Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers — December 3, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on December 3, 2025. The Philadelphia Flyers controlled play with 48.9% Corsi and generated 9.72 expected goals compared to 8.76 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5, suggesting the result was well-earned. The Philadelphia Flyers created 11 high-danger scoring chances compared to 10 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5. Owen Tippett was the most dangerous skater with 2.84 individual expected goals on 5 shots at 5-on-5. The Philadelphia Flyers outshot the Buffalo Sabres 35-29 in total shots on goal.

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Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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BUF2 - 5PHI

Dec 3, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
PHI	P1	29	11	72.5	19	7	73.1	11	4	73.3	18	10	64.3	5	3	62.5	3.52	2.16	61.9	3	1	75.0
	P2	18	28	39.1	13	23	36.1	12	14	46.2	14	22	38.9	8	5	61.5	5.36	5.86	47.8	2	1	66.7
	P3	21	26	44.7	15	19	44.1	12	11	52.2	17	19	47.2	5	7	41.7	5.16	4.25	54.8	0	0	—
	Total	68	65	51.1	47	49	49.0	35	29	54.7	49	51	49.0	18	15	54.5	14.04	12.28	53.3	5	2	71.4
BUF	P1	11	29	27.5	7	19	26.9	4	11	26.7	10	18	35.7	3	5	37.5	2.16	3.52	38.1	1	3	25.0
	P2	28	18	60.9	23	13	63.9	14	12	53.8	22	14	61.1	5	8	38.5	5.86	5.36	52.2	1	2	33.3
	P3	26	21	55.3	19	15	55.9	11	12	47.8	19	17	52.8	7	5	58.3	4.25	5.16	45.2	0	0	—
	Total	65	68	48.9	49	47	51.0	29	35	45.3	51	49	51.0	15	18	45.5	12.28	14.04	46.7	2	5	28.6

Win Probability

PHI Favored

BUF Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

PHI Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

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Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (PHI) performed against every skater on the away team (BUF) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = PHI players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the PHI player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

PHI ↓ / BUF →	McLeod	Thompson	Norris	Ostlund	Krebs	Dunne	Benson	Zucker	Malenstyn	Tuch	Quinn	Doan	Byram	Samuelsson	Timmins	Power	Dahlin	Bryson
Couturier	76	47	44	80	80	67	78	39	80	83	67	50	60	82	90	77	36	100
Zegras	41	45	33	80	100	—	50	20	100	61	33	20	38	71	29	58	67	100
Dvorak	17	33	33	75	100	—	36	27	100	33	36	22	15	50	18	33	60	50
Abols	57	67	50	0	71	67	50	43	67	50	43	0	78	67	50	20	57	60
Cates	82	19	22	22	100	75	37	8	100	65	33	11	33	79	76	25	27	60
Deslauriers	0	100	75	0	78	67	—	0	67	0	0	0	80	75	0	0	75	33
Tippett	58	70	67	70	80	50	75	60	88	63	57	56	59	78	84	67	42	100
Konecny	59	38	23	100	100	—	42	25	100	87	45	20	71	70	33	73	50	67
Michkov	70	71	67	78	75	50	75	60	83	79	62	75	72	77	83	81	38	100
Brink	100	33	38	22	100	75	41	67	100	67	60	29	43	77	81	27	43	60
Grebenkin	71	42	45	22	100	67	45	67	100	40	50	29	44	56	75	10	44	63
Hathaway	60	67	56	0	78	67	67	38	67	33	40	0	89	75	67	0	50	60
Drysdale	64	73	67	50	57	43	73	58	70	64	53	38	66	67	72	59	50	56
Sanheim	69	33	29	44	100	67	41	20	100	68	29	27	39	77	60	48	47	50
Seeler	45	22	19	50	100	100	25	23	100	40	50	21	31	67	47	25	24	83
Andrae	64	89	80	75	71	67	80	64	71	63	57	45	70	72	83	45	67	88
Zamula	36	29	29	62	50	50	50	21	50	62	47	35	40	78	56	50	22	80
York	40	38	38	50	100	100	44	20	100	50	25	33	43	55	40	50	53	—