Tue, Jan 20, 2026·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville
Buffalo Sabres 5, Nashville Predators 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 61% of the time.
53%
9%
30%
NSH winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
NSH forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Zucker–McLeod–Quinn | Ostlund–Benson–Helenius | Tuch–Thompson–Doan | Greenway–Malenstyn–Krebs | Dahlin–Power | Samuelsson–Dahlin | Samuelsson–Byram | Bryson–Metsa | Byram–Power | Dahlin–Byram | Samuelsson–Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Reilly–Forsberg–Evangelista | 3:450.24–0.36 | 3:450.28–0.00 | 2:010.20–0.10 | 2:370.19–0.00 | 2:550.21–0.22 | 2:060.09–0.18 | 0:360.23–0.00 | 1:270.05–0.06 | 0:360.16–0.00 | 0:380.04–0.00 | |
| McCarron–Smith–Wiesblatt | 2:320.27–0.05 | 2:100.07–0.06 | 2:520.04–0.11 | 1:420.27–0.00 | 1:040.01–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.01 | 2:290.04–0.09 | 1:340.00–0.02 | 1:280.06–0.15 | ||
| Stamkos–Haula–Bunting | 1:580.00–0.01 | 2:150.00–0.11 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 1:160.00–0.00 | 1:550.00–0.11 | |||||
| Marchessault–Svechkov–Wood | 2:020.00–0.02 | 2:380.01–0.05 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 2:000.01–0.00 | 1:270.00–0.05 | ||||||
| Stamkos–O'Reilly–Evangelista | 0:400.21–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 0:400.04–0.00 | 0:550.06–0.00 | 0:440.17–0.00 | ||||||
| Forsberg–Svechkov–Wood | 1:020.00–0.00 | 1:100.10–0.00 | 0:500.01–0.00 | 1:100.10–0.00 | |||||||
| Haula–Marchessault–Bunting | 0:370.00–0.01 | 1:160.00–0.18 | 0:370.03–0.00 | ||||||||
| Stamkos–Svechkov–Wood | 1:270.00–0.03 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.03 | ||||||||
| Stamkos–Haula–Marchessault | 0:360.00–0.03 | 0:360.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Stamkos–Wiesblatt–Svechkov | 1:070.00–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Josi–Skjei | 3:040.06–0.01 | 3:270.11–0.02 | 7:310.35–0.02 | 0:390.03–0.00 | 4:070.10–0.01 | 3:000.23–0.00 | 2:540.06–0.01 | 2:040.05–0.00 | 2:030.00–0.03 | 2:210.10–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.00 |
| Hague–Blankenburg | 2:100.08–0.11 | 1:360.00–0.00 | 2:150.10–0.05 | 1:460.05–0.01 | 2:470.09–0.12 | 1:260.23–0.00 | 1:070.00–0.09 | 0:540.04–0.00 | |||
| Hague–Perbix | 3:140.37–0.18 | 1:360.06–0.27 | 1:320.27–0.00 | 1:480.01–0.39 | 1:020.00–0.00 | 0:540.00–0.06 | 0:490.17–0.00 | ||||
| Skjei–Perbix | 1:510.22–0.16 | 1:580.00–0.09 | 1:130.00–0.10 | 0:350.00–0.03 | 1:300.22–0.11 | ||||||
| Barron–Blankenburg | 1:380.00–0.11 | 1:550.01–0.15 | 0:570.00–0.08 | 0:320.01–0.10 | 1:090.00–0.05 | 0:510.00–0.11 | |||||
| Josi–Barron | 0:460.05–0.02 | 0:320.05–0.02 | 0:550.00–0.21 | ||||||||
| Josi–Hague | 1:030.00–0.10 | 1:080.06–0.01 | |||||||||
| Josi–Blankenburg | 1:060.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.07 | |||||||||
| Hague–Barron | 0:300.03–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
NSHBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Roman JosiNSH | 29 | 28:24 | 0:59 | 2:36 | 3 | 2 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 28 | 28:02 | 1:00 | 2:40 | 2 | 2 |
 Brady SkjeiNSH | 29 | 26:15 | 0:54 | 1:48 | 5 | 4 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 31 | 25:53 | 0:50 | 1:27 | 1 | 4 |
 Bowen ByramBUF | 30 | 23:59 | 0:48 | 2:36 | 1 | 7 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 28 | 23:25 | 0:50 | 1:44 | 3 | 3 |
 Ryan O'ReillyNSH | 24 | 20:42 | 0:52 | 2:11 | 4 | 3 |
 Luke EvangelistaNSH | 24 | 20:35 | 0:51 | 2:03 | 4 | 3 |
 Nicolas HagueNSH | 24 | 20:09 | 0:50 | 1:28 | 1 | 3 |
 Filip ForsbergNSH | 23 | 19:38 | 0:51 | 2:07 | 6 | 2 |
 Ryan McLeodBUF | 27 | 19:30 | 0:43 | 1:39 | 3 | 8 |
 Nick BlankenburgNSH | 24 | 18:15 | 0:46 | 1:29 | 3 | 0 |
 Steven StamkosNSH | 21 | 18:06 | 0:52 | 1:24 | 3 | 1 |
 Jason ZuckerBUF | 21 | 17:32 | 0:50 | 1:27 | 4 | 5 |
 Noah OstlundBUF | 20 | 16:58 | 0:51 | 1:51 | 5 | 1 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 21 | 16:32 | 0:47 | 1:22 | 3 | 5 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 23 | 15:44 | 0:41 | 1:30 | 7 | 5 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 18 | 15:32 | 0:52 | 2:03 | 3 | 0 |
 Konsta HeleniusBUF | 17 | 14:43 | 0:52 | 2:18 | 4 | 1 |
 Nick PerbixNSH | 17 | 14:30 | 0:51 | 1:29 | 1 | 3 |
 Jonathan MarchessaultNSH | 20 | 13:49 | 0:41 | 1:12 | 2 | 1 |
 Matthew WoodNSH | 17 | 13:33 | 0:48 | 1:34 | 5 | 0 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 20 | 13:33 | 0:41 | 1:22 | 8 | 2 |
 Michael McCarronNSH | 14 | 13:28 | 0:58 | 1:25 | 0 | 5 |
 Erik HaulaNSH | 18 | 13:28 | 0:45 | 1:04 | 3 | 1 |
 Cole SmithNSH | 14 | 13:21 | 0:57 | 1:33 | 0 | 5 |
 Fedor SvechkovNSH | 16 | 13:19 | 0:50 | 1:18 | 4 | 0 |
 Josh DoanBUF | 18 | 12:57 | 0:43 | 1:30 | 8 | 1 |
 Michael BuntingNSH | 16 | 12:39 | 0:47 | 1:10 | 3 | 1 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 22 | 12:31 | 0:34 | 1:12 | 1 | 5 |
 Beck MalenstynBUF | 17 | 11:25 | 0:40 | 1:12 | 0 | 4 |
 Ozzy WiesblattNSH | 13 | 11:24 | 0:53 | 1:21 | 0 | 4 |
 Jordan GreenwayBUF | 18 | 11:02 | 0:37 | 1:12 | 1 | 3 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 9 | 8:36 | 0:57 | 1:32 | 1 | 1 |
 Justin BarronNSH | 13 | 8:22 | 0:39 | 1:08 | 0 | 0 |
 Zach MetsaBUF | 9 | 8:06 | 0:54 | 1:32 | 1 | 1 |