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Chicago Blackhawks vs. Buffalo SabresNov 21, 2025

Final· KeyBank Center
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CHI
3
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home
BUF
9
Goals123TShots123T
CHI1113CHI671023
BUF3339BUF159731
CHI 50BUF 60
CHI 1.66BUF 3.40
PP goals
CHI 1BUF 1
Hits
CHI 13BUF 19
Blocks
CHI 17BUF 14
PIM
CHI 4BUF 4
CHI 41%BUF 59%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres rout Chicago Blackhawks 9–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Chicago Blackhawks 9–3 at home. Alex Tuch (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 4A.

  1. Points
    Alex Tuch had 4 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 18:04.Tuch
  2. Points
    Jason Zucker had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:25.Zucker
  3. Points
    Josh Doan had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:58.Doan
  4. Points
    Tyler Bertuzzi had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:17.Bertuzzi
  5. Points
    Bowen Byram had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:01.Byram
  6. Points
    Jack Quinn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:09.Quinn
  7. Points
    Jacob Bryson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:41.Bryson
  8. Points
    Ryan McLeod had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:13.McLeod

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, CHI at BUF: 110 attempts, 54 on goal, 12 goals, 5.06 expected goals; best chance Jacob Bryson at 0.39 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← CHI attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • CHI
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · BUF 60 · CHI 50

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, CHI at BUF: expected goals 3.40 to 1.66 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 60 to 50, 12 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdBUFCHIDZBBMSVDBTQBnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BUF
  • CHI
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFCHIcontrol2nd3rdDoan · 1st 13:57Zucker · 1st 15:19Byram · 1st 17:33Bertuzzi · 1st 18:12McLeod · 2nd 5:42Samuelsson · 2nd 5:50Vlasic · 2nd 14:45Doan · 2nd 17:31Bertuzzi · 3rd 0:24Thompson · 3rd 1:56Quinn · 3rd 7:07Bryson · 3rd 16:22
  • BUF pressure
  • CHI pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 18% of the game, BUF 48%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, CHI at BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (60:00) for BUF and Arvid Soderblom (60:00) for CHI, 12 goals.

BUF
CHI
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against CHI skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, BUF rows versus CHI columns: 221 matchups; most common Samuelsson vs Bedard, 9:52 at 59% xGF.

BUF ↓ · CHI →BedardBertuzziGreeneTeravainenNazarMooreMikheyevDonatoDachKaiserLevshunovVlasicCrevierGrzelcykMurphyL1 McLeodL1 QuinnL1 ZuckerL2 TuchL2 DoanL2 ThompsonL3 MalenstynL3 KrebsL3 GreenwayL4 OstlundL4 KozakL4 RosenD1 SamuelssonD1 DahlinD2 TimminsD2 ByramD3 PowerD3 Bryson
BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatCHIBUF
5261
1.463.33
1.433.19
1011
42
1937
−0.015+0.015
18%48%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Chicago Blackhawks

Current CHI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 13:57
    BUFJosh Doan (Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch)wrist0.14 xG
    CHI: Donato, Vlasic, Mikheyev, Crevier, DachBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Bryson, Doan, Power
    CHI 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 15:19
    BUFJason Zucker (Jack Quinn, Rasmus Dahlin)snap0.17 xG
    CHI: Teravainen, Grzelcyk, Nazar, Rinzel, MooreBUF: Zucker, McLeod, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Quinn
    CHI 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 17:33
    BUFBowen ByramPP (Alex Tuch, Ryan McLeod)tip-in0.14 xG
    CHI: Murphy, Vlasic, Mikheyev, DachBUF: Tuch, McLeod, Byram, Doan, Power
    CHI 0 – 3 BUF
  4. 18:12
    CHITyler Bertuzzi (Sam Rinzel, Connor Bedard)backhand0.29 xG
    CHI: Grzelcyk, Bertuzzi, Greene, Rinzel, BedardBUF: Greenway, Malenstyn, Timmins, Samuelsson, Krebs
    CHI 1 – 3 BUF

2nd period

  1. 5:42
    BUFRyan McLeod (Jason Zucker, Conor Timmins)wrist0.19 xG
    CHI: Teravainen, Grzelcyk, Nazar, Rinzel, MooreBUF: Zucker, Timmins, McLeod, Quinn, Power
    CHI 1 – 4 BUF
  2. 5:50
    BUFMattias Samuelsson (Isak Rosen, Jacob Bryson)wrist0.02 xG
    CHI: Donato, Mikheyev, Crevier, Kaiser, DachBUF: Bryson, Samuelsson, Rosen, Kozak, Ostlund
    CHI 1 – 5 BUF
  3. 14:45
    CHIAlex Vlasic (Ryan Greene, Sam Rinzel)wrist0.04 xG
    CHI: Bertuzzi, Vlasic, Greene, Rinzel, BedardBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Timmins, Byram, Doan
    CHI 2 – 5 BUF
  4. 17:31
    BUFJosh Doan (Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch)snap0.19 xG
    CHI: Murphy, Teravainen, Vlasic, Mikheyev, NazarBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Doan
    CHI 2 – 6 BUF

3rd period

  1. 0:24
    CHITyler BertuzziPP (Connor Bedard, Frank Nazar)tip-in0.22 xG
    CHI: Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Nazar, Bedard, LevshunovBUF: Tuch, Timmins, McLeod, Samuelsson
    CHI 3 – 6 BUF
  2. 1:56
    BUFTage Thompson (Alex Tuch)wrist0.26 xG
    CHI: Bertuzzi, Kaiser, Greene, Rinzel, BedardBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Doan
    CHI 3 – 7 BUF
  3. 7:07
    BUFJack Quinn (Bowen Byram, Jason Zucker)wrist0.11 xG
    CHI: Donato, Vlasic, Dach, Rinzel, MooreBUF: Zucker, McLeod, Byram, Quinn, Power
    CHI 3 – 8 BUF
  4. 16:22
    BUFJacob Bryson (Beck Malenstyn, Jordan Greenway)wrist0.39 xG
    CHI: Teravainen, Vlasic, Nazar, Rinzel, MooreBUF: Greenway, Malenstyn, Bryson, Krebs, Power
    CHI 3 – 9 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Connor Bedard CL1022+110.2113220:25——5252
Tyler Bertuzzi LL1202+150.8320019:17——5252
Ryan Greene CL1011+110.0800018:17——5453
Teuvo Teravainen CL2000-400.0611020:33——312
Frank Nazar CL2011-400.0000019:44——302
Oliver Moore CL2000-400.0000012:09——313
Ilya Mikheyev RL3000-320.1300016:05——5036
Ryan Donato CL3000-330.0510015:11——4826
Colton Dach CL3000-320.1510014:52——5022
Wyatt Kaiser DD1000-200.0001019:43——4229
Artyom Levshunov DD1000010.0102216:39——5057
Alex Vlasic DD2101-310.0504017:18——274
Louis Crevier DD2000-230.0112016:25——4829
Matt Grzelcyk DD3000-120.0211019:59——6665
Connor Murphy DD3000-110.0210014:29——5631
Sam Rinzel D—022-310.0103012:20——3325
Landon Slaggert L—000000.0420011:34——6381
Sam Lafferty C—000000.0020011:07——6381
CHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)L31229.7103.4060:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ryan McLeod CL1112+330.4200017:13——6071
Jack Quinn RL1112+330.2310016:09——6271
Jason Zucker LL1123+310.1720215:25——6271
Alex Tuch RL2044+210.3110018:04——6184
Josh Doan RL2202+240.4000216:58——6584
Tage Thompson CL2112+250.5320016:21——6384
Beck Malenstyn LL3011010.1740013:55——4857
Peyton Krebs CL3000020.0441012:47——4857
Jordan Greenway LL3011000.0000012:18——4456
Noah Ostlund CL4000+110.0003014:31——4535
Tyson Kozak CL4000+100.0130013:21——4022
Isak Rosen RL4011+100.0001011:28——4741
Mattias Samuelsson DD1101+310.0211024:33——6167
Rasmus Dahlin DD1022+310.0301023:56——7084
Conor Timmins DD2011-110.0113018:02——3631
Bowen Byram DD2112040.4302018:01——4737
Owen Power DD3000+420.1302018:58——5689
Jacob Bryson DD3112+310.5000014:41——6089
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)W23203.8701.6660:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Tyler Bertuzzi (CHI PP) 3rd 0:24 · assists Connor Bedard, Frank Nazar · Deflection · 53.8 mph shot.

Alex Vlasic · 2nd 14:45 · CHI

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
71.3 mph
Distance
51 ft
Type
one-timer

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Josh Doan · 2nd 17:31 · BUF

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
1
Shot
52.7 mph
Distance
22 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 1:56 · BUF

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
22.3 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
3.8 s

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Jack Quinn · 3rd 7:07 · BUF

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
2
Shot
72.0 mph
Distance
31 ft
Entry to goal
2.8 s

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