Jiri Kulich scored a pair of goals in the victory. Bowen Byram skated into the left faceoff circle and blocked a heavy slap shot from Filip Forsberg as the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Buffalo Sabres’ 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators at KeyBank Center on Friday night.

Jiri Kulich scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 2:04 left, and the Buffalo Sabres overcame blowing a two-goal lead in a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators.

Kulich scored at 17:56 to give the Sabres a 4-3 lead. He raced down the left side, received Tage Thompson’s feed from the right point and ripped his second goal of the night – and 11th of the season – between Annunen and the near-side post.

The Buffalo Sabres are back on home ice, welcoming the Nashville Predators to KeyBank Center. Prior to the game, the team honored Rob Ray with his induction into the Sabres Hall of Fame.

Jiri Kulich scored the go-ahead goal with 2:04 in the third period and the Buffalo Sabres held on for a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Friday night in KeyBank Center.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Early on in his tenure as the Sabres’ coach, Ted Nolan wanted to make Rob Ray a healthy scratch. Typically, an assistant coach would share that news with a player. But when Nolan asked Don Lever, he tried to pass the task along to Terry Martin. When Nolan asked Martin, he tried to pass it off on Lever.

Jiri Kulich found the back of the net twice, including the game-winning goal with just over two minutes left in regulation, lifting the Buffalo Sabres (20-26-5) to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators (18-25-7) on Friday night at KeyBank Center.

Finds twine Monday

Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and two assists to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.

Jiri Kulich scored two goals including the winner with 2:04 left in the third period as the Sabres rallied for a 4-3 win against the Nashville Predators on Friday night at

On Tuesday, Thompson and Peterka became the first Sabres teammates with hat tricks in the same game since Derek Roy and Drew Stafford on Jan. 18, 2008. They finished the night with plus-six ratings, a feat no Sabres skater had accomplished since Richard Smehlik on Feb. 2, 1998.

Among the best players to watch when the Nashville Predators meet the Buffalo Sabres on Friday at KeyBank Center — starting at 7:00 PM ET — are the Predators’ Filip Forsberg and the Sabres’ Tage Thompson.