Buffalo Sabres 5, Nashville Predators 3: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Nashville Predators, Buffalo Sabres 5 to Nashville Predators 3, on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Nashville Predators vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLTuesday, January 20, 2026
DateJan 20, 2026
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueBridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
TVESPN+
Attendance17,159
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Nashville Predators | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresNashville Predators
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
27-17-5Record23-22-4
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Central Division
4-4Road record / home record6-5
LLWLWLast 5WWWWW
L2StreakW6
Team stats
Buffalo SabresNashville Predators
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveNashville Predators
Jonathan Marchessault RW · Lower Body
OutBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 | 0:33 | 0:42 | 14:17 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 11:32 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:02 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 10:17 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Konsta Helenius | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:43 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:31 | 0:00 | 0:07 | 12:24 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:25 | 0:00 | 1:20 | 10:05 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 19:30 | 0:37 | 2:40 | 16:13 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 64.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:58 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 15:35 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:32 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 15:54 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:33 | 1:22 | 0:00 | 12:11 | 20 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:44 | 0:35 | 2:26 | 12:43 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:32 | 1:27 | 0:00 | 16:05 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:59 | 0:24 | 2:33 | 21:02 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 28:02 | 1:36 | 1:20 | 25:06 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:06 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:25 | 0:00 | 1:26 | 21:59 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25:53 | 0:00 | 2:41 | 23:12 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .912 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bunting | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:39 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 11:14 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Evangelista | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:35 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 18:00 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Filip Forsberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:38 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 17:03 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 13:28 | 1:24 | 0:35 | 11:29 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:49 | 1:22 | 0:00 | 12:27 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 13:28 | 0:00 | 1:25 | 12:03 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20:42 | 2:36 | 0:37 | 17:29 | 24 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 13:21 | 0:00 | 1:23 | 11:58 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:06 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 15:31 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:19 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozzy Wiesblatt | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 11:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:24 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Wood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 12:08 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Barron | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Blankenburg | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 18:15 | 1:12 | 0:37 | 16:26 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Hague | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 20:09 | 0:14 | 0:38 | 19:17 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:24 | 2:34 | 0:00 | 25:50 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:30 | 0:03 | 1:22 | 13:05 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:15 | 0:00 | 1:23 | 24:52 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justus Annunen | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 34:09 | 0 | 0 |
| Juuse Saros | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .789 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 23:54 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators?
Buffalo Sabres won, 5-3, on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators?
Buffalo Sabres 5, Nashville Predators 3.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Noah Ostlund (2 goals). Nashville Predators: Ryan O'Reilly (2 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators played?
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN.
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