Buffalo Sabres (29-29-5, sixth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Nashville Predators (35-25-3, fourth in the Central Division)
Nashville, Tennessee; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Predators -167, Sabres +140; over/under is 6.5
BOTTOM LINE: The Nashville Predators and the Buffalo Sabres face off in an out-of-conference matchup.
Nashville is 35-25-3 overall and 17-15-1 at home. The Predators have gone 17-9-0 when scoring a power-play goal.
Buffalo is 15-12-4 in road games and 29-29-5 overall. The Sabres have given up 188 goals while scoring 183 for a -5 scoring differential.
Thursday's game is the second time these teams match up this season. The Predators won 2-1 in the last matchup.
TOP PERFORMERS: Filip Forsberg has 30 goals and 34 assists for the Predators. Gustav Nyquist has five goals and eight assists over the past 10 games.
Rasmus Dahlin has 15 goals and 31 assists for the Sabres. Dylan Cozens has four goals and four assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Predators: 8-1-1, averaging 4.2 goals, 6.8 assists, 3.6 penalties and 9.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game.
Sabres: 6-3-1, averaging 2.8 goals, 4.3 assists, 3.1 penalties and 6.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.3 goals per game.
INJURIES: Predators: None listed.
Sabres: Mattias Samuelsson: out for season (upper body), Jack Quinn: out (lower body), Erik Johnson: day to day (illness).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
