National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Nashville 6, Buffalo 4
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 8, 2025
Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Jordan Samuels-Thomas
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Travis Gawryletz
Attendance: 17159
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 2114
Nashville 2226
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:57 - Predators Tommy Novak (EV) Unassisted
9:26 - Predators Brady Skjei (EV) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly , Jonathan Marchessault
15:21 - Sabres Bowen Byram (EV) Assists: Jason Zucker , Alex Tuch
18:25 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) Assists: Zach Benson , Ryan McLeod
Penalties
19:42 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
14:31 - Predators Filip Forsberg (PP) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly , Roman Josi
15:13 - Predators Brady Skjei (EV) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly , Jonathan Marchessault
17:43 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Bowen Byram , Rasmus Dahlin
Penalties
10:50 - Predators Michael McCarron (2) Roughing
 10:50 - Sabres Dennis Gilbert (2) Roughing
 14:16 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
6:58 - Predators Filip Forsberg (EV) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly , Jonathan Marchessault
12:30 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (PP) Assists: Alex Tuch , Owen Power
19:24 - Predators Jonathan Marchessault (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
9:06 - Predators Justin Barron (2) Tripping
 10:40 - Predators Brady Skjei (2) Hooking
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 58:15 52:36 3:24 2:15 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 1 1 2 +1 0 2 31 23:20 21:47 0:00 1:33 0 0 2 1 - - -
Dennis Gilbert D 0 0 0 E 2 1 12 8:28 8:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 18 11:44 10:01 0:46 0:57 0 0 1 - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20 13:00 13:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 23 19:27 16:47 2:40 0:00 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 0 2 26 18:56 17:54 0:00 1:02 0 0 1 - 4 7 36
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 22 15:01 14:17 0:44 0:00 0 0 - 3 3 6 33
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 17 15:21 12:48 2:33 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dylan Cozens C 1 0 1 -1 2 1 20 15:58 14:49 0:51 0:18 1 0 3 1 4 4 50
Owen Power D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 29 23:02 21:16 1:04 0:42 0 0 1 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 +2 0 1 29 24:02 21:42 2:20 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 29 21:09 19:56 0:00 1:13 0 0 - - 11 12 48
Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -4 0 3 23 18:59 16:41 2:18 0:00 0 0 1 1 1 2 33
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 11:05 10:01 0:00 1:04 0 0 2 2 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 -4 0 1 22 19:07 16:29 2:38 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 11:56 10:43 0:00 1:13 0 0 - 1 - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 14 9:05 8:22 0:00 0:43 0 0 3 - 2 0 100
Alex Tuch RW 1 2 3 E 2 2 25 17:50 16:29 1:06 0:15 0 0 1 1 - - -
Nashville Predators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Justus Annunen G 0 0 0 0 0 59:23 53:44 2:15 3:24 0 0 - - - - -
Juuse Saros G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 27 17:53 16:29 0:00 1:24 0 0 11 3 - - -
Kevin Gravel D 0 0 0 E 0 3 24 17:01 15:47 0:00 1:14 0 0 2 2 - - -
Filip Forsberg LW 2 0 2 +2 0 3 27 18:08 16:29 1:39 0:00 1 0 6 1 - - -
Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 24 17:50 16:12 0:00 1:38 0 0 - 1 9 7 56
Gustav Nyquist LW 0 0 0 -1 0 21 17:21 14:20 1:15 1:46 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Barron D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 16:26 16:12 0:00 0:14 0 0 2 5 - - -
Joakim Kemell RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 10 8:57 8:38 0:19 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Cole Smith LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 16:47 15:09 0:00 1:38 0 0 2 2 - - -
Nick Blankenburg D 0 0 0 E 0 0 27 18:08 16:08 0:00 2:00 0 0 - 3 - - -
Fedor Svechkov C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 6:45 6:09 0:36 0:00 0 0 1 2 1 1 50
Michael McCarron RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 25 16:16 15:09 0:00 1:07 0 0 2 2 9 8 53
Roman Josi D 0 1 1 +2 0 3 28 25:37 22:32 1:48 1:17 0 0 - 3 - - -
Brady Skjei D 2 0 2 +1 2 3 27 22:26 21:07 0:27 0:52 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jonathan Marchessault RW 1 3 4 +3 0 1 27 18:10 16:31 1:39 0:00 0 0 1 - 2 0 100
Tommy Novak C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 16 10:41 10:14 0:27 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Ozzy Wiesblatt C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 18 13:06 13:06 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 4 4 +1 0 2 24 17:12 16:03 1:09 0:00 0 0 - - 10 7 59
Steven Stamkos C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 16:03 14:07 1:56 0:00 0 0 2 - 2 2 50
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (18-16-4) 22 17 5 .773 0 58:15
Nashville
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Justus Annunen W (13-7-0) 29 25 4 .862 0 59:23