National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 7, Nashville 4
Saturday, March 31, 2018 8:00 PM
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 TOI
Adam Wilcox G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22:26
Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19:58
Nicholas Baptiste RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9:01
Jack Eichel C 0 5 5 -1 0 5 19:37
Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 16:14
Kyle Okposo RW 2 0 2 E 2 4 16:07
Johan Larsson C 0 0 0 E 0 2 14:30
Sam Reinhart C 3 0 3 +1 0 5 18:06
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 -1 2 1 12:11
Jason Pominville RW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 15:40
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 E 0 1 13:59
Justin Falk D 0 0 0 E 0 1 12:39
Brendan Guhle D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 17:07
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 3 3 E 0 0 28:05
Benoit Pouliot LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 10:50
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 14:48
Ryan O'Reilly C 1 2 3 +1 0 5 22:45
Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 9:05
Nashville Predators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Pekka Rinne G 0 0 0 0 0 40:00
Juuse Saros G 0 0 0 0 0 17:04
Anthony Bitetto D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 15:08
Ryan Ellis D 0 1 1 +1 0 6 24:27
Kyle Turris C 1 0 1 E 2 2 17:25
Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 +2 0 1 16:10
Eeli Tolvanen RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13:34
Mike Fisher C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 13:18
Nick Bonino C 1 1 2 +1 0 1 17:43
Mattias Ekholm D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 20:16
Craig Smith RW 0 1 1 -1 0 4 14:41
Scott Hartnell LW 0 0 0 -1 15 0 6:15
Kevin Fiala LW 0 1 1 E 2 2 13:15
Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14:39
Viktor Arvidsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 6:22
Ryan Hartman RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 13:56
Austin Watson LW 1 1 2 +1 14 3 17:05
Roman Josi D 0 1 1 +1 0 5 25:01
P.K. Subban D 1 0 1 -3 0 2 22:13
Ryan Johansen C 0 1 1 E 2 3 18:28
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