH011225
Buffalo SabresBUF021324

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex LyonBUF · .920 SV%
  2. ★2nd starJosh DoanBUF · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starTage ThompsonBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

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+
1:14

2–3 · 3rd 16:08 · Wood. McLeod was 1:14 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNSH on iceBUF on ice

1–0 NSH

2nd 1:17 · L'Heureux

Zucker 0:55

1–1 BUF

2nd 12:39 · Thompson

Long shift: Svechkov 1:01

1–2 BUF

2nd 14:17 · Zucker

Forsberg 0:48

1–3 BUF

3rd 0:16 · Doan

Stamkos 0:16

2–3 NSH

3rd 16:08 · Wood

Long shift: McLeod 1:14

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

NSHBUF
25Shots on goal24
61%Faceoff %39%
1/3Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes8
15Hits20
11Blocked shots17
15Giveaways14
8Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 07:12Tyson Jost · roughing2 min
  • 1st 07:12Peyton Krebs · roughing2 min
  • 1st 08:43Steven Stamkos · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 06:13Ryan McLeod · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 07:09Mattias Samuelsson · boarding2 min
  • 3rd 11:27Tyson Jost · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 15:55Jack Quinn · interference2 min

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