Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Sat, Feb 8, 2025 · Bridgestone Arena · 2024–25 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 6

Final

Nashville Predators

The Nashville Predators beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–4 on Sat, Feb 8, 2025 at Bridgestone Arena. Brady Skjei scored twice; Filip Forsberg scored twice. Justus Annunen made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	1	1	4	29
NSH	2	2	2	6	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:57	NSH	EV	Tommy Novak (11) · wrist	Unassisted	0–1
1st	09:26	NSH	EV	Brady Skjei (6) · tip-in	Ryan O'Reilly (17), Jonathan Marchessault (25)	0–2
1st	15:21	BUF	EV	Bowen Byram (7) · snap	Jason Zucker (23), Alex Tuch (23)	1–2
1st	18:25	BUF	EV	Rasmus Dahlin (7) · wrist	Zach Benson (9), Ryan McLeod (16)	2–2
2nd	14:31	NSH	PP	Filip Forsberg (20) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (18), Roman Josi (28)	2–3
2nd	15:13	NSH	EV	Brady Skjei (7) · snap	Ryan O'Reilly (19), Jonathan Marchessault (26)	2–4
2nd	17:43	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (19) · wrist	Bowen Byram (22), Rasmus Dahlin (35)	3–4
3rd	06:58	NSH	EV	Filip Forsberg (21) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (20), Jonathan Marchessault (27)	3–5
3rd	12:30	BUF	PP	Dylan Cozens (11) · wrist	Alex Tuch (24), Owen Power (23)	4–5
3rd	19:24	NSH	SH EN	Jonathan Marchessault (17) · wrist	Unassisted	4–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	19:42	BUF	Alex Tuch	interference	2
2nd	10:50	NSH	Michael McCarron	roughing	2
2nd	10:50	BUF	Dennis Gilbert	roughing	2
2nd	14:16	BUF	Dylan Cozens	roughing	2
3rd	09:06	NSH	Justin Barron	tripping	2
3rd	10:40	NSH	Brady Skjei	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.36 · NSH 2.69 · xG% BUF 55.5

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	2	3	0	2	2	1	1		17:50	25
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	1	2	+2	0	1	3	1		24:02	29
4	Bowen Byram	D	1	1	2	+1	0	2	2	1		23:20	31
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	-2	0	3	1	1		23:02	29
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	47.8	21:09	29
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	33.3	19:27	23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	-1	2	1	3	1	50.0	15:58	20
9	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		11:44	18
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-4	0	1	3	0		19:07	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-4	0	3	1	1	33.3	18:59	23
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	36.4	18:56	26
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		15:21	17
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	3	33.3	15:01	22
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		13:00	20
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		11:56	18
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		11:05	16
81	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	100.0	9:05	14
8	Dennis Gilbert	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2		8:28	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	22	17	5	.773	58:15

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	1	3	4	+3	0	1	1	0	100.0	18:10	27
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	4	4	+1	0	2	0	0	58.8	17:12	24
76	Brady Skjei	D	2	0	2	+1	2	3	1	1		22:26	27
9	Filip Forsberg	L	2	0	2	+2	0	3	6	1		18:08	27
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	3		25:37	28
82	Tommy Novak	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		10:41	16
37	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		18:08	27
2	Luke Schenn	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	11	3		17:53	27
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	56.3	17:50	24
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		17:21	21
5	Kevin Gravel	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2		17:01	24
36	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		16:47	25
20	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	5		16:26	19
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	52.9	16:16	25
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	50.0	16:03	21
89	Ozzy Wiesblatt	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		13:06	18
25	Joakim Kemell	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		8:57	10
40	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	50.0	6:45	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Justus Annunen	W	29	25	4	.862	59:23