Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres — December 18, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on December 18, 2025. Despite the result, the Philadelphia Flyers held the edge in expected goals (6.98 to 5.91) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Buffalo Sabres created 9 high-danger scoring chances compared to 8 from the Philadelphia Flyers at 5-on-5. Christian Dvorak was the most dangerous skater with 1.73 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Buffalo Sabres outshot the Philadelphia Flyers 28-27 in total shots on goal.

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PHI3 - 5BUF

Dec 18, 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	%
BUF	P1	6	26	18.8	4	18	18.2	4	12	25.0	5	15	25.0	3	6	33.3	1.45	4.10	26.1	1	1	50.0
	P2	26	17	60.5	22	16	57.9	12	10	54.5	17	12	58.6	4	2	66.7	3.55	2.73	56.6	2	1	66.7
	P3	22	14	61.1	17	6	73.9	12	5	70.6	17	12	58.6	7	4	63.6	3.36	1.46	69.7	2	1	66.7
	Total	54	57	48.6	43	40	51.8	28	27	50.9	39	39	50.0	14	12	53.8	8.36	8.28	50.2	5	3	62.5
PHI	P1	26	6	81.3	18	4	81.8	12	4	75.0	15	5	75.0	6	3	66.7	4.10	1.45	73.9	1	1	50.0
	P2	17	26	39.5	16	22	42.1	10	12	45.5	12	17	41.4	2	4	33.3	2.73	3.55	43.4	1	2	33.3
	P3	14	22	38.9	6	17	26.1	5	12	29.4	12	17	41.4	4	7	36.4	1.46	3.36	30.3	1	2	33.3
	Total	57	54	51.4	40	43	48.2	27	28	49.1	39	39	50.0	12	14	46.2	8.28	8.36	49.8	3	5	37.5

Win Probability

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

PHI Attempts

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Individual Event Map

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Goal Against

Missed Shot Against

Player Matchup Grid

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

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

BUF ↓ / PHI →	Zegras	Dvorak	Couturier	Abols	Cates	Deslauriers	Konecny	Tippett	Grundstrom	Michkov	Brink	Hathaway	Sanheim	York	Seeler	Ristolainen	Drysdale	Andrae
Thompson	73	75	77	67	63	67	73	80	85	50	60	83	75	71	91	92	50	60
McLeod	31	47	73	83	55	0	33	36	77	33	36	0	58	58	62	50	33	43
Norris	56	77	67	100	13	83	54	62	75	14	0	89	71	64	64	67	58	58
Krebs	67	57	75	67	33	67	67	75	75	33	60	67	70	67	67	83	50	60
Ostlund	60	70	56	100	14	83	54	44	63	0	25	83	57	57	55	44	58	64
Kozak	50	—	—	50	0	100	50	0	—	0	17	100	0	0	40	50	—	100
Benson	31	50	64	0	67	0	31	55	75	67	60	75	62	55	69	67	33	43
Greenway	25	30	50	60	20	100	17	13	—	6	11	100	20	20	40	33	17	40
Malenstyn	20	22	33	60	17	100	17	0	—	0	10	100	11	11	43	33	14	40
Doan	73	90	78	75	56	75	73	63	89	33	60	86	64	67	85	83	80	86
Tuch	39	57	69	100	11	80	47	50	73	17	20	80	75	70	67	67	38	43
Quinn	28	43	67	80	100	0	33	44	70	44	50	0	56	56	56	46	40	45
Dahlin	77	90	78	60	46	67	82	67	86	20	33	80	74	72	71	75	44	58
Samuelsson	41	47	80	100	25	100	50	44	78	17	38	100	63	60	56	67	33	53
Power	39	57	67	67	14	33	40	44	90	14	27	50	53	53	59	50	32	33
Byram	27	42	46	89	50	80	21	40	62	20	33	80	33	33	67	50	50	57
Timmins	16	18	20	86	22	86	17	14	20	25	20	86	10	10	29	29	44	62
Kesselring	44	57	71	75	17	67	44	33	60	10	25	67	67	67	50	43	40	67