Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres — January 14, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 on January 14, 2026. Despite the result, the Philadelphia Flyers held the edge in expected goals (5.99 to 4.84) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Philadelphia Flyers created 7 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5. Rasmus Dahlin scored 2 goals. Bowen Byram was the most dangerous skater with 1.63 individual expected goals on 0 shots at 5-on-5. The Philadelphia Flyers outshot the Buffalo Sabres 22-15 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Jan 14, 2026
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
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

PHI2 - 5BUF

Jan 14, 2026 · 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	15	17	46.9	13	11	54.2	6	8	42.9	8	13	38.1	2	3	40.0	2.88	1.69	63.1	2	0	100.0
	P2	17	17	50.0	13	16	44.8	6	8	42.9	13	10	56.5	5	5	50.0	2.79	4.38	38.9	2	1	66.7
	P3	7	19	26.9	4	15	21.1	3	6	33.3	6	13	31.6	3	4	42.9	1.04	2.77	27.4	1	1	50.0
	Total	39	53	42.4	30	42	41.7	15	22	40.5	27	36	42.9	10	12	45.5	6.71	8.83	43.2	5	2	71.4
PHI	P1	17	15	53.1	11	13	45.8	8	6	57.1	13	8	61.9	3	2	60.0	1.69	2.88	36.9	0	2	0.0
	P2	17	17	50.0	16	13	55.2	8	6	57.1	10	13	43.5	5	5	50.0	4.38	2.79	61.1	1	2	33.3
	P3	19	7	73.1	15	4	78.9	6	3	66.7	13	6	68.4	4	3	57.1	2.77	1.04	72.6	1	1	50.0
	Total	53	39	57.6	42	30	58.3	22	15	59.5	36	27	57.1	12	10	54.5	8.83	6.71	56.8	2	5	28.6

Win Probability

BUF Favored

PHI Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

PHI Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

PHI ShootBUF Shoot

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Takeaway

Giveaway

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 →	Dvorak	Zegras	Couturier	Abols	Cates	Deslauriers	Konecny	Tippett	Grebenkin	Michkov	Grundstrom	Hathaway	Drysdale	York	Andrae	Sanheim	Juulsen	Seeler
McLeod	22	29	100	100	20	100	28	21	33	41	100	50	45	30	67	75	60	56
Thompson	44	17	91	86	40	50	0	20	14	71	83	100	53	50	46	64	75	67
Krebs	67	25	40	43	50	25	33	56	33	57	50	25	83	60	100	60	23	23
Kozak	71	38	50	50	60	25	40	56	33	57	40	25	75	50	100	60	27	27
Ostlund	50	50	—	0	33	0	40	25	33	0	0	0	36	20	38	0	0	33
Norris	70	50	100	33	100	0	43	100	—	100	100	0	63	50	63	83	80	50
Benson	17	50	83	88	14	100	44	30	22	71	78	100	57	29	50	20	75	67
Zucker	55	29	91	100	57	100	22	50	25	75	89	50	73	67	62	89	58	43
Malenstyn	100	57	50	50	67	25	75	63	33	71	50	25	100	50	86	50	30	30
Tuch	15	23	83	86	29	50	19	18	38	36	88	100	36	36	45	60	63	50
Doan	53	36	100	60	67	0	31	50	33	50	67	0	50	57	50	86	60	50
Quinn	43	56	86	100	17	100	50	29	17	63	100	50	64	29	70	50	50	50
Byram	35	39	77	75	57	0	33	30	33	50	69	67	61	36	57	80	50	33
Samuelsson	27	23	100	80	33	67	18	26	33	41	100	100	48	21	91	33	38	50
Power	29	26	67	50	25	0	17	20	25	40	62	0	43	29	42	50	36	0
Dahlin	50	14	89	75	45	100	14	31	30	63	78	100	63	40	86	64	58	50
Bryson	100	71	—	38	33	20	100	45	30	100	67	20	70	57	60	50	17	29
Metsa	50	25	—	20	33	20	50	25	25	—	—	20	25	60	0	50	0	14