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Saturday, March 7, 2026 (5:30 PM ET)
KeyBank Center | MSG-B
NSH
Nashville Predators
2 – 3
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
55% xGF%
45% xGF%
NSH was expected to score 3.12 goals BUF was expected to score 2.53 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG NSH BUF Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Nashville Predators Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 5:10 0.87 1 4:00 0.21 0
Even Strength 50:50 2.14 1 50:50 2.32 3
Penalty Kill 4:00 0.11 0 5:10 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 15:52 0.58 0
Up 1 11:22 0.96 0 9:51 0.51 1
Tied 22:55 0.74 1 22:55 0.90 1
Down 1 9:51 0.44 0 11:22 0.53 1
Down 2+ 15:52 0.98 1 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Zachary L'Heureux scores at 1:17 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (1-0)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 12:39 in the 2nd period 0.18 xG (1-1)
  • ► Jason Zucker scores at 14:17 in the 2nd period 0.41 xG (1-2)
  • ► Josh Doan scores at 0:16 in the 3rd period 0.19 xG (1-3)
  • ► Matthew Wood scores at 16:08 in the 3rd period 0.10 xG (2-3)
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BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
NSH Zachary L'Heureux (L) 0.64 1 0 1 16 13:26 2 +1 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.51 1 0 1 19 14:42 5 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.50 0 1 1 19 14:10 2 0 2 0
NSH Luke Evangelista (R) 0.49 0 0 0 16 15:48 3 -1 0 0
NSH Matthew Wood (R) 0.47 1 0 1 18 15:57 3 -1 0 1
NSH Filip Forsberg (L) 0.44 0 0 0 19 18:48 4 -1 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.44 1 0 1 23 16:11 3 +1 0 0
NSH Ryan O'Reilly (C) 0.43 0 1 1 23 21:20 2 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.38 1 0 1 23 18:53 4 +1 0 0
NSH Erik Haula (L) 0.21 0 0 0 21 16:12 3 0 0 0
NSH Steven Stamkos (C) 0.18 0 1 1 19 17:53 1 -1 2 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.17 0 0 0 15 09:32 2 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.10 0 1 1 27 21:19 0 +1 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.06 0 0 0 21 14:27 0 +1 2 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.06 0 1 1 21 14:46 0 +1 0 0
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.02 0 0 0 13 08:55 1 0 0 0
NSH Jonathan Marchessault (C) 0.01 0 1 1 18 17:03 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.00 0 0 0 13 09:12 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.00 0 1 1 23 16:37 0 +1 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.00 0 0 0 24 17:32 0 0 2 0
NSH Fedor Svechkov (C) 0.00 0 0 0 10 09:49 0 -1 0 0
NSH Tyson Jost (C) 0.00 0 0 0 13 10:47 0 -1 4 0
NSH Ozzy Wiesblatt (R) 0.00 0 0 0 10 09:21 0 -1 0 0
NSH Joakim Kemell (R) 0.00 0 0 0 18 15:00 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.15 0 0 0 26 23:11 1 0 0 0
NSH Nick Perbix (D) 0.09 0 0 0 25 18:41 2 0 0 0
NSH Nicolas Hague (D) 0.09 0 0 0 24 20:59 3 +1 0 0
NSH Roman Josi (D) 0.07 0 1 1 27 25:56 2 -2 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.06 0 0 0 28 23:02 2 -1 0 0
BUF Michael Kesselring (D) 0.03 0 0 0 14 10:28 1 +1 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.02 0 0 0 31 24:36 1 +1 2 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.02 0 1 1 31 24:36 1 +3 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.00 0 0 0 12 11:38 1 0 0 0
NSH Justin Barron (D) 0.00 0 0 0 16 12:49 0 0 0 0
NSH Ryan Ufko (D) 0.00 0 0 0 17 13:44 0 -1 0 0
NSH Brady Skjei (D) 0.00 0 0 0 29 21:35 0 -2 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Alex Lyon (G) +4.49% 0.920 1.1 2 23 60:00 25 W 0
NSH Juuse Saros (G) -1.97% 0.875 -0.5 3 21 58:52 24 L 0