Buffalo Neutralizes Nashville

Road Victory Improves Wild Card Standing

**The boys helping the rookie celebrate his first NHL goal**

Sabres 5 – Predators 3 (en) Buffalo Sabres rookie (C) Konsta Helenius scored his first goal and earned two assists for his first multi-point game in his second NHL game, additionally, the 19 years old Finnish standout played 17 shifts, blocked a shot, dished out two hits, and took four shots on net.

**Sabres (C) Ostlund scores the game’s first goal**

When Buffalo’s (C) Thompson scored his 26th of the year to increase the Sabres lead to 4-0 four and a half minutes into the second period you could almost hear a funeral dirge for Nashville.

**Sabres (C) Ostlund scores the game’s second goal**

But Nashville’s and former Buffalo (C) O’Reilly channeling his younger self beginning halfway through the second period scored when Nashville had six skaters in Buffalo’s end then assisted on another before scoring again halfway through the third period to get the Predators within one goal of tying the game at 4-3 with 10:30 remaining.

**Sabres (G) Lyon keeping the Predators at bay**

Buffalo (G) Lyon allowed only three goals on 34 Nashville shots earning himself a .912% save percentage while stopping 13 of 14 Predators SOG during the third period to assist in preserving the victory.