National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 7, Nashville 4
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 31, 2018
Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Referees: Ian Walsh, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 17551
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1517
Nashville 2204
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:43 - Sabres Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Zemgus Girgensons , Jack Eichel
2:59 - Predators P.K. Subban (PP) Assists: Roman Josi , Ryan Johansen
17:00 - Predators Austin Watson (EV) Assists: Mattias Ekholm , Nick Bonino
Penalties
2:07 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (2) Tripping
 13:41 - Predators Ryan Johansen (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
2:00 - Predators Kyle Turris (EV) Assists: Craig Smith , Kevin Fiala
5:45 - Sabres Ryan O'Reilly (PP) Assists: Jack Eichel , Rasmus Ristolainen
7:20 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (EV) Assists: Evan Rodrigues , Casey Mittelstadt
12:50 - Predators Nick Bonino (EV) Assists: Ryan Ellis , Austin Watson
15:04 - Sabres Sam Reinhart (PP) Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen , Jack Eichel
17:18 - Sabres Sam Reinhart (PP) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly , Jack Eichel
19:00 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (PP) Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen , Jack Eichel
Penalties
4:37 - Predators Kyle Turris (2) Hooking
 14:09 - Predators Scott Hartnell (5) Boarding
 14:09 - Predators Scott Hartnell (10) Game misconduct
3rd Period
Scoring
8:17 - Sabres Sam Reinhart (EV) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly
Penalties
4:56 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (2) Delay of game
 5:32 - Sabres Benoit Pouliot (2) Slashing
 5:58 - Predators Kevin Fiala (2) High sticking
 9:24 - Predators Mike Fisher (2) Tripping
 15:36 - Sabres Brendan Guhle (2) Interference
 19:08 - Predators Austin Watson (2) Slashing
 19:08 - Predators Austin Watson (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 19:08 - Predators Austin Watson (10) Misconduct
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Adam Wilcox G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 43:42 11:26 4:52 0 0 - - - - -
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 30 22:26 16:51 2:02 3:33 0 0 3 - - - -
Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 19:58 17:45 1:52 0:21 0 0 1 1 - - -
Nicholas Baptiste RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 9:01 6:22 2:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jack Eichel C 0 5 5 -1 0 5 24 19:37 11:34 7:42 0:21 0 0 - 1 1 8 11
Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 22 16:14 14:46 0:21 1:07 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Kyle Okposo RW 2 0 2 E 2 4 19 16:07 8:52 7:15 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Johan Larsson C 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 14:30 11:16 0:38 2:36 0 0 1 2 5 2 71
Sam Reinhart C 3 0 3 +1 0 5 26 18:06 11:35 6:31 0:00 2 0 1 2 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 -1 2 1 17 12:11 11:44 0:00 0:27 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Jason Pominville RW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 20 15:40 12:28 3:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 E 0 1 20 13:59 10:15 3:44 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 5 38
Justin Falk D 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 12:39 12:18 0:00 0:21 0 0 2 1 - - -
Brendan Guhle D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 27 17:07 14:55 2:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 3 3 E 0 0 32 28:05 16:30 7:30 4:05 0 0 1 1 - - -
Benoit Pouliot LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 17 10:50 8:33 0:41 1:36 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 20 14:48 10:32 4:16 0:00 0 0 - - 3 3 50
Ryan O'Reilly C 1 2 3 +1 0 5 29 22:45 12:36 6:32 3:37 1 0 - 1 11 18 38
Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 9:05 9:02 0:03 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nashville Predators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Pekka Rinne G 0 0 0 0 0 40:00 31:00 0:52 8:08 0 0 - - - - -
Juuse Saros G 0 0 0 0 0 17:04 11:54 1:52 3:18 0 0 - - - - -
Anthony Bitetto D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 15:08 14:31 0:00 0:37 0 0 3 - - - -
Ryan Ellis D 0 1 1 +1 0 6 25 24:27 14:49 4:00 5:38 0 0 - 1 - - -
Kyle Turris C 1 0 1 E 2 2 21 17:25 13:05 2:58 1:22 0 0 - 1 8 3 73
Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 +2 0 1 25 16:10 11:38 0:26 4:06 0 0 2 - 7 4 64
Eeli Tolvanen RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 13:34 12:17 1:17 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Mike Fisher C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 20 13:18 10:07 0:00 3:11 0 0 2 2 4 4 50
Nick Bonino C 1 1 2 +1 0 1 24 17:43 11:49 2:08 3:46 0 0 1 1 6 3 67
Mattias Ekholm D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 25 20:16 14:22 0:00 5:54 0 0 - 1 - - -
Craig Smith RW 0 1 1 -1 0 4 20 14:41 13:13 1:28 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Scott Hartnell LW 0 0 0 -1 15 0 10 6:15 6:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Kevin Fiala LW 0 1 1 E 2 2 18 13:15 12:49 0:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 14:39 14:30 0:00 0:09 0 0 2 - - - -
Viktor Arvidsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 6:22 4:54 0:52 0:36 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Hartman RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 24 13:56 10:49 0:00 3:07 0 0 1 - - - -
Austin Watson LW 1 1 2 +1 14 3 26 17:05 11:55 0:00 5:10 0 0 1 1 - - -
Roman Josi D 0 1 1 +1 0 5 24 25:01 14:46 4:52 5:23 0 0 1 - - - -
P.K. Subban D 1 0 1 -3 0 2 27 22:13 14:51 2:11 5:11 1 0 2 1 - - -
Ryan Johansen C 0 1 1 E 2 3 23 18:28 12:02 4:52 1:34 0 0 1 - 12 10 55
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Chad Johnson W (10-13-3) 36 32 4 .889 0 60:00
Nashville
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Pekka Rinne L (41-12-4) 29 23 6 .793 0 40:00
Juuse Saros 7 6 1 .857 0 17:04