Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (29-29-5) at Nashville Predators (35-25-3) – 07 Mar 2024 – 8:00PM EST

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (29-29-5) at Nashville [](/r/predators) Predators (35-25-3)

#Bridgestone Arena

##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|9:00PM|1:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, BSSO|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021000) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021000/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021000/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021000/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|Ryan O’Reilly|Gustav Nyquist|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|
|[NSH](/r/predators)|Yakov Trenin|Colton Sissons|Cody Glass|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Dylan Cozens|JJ Peterka|
|[NSH](/r/predators)|Mark Jankowski|Tommy Novak|Luke Evangelista|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Peyton Krebs|Victor Olofsson|
|[NSH](/r/predators)|Cole Smith|Michael McCarron|Kiefer Sherwood|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Robinson|Zemgus Girgensons|Kyle Okposo|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[NSH](/r/predators)|Roman Josi|Dante Fabbro|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Henri Jokiharju|
|[NSH](/r/predators)|Ryan McDonagh|Luke Schenn|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Jacob Bryson|
|[NSH](/r/predators)|Jeremy Lauzon|Alexandre Carrier|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Connor Clifton|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[NSH](/r/predators)|Juuse Saros|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|
|[NSH](/r/predators)|Kevin Lankinen|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/nashville-predators/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[NSH](/r/predators)|None|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Erik Johnson|29 Feb 2024|Illness|DTD|Johnson (illness) will miss Wednesday’s contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550 reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|15 Feb 2024|Lower Body|IR|Quinn (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, according to Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.|27 Mar 2024|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|06 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Samuelsson (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.|15 Sep 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/nashville-predators/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[NSH](/r/predators)|63|35|25|3|73|0.579|3.17|3.08|19.53|76.41|31.13|30.32|49.66|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|63|29|29|5|63|0.500|2.90|2.98|16.76|78.95|31.32|29.11|46.15|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[NSH](/r/predators)|Juuse Saros|50|50|26|21|3|2|2.85|0.907|
|[NSH](/r/predators)|Kevin Lankinen|17|12|8|4|0|0|3.23|0.892|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|39|36|19|16|3|4|2.44|0.914|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|20|19|9|7|2|0|3.30|0.891|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=18 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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