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Buffalo Sabres vs Calgary Flames

Regular season · Thursday, January 23, 2025 · Scotiabank Saddledome

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2–5

Final

SOG 34–26

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SN1 · MSG-B

Game summary

The Calgary Flames beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Sabres outshot the Flames 34-26.

Goals came from Jonathan Huberdeau, Mattias Samuelsson, Tage Thompson, Nazem Kadri, Jakob Pelletier, Yegor Sharangovich and Mikael Backlund.

Dustin Wolf made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 21 of 24.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF020234
Calgary FlamesCGY113526

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJakob PelletierCGY · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starJonathan HuberdeauCGY · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starDustin WolfCGY · .941 SV%

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:38

1–1 · 2nd 2:50 · Samuelsson. Kuzmenko was 1:38 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceCGY on ice

0–1 CGY

1st 12:00 · SH · Huberdeau

Stuck out there: Thompson 1:36

1–1 BUF

2nd 2:50 · Samuelsson

Stuck out there: Kuzmenko 1:38

2–1 BUF

2nd 7:18 · Thompson

Backlund 0:50

2–2 CGY

2nd 10:31 · Kadri

Stuck out there: Cozens 1:30

2–3 CGY

3rd 3:29 · Pelletier

Power 0:38

2–4 CGY

3rd 17:15 · EN · Sharangovich

Power 1:09

2–5 CGY

3rd 17:52 · EN · Backlund

Thompson 0:37

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFCGY
34Shots on goal26
61%Faceoff %39%
0/6Power play0/2
11Penalty minutes29
20Hits19
14Blocked shots19
14Giveaways17
2Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 10:53Matt Coronato · interference2 min
  • 1st 15:58Jonathan Huberdeau · roughing2 min
  • 1st 15:58Jack Quinn · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 10:48Connor Clifton · interference2 min
  • 2nd 11:14Nazem Kadri · holding2 min
  • 2nd 17:55Rasmus Andersson · holding2 min
  • 3rd 08:53MacKenzie Weegar · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 08:53Peyton Krebs · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 11:19Jakob Pelletier · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 15:04Nazem Kadri · delaying game face off violation2 min
  • 3rd 17:43Daniil Miromanov · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 18:09Sam Lafferty · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 18:09Kevin Bahl · misconduct10 min

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