Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers

Jan 25, 2025 · Rogers Place

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	2	41
Edmonton Oilers	3	34

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
16:28	BUF	Alex Tuch (16)	Jason Zucker (20), Jacob Bryson (4)	1 - 0
16:45	EDM	Jeff Skinner (8)	Ty Emberson (9)	1 - 1
2nd Period
07:46	BUF	Jiri Kulich (9)	Owen Power (19), Dylan Cozens (14)	2 - 1
13:20	EDM	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (14)	Kasperi Kapanen (4), Mattias Ekholm (14)	2 - 2
3rd Period
08:59	EDM	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (15)	Darnell Nurse (17), Evan Bouchard (29)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
11:00	EDM	Troy Stecher	Interference	2
2nd Period
05:41	EDM	Zach Hyman	Hooking	2
09:47	BUF	Peyton Krebs	Holding	2
3rd Period
04:14	EDM	Kasperi Kapanen	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	75	57	41	2	5.1	51.0
Edmonton Oilers	57	49	34	3	4.5	49.0

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Edmonton Oilers had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 5.1 expected, 2 scored · Edmonton Oilers: 4.5 expected, 3 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres

Edmonton Oilers

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tage Thompson · JJ Peterka · Jiri Kulich	10:25	37.9	36.5	0-1
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Dylan Cozens	10:11	65.2	37.7	1-1
Ryan McLeod · Peyton Krebs · Jack Quinn	6:52	54.5	77.0	0-0
Peyton Krebs · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson	5:13	42.9	38.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram	15:42	36.7	36.4	0-1
Mattias Samuelsson · Owen Power	15:26	46.9	39.3	0-1
Henri Jokiharju · Jacob Bryson	10:15	65.0	58.9	1-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
20	Jiri Kulich	C	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	16:22	0.90	12-18	0.63-1.00
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	19:19	0.19	20-11	1.11-1.15
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	15:05	0.26	15-8	0.54-0.90
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	1	0	4	3	16:12	0.67	17-9	0.77-0.92
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	21:32	0.14	18-19	0.93-1.61
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	12:18	0.01	15-8	1.10-0.78
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:54	0.11	5-12	0.31-0.75
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	18:34	0.23	12-20	0.58-1.17
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	16:56	0.58	14-14	1.13-0.85
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13:05		16-12	0.89-0.97
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:02	0.41	9-10	0.74-0.48
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	20:22	0.09	22-18	1.44-1.35
24	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	09:07	0.14	12-9	0.61-0.64
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	21:01	0.02	17-20	1.00-0.88
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	24:06	0.18	15-23	0.66-1.19
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	08:07	0.26	9-9	0.56-0.64
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:00	0.43	21-11	1.60-0.56
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	16:53	0.48	11-19	0.58-1.10

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
47	James Reimer	L	34	31	3	58:05	4.06	+1.06

Edmonton Oilers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Connor Brown · Mattias Janmark	9:46	55.6	53.1	1-0
Leon Draisaitl · Viktor Arvidsson · Vasily Podkolzin	8:41	35.7	45.4	0-0
Corey Perry · Adam Henrique · Zach Hyman	5:19	66.7	73.3	0-0
Adam Henrique · Jeff Skinner · Zach Hyman	3:39	37.5	52.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Ekholm · Evan Bouchard	14:48	42.3	40.0	0-0
Darnell Nurse · Troy Stecher	7:23	52.9	62.2	0-0
Brett Kulak · Darnell Nurse	6:48	42.9	14.5	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
93	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	2	0	2	2	0	4	0	15:51	0.44	19-12	0.78-0.50
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	10:44	0.40	10-11	0.66-0.31
2	Evan Bouchard	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	24:22	0.43	21-26	1.53-1.74
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	23:00	0.12	17-18	1.38-1.57
25	Darnell Nurse	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	23:41	0.08	21-23	1.20-1.29
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	10:33	0.25	11-5	0.87-0.17
49	Ty Emberson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	14:56	0.04	11-9	1.01-0.40
13	Mattias Janmark	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14:51	0.04	18-13	0.71-0.50
15	Noah Philp	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	06:49	0.09	7-6	0.55-0.26
16	Connor Brown	R	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	15:03	0.64	18-12	0.82-0.50
18	Zach Hyman	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	18:44	0.32	14-20	1.10-1.33
19	Adam Henrique	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:39	0.24	9-13	0.60-0.58
27	Brett Kulak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	20:14	0.18	19-17	1.02-0.53
28	Troy Stecher	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12:06	0.02	11-11	0.65-0.56
29	Leon Draisaitl	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	22:36	0.35	15-21	1.46-1.70
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:37	0.06	10-18	0.75-1.23
90	Corey Perry	R	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	14:09	0.34	13-10	1.30-1.16
92	Vasily Podkolzin	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	14:05		6-15	0.57-0.86

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Stuart Skinner	W	41	39	2	60:00	5.13	+3.13