Nashville Predators 3, Buffalo Sabres 4: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Nashville Predators, Nashville Predators 3 to Buffalo Sabres 4, on Friday, January 31, 2025 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators.
NHLFriday, January 31, 2025
DateJan 31, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVNHL Net
Attendance18,347
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Nashville PredatorsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
18-25-7Record20-26-5
2nd in Central DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
5-4Road record / home record4-6
WWWWWLast 5LLLWL
W7StreakL3
Team stats
Nashville PredatorsBuffalo Sabres
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.
Nashville Predators
Jonathan Marchessault RW · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBuffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Nashville Predators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Evangelista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:21 | 2:18 | 0:00 | 14:03 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Forsberg | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 18:20 | 4:54 | 0:00 | 13:26 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zachary L'Heureux | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12:56 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 11:14 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 17:55 | 4:41 | 0:00 | 13:14 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:55 | 0:19 | 1:42 | 9:54 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 83.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:53 | 2:56 | 0:00 | 8:57 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19:18 | 2:19 | 0:53 | 16:06 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:41 | 4:06 | 0:27 | 17:08 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 77.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Sissons | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:26 | 1:05 | 1:37 | 11:44 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 | 0:08 | 1:40 | 11:04 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 18:36 | 4:30 | 0:01 | 14:05 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:48 | 0:00 | 0:21 | 9:27 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14.3 | 2 | 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 | 17:13 | 0:00 | 0:01 | 17:12 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Blankenburg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:27 | 0:25 | 2:14 | 16:48 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 25:02 | 4:23 | 0:32 | 20:07 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Schenn | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:19 | 0:00 | 0:57 | 12:22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:53 | 2:59 | 1:23 | 17:31 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Wilsby | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 15:06 | 0:00 | 1:36 | 13:30 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justus Annunen | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .852 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 57:59 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | 0:55 | 3:05 | 8:39 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15:05 | 1:07 | 0:05 | 13:53 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 8:32 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:44 | 0:16 | 1:29 | 11:59 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:44 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 14:31 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 | 0:16 | 3:02 | 9:02 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14:43 | 0:16 | 2:38 | 11:49 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:33 | 2:01 | 0:00 | 16:32 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:27 | 1:55 | 0:00 | 10:32 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:07 | 1:48 | 0:00 | 15:19 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:14 | 1:12 | 2:53 | 14:09 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 | 1:49 | 0:00 | 11:59 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:33 | 0:00 | 1:19 | 11:14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:19 | 0:29 | 4:19 | 21:31 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25:39 | 2:13 | 0:47 | 22:39 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:43 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:42 | 1:15 | 2:54 | 16:33 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:38 | 0:00 | 5:23 | 16:15 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .903 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Nashville Predators vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 4-3, on Friday, January 31, 2025.
What was the final score of Nashville Predators vs Buffalo Sabres?
Nashville Predators 3, Buffalo Sabres 4.
Who were the top performers?
Nashville Predators: Brady Skjei (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Jiri Kulich (2 goals).
Where is Nashville Predators vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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