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2023-24 regular season

Predators at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Predators lead the season series 1–0

Predators beat Sabres 2–1 at KeyBank Center on December 3, 2023.

NSH – BUF
29–35
Shots on goal
25–19
Hits
12–14
Blocked shots
4–5
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐯 NSH
Filip Forsberg
1 G
2 shots · 16:45 TOI
2nd star 🐯 NSH
Yakov Trenin
1 G
2 shots · 15:15 TOI
3rd star 🐯 NSH
Juuse Saros
34 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐯 Filip Forsberg Go-ahead 1st · 09:40
Unassisted · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1–0
🐯 Yakov Trenin 1st · 10:54
Assists: Colton Sissons, Cole Smith · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
2–0
2nd period
⚔️ Victor Olofsson 2nd · 10:02
Unassisted · beat Juuse Saros
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Forsberg · O'Reilly · Nyquist 18:01
L2 Sissons · Trenin · Parssinen 15:15
L3 Smith · Sherwood · McCarron 14:11
L4 Jankowski · Tomasino · Evangelista 11:59
D1 Josi · McDonagh 23:12
D2 Lauzon · Fabbro 19:20
D3 Stastney · Schenn 16:40
⚔️Sabres
L1 Mittelstadt · Skinner · Peterka 21:17
L2 Benson · Cozens · Tuch 16:19
L3 Olofsson · Krebs · Okposo 11:36
L4 Biro · Jost · Rosen 10:19
D1 Dahlin · Jokiharju 25:18
D2 Power · Samuelsson 20:45
D3 Johnson · Clifton 14:11

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH BUF⚔️
29 Shots on goal 35
25 Hits 19
12 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 5
2 Giveaways 4
2 Penalty minutes 4
NSH shooting 6.9% (2/29) BUF shooting 2.9% (1/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Juuse Saros
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 57:42 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Filip Forsberg · 1st 09:40 · 1–0 Yakov Trenin · 1st 10:54 · 2–0 Victor Olofsson · 2nd 10:02 · 2–1
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: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Predators
Predators — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Predators lead the season series 1–0
Mar 212023 🐯NSH @ ⚔️BUF 7–3 Jan 142023 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 5–3 Apr 12022 🐯NSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 Jan 132022 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 4–1 Jan 182020 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 1–2
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Who won Predators vs Sabres on December 3, 2023?

Predators won 2–1. The final score was Predators 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Predators?

Filip Forsberg, Yakov Trenin.

Who scored for Sabres?

Victor Olofsson.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Juuse Saros made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 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?

Predators lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐯 Predators
BeforeDec 2 🗽NYR @ 🐯NSH 4–3 AfterDec 5 🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI 4–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 2 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 2–6 AfterDec 5 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 5–3
Also on December 3
🪶CHI 1–4 🌲MIN 🦈SJS 5–6 🗽NYR 🧥CBJ 1–3 🐻BOS 🏔️COL 1–4 👑LAK
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