Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators

NHL

Sabres

27-17-5, 59 PTS

5-3

Final

Predators

23-22-4, 50 PTS

Bridgestone Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftNSH shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	14	11	8	33
NSH	8	12	14	34

In net

Alex Lyon31/34 SV, .912

Juuse Saros15/19 SV, .789

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	3	1	1	5
NSH	0	2	1	3

Who won: Sabres 5-3

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at Bridgestone Arena. The Sabres lead the series 1-0. The Sabres outscored the Predators 3-0 in the 1st period. Noah Ostlund led the Sabres in goals (2). Ryan O'Reilly led the Predators in goals (2).

BUF

NSH

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Michael BuntingLW	0	0	0	-2	12:39	1:25	0:00	11:14	16	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Luke EvangelistaRW	0	1	0	0	20:35	2:35	0:00	18:00	24	0	7	1	4	3	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Filip ForsbergLW	1	1	0	1	19:38	2:35	0:00	17:03	23	1	19	2	7	5	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Erik HaulaLW	0	3	0	-2	13:28	1:24	0:35	11:29	18	0	8	0	1	3	6	2	75.0	1	0	0
Jonathan MarchessaultRW	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
Michael McCarronC	0	3	0	-1	13:28	0:00	1:25	12:03	14	0	2	0	1	0	6	6	50.0	0	0	0
Ryan O'ReillyC	0	0	4	2	20:42	2:36	0:37	17:29	24	2	18	1	4	4	11	15	42.3	0	1	2
Cole SmithRW	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
Steven StamkosC	0	1	0	-2	18:06	2:35	0:00	15:31	21	0	24	0	1	0	2	2	50.0	0	0	0
Fedor SvechkovC	0	1	0	-1	13:19	0:00	0:00	13:19	16	0	2	0	1	0	6	2	75.0	1	0	0
Ozzy WiesblattC	0	3	1	-1	11:24	0:00	0:00	11:24	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Matthew WoodRW	1	1	0	0	13:33	1:25	0:00	12:08	17	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Justin BarronD	0	0	-1	8:22	0:00	0:00	8:22	13	0	0	0	2	1
Nick BlankenburgD	2	3	-1	18:15	1:12	0:37	16:26	24	5	0	2	1	0
Nicolas HagueD	1	1	-2	20:09	0:14	0:38	19:17	24	2	0	2	0	1
Roman JosiD	1	0	0	28:24	2:34	0:00	25:50	29	8	0	4	5	2
Nick PerbixD	0	1	-1	14:30	0:03	1:22	13:05	17	3	0	1	0	0
Brady SkjeiD	2	0	1	26:15	0:00	1:23	24:52	29	1	1	2	3	2