Saturday, March 31, 2018 · Bridgestone Arena
Sabres 7 at Predators 4
Final
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
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0:43
Jason Pominville (13) Zemgus Girgensons (8), Jack Eichel (33) · Backhand BUF 1 – 0 NSH
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2:59
P.K. Subban (16) PPG Roman Josi (38), Ryan Johansen (37) · Deflection BUF 1 – 1 NSH
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17:00
Austin Watson (13) Mattias Ekholm (23), Nick Bonino (13) · Deflection BUF 1 – 2 NSH
2nd Period
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2:00
Kyle Turris (16) Craig Smith (25), Kevin Fiala (25) · Snap BUF 1 – 3 NSH
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5:45
Ryan O'Reilly (22) PPG Jack Eichel (34), Rasmus Ristolainen (31) · Wrist BUF 2 – 3 NSH
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7:20
Kyle Okposo (12) Evan Rodrigues (14), Casey Mittelstadt (2) · Wrist BUF 3 – 3 NSH
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12:50
Nick Bonino (12) Ryan Ellis (20), Austin Watson (5) · Backhand BUF 3 – 4 NSH
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15:04
Sam Reinhart (21) PPG Rasmus Ristolainen (32), Jack Eichel (35) · Snap BUF 4 – 4 NSH
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17:18
Sam Reinhart (22) PPG Ryan O'Reilly (34), Jack Eichel (36) · Wrist BUF 5 – 4 NSH
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19:00
Kyle Okposo (13) PPG Rasmus Ristolainen (33), Jack Eichel (37) · Wrist BUF 6 – 4 NSH
3rd Period
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8:17
Sam Reinhart (23) Ryan O'Reilly (35) · Wrist BUF 7 – 4 NSH
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Eichel C | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 19:37 | 3.40 |
| Sam Reinhart C | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 18:06 | 2.83 |
| Ryan O'Reilly C | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 22:45 | 2.53 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28:05 | 1.93 |
| Kyle Okposo R | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 | 1.65 |
| Jason Pominville R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:40 | 0.83 |
| Evan Rodrigues C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:48 | 0.78 |
| Casey Mittelstadt C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:59 | 0.65 |
| Scott Wilson C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 16:14 | 0.40 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:11 | 0.35 |
| Johan Larsson L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:30 | 0.25 |
| Brendan Guhle D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 17:07 | 0.15 |
| Casey Nelson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:58 | 0.13 |
| Justin Falk D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:39 | 0.13 |
| Nick Baptiste R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:01 | 0.02 |
| Victor Antipin D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:05 | 0.00 |
| Benoit Pouliot L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 | -0.08 |
| Marco Scandella D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 22:26 | -0.10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Johnson | W | 36 | 32 | 4 | .889 | 60:00 | 0.20 |
Nashville Predators
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Bonino C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 17:43 | 1.65 |
| Ryan Ellis D | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 24:27 | 1.22 |
| Roman Josi D | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 25:01 | 1.05 |
| Mattias Ekholm D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 20:16 | 0.90 |
| Craig Smith C | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:41 | 0.83 |
| Kyle Turris C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:25 | 0.80 |
| Ryan Johansen C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 | 0.80 |
| Austin Watson L | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 17:05 | 0.75 |
| Kevin Fiala L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 | 0.58 |
| P.K. Subban D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 22:13 | 0.50 |
| Colton Sissons C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 16:10 | 0.32 |
| Ryan Hartman R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:56 | 0.15 |
| Anthony Bitetto D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 15:08 | 0.12 |
| Eeli Tolvanen R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 | 0.00 |
| Viktor Arvidsson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:22 | 0.00 |
| Alexei Emelin D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:39 | -0.15 |
| Mike Fisher C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 13:18 | -0.18 |
| Scott Hartnell L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 6:15 | -1.33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pekka Rinne | L | 29 | 23 | 6 | .793 | 40:00 | -2.20 |
| Juuse Saros | — | 7 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 17:04 | -0.15 |