Edmonton Oilers at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 10, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Edmonton Oilers	2	34
Buffalo Sabres	3	23

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
13:28	BUF	Tage Thompson (32)	Unassisted	0 - 1
2nd Period
01:35	EDM	Darnell Nurse (5)	Troy Stecher (4), Leon Draisaitl (50)	1 - 1
03:52	BUF	Alex Tuch (25)	Ryan McLeod (20)	1 - 2
09:12	EDM	Evan Bouchard (12) PP	Connor McDavid (58), Leon Draisaitl (51)	2 - 2
3rd Period
03:20	BUF	Tage Thompson (33)	Josh Norris (14)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
05:42	EDM	Max Jones	Slashing	2
08:20	BUF	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
12:41	BUF	Jordan Greenway	Tripping	2
17:36	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Cross checking	2
18:43	EDM	Zach Hyman	Hooking	2
3rd Period
14:33	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Edmonton Oilers	59	47	34	2	2.9	49.4
Buffalo Sabres	47	35	23	3	2.4	50.6

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Edmonton Oilers had.

Expected goals

Edmonton Oilers: 2.9 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 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

Edmonton Oilers

Buffalo Sabres

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Hyman · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Connor McDavid	7:41	54.5	60.3	0-1
Corey Perry · Adam Henrique · Max Jones	6:24	0.0	0.0	0-0
Zach Hyman · Leon Draisaitl · Connor McDavid	5:29	54.5	62.1	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Connor Brown · Mattias Janmark	4:12	66.7	75.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brett Kulak · Evan Bouchard	8:50	54.5	42.1	0-1
Darnell Nurse · Jake Walman	7:45	57.1	56.9	0-0
Jake Walman · Evan Bouchard	7:17	40.0	40.9	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

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
29	Leon Draisaitl	C	0	2	2	-1	0	4	0	23:26	0.62	20-22	0.88-1.28
2	Evan Bouchard	D	1	0	1	-2	0	6	0	26:32	0.22	20-23	1.15-1.44
25	Darnell Nurse	D	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	23:27	0.27	22-20	1.08-0.80
28	Troy Stecher	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	11:31	0.01	10-4	0.24-0.06
97	Connor McDavid	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	26:01	0.24	15-15	0.72-0.57
13	Mattias Janmark	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:22	0.19	9-7	0.64-0.24
16	Connor Brown	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:18	0.19	12-8	0.61-0.53
18	Zach Hyman	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	22:18	0.10	12-11	0.69-0.48
19	Adam Henrique	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12:31		3-8	0.18-0.35
27	Brett Kulak	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	20:09	0.03	18-21	0.86-1.09
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	12:15	0.19	13-17	0.79-0.85
46	Max Jones	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	09:55		3-7	0.10-0.37
49	Ty Emberson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:27	0.03	3-8	0.04-0.18
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:56	0.25	12-9	0.74-0.34
90	Corey Perry	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12:30	0.07	7-9	0.17-0.72
92	Vasily Podkolzin	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	09:37	0.04	11-9	0.48-0.43
93	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	19:13	0.34	12-10	0.44-0.48
96	Jake Walman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:59	0.11	13-12	0.92-0.86

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Stuart Skinner	L	23	20	3	57:33	2.42	-0.58

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tage Thompson · Josh Norris · JJ Peterka	11:46	31.8	51.9	2-1
Peyton Krebs · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson	11:30	59.1	54.4	0-0
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Ryan McLeod	9:31	52.6	48.6	1-0
Sam Lafferty · Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn	3:13	42.9	1.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	13:04	69.6	78.7	1-0
Jacob Bryson · Bowen Byram	12:16	38.1	26.9	0-1
Connor Clifton · Owen Power	9:29	43.8	44.8	0-0

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
72	Tage Thompson	C	2	0	2	1	0	3	1	15:29	0.68	7-15	0.72-0.67
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	19:09	0.36	16-15	0.68-0.86
9	Josh Norris	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	17:55		10-17	0.86-0.92
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	21:02	0.23	16-11	0.73-0.58
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:30	0.15	13-11	0.51-0.52
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	17:31	0.08	9-16	0.84-0.71
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	06:29	0.05	7-5	0.13-0.18
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	13:53	0.08	14-10	0.66-0.64
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:37	0.17	15-9	0.62-0.43
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19:05	0.21	17-10	0.75-0.46
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	22:15	0.02	18-12	0.85-0.48
24	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	04:20	0.06	4-4	0.06-0.18
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	21:58	0.15	18-18	0.99-0.90
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17:54	0.13	10-14	0.83-0.75
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	23:53	0.03	22-14	0.91-0.64
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10:07	0.00	4-5	0.06-0.18
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:17		10-13	0.50-0.66
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	15:44		10-16	0.34-0.95

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	34	32	2	60:00	2.91	+0.91