Predators vs. Sabres (Mar 7, 2026)

Forward Matchup

R. O'Reilly

NSH C #90

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

22

Goals

33

59

Points

64

120

Shots on Goal

216

Defenseman Matchup

R. Josi

NSH D #59

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

41

Points

53

76

Blocks

70

17

Hits

55

Goalie Matchup

J. Saros

NSH G #74

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

21

Wins

16

.892

Save Pct

.914

3.19

Goals Against Avg

2.66

NSH

Team Stats

BUF

2.89

Goals per Game

3.38

3.44

Goals Against per Game

3

28.49

Shots per Game

27.97

29.21

Shots Against per Game

30.16

22.9

Power Play Pct

19.9

80.4

Penalty Kill Pct

82.9

.882

Save Pct

.901

NSH

Injuries

BUF

Ryan O'Reilly

C

Day to day (Face)

C

Jiri Kulich

Out (Ear)

Adam Wilsby

D

Out (Lower-body)

RW

Justin Danforth

Out (Lower Body)

D

Conor Timmins

Out (Leg)

LW

Jordan Greenway

Out (Abdomen)

2025-26 Central Division

NSHBUF

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	41	10	9	91	81
Stars	38	14	9	85	47
Wild	36	16	10	82	29
Mammoth	32	25	4	68	24
Predators	27	26	8	62	-31
Jets	24	26	10	58	-15
Blackhawks	23	28	10	56	-32
Blues	22	29	9	53	-52

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	38	17	4	80	52
Sabres	36	19	6	78	26
Red Wings	35	20	6	76	-1
Canadiens	33	18	9	75	13
Bruins	34	21	5	73	14
Senators	29	22	9	67	8
Maple Leafs	27	24	10	64	-16
Panthers	30	28	3	63	-19

NSH

Last 5

BUF

Tue, Mar 3

Tue, Mar 3

Mon, Mar 2

Sat, Feb 28

Sat, Feb 28

Fri, Feb 27

Thu, Feb 26

Wed, Feb 25

Thu, Feb 5

Thu, Feb 5

Game Info

March 7, 2026

ESPN+

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

G

30

S. Stamkos

A

38

L. Evangelista

GWG

9

S. Stamkos

SV%

.892

J. Saros

Season

Career vs BUF

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Juuse Saros J. Saros	46	46	21	18	6	1,296	1,156	.892	140	3.19	0	2634
	Justus Annunen J. Annunen	20	15	6	8	2	472	418	.886	54	3.15	0	1027

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Juuse Saros J. Saros	11	10	3	6	1	300	265	.883	35	3.66	0	573
	Justus Annunen J. Annunen	3	2	1	1	0	69	61	.884	8	3.17	0	152

Team Leaders

G

33

T. Thompson

A

41

R. Dahlin

GWG

4

T. Thompson

SV%

.914

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs NSH

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	55	23	25	48	-11	34	4	11	0	0	7	2	167	13.8	331	630	52.5	57	21	12	30	18:52
Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	20	8	17	25	+7	4	0	3	1	1	0	0	45	17.8	201	357	56.3	4	7	15	6	19:13
Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	17	12	5	17	+9	2	2	0	1	0	3	1	66	18.2	1	2	50.0	27	9	8	13	18:11
Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	17	6	8	14	-2	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	50	12.0	24	57	42.1	16	2	7	18	17:38
Roman Josi R. Josi	22	1	12	13	0	6	1	7	0	0	0	0	66	1.5	0	0	0	17	40	5	16	25:25
Brady Skjei B. Skjei	24	5	7	12	+12	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	40	12.5	0	0	0	33	32	7	17	20:02
Erik Haula E. Haula	20	4	5	9	-2	12	1	1	1	2	1	0	33	12.1	119	194	61.3	25	9	3	8	14:43
Luke Evangelista L. Evangelista	5	4	3	7	+4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	23.5	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	15:03
Michael Bunting M. Bunting	14	2	3	5	-7	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	19	10.5	2	2	100.0	11	0	6	12	14:29
Tyson Jost T. Jost	10	2	1	3	+3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	30	6.7	15	38	39.5	8	3	3	0	14:43
Justin Barron J. Barron	8	1	1	2	-4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	8	12	1	4	15:26
Nick Blankenburg N. Blankenburg	5	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	8	9	2	3	18:41
Nick Perbix N. Perbix	11	1	1	2	+5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	11	4	1	7	14:52
Nicolas Hague N. Hague	9	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	11	17	0	3	17:51
Ozzy Wiesblatt O. Wiesblatt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	12:15
Adam Wilsby A. Wilsby	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	15:06
Zachary L'Heureux Z. L'Heureux	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	12:56
Matthew Wood M. Wood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	1	1	0	0	13:33

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	36	15	8	23	-7	6	2	3	0	3	91	16.5	2	8	25.0	38	14	14	16	16:03
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	18	1	14	15	+1	4	0	3	0	0	44	2.3	9	25	36.0	21	10	14	8	16:22
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	13	1	9	10	+3	10	0	1	0	0	22	4.5	0	0	0	26	28	9	17	23:46
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	9	4	2	6	-3	9	1	0	0	1	23	17.4	30	52	57.7	8	2	7	7	15:39
Bowen Byram B. Byram	9	3	3	6	+1	0	0	0	0	1	16	18.8	0	0	0	9	14	2	8	22:42
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	7	2	3	5	+2	2	0	1	0	0	13	15.4	14	42	33.3	12	3	1	3	13:33
Owen Power O. Power	7	1	4	5	-6	0	0	2	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	0	2	10	2	4	22:32
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	5	1	3	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	14:55
Josh Doan J. Doan	4	1	3	4	+2	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	13:12
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	6	1	3	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	19	33	57.6	9	0	1	1	12:40
Josh Norris J. Norris	5	1	2	3	-2	0	0	1	0	0	11	9.1	46	83	55.4	13	7	1	4	17:33
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	9	1	2	3	-3	2	0	1	0	0	10	10.0	56	117	47.9	3	2	4	10	15:06
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	13	1	1	2	-3	9	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	2	9	22.2	16	6	5	5	13:40
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	5	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	0	1	6	33.3	3	6	50.0	13	4	1	2	11:54
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	6	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	5	6	4	0	14:29
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	5	0	2	2	+3	2	0	0	1	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	10	12	2	2	22:39
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	1	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7	1	7	14.3	0	1	0	1	16:58
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	2	2	0	2	-1	4	0	0	0	1	3	66.7	6	20	30.0	0	4	1	0	15:23
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	3	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	6	5	2	4	17:03
Zach Benson Z. Benson	5	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	13:28
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	7	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	2	4	0	5	12:43
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	12.5	1	1	0	1	10:02
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8:06

Predators NSH

Sabres BUF

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Central Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	29	27	16	8	3	836	764	.914	72	2.66	2	1622
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	23	22	13	7	2	619	562	.908	57	2.62	0	1307
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	13	12	7	4	1	367	329	.896	38	3.11	0	732

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	5	4	2	2	0	129	116	.899	13	3.01	0	259
	Alex Lyon A. Lyon	4	4	3	1	0	142	132	.930	10	2.50	0	240