Edmonton Oilers vs. Buffalo SabresMar 10, 2025

FinalMonday, Mar 10, 2025· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
EDM	0	2	0	2		EDM	11	11	12	34
BUF	1	1	1	3		BUF	8	7	8	23

: EDM 61BUF 45
: EDM 3.00BUF 2.61
PP goals: EDM 1BUF 0
Hits: EDM 23BUF 13
Blocks: EDM 10BUF 12
PIM: EDM 4BUF 6
: EDM 56%BUF 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Edmonton Oilers 3–2 at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:03 together.

Points
Tage Thompson had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:29.Thompson
Points
Leon Draisaitl had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:26.Draisaitl
PP1
EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:03 together.Hyman Nugent-Hopkins Draisaitl McDavid Bouchard
New line
New look for BUF: Krebs–Quinn–Benson skated 11:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krebs Quinn Benson
New line
New look for EDM: Perry–Henrique–Jones skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perry Henrique Jones
Usage
Jordan Greenway (BUF) played 6:29, −8:51 down on his 15:20 season average over 33 games.Greenway
New line
New look for BUF: Zucker–Tuch–McLeod skated 9:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker Tuch McLeod
New line
New look for EDM: Skinner–Brown–Janmark skated 4:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Brown Janmark

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

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

BUF
EDM
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · BUF 45 · EDM 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
EDM
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: EDM 37% of the game, BUF 19%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

EDM

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	EDM	BUF
	54	50
	2.64	2.92
	2.53	2.85
	12	14
	5	7
	30	26
	+0.061	−0.061
	37%	19%

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.

Edmonton Oilers

L1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid
7:4155% CF
L2Perry – Henrique – Jones
6:240% CF
L3Skinner – Brown – Janmark
4:1267% CF
L4Draisaitl – Arvidsson – Podkolzin
3:0350% CF
D1Kulak – Bouchard
8:5255% CF
D2Nurse – Walman
7:4557% CF
D3Stecher – Emberson
4:5950% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
5:0389% CF
PP2Perry – Henrique – Nurse – Walman – Arvidsson
0:35100% CF
PK1FBrown – Janmark
1:18
PK2FNugent-Hopkins – Podkolzin
0:30
PK1DNurse – Walman
1:57
PK2DKulak – Emberson
0:45

Current EDM line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Thompson – Norris – Peterka
11:4632% CF
L2Krebs – Quinn – Benson
11:3059% CF
L3Zucker – Tuch – McLeod
9:3142% CF
L4Lafferty – Greenway – Malenstyn
3:1343% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:0570% CF
D2Bryson – Byram
12:1829% CF
D3Clifton – Power
10:0141% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Peterka
1:52
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Dahlin – Quinn – Benson
0:40
PK1FMalenstyn – McLeod
2:50
PK2FTuch – Norris
1:17
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
2:20
PK2DBryson – Byram
1:03

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.

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor McDavid C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	0	1	0	26:01	—	—	57	57
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	2	22:18	—	—	61	60
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.32	1	0	0	19:13	—	—	55	39
Adam Henrique C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:31	—	—	27	26
Corey Perry R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	1	0	12:30	—	—	44	15
Max Jones L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	9:55	—	—	30	11
Connor Brown R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	60	51
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	0	0	12:22	—	—	56	68
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	0	0	11:56	—	—	57	64
Leon Draisaitl C	L4	0	2	2	-1	4	0.76	0	1	0	23:26	—	—	52	46
Viktor Arvidsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	3	0	0	12:15	—	—	43	47
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	0	0	9:37	—	—	55	52
Evan Bouchard D	D1	1	0	1	-2	6	0.23	0	0	0	26:32	—	—	51	41
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	1	0	20:09	—	—	46	37
Darnell Nurse D	D2	1	0	1	0	6	0.28	2	2	0	23:27	—	—	55	58
Jake Walman D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	2	0	19:59	—	—	56	60
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:31	—	—	71	76
Ty Emberson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	11:27	—	—	27	11

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	2.61	57:33

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Norris C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	37	44
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	17:31	—	—	36	49
Tage Thompson C	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.63	1	1	0	15:29	—	—	32	47
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	19:05	—	—	63	65
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	1	0	15:30	—	—	54	57
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	63	63
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.22	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	52	62
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.48	0	1	0	19:09	—	—	45	50
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	13:53	—	—	50	55
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	10:07	—	—	44	29
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	2	6:29	—	—	58	46
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	4:20	—	—	50	29
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	2	23:53	—	—	61	60
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	1	1	2	22:15	—	—	60	66
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	0	0	21:58	—	—	44	50
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	15:44	—	—	31	24
Owen Power D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.26	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	42	59
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:17	—	—	44	51

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	3.00	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Tage Thompson (BUF) 1st 13:28 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 17.7 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Tage Thompson · 1st 13:28 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.7 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Darnell Nurse · 2nd 1:35 · EDM

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 80.0 mph
Distance: 58 ft
Type: one-timer

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Alex Tuch · 2nd 3:52 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 66.7 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Evan Bouchard · 2nd 9:12 · EDM PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2
Shot: 85.3 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Type: one-timer

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 3:20 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 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.

Edmonton Oilers vs. Buffalo SabresMar 10, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Edmonton Oilers

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Edmonton Oilers

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Tage Thompson · 1st 13:28 · BUF

Darnell Nurse · 2nd 1:35 · EDM

Alex Tuch · 2nd 3:52 · BUF

Evan Bouchard · 2nd 9:12 · EDM PP

Tage Thompson · 3rd 3:20 · BUF