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Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 18, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Philadelphia Flyers 3 27
Buffalo Sabres 5 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:40 BUF Jack Quinn (7) Mattias Samuelsson (8), Zach Benson (12) 0 - 1
08:38 PHI Noah Cates (8) Bobby Brink (7) 1 - 1
2nd Period
11:01 PHI Cam York (2) Trevor Zegras (20), Bobby Brink (8) 2 - 1
16:54 BUF Tage Thompson (17) Rasmus Dahlin (23) 2 - 2
19:30 BUF Noah Ostlund (5) Owen Power (6), Alex Tuch (18) 2 - 3
3rd Period
10:20 BUF Josh Norris (3) PP Zach Benson (13) 2 - 4
14:28 PHI Travis Konecny (10) Emil Andrae (8), Jamie Drysdale (12) 3 - 4
19:52 BUF Ryan McLeod (6) Mattias Samuelsson (9) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:18 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Hooking 2
19:23 PHI Travis Konecny Hooking 2
2nd Period
04:52 BUF Alex Tuch Tripping 2
07:42 PHI Rasmus Ristolainen Cross checking 2
11:18 PHI Matvei Michkov Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd Period
10:02 PHI Bobby Brink High sticking 2
15:19 PHI Trevor Zegras Hooking 2
17:41 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Philadelphia Flyers 56 40 27 3 2.9 53.7
Buffalo Sabres 55 43 28 5 3.7 46.3

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadPhiladelphia Flyers ahead

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 Philadelphia Flyers had.

Expected goals

Philadelphia Flyers: 2.9 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.7 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPHI goal, 8:38 of 1st, a 10% chancePHI goal, 11:01 of 2nd, a 13% chancePHI goal, 14:28 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 7:40 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 16:54 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 19:30 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 10:20 of 3rd, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 19:52 of 3rd, a 73% chanceBUF 3.7PHI 2.9

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

Philadelphia Flyers
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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Dvorak · Travis Konecny · Trevor Zegras10:2362.570.81-2
Sean Couturier · Carl Grundstrom · Owen Tippett9:2153.350.60-1
Noah Cates · Bobby Brink · Matvei Michkov7:1866.747.91-0
Nicolas Deslauriers · Garnet Hathaway · Rodrigo Abols5:3318.227.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Emil Andrae · Jamie Drysdale14:3457.161.21-0
Travis Sanheim · Cam York13:1358.877.32-2
Nick Seeler · Rasmus Ristolainen12:3764.367.30-1

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
10 Bobby Brink R 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 14:38 0.11 10-7 0.41-0.23
8 Cam York D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 20:31 0.16 10-11 0.80-0.41
11 Travis Konecny R 1 0 1 -1 2 4 2 19:06 0.26 20-14 1.39-0.50
27 Noah Cates L 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:37 0.12 7-3 0.24-0.24
9 Jamie Drysdale D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:46 0.10 16-12 0.65-0.41
36 Emil Andrae D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:15 16-17 0.65-0.68
46 Trevor Zegras C 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 20:32 0.23 22-14 1.36-0.60
6 Travis Sanheim D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 23:12 11-10 0.80-0.38
14 Sean Couturier C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 16:07 0.12 10-9 0.52-0.38
18 Rodrigo Abols C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 08:20 0.16 4-11 0.23-0.45
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:39 3-9 0.16-0.42
22 Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 18:37 0.75 16-13 0.95-0.46
24 Nick Seeler D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:07 18-14 1.02-0.60
39 Matvei Michkov R 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 15:27 0.36 16-4 0.83-0.14
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 06:43 3-9 0.16-0.42
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 16:59 0.02 18-13 1.02-0.77
74 Owen Tippett R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 17:21 0.26 12-8 0.65-0.34
91 Carl Grundstrom R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 15:28 0.21 9-12 0.52-0.60
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Samuel Ersson L 27 23 4 58:17 2.46 -1.54

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Tuch · Josh Norris · Noah Ostlund9:5445.053.31-0
Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan9:0178.668.61-1
Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson7:2729.413.41-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Tyson Kozak3:4233.316.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin11:1085.7100.01-0
Conor Timmins · Bowen Byram8:5658.382.80-0
Michael Kesselring · Owen Power8:4228.610.90-0

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
6 Zach Benson L 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 17:11 0.30 8-13 0.37-1.03
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 19:43 0.09 17-15 0.83-0.86
9 Josh Norris C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 19:38 0.26 12-13 0.47-0.41
22 Jack Quinn R 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:36 0.16 9-17 0.27-1.21
71 Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 18:35 10-19 0.39-1.32
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 20:19 0.21 15-7 0.84-0.42
86 Noah Ostlund C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:40 0.08 11-13 0.39-0.41
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:13 0.05 11-22 0.33-1.27
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 23:20 0.05 16-10 0.83-0.34
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 21:29 0.34 13-19 0.59-0.73
7 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:07 0.03 7-12 0.20-1.00
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:43 4-8 0.11-0.50
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 13:35 0.25 12-7 0.62-0.42
21 Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:00 0.02 10-14 0.37-0.73
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:41 0.06 13-15 0.45-0.74
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 08:56 0.11 4-6 0.11-0.32
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 04:46 0.10 3-4 0.14-0.20
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:36 0.39 15-6 0.77-0.44
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Alex Lyon W 27 24 3 59:52 2.76 -0.24