Buffalo Sabres vs. Edmonton OilersDec 9, 2025

Final / OTTuesday, Dec 9, 2025· Rogers Place

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: BUF —EDM —
PP goals: BUF —EDM —
Hits: BUF 14EDM 17
Blocks: BUF 12EDM 15
PIM: BUF 8EDM 12
: BUF 38%EDM 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Edmonton Oilers 4–3 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Edmonton Oilers 4–3 in overtime at EDM. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Thompson, McLeod, Dahlin, Doan and Benson) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 4:09 together.

Points
Tage Thompson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:11.Thompson
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:58.Dahlin
Points
Connor McDavid had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 25:51.McDavid
Points
Josh Doan had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:07.Doan
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BUF's first power-play unit (Thompson, McLeod, Dahlin, Doan and Benson) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 4:09 together.Thompson McLeod Dahlin Doan Benson
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New look for BUF: Doan–Kozak–Benson skated 8:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Doan Kozak Benson
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New look for BUF: Greenway–Malenstyn–Dunne skated 5:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Greenway Malenstyn Dunne
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New look for BUF: McLeod–Quinn–Rosen skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McLeod Quinn Rosen

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

EDM
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

EDM 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 36% of the game, EDM 39%.

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

EDM 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	EDM
	42	46
	2.01	2.04
	1.96	1.97
	4	8
	1	2
	20	14
	−0.067	+0.067
	36%	39%

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

L1Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
9:5948% CF
L2Doan – Kozak – Benson
8:2058% CF
L3McLeod – Quinn – Rosen
6:2350% CF
L4Greenway – Malenstyn – Dunne
5:5860% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
10:3953% CF
D2Timmins – Byram
10:1050% CF
D3Bryson – Power
3:3433% CF

PP1Thompson – McLeod – Dahlin – Doan – Benson
4:0986% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Power
1:16100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
3:09
PK2FGreenway – Benson
0:50
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
5:16
PK2DByram – Power
1:08

Current BUF line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid
10:2261% CF
L2Draisaitl – Podkolzin – Savoie
9:4164% CF
L3Henrique – Janmark – Mangiapane
5:1840% CF
L4Lazar – Frederic – Tomasek
3:230% CF
D1Ekholm – Bouchard
15:3469% CF
D2Nurse – Regula
12:4832% CF
D3Kulak – Emberson
9:1650% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
6:05100% CF
PP2Henrique – Ekholm – Nurse – Mangiapane – Savoie
0:37100% CF
PK1FHenrique – Savoie
2:23
PK2FNugent-Hopkins – Lazar
1:27
PK1DEkholm – Bouchard
2:34
PK2DKulak – Emberson
1:47

Current EDM line combinations →

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
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0	1	2	22:37	—	—	47
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	2	3	+1	4	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	44
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	16:10	—	—	49
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	16:50	—	—	58
Josh Doan R	L2	2	0	2	-2	5	1	0	0	15:07	—	—	62
Tyson Kozak C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	11:35	—	—	57
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	22:37	—	—	40
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	15:07	—	—	37
Isak Rosen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	9:05	—	—	42
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	2	11:23	—	—	44
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9:40	—	—	60
Josh Dunne C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7:45	—	—	58
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	26:09	—	—	32
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	3	3	0	4	0	0	2	22:58	—	—	68
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	22:09	—	—	36
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	21:14	—	—	56
Owen Power D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	17:54	—	—	42
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	6:08	—	—	58

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Alex Lyon	W	24	21	3	.875	41:32
Colten Ellis(start)	—	6	6	0	.1000	19:01

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor McDavid C	L1	2	0	2	+1	6	0	1	0	25:51	—	—	68
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	4	23:24	—	—	59
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	2	21:29	—	—	57
Leon Draisaitl C	L2	0	1	1	+1	7	0	0	0	24:19	—	—	74
Matt Savoie C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17:27	—	—	55
Vasily Podkolzin R	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	3	0	0	15:08	—	—	63
Adam Henrique C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	2	12:32	—	—	39
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:07	—	—	47
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	9:00	—	—	40
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	8:17	—	—	0
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6:57	—	—	11
David Tomasek R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5:41	—	—	0
Evan Bouchard D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	28:34	—	—	67
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	22:40	—	—	62
Darnell Nurse D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	2	19:28	—	—	44
Alec Regula D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	14:46	—	—	32
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14:35	—	—	38
Ty Emberson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0	13:22	—	—	60

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	O	28	24	4	.857	59:22

Goal anatomy

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

Josh Doan () · unassisted · Deflection · carried in · 4-on-3 at the blue line · 60.2 mph shot · 8.5 s from entry to goal.

Josh Doan

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 4
Shot: 60.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 8.5 s
Type: deflection

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Tage Thompson

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.1 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s

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Josh Doan

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 15.6 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Vasily Podkolzin

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Alex Tuch

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 5.4 s

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Connor McDavid

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 30.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s

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Connor McDavid

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.2 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: rebound

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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.