Nashville Predators (28-26-8, Central Division) vs. Buffalo Sabers (37-19-6, Atlantic Division)
Buffalo, New York; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabers will look to build on a five-game winning streak with a victory against the Nashville Predators.
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Buffalo is 37-19-6 overall and 18-8-3 at home. The Sabers are 15-5-4 in games where they score at least one power play goal.
Nashville is 28-26-8 overall and 11-13-5 on the road. The Predators rank 10th in the league with 236 total penalties (averaging 3.8 per game).
The teams play Saturday for the second time this season. The Sabers won 5-3 in the previous meeting. Noah Ostlund led the Sabers with two goals.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tage Thompson had 33 goals and 32 assists for the Sabres. Rasmus Dahlin has one goal and 10 assists in the last 10 games.
Ryan O’Reilly has 22 goals and 37 assists for the Predators. Filip Forsberg has scored nine goals and provided four assists in the last 10 games.
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LAST 10 GAMES: Sabres: 7-2-1, averaging 3.5 goals, 5.9 assists, 3.9 penalties and 10 penalty minutes while allowing 2.3 goals per game.
Predators: 4-3-3, averaging 3.5 goals, 5.6 assists, 3.9 penalties and 9.4 penalty minutes while allowing 3.5 goals per game.
INJURIES: Sabers: None listed.
Predators: none listed.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data logging and the data of Sports radar.
