NHL · Jan 20, 2026

Buffalo Sabres

5–3

Final

Nashville Predators

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The Sabres beat the Predators 5–3 at Bridgestone Arena. K. Helenius took first star with 1 goal and 2 assists.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	3	1	1	5	33
Predators	0	2	1	3	34

★ Three Stars

1K. HeleniusBUF · 1G 2A

2N. OstlundBUF · 2G 0A

3R. O'ReillyNSH · 2G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

08:11

Noah Ostlund (Konsta Helenius, Rasmus Dahlin)

1-0

11:45

Noah Ostlund (Konsta Helenius, Owen Power)

2-0

17:24

Konsta Helenius (Peyton Krebs)

3-0

2nd Period

04:20

Tage Thompson (Alex Tuch, Josh Doan)

4-0

10:09

Ryan O'Reilly (Filip Forsberg, Brady Skjei)

4-1

11:54

Filip Forsberg (Ryan O'Reilly)

4-2

3rd Period

09:30

Ryan O'Reilly (Luke Evangelista, Filip Forsberg)

4-3

18:14

Peyton Krebs (Mattias Samuelsson)EN

5-3

Boxscore

Sabres5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Konsta HeleniusC	1	2	3	+2	0	4	2	1	14:43
Noah OstlundC	2	0	2	+1	0	3	0	1	16:58
Peyton KrebsC	1	1	2	+2	0	2	2	0	12:31
Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	13:33
Josh DoanR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	12:57
Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	5	3	28:02
Owen PowerD	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	23:25
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	2	25:53
Alex TuchR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	15:44
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	+3	0	2	0	0	15:32
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	11:25
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	19:30
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	1	16:32
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-2	2	5	1	1	17:32
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8:06
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	11:02
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	23:59
Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8:36

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	34	31	3	.912	60:00
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00

Predators3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Ryan O'ReillyC	2	1	3	+2	2	4	0	0	20:42
Filip ForsbergL	1	2	3	+1	0	7	1	1	19:38
Luke EvangelistaR	0	1	1	0	2	4	1	0	20:35
Brady SkjeiD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	26:15
Fedor SvechkovC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	13:19
Michael McCarronC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	13:28
Jonathan MarchessaultR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	13:49
Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	18:06
Ozzy WiesblattC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	11:24
Matthew WoodR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:33
Justin BarronD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	8:22
Nicolas HagueD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1	20:09
Roman JosiD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	28:24
Nick PerbixD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	14:30
Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	13:28
Michael BuntingL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	12:39
Cole SmithR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	5	0	13:21
Nick BlankenburgD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2	18:15

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Juuse SarosStart	19	15	4	.789	23:54
Justus Annunen	13	13	0	1.000	34:09