Buffalo Sabres at St. Louis Blues

Dec 29, 2025 · Enterprise Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	4	34
St. Louis Blues	2	18

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
02:19	BUF	Noah Ostlund (7)	Josh Norris (7)	1 - 0
05:08	STL	Brayden Schenn (8)	Otto Stenberg (4), Jordan Kyrou (9)	1 - 1
08:09	STL	Jimmy Snuggerud (6)	Robby Fabbri (3), Colton Parayko (11)	1 - 2
2nd Period
15:17	BUF	Alex Tuch (12)	Mattias Samuelsson (13)	2 - 2
3rd Period
01:46	BUF	Zach Benson (4)	Jack Quinn (15), Ryan McLeod (15)	3 - 2
18:44	BUF	Peyton Krebs (3)	Beck Malenstyn (3)	4 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
10:31	BUF	Zach Metsa	High sticking	2
20:00	STL	Cam Fowler	Hooking	2
3rd Period
09:38	STL	Justin Faulk	Interference	2
15:55	STL	Pavel Buchnevich	High sticking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	71	52	34	4	4.3	63.4
St. Louis Blues	38	27	18	2	1.8	36.6

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 St. Louis Blues had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 4.3 expected, 4 scored · St. Louis Blues: 1.8 expected, 2 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

St. Louis Blues

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 · Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan	11:14	63.2	59.0	0-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Josh Dunne	10:30	57.1	33.6	0-0
Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson	10:29	80.8	83.4	1-0
Alex Tuch · Josh Norris · Noah Ostlund	8:50	66.7	70.4	2-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	12:48	60.9	48.3	1-2
Michael Kesselring · Owen Power	11:12	78.6	81.2	0-0
Bowen Byram · Zach Metsa	7:58	38.5	48.5	2-0

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

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
6	Zach Benson	L	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	15:39	0.71	23-7	1.76-0.30
19	Peyton Krebs	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	14:12	0.12	14-8	0.56-0.38
86	Noah Ostlund	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	12:57	0.15	13-12	0.38-0.57
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	13:54	0.14	14-10	0.40-0.40
9	Josh Norris	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	16:26	0.13	14-7	0.57-0.16
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	1	0	4	1	14:02	0.50	22-7	1.66-0.34
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	22:14	0.05	20-12	1.27-0.72
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	5	14:35	0.09	9-10	0.20-0.40
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	17:09	0.08	24-8	1.71-0.52
7	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	15:33	0.02	23-7	0.68-0.18
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:32	0.01	9-6	0.27-0.23
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	22:21	0.53	17-14	1.35-0.50
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	23:42	0.08	32-13	1.13-0.33
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	23:40	0.26	19-12	1.10-0.75
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:08	0.09	9-10	0.20-0.40
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	19:12	0.17	13-10	0.66-0.41
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	10:18		7-10	0.42-0.48
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	17:01	0.72	13-7	0.53-0.34

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Alex Lyon	W	18	16	2	59:25	1.75	-0.25

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Pavel Buchnevich · Robert Thomas · Jake Neighbours	11:39	44.4	39.9	0-1
Oskar Sundqvist · Mathieu Joseph · Alexey Toropchenko	8:41	41.2	17.3	0-0
Brayden Schenn · Jordan Kyrou · Otto Stenberg	7:20	29.4	33.8	1-1
Robby Fabbri · Jimmy Snuggerud · Dalibor Dvorsky	5:47	56.3	64.1	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Colton Parayko · Philip Broberg	16:43	28.1	37.8	1-0
Justin Faulk · Tyler Tucker	10:05	45.5	39.4	1-0
Justin Faulk · Cam Fowler	7:37	18.2	23.6	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
10	Brayden Schenn	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	15:51	0.15	7-18	0.31-0.68
21	Jimmy Snuggerud	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	13:24	0.36	11-9	0.48-0.29
21	Robby Fabbri	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	11:52	0.23	11-15	0.61-0.68
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	13:12		6-16	0.32-0.70
28	Otto Stenberg	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	14:02	0.02	6-18	0.31-0.78
55	Colton Parayko	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	24:58		14-30	0.80-1.53
6	Philip Broberg	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	25:26	0.02	13-28	0.81-1.50
13	Alexey Toropchenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	15:58	0.13	7-18	0.17-1.17
15	Dalibor Dvorsky	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:12		10-12	0.45-0.49
17	Cam Fowler	D	0	0	0	-4	2	1	0	22:25	0.16	15-27	0.53-1.40
18	Robert Thomas	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	18:28	0.26	9-11	0.39-0.54
21	Mathieu Joseph	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:39	0.04	9-19	0.33-1.03
23	Logan Mailloux	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	08:52		10-7	0.07-0.42
63	Jake Neighbours	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	6	15:33	0.10	9-10	0.39-0.53
70	Oskar Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:41		8-18	0.33-1.34
72	Justin Faulk	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	23:27	0.33	10-18	0.44-0.93
75	Tyler Tucker	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13:30		7-9	0.31-0.32
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	17:01	0.02	8-12	0.35-0.53

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Joel Hofer	L	33	30	3	59:29	3.72	+0.72