National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Nashville 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, January 31, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Justin Kea
Linesmen: Derek Nansen, James Tobias
Attendance: 18347
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Nashville 2103
Buffalo 2114
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:25 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (EV) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin , Jack Quinn
8:41 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (EV) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin , Owen Power
10:56 - Predators Luke Evangelista (EV) Assists: Justin Barron , Ryan O'Reilly
17:06 - Predators Brady Skjei (EV) Assists: Colton Sissons , Michael McCarron
Penalties
5:53 - Predators Justin Barron (2) Holding
 14:55 - Sabres Jason Zucker (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
2:51 - Predators Tommy Novak (EV) Assists: Brady Skjei , Fedor Svechkov
12:26 - Sabres Jason Zucker (EV) Assists: Alex Tuch
Penalties
15:16 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Cross checking
3rd Period
Scoring
17:56 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (EV) Assists: Tage Thompson , JJ Peterka
Penalties
0:15 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (4) High Sticking - Double Minor
 3:36 - Predators Brady Skjei (2) Interference
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 57:59 47:17 7:21 3:21 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 13:19 12:22 0:00 0:57 0 0 2 - - - -
Filip Forsberg LW 0 0 0 -2 0 5 21 18:20 13:26 4:54 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Colton Sissons C 0 1 1 E 0 3 21 14:26 11:44 1:05 1:37 0 0 1 - 2 2 50
Gustav Nyquist LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 19:18 16:06 2:19 0:53 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Justin Barron D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 21 17:13 17:12 0:00 0:01 0 0 - - - - -
Cole Smith LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 12:52 11:04 0:08 1:40 0 0 1 - - - -
Nick Blankenburg D 0 0 0 +1 0 26 19:27 16:48 0:25 2:14 0 0 2 - - - -
Fedor Svechkov C 0 1 1 E 0 0 13 9:48 9:27 0:00 0:21 0 0 2 1 1 6 14
Michael McCarron RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 18 11:55 9:54 0:19 1:42 0 0 - 2 10 2 83
Roman Josi D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 25:02 20:07 4:23 0:32 0 0 1 1 - - -
Zachary L'Heureux LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 15 12:56 11:14 1:42 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Brady Skjei D 1 1 2 +1 2 1 27 21:53 17:31 2:59 1:23 0 0 1 1 - - -
Luke Evangelista RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 19 16:21 14:03 2:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jonathan Marchessault RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 17:55 13:14 4:41 0:00 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Tommy Novak C 1 0 1 E 0 1 15 11:53 8:57 2:56 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Adam Wilsby D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 15:06 13:30 0:00 1:36 0 0 1 1 - - -
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 E 0 4 23 21:41 17:08 4:06 0:27 0 0 - - 14 4 78
Steven Stamkos C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 21 18:36 14:05 4:30 0:01 0 0 4 - 6 3 67
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 60:00 49:18 3:21 7:21 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 29 26:19 21:31 0:29 4:19 0 0 1 4 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 12:39 8:39 0:55 3:05 0 0 1 1 - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 10:43 10:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 1 0 1 E 2 3 20 13:48 11:59 1:49 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 13:44 11:59 0:16 1:29 0 0 2 1 1 2 33
Jiri Kulich C 2 0 2 +2 4 2 22 15:44 14:31 1:13 0:00 0 0 - 1 3 8 27
Jack Quinn RW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 18 12:27 10:32 1:55 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 28 21:38 16:15 0:00 5:23 0 0 2 2 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 20 15:05 13:53 1:07 0:05 0 0 6 - 9 4 69
Owen Power D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 28 20:42 16:33 1:15 2:54 0 0 - 2 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 E 2 2 29 25:39 22:39 2:13 0:47 0 0 3 3 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 12:20 9:02 0:16 3:02 0 0 3 - 0 1 0
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 10:02 8:32 0:00 1:30 0 0 1 1 1 7 12
Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 23 14:43 11:49 0:16 2:38 0 0 - 0 4 7 36
Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 23 17:07 15:19 1:48 0:00 0 0 - - 1 5 17
JJ Peterka RW 0 1 1 +2 0 2 23 18:33 16:32 2:01 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 12:33 11:14 0:00 1:19 0 0 2 - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 25 18:14 14:09 1:12 2:53 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Nashville
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Justus Annunen L (12-7-0) 27 23 4 .852 0 57:59
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W (17-15-4) 31 28 3 .903 0 60:00