Buffalo Sabres vs Winnipeg Jets — December 5, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Winnipeg Jets defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on December 5, 2025. Despite the result, the Buffalo Sabres held the edge in expected goals (7.21 to 5.64) at 5-on-5, indicating the Winnipeg Jets received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Buffalo Sabres created 7 high-danger scoring chances compared to 5 from the Winnipeg Jets at 5-on-5. Mark Scheifele was the most dangerous skater with 1.28 individual expected goals on 1 shots at 5-on-5. The Buffalo Sabres outshot the Winnipeg Jets 35-23 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Winnipeg Jets progressed on Dec 5, 2025
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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BUF1 - 4WPG

Dec 5, 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	%
WPG	P1	17	24	41.5	13	22	37.1	8	15	34.8	10	14	41.7	2	3	40.0	2.19	4.78	31.4	1	1	50.0
	P2	15	24	38.5	14	22	38.9	9	11	45.0	11	12	47.8	2	2	50.0	2.86	3.79	43.0	2	0	100.0
	P3	10	19	34.5	8	12	40.0	6	9	40.0	6	14	30.0	1	6	14.3	0.99	3.66	21.2	1	0	100.0
	Total	42	67	38.5	35	56	38.5	23	35	39.7	27	40	40.3	5	11	31.3	6.04	12.23	33.0	4	1	80.0
BUF	P1	24	17	58.5	22	13	62.9	15	8	65.2	14	10	58.3	3	2	60.0	4.78	2.19	68.6	1	1	50.0
	P2	24	15	61.5	22	14	61.1	11	9	55.0	12	11	52.2	2	2	50.0	3.79	2.86	57.0	0	2	0.0
	P3	19	10	65.5	12	8	60.0	9	6	60.0	14	6	70.0	6	1	85.7	3.66	0.99	78.8	0	1	0.0
	Total	67	42	61.5	56	35	61.5	35	23	60.3	40	27	59.7	11	5	68.8	12.23	6.04	67.0	1	4	20.0

Win Probability

WPG Favored

BUF Favored

Goal

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

WPG Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Shot on Net

Hit

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = WPG players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the WPG 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:

WPG ↓ / BUF →	Thompson	McLeod	Norris	Krebs	Ostlund	Zucker	Greenway	Malenstyn	Benson	Quinn	Tuch	Doan	Dahlin	Byram	Samuelsson	Timmins	Power	Bryson
Vilardi	36	27	43	75	86	33	90	100	36	42	46	88	33	78	20	79	63	100
Scheifele	38	22	40	75	86	20	83	100	38	27	55	75	32	74	17	79	59	100
Lowry	30	27	36	20	83	40	20	20	75	64	25	25	24	55	33	55	71	67
Barron	29	50	43	25	50	38	25	25	67	57	60	38	27	40	57	33	50	50
Namestnikov	0	29	0	88	25	67	83	83	0	50	33	29	63	30	64	44	0	50
Perfetti	33	20	50	50	43	50	50	50	40	43	20	13	67	20	56	50	20	20
Toews	33	13	50	50	43	50	50	50	40	40	20	13	67	11	56	44	22	25
Connor	33	36	35	75	86	31	83	100	36	38	55	67	32	75	23	75	59	100
Iafallo	17	25	29	55	100	50	58	58	20	60	75	60	50	45	50	42	100	100
Koepke	29	0	43	21	40	17	21	21	67	33	75	29	27	31	60	25	33	33
Pearson	50	67	75	25	40	60	25	25	67	60	75	50	38	36	67	33	50	50
Niederreiter	25	50	40	55	100	67	44	44	25	67	80	75	44	50	58	58	50	67
Samberg	24	15	30	55	67	43	44	50	33	67	29	20	30	33	50	43	36	50
Morrissey	31	33	40	57	63	29	70	78	45	39	36	55	40	59	44	67	45	60
Pionk	16	27	18	67	86	47	64	67	17	75	31	27	29	48	44	50	55	50
DeMelo	39	29	44	57	67	25	63	67	50	27	46	55	32	61	40	69	35	60
Stanley	67	—	67	37	56	50	38	37	100	33	71	57	33	53	30	55	50	40
Salomonsson	100	—	100	36	50	50	36	36	100	33	80	60	29	45	33	43	67	75