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Saturday, February 8, 2025 (8:00 PM ET)
Bridgestone Arena | FDSNSO
Buffalo Sabres BUF
4-6
Final
NSH Nashville Predators
57% xGF Expected Goals Share 43% xGF
BUF was expected to score 3.13 goals NSH was expected to score 2.34 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 2 Cumulative xG BUF NSH Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Tommy Novak scores at 6:57 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (0-1)
  • Brady Skjei scores at 9:26 in the 1st period 0.10 xG (0-2)
  • ► Bowen Byram scores at 15:21 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-2)
  • ► Rasmus Dahlin scores at 18:25 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (2-2) End of Period 1
  • Filip Forsberg scores at 14:31 in the 2nd period 0.15 xG (2-3)
  • ► Brady Skjei scores at 15:13 in the 2nd period 0.17 xG (2-4)
  • Alex Tuch scores at 17:43 in the 2nd period 0.08 xG (3-4) End of Period 2
  • ► Filip Forsberg scores at 6:58 in the 3rd period 0.08 xG (3-5)
  • ► Dylan Cozens scores at 12:30 in the 3rd period 0.07 xG (4-5)
  • Jonathan Marchessault scores at 19:24 in the 3rd period (4-6) End of Game
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xG by State
Buffalo Sabres
Nashville Predators
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 5:09 0.62 1 2:52 0.59 1
Even Strength 51:59 2.49 3 51:59 1.59 4
Short-Handed 2:52 0.02 0 5:09 0.15 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 14:33 0.26 0
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 22:24 1.12 3
Tied 23:03 0.97 0 23:03 0.96 2
Down 1 22:24 1.17 1 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 14:33 1.00 3 0:00 0.00 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.48 0 1 1 18 11:44 2 +1 0 0
BUF JJ Peterka (R) 0.43 0 0 0 22 19:07 1 -4 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.36 0 0 0 23 18:59 3 -4 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.32 0 0 0 17 15:21 4 0 0 0
NSH Filip Forsberg (L) 0.30 2 0 2 27 18:08 3 +2 0 1
NSH Fedor Svechkov (C) 0.27 0 0 0 6 06:45 1 -1 0 0
NSH Steven Stamkos (C) 0.20 0 0 0 21 16:03 0 -1 0 0
BUF Jiri Kulich (C) 0.19 0 0 0 22 15:01 1 -3 0 0
NSH Michael McCarron (C) 0.19 0 0 0 25 16:16 0 0 2 0
NSH Ozzy Wiesblatt (R) 0.17 0 0 0 18 13:06 1 +1 0 0
NSH Tommy Novak (C) 0.17 1 0 1 16 10:41 2 +1 0 0
BUF Sam Lafferty (C) 0.16 0 0 0 14 09:05 2 +1 0 0
NSH Ryan O'Reilly (C) 0.15 0 4 4 24 17:12 2 +1 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.14 0 0 0 26 18:56 2 0 0 0
NSH Colton Sissons (C) 0.13 0 0 0 24 17:50 1 +1 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.11 1 2 3 25 17:50 2 0 2 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.10 1 0 1 20 15:58 1 -1 2 1
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.08 0 1 1 29 21:09 1 +2 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.07 0 1 1 23 19:27 2 0 0 0
NSH Cole Smith (R) 0.06 0 0 0 25 16:47 1 -1 0 0
NSH Joakim Kemell (R) 0.01 0 0 0 10 08:57 1 +1 0 0
NSH Jonathan Marchessault (C) 0.00 1 3 4 27 18:10 1 +3 0 0
NSH Gustav Nyquist (R) 0.00 0 0 0 21 17:21 0 -1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.35 1 1 2 31 23:20 2 +1 0 0
NSH Brady Skjei (D) 0.31 2 0 2 27 22:26 3 +1 2 0
NSH Roman Josi (D) 0.27 0 1 1 28 25:37 3 +2 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.16 0 1 1 29 23:02 3 -2 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.11 1 1 2 29 24:02 1 +2 0 0
NSH Kevin Gravel (D) 0.08 0 0 0 24 17:01 3 0 0 0
NSH Justin Barron (D) 0.06 0 0 0 19 16:26 1 -1 2 0
BUF Connor Clifton (D) 0.05 0 0 0 16 11:05 1 -1 0 0
BUF Dennis Gilbert (D) 0.02 0 0 0 12 08:28 1 0 2 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 13:00 0 -2 0 0
NSH Nick Blankenburg (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 18:08 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 18 11:56 0 -1 0 0
NSH Luke Schenn (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 17:53 0 +2 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
NSH Justus Annunen (G) -1.73% 0.862 -0.9 4 25 59:23 29 W 0
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -8.31% 0.773 -2.7 5 17 58:15 22 L 0