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Buffalo Sabres vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Saturday, January 25, 2025 · Rogers Place

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

2–3

Final

SOG 41–34

Edmonton OilersEdmontonOilersHome

SN · MSG-B

Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at Rogers Place. The Sabres outshot the Oilers 41-34.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice. Alex Tuch, Jeff Skinner and Jiri Kulich also scored.

Stuart Skinner made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 31 of 34.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF110241
Edmonton OilersEDM111334

Three stars

  1. ★1st starStuart SkinnerEDM · .951 SV%
  2. ★2nd starRyan Nugent-HopkinsEDM · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starJiri KulichBUF · 1G 0A

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+
1:24

1–0 · 1st 16:28 · Tuch. Bouchard was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceEDM on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 16:28 · Tuch

Long shift: Bouchard 1:24

1–1 EDM

1st 16:45 · Skinner

Bryson 0:36

2–1 BUF

2nd 7:46 · Kulich

Kulak 0:24

2–2 EDM

2nd 13:20 · Nugent-Hopkins

Cozens 0:33

2–3 EDM

3rd 8:59 · Nugent-Hopkins

Thompson 0:48

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

BUFEDM
41Shots on goal34
49%Faceoff %51%
0/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
29Hits15
7Blocked shots16
16Giveaways15
7Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 11:00Troy Stecher · interference2 min
  • 2nd 05:41Zach Hyman · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 09:47Peyton Krebs · holding2 min
  • 3rd 04:14Kasperi Kapanen · hooking2 min

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