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Buffalo Sabres vs. Utah MammothNov 12, 2025

Final· Delta Center
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BUF
2
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UTA
5
Goals123TShots123T
BUF1102BUF88319
UTA0145UTA12111437
BUF 47UTA 68
BUF 2.56UTA 3.61
PP goals
BUF 0UTA 0
Hits
BUF 20UTA 16
Blocks
BUF 13UTA 9
PIM
BUF 24UTA 14
BUF 41%UTA 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Utah Mammoth beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Utah Mammoth beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at home. Isak Rosen (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Colten Ellis (BUF) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +8 against a season average of 28.4; the loss.

  1. Points
    Isak Rosen had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:56.Rosen
  2. Points
    Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:28.Keller
  3. Points
    JJ Peterka had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:43.Peterka
  4. Points
    Nick Schmaltz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:04.Schmaltz
  5. Goalie
    Colten Ellis (BUF) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +8 against a season average of 28.4; the loss.Ellis
  6. Usage
    Dmitri Simashev (UTA) played 8:15, −7:07 down on his 15:22 season average over 27 games.Simashev
  7. Usage
    Isak Rosen (BUF) played 15:56, +4:33 up on his 11:23 season average over 36 games.Rosen
  8. Usage
    Logan Cooley (UTA) played 20:48, +3:32 up on his 17:16 season average over 53 games.Cooley

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, BUF at UTA: 115 attempts, 56 on goal, 7 goals, 6.17 expected goals; best chance Clayton Keller at 0.64 xG.

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

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · UTA 68 · BUF 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BUF at UTA: expected goals 3.61 to 2.56 (UTA led the chances), shot attempts 68 to 47, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdUTABUFRRDPCSKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • UTA
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
UTABUFcontrol2nd3rdRosen · 1st 5:33Rosen · 2nd 6:42DeSimone · 2nd 10:42Peterka · 3rd 0:52Crouse · 3rd 3:22Schmaltz · 3rd 10:09Keller · 3rd 19:33
  • UTA 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 18% of the game, UTA 48%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, BUF at UTA: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Karel Vejmelka (60:00) for UTA and Colten Ellis (57:50) for BUF, 7 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, UTA rows versus BUF columns: 250 matchups; most common Sergachev vs Thompson, 11:23 at 66% xGF.

UTA ↓ · BUF →QuinnOstlundRosenDoanKozakGreenwayThompsonTuchMcLeodKrebsMalenstynDunnePowerSamuelssonByramTimminsKesselringBrysonL1 CooleyL1 SchmaltzL1 KellerL2 StenlundL2 YamamotoL2 TanevL3 GuentherL3 PeterkaL3 HaytonL4 McBainL4 CrouseL4 CarconeD1 SchmidtD1 MarinoD2 ColeD2 DeSimoneD3 SergachevD3 Simashev
UTA 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
StatBUFUTA
4772
2.642.76
2.392.68
1113
67
1729
−0.069+0.069
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.

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

Current UTA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 5:33
    BUFIsak Rosen (Jack Quinn, Bowen Byram)deflected0.22 xG
    BUF: Timmins, Byram, Quinn, Rosen, OstlundUTA: Cole, Stenlund, Tanev, Yamamoto, DeSimone
    BUF 1 – 0 UTA

2nd period

  1. 6:42
    BUFIsak Rosen (Noah Ostlund)slap0.18 xG
    BUF: Samuelsson, Byram, Quinn, Rosen, OstlundUTA: Cole, Schmaltz, Keller, DeSimone, Cooley
    BUF 2 – 0 UTA
  2. 10:42
    UTANick DeSimone (Michael Carcone, Nate Schmidt)slap0.05 xG
    BUF: Tuch, Bryson, McLeod, Kesselring, DunneUTA: Schmidt, Crouse, Carcone, DeSimone, McBain
    BUF 2 – 1 UTA

3rd period

  1. 0:52
    UTAJJ Peterka (John Marino, Mikhail Sergachev)snap0.13 xG
    BUF: Malenstyn, Timmins, Krebs, Byram, DunneUTA: Crouse, Marino, Sergachev, McBain, Peterka
    BUF 2 – 2 UTA
  2. 3:22
    UTALawson Crouse (JJ Peterka, Jack McBain)snap0.08 xG
    BUF: Malenstyn, Samuelsson, Krebs, Dunne, PowerUTA: Schmidt, Crouse, Marino, McBain, Peterka
    BUF 2 – 3 UTA
  3. 10:09
    UTANick Schmaltz (Clayton Keller)snap0.16 xG
    BUF: Greenway, Bryson, McLeod, Kesselring, DoanUTA: Schmidt, Schmaltz, Marino, Keller, Cooley
    BUF 2 – 4 UTA
  4. 19:33
    UTAClayton KellerEN (Nick Schmaltz, Logan Cooley)snap0.64 xG
    BUF: Thompson, Quinn, Doan, Power, Kozak, OstlundUTA: Cole, Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Cooley
    BUF 2 – 5 UTA

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Quinn RL1011+120.5810018:35——3357
Noah Ostlund CL1011+120.2401016:59——5074
Isak Rosen RL1202+220.4000015:56——3962
Josh Doan RL2000-230.1332016:18——4959
Tyson Kozak CL2000-100.0020015:36——4345
Jordan Greenway LL2000-120.1400015:31——4228
Tage Thompson CL3000-100.0310019:46——4530
Alex Tuch RL3000-100.0111018:57——4719
Ryan McLeod CL3000-200.0000015:19——256
Peyton Krebs CL4000-200.00711215:22——3646
Beck Malenstyn LL4000-200.001109:11——2729
Josh Dunne CL4000-330.2811128:19——3249
Owen Power DD1000-210.1511022:10——4044
Mattias Samuelsson DD1000000.0101022:03——4554
Bowen Byram DD2011+120.1312024:33——4252
Conor Timmins DD2000000.0312019:31——4155
Michael Kesselring DD3000-220.4300013:34——3242
Jacob Bryson DD3000-200.0000012:07——2438
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Colten Ellis(start)L36324.8892.5857:50

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Logan Cooley CL1011+150.7410020:48——5771
Nick Schmaltz CL1112+120.2401020:04——5771
Clayton Keller RL1112+121.0610018:28——5771
Kevin Stenlund CL2000-110.0610214:19——5313
Kailer Yamamoto RL2000-100.0000011:27——5012
Brandon Tanev LL2000-100.0000010:05——5612
Dylan Guenther RL3000060.2910013:53——6433
JJ Peterka RL3112+230.2300013:43——5638
Barrett Hayton CL3000010.12001013:15——6131
Jack McBain CL4011+300.0021015:41——6885
Lawson Crouse LL4101+320.4250214:43——6885
Michael Carcone LL4011+110.0330011:51——8398
Nate Schmidt DD1011+300.0310022:47——6762
John Marino DD1011+320.0200021:53——7061
Ian Cole DD2000-120.0604021:52——3732
Nick DeSimone DD2101-140.1811016:32——5730
Mikhail Sergachev DD3011+250.1102026:24——6352
Dmitri Simashev DD3000010.020008:15——6173
UTA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)W19172.8952.5660:00

Goal anatomy

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

Isak Rosen (BUF) 1st 5:33 · assists Jack Quinn, Bowen Byram · Deflection · 23.5 mph shot.

Isak Rosen · 2nd 6:42 · BUF

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
52.6 mph
Distance
22 ft
Entry to goal
4.7 s
Type
one-timer

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Nick DeSimone · 2nd 10:42 · UTA

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
4 (royal road)
Shot
79.4 mph
Distance
44 ft
Entry to goal
5.2 s

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Lawson Crouse · 3rd 3:22 · UTA

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
4
Shot
45.6 mph
Distance
14 ft
Entry to goal
4.0 s

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Nick Schmaltz · 3rd 10:09 · UTA

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
42.6 mph
Distance
16 ft
Entry to goal
6.6 s

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