Overview
- Nineteen-year-old Konsta Helenius recorded a goal and two primary assists in his second NHL game.
- Noah Ostlund scored twice in the first period off Helenius setups to help build a 3-0 lead, and Helenius added the third late in the frame.
- Tage Thompson made it 4-0 with his 26th at 4:20 of the second, prompting Juuse Saros' exit as Justus Annunen stopped all 13 shots in relief.
- Ryan O’Reilly scored twice and Filip Forsberg had a goal and two assists as Nashville closed to 4-3 before Peyton Krebs' empty-netter with 1:46 left.
- Goalie Alex Lyon finished with 32 saves for Buffalo, which is 3-1-1 in its past five, while Nashville dropped consecutive games for the first time since late November; next up are Montreal and Ottawa on Thursday.