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Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Monday, March 10, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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2–3

Final

SOG 34–23

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Monday, March 10, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Oilers outshot the Sabres 34-23.

Tage Thompson scored twice. Darnell Nurse, Alex Tuch and Evan Bouchard also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Stuart Skinner stopped 20 of 23.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Edmonton OilersEDM020234
Buffalo SabresBUF111323

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTage ThompsonBUF · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJosh NorrisBUF · 0G 1A
  3. ★3rd starUkko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF · .941 SV%

Scoring

1st period

  • Tage Thompson (32)Unassisted0–113:28 BUF

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+
1:06

0–1 · 1st 13:28 · Thompson. EDM stayed on through an icing. Arvidsson was 1:06 into his shift when it went in.

GoalEDM on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 13:28 · Thompson

Long shift: Arvidsson 1:06

1–1 EDM

2nd 1:35 · Nurse

Thompson 0:51

1–2 BUF

2nd 3:52 · Tuch

Long shift: Kulak 1:04

2–2 EDM

2nd 9:12 · PP · Bouchard

Byram 0:22

2–3 BUF

3rd 3:20 · Thompson

Kulak 0:41

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

EDMBUF
34Shots on goal23
56%Faceoff %44%
1/4Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes8
23Hits13
10Blocked shots12
20Giveaways19
6Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 2nd 05:42Max Jones · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 08:20Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2nd 12:41Jordan Greenway · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 17:36Rasmus Dahlin · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 18:43Zach Hyman · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 14:33Mattias Samuelsson · hooking2 min

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