Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Tue, Jan 20, 2026 · Bridgestone Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

5 – 3

Final

Nashville Predators

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Nashville Predators 5–3 on Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at Bridgestone Arena. Noah Ostlund scored twice; Ryan O'Reilly scored twice. Alex Lyon made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	3	1	1	5	33
NSH	0	2	1	3	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:11	BUF	EV	Noah Ostlund (8) · wrist	Konsta Helenius (1), Rasmus Dahlin (29)	1–0
1st	11:45	BUF	EV	Noah Ostlund (9) · backhand	Konsta Helenius (2), Owen Power (12)	2–0
1st	17:24	BUF	EV	Konsta Helenius (1) · wrist	Peyton Krebs (14)	3–0
2nd	04:20	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (26) · snap	Alex Tuch (24), Josh Doan (20)	4–0
2nd	10:09	NSH	PP	Ryan O'Reilly (17) · wrist	Filip Forsberg (19), Brady Skjei (14)	4–1
2nd	11:54	NSH	EV	Filip Forsberg (19) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (29)	4–2
3rd	09:30	NSH	EV	Ryan O'Reilly (18) · wrist	Luke Evangelista (28), Filip Forsberg (20)	4–3
3rd	18:14	BUF	SH EN	Peyton Krebs (5) · wrist	Mattias Samuelsson (17)	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	13:24	BUF	Jason Zucker	tripping	2
2nd	06:20	NSH	Luke Evangelista	tripping	2
2nd	19:43	BUF	Jordan Greenway	holding	2
3rd	20:00	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	roughing	2
3rd	20:00	NSH	Ryan O'Reilly	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.55 · NSH 4.50 · xG% BUF 36.1

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
94	Konsta Helenius	C	1	2	3	+2	0	4	2	1	50.0	14:43	17
86	Noah Ostlund	C	2	0	2	+1	0	3	0	1	14.3	16:58	20
19	Peyton Krebs	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	2	0	20.0	12:31	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	5	3		28:02	28
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	2		25:53	31
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	3		23:25	28
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	42.9	15:44	23
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	63.6	13:33	20
91	Josh Doan	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		12:57	18
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		23:59	30
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	64.7	19:30	27
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-2	2	4	1	1	50.0	17:32	21
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	1		16:32	21
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	+3	0	2	0	0		15:32	18
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	33.3	11:25	17
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0		11:02	18
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		8:36	9
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		8:06	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Alex Lyon	W	34	31	3	.912	60:00

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	2	1	3	+2	2	4	0	0	42.3	20:42	24
9	Filip Forsberg	L	1	2	3	+1	0	7	1	1	100.0	19:38	23
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2		26:15	29
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	1	1	0	2	4	1	0		20:35	24
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		28:24	29
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1		20:09	24
37	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2		18:15	24
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	50.0	18:06	21
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		14:30	17
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0		13:49	20
71	Matthew Wood	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	13:33	17
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	50.0	13:28	14
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	75.0	13:28	18
36	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	5	0		13:21	14
40	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	75.0	13:19	16
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		12:39	16
89	Ozzy Wiesblatt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		11:24	13
20	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		8:22	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Justus Annunen	L	13	13	0	1.000	34:09
74	Juuse Saros	L	18	14	4	.778	23:54