🐯 Away Predators 34-26-8
7–3
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 33-30-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐯 NSH 2417
⚔️ BUF 0213

Predators at Sabres

Predators beat Sabres 7–3 at KeyBank Center on March 21, 2023.

🗓 Tue, Mar 21, 2023 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2022-23 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐯 NSH
Luke Evangelista
2 G, 2 A
7 shots · 15:49 TOI
2nd star 🐯 NSH
Matt Duchene
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 14:35 TOI
3rd star 🐯 NSH
Philip Tomasino
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 13:18 TOI

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🐯 Philip Tomasino Go-ahead 1st · 11:45
Assists: Matt Duchene · beat Craig Anderson
1–0
🐯 Matt Duchene 1st · 18:43
Assists: Philip Tomasino, Jeremy Lauzon · beat Craig Anderson
2–0
2nd period
⚔️ Dylan Cozens 2nd · 03:36
Assists: JJ Peterka, Jack Quinn · beat Juuse Saros
2–1
🐯 Tommy Novak 2nd · 04:00
Assists: Luke Evangelista, Tyson Barrie · beat Craig Anderson
3–1
🐯 Luke Evangelista 2nd · 09:21
Assists: Tommy Novak, Juuse Saros · beat Craig Anderson
4–1
🐯 Luke Evangelista 2nd · 10:01
Assists: Kiefer Sherwood · beat Craig Anderson
5–1
🐯 Ryan McDonagh 2nd · 15:52
Assists: Luke Evangelista · beat Craig Anderson
6–1
⚔️ Tage Thompson PP 2nd · 17:17
Assists: Rasmus Dahlin, Victor Olofsson · beat Juuse Saros
6–2
3rd period
⚔️ Jeff Skinner 3rd · 07:45
Assists: Alex Tuch · beat Juuse Saros
6–3
🐯 Matt Duchene Empty net 3rd · 17:37
Assists: Ryan McDonagh
7–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Smith · Trenin · Sissons 17:45
L2 Glass · Novak · Evangelista 15:49
L3 Duchene · Jankowski · Tomasino 14:10
L4 Afanasyev · Sherwood · Asplund 12:08
D1 Lauzon · Fabbro 20:06
D2 Barrie · Gross 19:18
D3 Foote · McDonagh 17:42
⚔️Sabres
L1 Cozens · Quinn · Tuch 17:55
L2 Olofsson · Mittelstadt · Peterka 15:48
L3 Skinner · Jost · Thompson 14:52
L4 Krebs · Girgensons · Okposo 11:17
D1 Dahlin · Power 23:51
D2 Jokiharju · Lyubushkin 19:30
D3 Clague · Stillman 13:22

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH BUF⚔️
27 Shots on goal 31
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
16 Hits 19
8 Blocked shots 9
13 Takeaways 6
8 Giveaways 5
13 Penalty minutes 11
NSH shooting 25.9% (7/27) BUF shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Juuse Saros
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 59:58 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Craig Anderson
14/20
.700 SV% · 6 GA · 35:52 TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Shutout
6/6
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 23:23 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

10 of 10 goals located
Philip Tomasino · 1st 11:45 · 1–0 Matt Duchene · 1st 18:43 · 2–0 Dylan Cozens · 2nd 03:36 · 2–1 Tommy Novak · 2nd 04:00 · 3–1 Luke Evangelista · 2nd 09:21 · 4–1 Luke Evangelista · 2nd 10:01 · 5–1 Ryan McDonagh · 2nd 15:52 · 6–1 Tage Thompson · 2nd 17:17 · 6–2 Jeff Skinner · 3rd 07:45 · 6–3 Matt Duchene · 3rd 17:37 · 7–3
NSH BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Predators
Predators — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 7-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 6–2
Predators
Predators: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Jan 142023 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 5–3 Apr 12022 🐯NSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 Jan 132022 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 4–1 Jan 182020 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 1–2 Dec 122019 🐯NSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–4
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❓ NSH vs BUF, answered

Who won Predators vs Sabres on March 21, 2023?

Predators won 7–3. The final score was Predators 7, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Predators?

Luke Evangelista (2), Matt Duchene (2), Philip Tomasino, Ryan McDonagh, Tommy Novak.

Who scored for Sabres?

Dylan Cozens, Jeff Skinner, Tage Thompson.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Juuse Saros made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Craig Anderson made 14 saves on 20 shots (.700 save percentage).

Where is Predators vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Predators vs Sabres season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐯 Predators
BeforeMar 19 🐯NSH @ 🗽NYR 0–7 AfterMar 23 🦑SEA @ 🐯NSH 1–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 19 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 7–0 AfterMar 24 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 4–5
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