Winnipeg Jets vs. Buffalo SabresDec 1, 2025

FinalMonday, Dec 1, 2025· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WPG	0	1	0	1		WPG	8	6	10	24
BUF	3	1	1	5		BUF	14	7	10	31

: WPG 46BUF 58
: WPG 2.31BUF 3.12
PP goals: WPG 0BUF 1
Hits: WPG 35BUF 12
Blocks: WPG 17BUF 8
PIM: WPG 26BUF 14
: WPG 48%BUF 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Winnipeg Jets 5–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Winnipeg Jets 5–1 at home. Josh Norris (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin and Doan) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:40 together.

Points
Josh Norris had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:25.Norris
Points
Josh Doan had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:43.Doan
Points
Zach Benson had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:05.Benson
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin and Doan) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:40 together.Zucker Thompson Norris Dahlin Doan
New line
New look for BUF: Thompson–Norris–Benson skated 10:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thompson Norris Benson
Luck
BUF scored 5 goals on 3.12 expected goals (58 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Mark Scheifele (WPG) played 17:54, −3:39 down on his 21:33 season average over 81 games.Scheifele
Usage
Tage Thompson (BUF) played 15:44, −3:33 down on his 19:17 season average over 80 games.Thompson

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← WPG attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
WPG
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · BUF 58 · WPG 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
WPG
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
WPG pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WPG 20% of the game, BUF 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

WPG

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

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
Stat	WPG	BUF
	46	62
	1.88	2.71
	1.81	2.65
	8	10
	5	6
	11	22
	−0.014	+0.014
	20%	37%

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.

Winnipeg Jets

L1Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi
13:1345% CF
L2Toews – Namestnikov – Perfetti
11:2537% CF
L3Niederreiter – Lowry – Iafallo
8:1913% CF
L4Nyquist – Pearson – Barron
6:5060% CF
D1DeMelo – Morrissey
16:4446% CF
D2Schenn – Samberg
13:4942% CF
D3Miller – Stanley
12:5632% CF

PP1Scheifele – Morrissey – Connor – Vilardi – Iafallo
2:59100% CF
PP2Toews – Nyquist – Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Miller
0:45100% CF
PK1FLowry – Barron
2:41
PK2FConnor – Iafallo
1:09
PK1DDeMelo – Samberg
3:05
PK2DMorrissey – Stanley
0:41

Current WPG line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Thompson – Norris – Benson
10:5959% CF
L2Greenway – Malenstyn – Krebs
10:1255% CF
L3Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
8:0278% CF
L4Tuch – Doan – Ostlund
7:3379% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
16:4360% CF
D2Timmins – Byram
13:0852% CF
D3Bryson – Power
11:4250% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Doan
2:40100% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Power
2:0967% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
2:00
PK2FGreenway – Malenstyn
1:53
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
2:00
PK2DByram – Power
1:53

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Winnipeg Jets

WPG skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Connor L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.45	0	1	0	19:12	—	—	44	43
Gabriel Vilardi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	1	0	0	18:41	—	—	40	41
Mark Scheifele C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.11	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	46	49
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	34	31
Cole Perfetti C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	2	0	15:01	—	—	38	36
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	3	1	10	14:03	—	—	41	42
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.23	3	0	0	15:18	—	—	33	32
Adam Lowry C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:34	—	—	20	5
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	1	1	0	12:23	—	—	31	25
Morgan Barron C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	3	0	0	12:22	—	—	70	65
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	4	0	0	12:09	—	—	50	48
Gustav Nyquist R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	3	0	0	11:08	—	—	57	56
Josh Morrissey D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.24	0	2	0	23:49	—	—	46	56
Dylan DeMelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	2	22:00	—	—	46	61
Dylan Samberg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	3	0	21:02	—	—	39	25
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	2	1	0	17:28	—	—	44	26
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	2	1	0	17:00	—	—	33	24
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	14	15:17	—	—	39	29

WPG goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thomas Milic	—	17	15	2	.882	1.51	40:00
Eric Comrie(start)	L	14	11	3	.786	1.60	20:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	52	55
Josh Norris C	L1	2	1	3	+1	3	0.30	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	56	57
Zach Benson L	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	55	64
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	3	0	0	14:35	—	—	59	64
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	2	0	0	14:21	—	—	55	54
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	10	13:50	—	—	57	62
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	50	43
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.29	0	1	0	16:01	—	—	55	65
Jason Zucker L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.68	0	1	2	13:58	—	—	64	59
Alex Tuch R	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.19	0	1	0	16:01	—	—	67	72
Josh Doan R	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	64	67
Noah Ostlund C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	61	48
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	1	0	2	22:18	—	—	64	70
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.18	1	1	0	21:36	—	—	62	59
Bowen Byram D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.19	0	3	0	19:58	—	—	58	53
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.08	2	0	0	19:15	—	—	55	60
Owen Power D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	20:21	—	—	55	48
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	50	48

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	2.31	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jason Zucker (BUF PP) 1st 2:46 · assists Josh Doan, Josh Norris · Deflection · 12.4 mph shot.

Jason Zucker · 1st 2:46 · BUF PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.4 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Bowen Byram · 1st 3:01 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.5 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Josh Norris · 1st 14:54 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 12.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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Kyle Connor · 2nd 11:26 · WPG

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 6.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Alex Tuch · 2nd 12:49 · BUF

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.6 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: rebound

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Josh Norris · 3rd 0:41 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 19.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Winnipeg Jets vs. Buffalo SabresDec 1, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres rout Winnipeg Jets 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Winnipeg Jets

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Winnipeg Jets

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Jason Zucker · 1st 2:46 · BUF PP

Bowen Byram · 1st 3:01 · BUF

Josh Norris · 1st 14:54 · BUF

Kyle Connor · 2nd 11:26 · WPG

Alex Tuch · 2nd 12:49 · BUF

Josh Norris · 3rd 0:41 · BUF