Saturday, March 7, 2026
- Expected goals, NSH–BUF
- 3.0–2.5
- all situations, empty nets out
- BUF share of xG
- 46.1%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 25–24
- NSH–BUF
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Sabres edged the Predators 3-2. Expected goals had it close, 2.5 to 3.0. Tage Thompson has a point in 10 straight games. Filip Forsberg had 11 shot attempts. Josh Doan scored the winner.
- Tage ThompsonStreak
Tage Thompson has a point in 10 straight games. He has 34 goals this season. He played 18:53 and had four shots on goal. The Sabres beat the Predators 3-2.
- Filip ForsbergVolume
Filip Forsberg had 11 shot attempts. Four reached the net and none went in. He came in averaging 6.7 attempts a game. The Predators fell 3-2 to the Sabres.
- Alex TuchStreak
Alex Tuch has a point in 5 straight games. He has 54 points in 62 games this season. He played 21:19 and had no shots on goal. It finished 3-2 for the Sabres.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
Where the shots came from
5 goals from 83 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Nashville Predators
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Josi D | 25:56 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Brady Skjei D | 21:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Ryan O'Reilly C | 21:20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.46 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| Nicolas Hague D | 20:59 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.09 | 1 | 2 | 63 |
| Filip Forsberg L | 18:48 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Nick Perbix D | 18:41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | 1 | 3 | 45 |
| Steven Stamkos C | 17:53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.16 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| Jonathan Marchessault R | 17:03 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.01 | 2 | 0 | 41 |
| Erik Haula L | 16:12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.18 | 2 | 0 | 73 |
| Matthew Wood R | 15:57 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 3 | 42 |
| Luke Evangelista R | 15:48 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Joakim Kemell R | 15:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 70 |
| Ryan Ufko D | 13:44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Zachary L'Heureux L | 13:26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.59 | 2 | 1 | 79 |
| Justin Barron D | 12:49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| Tyson Jost C | 10:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fedor Svechkov C | 9:49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ozzy Wiesblatt C | 9:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 24:36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.88 | 1 | 1 | 65 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 24:36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| Bowen Byram D | 23:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 1 | 1 | 69 |
| Owen Power D | 23:02 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.07 | 0 | 3 | 49 |
| Alex Tuch R | 21:19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.09 | 2 | 1 | 45 |
| Tage Thompson C | 18:53 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.35 | 2 | 2 | 46 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 17:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| Josh Norris C | 16:37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| Josh Doan R | 16:11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.49 | 2 | 0 | 68 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 14:46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Jason Zucker L | 14:42 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.52 | 0 | 1 | 76 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 14:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Jack Quinn R | 14:10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.46 | 2 | 1 | 76 |
| Zach Metsa D | 11:38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 10:28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 3 | 55 |
| Zach Benson L | 9:32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.19 | 1 | 0 | 79 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 9:12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 2 | 37 |
| Sam Carrick C | 8:55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
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