Sat, Mar 7, 2026·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Nashville Predators 2, Buffalo Sabres 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 52% of the time.
39%
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43%
BUF winsNSH wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NSH'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.
| Haula–L'Heureux–Kemell | Stamkos–O'Reilly–Marchessault | Forsberg–Evangelista–Wood | Jost–Wiesblatt–Svechkov | Stamkos–O'Reilly–Evangelista | Marchessault–Forsberg–Wood | Forsberg–Kemell–Wood | Josi–Skjei | Hague–Barron | Perbix–Ufko | Hague–Perbix | Josi–Ufko | Skjei–Barron | Skjei–Perbix | Josi–Hague | Skjei–Hague | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norris–Doan–Ostlund | 2:040.05–0.08 | 3:590.24–0.04 | 1:410.18–0.00 | 1:100.00–0.00 | 4:450.23–0.08 | 3:290.24–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.09 | 1:550.02–0.00 | ||||||||
| Zucker–McLeod–Quinn | 1:400.00–0.00 | 2:000.10–0.00 | 3:060.37–0.01 | 2:260.09–0.00 | 1:190.04–0.00 | 1:410.09–0.00 | 3:080.42–0.01 | 0:300.06–0.09 | 1:240.00–0.00 | 1:190.01–0.00 | ||||||
| Tuch–Thompson–Krebs | 2:310.11–0.16 | 1:210.09–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | 0:390.24–0.00 | 1:450.00–0.11 | 2:510.24–0.12 | 1:440.10–0.07 | 0:520.09–0.00 | 3:130.07–0.28 | 0:430.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Carrick–Malenstyn–Benson | 1:150.01–0.00 | 1:030.03–0.08 | 1:480.14–0.00 | 0:340.01–0.00 | 1:040.01–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 1:330.14–0.00 | 1:220.03–0.08 | ||||||||
| Tuch–Thompson–Benson | 1:210.00–0.01 | 0:390.03–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 | 1:090.03–0.01 | ||||||||||||
| Carrick–Malenstyn–Krebs | 1:210.00–0.18 | 0:450.00–0.12 | 0:380.00–0.25 | |||||||||||||
| Samuelsson–Dahlin | 1:260.05–0.00 | 3:250.32–0.04 | 1:350.03–0.00 | 1:550.14–0.00 | 1:040.00–0.11 | 4:010.23–0.00 | 1:150.00–0.07 | 2:370.18–0.04 | 2:080.00–0.11 | |||||||
| Byram–Power | 1:010.08–0.00 | 1:150.04–0.02 | 1:380.03–0.00 | 1:060.09–0.00 | 1:320.01–0.00 | 2:460.05–0.00 | 0:570.04–0.00 | 1:410.02–0.09 | 0:460.06–0.00 | 1:050.10–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.02 | |||||
| Byram–Metsa | 1:360.00–0.01 | 0:480.00–0.01 | 2:050.14–0.00 | 1:160.00–0.00 | 1:270.14–0.00 | 1:150.00–0.01 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 0:510.05–0.05 | ||||||||
| Kesselring–Power | 1:020.04–0.00 | 1:260.00–0.18 | 0:420.03–0.00 | 2:200.17–0.12 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.25 | ||||||||||
| Samuelsson–Kesselring | 1:030.00–0.00 | 0:480.00–0.00 | 0:570.00–0.12 | 1:050.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Dahlin–Metsa | 1:310.01–0.16 | 1:000.02–0.16 | 0:370.00–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Samuelsson–Metsa | 0:450.03–0.00 | 0:530.00–0.00 | 1:060.00–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Dahlin–Power | 1:190.00–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Samuelsson–Byram | 0:470.06–0.00 | 1:050.06–0.00 | 0:310.01–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Samuelsson–Power | 0:540.00–0.00 | 0:510.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Dahlin–Kesselring | 1:230.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 0:520.00–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Dahlin–Byram | 0:390.24–0.00 | 1:040.24–0.08 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFNSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Roman JosiNSH | 27 | 25:56 | 0:58 | 2:26 | 5 | 1 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 31 | 24:36 | 0:48 | 1:39 | 1 | 8 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 31 | 24:36 | 0:48 | 1:39 | 4 | 7 |
 Bowen ByramBUF | 26 | 23:11 | 0:54 | 1:37 | 5 | 8 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 28 | 23:02 | 0:49 | 1:48 | 5 | 6 |
 Brady SkjeiNSH | 29 | 21:35 | 0:45 | 1:22 | 1 | 3 |
 Ryan O'ReillyNSH | 23 | 21:20 | 0:56 | 1:33 | 7 | 2 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 27 | 21:19 | 0:47 | 1:13 | 4 | 7 |
 Nicolas HagueNSH | 24 | 20:59 | 0:52 | 1:44 | 2 | 2 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 23 | 18:53 | 0:49 | 2:03 | 4 | 3 |
 Filip ForsbergNSH | 19 | 18:48 | 0:59 | 1:49 | 5 | 0 |
 Nick PerbixNSH | 25 | 18:41 | 0:45 | 1:31 | 3 | 4 |
 Steven StamkosNSH | 19 | 17:53 | 0:56 | 2:18 | 5 | 0 |
 Ryan McLeodBUF | 24 | 17:32 | 0:44 | 1:15 | 3 | 4 |
 Jonathan MarchessaultNSH | 18 | 17:03 | 0:57 | 1:44 | 6 | 0 |
 Josh NorrisBUF | 23 | 16:37 | 0:43 | 1:37 | 6 | 4 |
 Erik HaulaNSH | 21 | 16:12 | 0:46 | 1:28 | 2 | 4 |
 Josh DoanBUF | 23 | 16:11 | 0:42 | 1:08 | 6 | 4 |
 Matthew WoodNSH | 18 | 15:57 | 0:53 | 1:26 | 3 | 0 |
 Luke EvangelistaNSH | 16 | 15:48 | 0:59 | 1:40 | 2 | 0 |
 Joakim KemellNSH | 18 | 15:00 | 0:50 | 2:08 | 2 | 4 |
 Noah OstlundBUF | 21 | 14:46 | 0:42 | 1:14 | 5 | 4 |
 Jason ZuckerBUF | 19 | 14:42 | 0:46 | 1:21 | 5 | 3 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 21 | 14:27 | 0:41 | 1:26 | 3 | 4 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 19 | 14:10 | 0:45 | 1:09 | 2 | 1 |
 Ryan UfkoNSH | 17 | 13:44 | 0:48 | 1:19 | 3 | 2 |
 Zachary L'HeureuxNSH | 16 | 13:26 | 0:50 | 1:33 | 1 | 5 |
 Justin BarronNSH | 16 | 12:49 | 0:48 | 1:32 | 1 | 1 |
 Zach MetsaBUF | 12 | 11:38 | 0:58 | 1:36 | 0 | 1 |
 Tyson JostNSH | 13 | 10:47 | 0:50 | 1:43 | 0 | 1 |
 Michael KesselringBUF | 14 | 10:28 | 0:45 | 1:26 | 1 | 0 |
 Fedor SvechkovNSH | 10 | 9:49 | 0:59 | 1:28 | 0 | 1 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 15 | 9:32 | 0:38 | 1:10 | 1 | 1 |
 Ozzy WiesblattNSH | 10 | 9:21 | 0:56 | 1:32 | 0 | 1 |
 Beck MalenstynBUF | 13 | 9:12 | 0:42 | 1:25 | 0 | 2 |
 Sam CarrickBUF | 13 | 8:55 | 0:41 | 1:24 | 0 | 3 |