Buffalo Sabres vs. Calgary FlamesDec 8, 2025

FinalMonday, Dec 8, 2025· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	3	1	4		BUF	7	15	7	29
CGY	2	3	2	7		CGY	12	10	6	28

: BUF 66CGY 47
: BUF 2.88CGY 4.10
PP goals: BUF 1CGY 2
Hits: BUF 19CGY 17
Blocks: BUF 8CGY 17
PIM: BUF 16CGY 18
: BUF 47%CGY 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames beat Buffalo Sabres 7–4

Calgary Flames beat Buffalo Sabres 7–4 at home. Yegor Sharangovich (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 1A. CGY's first power-play unit (Kadri, Huberdeau, Andersson, Frost and Coronato) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 3:39 together.

Points
Yegor Sharangovich had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:27.Sharangovich
Points
Nazem Kadri had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:32.Kadri
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:51.Dahlin
Points
Yan Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:12.Kuznetsov
Points
Jason Zucker had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:05.Zucker
Points
Josh Norris had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:57.Norris
Points
Matt Coronato had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:10.Coronato
PP1
CGY's first power-play unit (Kadri, Huberdeau, Andersson, Frost and Coronato) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 3:39 together.Kadri Huberdeau Andersson Frost Coronato

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

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

CGY
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · CGY 47 · BUF 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 34% of the game, CGY 24%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CGY

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CGY 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	BUF	CGY
	56	40
	1.89	1.82
	1.85	1.78
	16	13
	6	5
	18	13
	−0.023	+0.023
	34%	24%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Norris – Doan – Benson
8:0667% CF
L2Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
7:5170% CF
L3Tuch – Greenway – Thompson
5:3855% CF
L4Malenstyn – Krebs – Kozak
4:5069% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
10:5753% CF
D2Timmins – Byram
7:3450% CF
D3Bryson – Power
3:4760% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Doan
4:22100% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Quinn – Benson
2:08
PK1FTuch – McLeod
1:20
PK2FGreenway – Malenstyn
1:09
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
1:55
PK2DByram – Power
1:10

Current BUF line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Huberdeau – Frost – Coronato
9:5223% CF
L2Kadri – Farabee – Sharangovich
8:5635% CF
L3Backlund – Coleman – Zary
8:2556% CF
L4Lomberg – Beecher – Klapka
5:2564% CF
D1Weegar – Kuznetsov
14:3234% CF
D2Andersson – Bahl
14:1842% CF
D3Hanley – Pachal
9:0850% CF

PP1Kadri – Huberdeau – Andersson – Frost – Coronato
3:39100% CF
PP2Coleman – Huberdeau – Weegar – Zary – Coronato
0:36100% CF
PK1FFarabee – Beecher
2:58
PK2FBacklund – Coleman
2:39
PK1DAndersson – Bahl
3:39
PK2DWeegar – Kuznetsov
2:24

Current CGY 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.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Norris C	L1	0	2	2	-2	2	0.24	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	63	81
Josh Doan R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	2	15:39	—	—	62	91
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	2	0	0	14:08	—	—	60	69
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	2	17:14	—	—	59	43
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	2	2	-2	2	0.49	1	0	2	17:05	—	—	53	46
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	1	2	16:19	—	—	48	38
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	0	1	-3	4	0.52	0	1	0	21:42	—	—	60	26
Tage Thompson C	L3	1	0	1	-4	3	0.27	1	1	0	21:22	—	—	52	31
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	2	0	2	9:44	—	—	60	17
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	4	1	4	13:21	—	—	67	90
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	7:35	—	—	61	66
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	1	0	2	7:30	—	—	67	65
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	1	2	-3	2	0.35	1	1	0	24:51	—	—	53	46
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	20:24	—	—	58	54
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	2	0	19:54	—	—	58	47
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	48	49
Owen Power D	D3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.18	1	0	0	21:17	—	—	69	46
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:00	—	—	68	71

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	22	17	5	.773	2.73	40:00
Alex Lyon	—	4	4	0	.1000	0.39	17:29

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.33	1	0	2	19:25	—	—	24	11
Matt Coronato R	L1	0	2	2	-1	2	0.05	0	1	2	16:10	—	—	25	12
Morgan Frost C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	2	14:55	—	—	23	11
Nazem Kadri C	L2	1	2	3	+2	2	0.24	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	40	69
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	2	1	3	+2	2	0.76	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	39	65
Joel Farabee L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.53	0	2	0	15:11	—	—	35	64
Blake Coleman L	L3	0	1	1	+2	4	0.43	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	55	52
Mikael Backlund C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.82	0	0	2	16:29	—	—	52	51
Connor Zary C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	56	57
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:10	—	—	53	51
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	7:57	—	—	53	65
Adam Klapka R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	4	0	2	6:58	—	—	60	69
Yan Kuznetsov D	D1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.35	1	2	0	22:12	—	—	36	43
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	4	0	0	22:11	—	—	35	45
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.23	0	3	2	25:49	—	—	42	59
Kevin Bahl D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	1	2	2	24:14	—	—	41	62
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	1	0	10:40	—	—	48	46
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:24	—	—	50	47

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Wolf(start)	W	29	25	4	.862	2.88	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Yegor Sharangovich (CGY) 1st 9:54 · assists MacKenzie Weegar, Nazem Kadri · Deflection · 40.4 mph shot.

Yegor Sharangovich · 1st 9:54 · CGY

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 40.4 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: deflection

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Owen Power · 2nd 13:43 · BUF

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 57.6 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Jonathan Huberdeau · 2nd 7:05 · CGY PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 7 (royal road)
Shot: 4.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Rasmus Andersson · 1st 13:22 · CGY PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.4 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: deflection

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Tage Thompson · 2nd 4:24 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 62.7 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Nazem Kadri · 2nd 14:14 · CGY

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 23.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 16:32 · BUF

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 38.1 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Yan Kuznetsov · 2nd 17:27 · CGY

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 17:29 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 32.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: deflection

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Yegor Sharangovich · 3rd 19:53 · CGY EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Distance: 8 ft

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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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Calgary FlamesDec 8, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Calgary Flames beat Buffalo Sabres 7–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Calgary Flames

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Calgary Flames

Goal anatomy

Yegor Sharangovich · 1st 9:54 · CGY

Owen Power · 2nd 13:43 · BUF

Jonathan Huberdeau · 2nd 7:05 · CGY PP

Rasmus Andersson · 1st 13:22 · CGY PP

Tage Thompson · 2nd 4:24 · BUF PP

Nazem Kadri · 2nd 14:14 · CGY

Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 16:32 · BUF

Yan Kuznetsov · 2nd 17:27 · CGY

Alex Tuch · 3rd 17:29 · BUF

Yegor Sharangovich · 3rd 19:53 · CGY EN