Game

Predators at Sabres

Sabres 3, Predators 2 · first star Alex Lyon (0 GA, .920 SV%).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Nashville Predators 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3

Predators NSH

2 FINAL 3

Sabres BUF

Saturday, March 7, 2026 · 5:30 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Predators	0	1	1	2	25
Sabres	0	2	1	3	24

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Predators attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: NSH 25, BUF 24.

NSH in red BUF in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Predators 25 shots on goal (2 goals, 15 missed, 20 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 24 shots on goal (3 goals, 19 missed, 12 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	6	0	19	2	0	12
2nd	12	1	16	13	2	28
3rd	7	1	25	9	1	15
Total	25	2	60	24	3	55

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NSH SOG	NSH G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	16	1	22	3
Power play	8	1	1	0
Short-handed	1	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Predators took 52.2% of the shot attempts, and 45.7% of the 94 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Predators hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Predators at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	38.7	47.4
2nd	63.6	58.8
3rd	37.5	46.7
Game	47.8	51.8

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

2nd period

01:17 Zachary L'Heureux (1) Jonathan Marchessault (8), Ryan O'Reilly (38) · wrist 1–0
12:39 Tage Thompson (34) Alex Tuch (29) · slap 1–1
14:17 Jason Zucker (17) Jack Quinn (27), Rasmus Dahlin (42) · wrist 1–2

3rd period

00:16 Josh Doan (19) Josh Norris (14), Noah Ostlund (13) · snap 1–3
16:08 Matthew Wood (13) PP Roman Josi (32), Steven Stamkos (20) · tip-in 2–3

Three stars

Alex Lyon BUF · G #34 · 0 GA, .920 SV%
Josh Doan BUF · R #91 · 1 G, 0 A
Tage Thompson BUF · C #72 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	07:12	NSH	Tyson Jost	roughing	2	Peyton Krebs
1st	07:12	BUF	Peyton Krebs	roughing	2	Tyson Jost
1st	08:43	NSH	Steven Stamkos	tripping	2	Josh Norris
2nd	06:13	BUF	Ryan McLeod	hooking	2	Fedor Svechkov
3rd	07:09	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	boarding	2	Matthew Wood
3rd	11:27	NSH	Tyson Jost	slashing	2	Beck Malenstyn
3rd	15:55	BUF	Jack Quinn	interference	2	Joakim Kemell

Boxscore

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Zachary L'Heureux #68	L	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	0.0	13:26
Matthew Wood #71	R	1	0	1	-1	3	0	2	0	54.5	15:57
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	78.6	21:20
Steven Stamkos #91	C	0	1	1	-1	1	1	1	2	78.6	17:53
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	17:03
Roman Josi #59	D	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	25:56
Fedor Svechkov #40	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50.0	09:49
Ozzy Wiesblatt #89	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	09:21
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0	10:47
Erik Haula #56	L	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	42.9	16:12
Filip Forsberg #9	L	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0.0	18:48
Joakim Kemell #25	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	15:00
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	15:48
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	21:35
Justin Barron #20	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	12:49
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0.0	18:41
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	+1	3	1	2	0	0.0	20:59
Ryan Ufko #85	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	13:44

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Juuse Saros #74	L	24	21	3	.875	19/22	1/1	58:52

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	0	1	+1	4	2	1	0	33.3	18:53
Jason Zucker #17	L	1	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0.0	14:42
Josh Doan #91	R	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	0.0	16:11
Josh Norris #9	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	45.5	16:37
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	14:46
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0.0	21:19
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	0.0	14:10
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	1	1	+3	1	0	0	0	0.0	24:36
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	33.3	14:27
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	30.8	17:32
Sam Carrick #10	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	50.0	08:55
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	50.0	09:12
Zach Benson #6	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	09:32
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	23:11
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	0.0	24:36
Michael Kesselring #8	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	0.0	10:28
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0.0	23:02
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	11:38

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	W	25	23	2	.920	15/16	7/8	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.