Predators 2-1 Sabres (4 Dec, 2018) Play-by-Play

Buffalo Sabres

17-8-3, 8-6-2 away

	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	0	1
NSH	1	1	0	2

Nashville Predators

19-8-1, 11-5-0 home

SABRES

PREDATORS

TIME	BUF	NSH
0:00
0:00
0:05
0:07
0:07
0:13
0:13
0:23	0	0
0:27
0:27
1:13
1:14
1:38
1:41	0	0
1:47
2:01
2:03
2:03
2:47
2:57
3:14
3:14	0	0
3:14
3:32
3:35
4:44	0	0
4:44
5:17
5:21	0	0
5:28	0	0
5:34	0	0
5:35	0	0
5:36
5:36
5:51
6:00	0	0
6:13	0	0
6:20	0	0
6:23
6:23
6:28	0	0
6:30
6:30
6:58
7:03	0	0
7:05
7:05
7:25
7:35
8:00	0	0
8:52	0	0
9:03	0	0
9:10	0	0
9:22	0	0
9:42
9:52
10:17	0	0
10:17
10:17
10:28	0	0
10:28
10:28
11:00	0	0
11:35
11:41
11:41
12:09	0	0
12:10
12:10
12:36
13:12	0	0
13:24	0	0
13:30
13:30
13:57
13:57
14:10
14:10
14:53
15:03	0	0
15:04
15:04
15:04
15:06	0	0
15:08
15:08
15:13
15:13
15:32	0	0
16:02	0	0
16:25	0	1
16:25
16:39
16:42
16:42
17:37	0	1
17:40	0	1
17:41
17:41
17:56	0	1
18:21
18:37	0	1
18:50	0	1
19:01	0	1
19:09
19:09
19:12	0	1
20:00

Regular Season Series

NSH leads 1-0

Sabres
1
Predators
2

Game 1

4/12

Predators
3
Sabres
2

Game 2

3/4

Bridgestone Arena

1:00 AM, 4 December 2018

Nashville, TN

Attendance: 17,311

Referees:
Brad Watson

Linesmen:
Brian Mach
Lonnie Cameron

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	52	24	6	110
Boston	47	20	15	109
Toronto	46	26	10	102
Tampa Bay	45	29	8	98
Detroit	41	32	9	91
Buffalo	39	37	6	84
Ottawa	37	41	4	78
Montreal	30	36	16	76

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Dallas	52	21	9	113
Winnipeg	52	24	6	110
Colorado	50	25	7	107
Nashville	47	30	5	99
St. Louis	43	33	6	92
Minnesota	39	33	10	87
Arizona	36	41	5	77
Chicago	23	53	6	52

Bruins look to clinch series win over the Maple Leafs

Boston Bruins (47-20-15, second in the Atlantic Division) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (46-26-10, third in the Atlantic Division)

Draisaitl scores twice as Oilers beat Kings 4-3 to advance to 2nd round

— The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings played a tight-checking series at even strength. The special teams matchup, however, was lopsided — and that’s why it ended in five games.

Kings lament special teams play after playoff elimination

Kings interim coach Jim Hiller said the difference in their series against the Oilers was special teams play. "If we had performed well, we'd still be playing," he said.

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Buffalo Sabres

Nashville Predators

Regular Season Series

NSH leads 1-0

Game Information

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NHL News

Bruins look to clinch series win over the Maple Leafs

Draisaitl scores twice as Oilers beat Kings 4-3 to advance to 2nd round

Kings lament special teams play after playoff elimination