Thursday, December 18, 2025
- Expected goals, PHI–BUF
- 2.9–2.8
- all situations, empty nets out
- BUF share of xG
- 49.0%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 27–28
- PHI–BUF
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Sabres beat the Flyers 5-3 in a game the chances had about even, 2.8 expected goals to 3.0. Tage Thompson has scored in 5 straight games. Josh Norris has a point in 6 straight games.
- Tage ThompsonStreak
Tage Thompson has scored in 5 straight games. That makes 5 straight games with a point. That was his 17th goal of the season. The Sabres beat the Flyers 5-3.
- Josh NorrisStreak
Josh Norris has a point in 6 straight games. His goal stood up as the winner. That was his third goal of the season. It finished 5-3 for the Sabres.
- Trevor ZegrasStreak
Trevor Zegras has a point in 6 straight games. He has 34 points in 33 games this season. The Flyers fell 5-3 to the Sabres.
- Alex TuchShot blocker
Alex Tuch got in front of 6 shots. He has 29 points in 32 games this season. He played 21:29 and had one shot on goal. It finished 5-3 for the Sabres.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
Where the shots came from
8 goals from 83 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Philadelphia Flyers
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Sanheim D | 23:12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 63 |
| Trevor Zegras C | 20:32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Cam York D | 20:31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Jamie Drysdale D | 19:46 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.10 | 0 | 1 | 67 |
| Nick Seeler D | 19:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 4 | 62 |
| Travis Konecny R | 19:06 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.36 | 2 | 0 | 65 |
| Christian Dvorak C | 18:37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Owen Tippett R | 17:21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.30 | 3 | 0 | 61 |
| Emil Andrae D | 17:15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | 16:59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 3 | 55 |
| Sean Couturier C | 16:07 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.13 | 1 | 0 | 56 |
| Noah Cates L | 15:37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Carl Grundstrom R | 15:28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 6 | 0 | 45 |
| Matvei Michkov R | 15:27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| Bobby Brink R | 14:38 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 3 | 64 |
| Garnet Hathaway R | 8:39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Rodrigo Abols C | 8:20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.13 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Nicolas Deslauriers L | 6:43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 23:20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 74 |
| Alex Tuch R | 21:29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.27 | 3 | 6 | 42 |
| Bowen Byram D | 20:41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| Tage Thompson C | 20:19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.22 | 1 | 1 | 71 |
| Owen Power D | 20:13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 19:43 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.11 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| Josh Norris C | 19:38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.24 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Josh Doan R | 19:36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.44 | 1 | 0 | 69 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 18:35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.85 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Zach Benson L | 17:11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Conor Timmins D | 16:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 14:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 13:40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 13:35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 5 | 0 | 66 |
| Jack Quinn R | 12:36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Jordan Greenway L | 9:43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 8:56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.09 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| Tyson Kozak C | 4:46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
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