Buffalo Sabres vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 8, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	1	1	4		BUF	13	7	9	29
NSH	2	2	2	6		NSH	10	8	5	23

: BUF 77NSH 47
: BUF 3.41NSH 2.99
PP goals: BUF 1NSH 1
Hits: BUF 22NSH 33
Blocks: BUF 14NSH 26
PIM: BUF 6NSH 6
: BUF 44%NSH 56%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Nashville Predators beat Buffalo Sabres 6–4

Nashville Predators beat Buffalo Sabres 6–4 at home. Jonathan Marchessault (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for BUF: Zucker–Tuch–McLeod skated 10:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 18:10.Marchessault
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Ryan O'Reilly had 4 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 17:12.O'Reilly
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Alex Tuch had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:50.Tuch
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Brady Skjei had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:26.Skjei
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Filip Forsberg had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:08.Forsberg
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Bowen Byram had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:20.Byram
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Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:02.Dahlin
New line
New look for BUF: Zucker–Tuch–McLeod skated 10:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker Tuch McLeod

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · NSH 47 · BUF 77

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 49% of the game, NSH 25%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NSH

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	NSH
	70	43
	2.48	2.00
	2.39	1.92
	11	5
	4	5
	20	24
	−0.036	+0.036
	49%	25%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – Tuch – McLeod
10:3567% CF
L2Thompson – Peterka – Kulich
10:2048% CF
L3Krebs – Cozens – Quinn
9:5486% CF
D1Dahlin – Byram
14:1773% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
6:4956% CF
D3Clifton – Bryson
6:1480% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Peterka
2:1680% CF
PP2Tuch – Cozens – Power – Kulich – Benson
0:43100% CF
PK1FMcLeod – Benson
0:56
PK2FLafferty – Krebs
0:41
PK1DBryson – Byram
1:11
PK2DClifton – Power
0:41

Current BUF line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1McCarron – Smith – Wiesblatt
9:1329% CF
L2O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
8:4461% CF
L3Sissons – Novak – Kemell
3:3838% CF
L4Stamkos – Nyquist – Svechkov
2:100% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
11:4245% CF
D2Schenn – Josi
11:3136% CF
D3Gravel – Barron
9:3443% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – Nyquist – Marchessault – Forsberg
1:39
PP2O'Reilly – Skjei – Novak – Svechkov – Kemell
0:19100% CF
PK1FNyquist – Sissons
0:51
PK2FMcCarron – Smith
0:39
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
0:45
PK2DSchenn – Gravel
0:39

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan McLeod C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	0	0	0	21:09	—	—	72	68
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	19:27	—	—	66	48
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	2	3	0	2	0.13	1	1	2	17:50	—	—	54	34
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	0	0	-4	1	0.75	3	0	0	19:07	—	—	44	37
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	-4	3	0.47	1	1	0	18:59	—	—	52	43
Jiri Kulich C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.18	0	3	0	15:01	—	—	49	43
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	18:56	—	—	66	59
Dylan Cozens C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.12	3	1	2	15:58	—	—	78	85
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	88	91
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.10	3	1	0	24:02	—	—	62	50
Bowen Byram D	D1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.26	2	1	0	23:20	—	—	68	59
Owen Power D	D2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.10	1	1	0	23:02	—	—	53	55
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	47	18
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:56	—	—	74	56
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	2	0	11:05	—	—	83	90
Zach Benson L	—	0	1	1	+1	2	0.41	1	0	0	11:44	—	—	67	74
Sam Lafferty C	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	3	0	0	9:05	—	—	71	77
Dennis Gilbert D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	2	8:28	—	—	47	25

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	22	17	5	.773	2.40	58:15

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cole Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	2	0	16:47	—	—	31	44
Michael McCarron C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	2	2	16:16	—	—	26	41
Ozzy Wiesblatt C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	1	0	0	13:06	—	—	33	52
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	3	4	+3	1	0.60	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	50	46
Filip Forsberg L	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.47	6	1	0	18:08	—	—	57	46
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	4	4	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	52	44
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	1	0	17:50	—	—	42	66
Tommy Novak C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	10:41	—	—	20	25
Joakim Kemell R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	1	0	8:57	—	—	33	48
Gustav Nyquist R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	31	43
Steven Stamkos C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.25	2	0	0	16:03	—	—	40	49
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	6:45	—	—	0	0
Brady Skjei D	D1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.32	1	1	2	22:26	—	—	42	40
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:08	—	—	44	25
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.28	0	3	0	25:37	—	—	43	53
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	11	3	0	17:53	—	—	31	61
Kevin Gravel D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	2	2	0	17:01	—	—	36	40
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	5	2	16:26	—	—	35	43

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	W	29	25	4	.862	3.41	59:23

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Tommy Novak (NSH) 1st 6:57 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 68.0 mph shot · 2.0 s from entry to goal.

Tommy Novak · 1st 6:57 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.0 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Brady Skjei · 1st 9:26 · NSH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Bowen Byram · 1st 15:21 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.5 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Rasmus Dahlin · 1st 18:25 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 61.9 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Filip Forsberg · 2nd 14:31 · NSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Brady Skjei · 2nd 15:13 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.7 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s

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Alex Tuch · 2nd 17:43 · BUF

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 61.7 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: one-timer

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Filip Forsberg · 3rd 6:58 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.4 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

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Dylan Cozens · 3rd 12:30 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Jonathan Marchessault · 3rd 19:24 · NSH EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.1 mph
Distance: 76 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 8, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators beat Buffalo Sabres 6–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Nashville Predators

Goal anatomy

Tommy Novak · 1st 6:57 · NSH

Brady Skjei · 1st 9:26 · NSH

Bowen Byram · 1st 15:21 · BUF

Rasmus Dahlin · 1st 18:25 · BUF

Filip Forsberg · 2nd 14:31 · NSH PP

Brady Skjei · 2nd 15:13 · NSH

Alex Tuch · 2nd 17:43 · BUF

Filip Forsberg · 3rd 6:58 · NSH

Dylan Cozens · 3rd 12:30 · BUF PP

Jonathan Marchessault · 3rd 19:24 · NSH EN