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On the night the Buffalo Sabres honored play-by-play announcer Rick Jeanneret, an institution of the organization since 1971, with a banner in his honor, the team picked up a pitch-perfect win.
Tage Thompson scored twice to hit the 30-goal mark in the Sabres' 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday at KeyBank Center. Peyton Krebs and Victor Olofsson also scored while Craig Anderson made 22 saves.
Filip Forsberg, Michal McCarron and Jeremy Lauzon were Nashville's goal scorers. Juuse Saros stopped 31 shots.
After the game, Jeanneret was announced as the game's First Star and was escorted onto the ice for a photo with the team.
The Sabres extended their point streak to eight games (5-0-3) with the win.

How it happened

Following the emotional ceremony, the teams combined for six goals in the first period and skated to the locker room in a 3-3 tie.

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      NSH@BUF: Krebs cleans up rebound to open scoring

      Krebs opened the scoring 2:14 in and Nashville tied it on a goal from Forsberg just 2:18 later.

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          NSH@BUF: Thompson beats Saros far side for lead

          Thompson then scored back-to-back goals for his 29th and 30th of the season to put Buffalo back in the lead.
          The Predators responded, first on a shot from McCarron with 2:37 to play and then another from Lauzon with 58.4 seconds remaining in the period. Buffalo outshot the Predators 14-10 after 20.

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              NSH@BUF: Olofsson one-times PPG for his 15th

              Olofsson put Buffalo back on top when he ripped home a power-play goal with 5:35 left in the second period.
              The Sabres hung on, especially during a last-second push by the Predators with the extra man.

              Roll the highlight film

              Here's Thompson's dirty 30th goal:

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                  NSH@BUF: Thompson strikes again for 30th of season

                  Worthy of a mention

                  Here's the full banner ceremony:

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                      RJ Night: Full Banner Ceremony

                      Coming up

                      Buffalo's four-game homestand continues Sunday afternoon against the Florida Panthers. Faceoff is at 1 p.m.
                      RJ will have the call on MSG and WGR 550. Pregame coverage on MSG starts at 12:30.
                      Tickets are on sale now.