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Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Wednesday, December 3, 2025 · Xfinity Mobile Arena

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2–5

Final

SOG 29–35

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Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 35-29.

Goals came from Jason Zucker, Travis Konecny, Trevor Zegras, Bobby Brink, Noah Cates, Bowen Byram and Owen Tippett.

Samuel Ersson made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Colten Ellis stopped 30 of 35.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF110229
Philadelphia FlyersPHI320535

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNoah CatesPHI · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starTrevor ZegrasPHI · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starSean CouturierPHI · 0G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd 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+
2:55

1–2 · 1st 9:04 · Zegras. Samuelsson was 2:55 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on icePHI on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 4:08 · PP · Zucker

Zamula 0:24

1–1 PHI

1st 8:26 · PP · Konecny

Stuck out there: Samuelsson 2:17

1–2 PHI

1st 9:04 · PP · Zegras

Stuck out there: Samuelsson 2:55

1–3 PHI

1st 9:25 · Brink

Thompson 0:21

1–4 PHI

2nd 1:45 · Cates

Timmins 0:40

2–4 BUF

2nd 11:48 · Byram

Sanheim 0:24

2–5 PHI

2nd 12:43 · Tippett

Long shift: McLeod 1:17

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

BUFPHI
29Shots on goal35
47%Faceoff %53%
1/6Power play2/5
25Penalty minutes14
16Hits18
20Blocked shots15
13Giveaways9
3Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 03:20Cam York · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 1st 04:38Matvei Michkov · interference2 min
  • 1st 05:30Tage Thompson · hooking2 min
  • 1st 06:46Conor Timmins · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 08:26Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 1st 17:19Rodrigo Abols · tripping2 min
  • 1st 19:40Peyton Krebs · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 09:24Nicolas Deslauriers · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 09:24Garnet Hathaway · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 09:24Josh Dunne · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 16:50Rasmus Dahlin · boarding5 min
  • 2nd 16:50Rasmus Dahlin · game misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 02:46Travis Sanheim · holding2 min
  • 3rd 06:21Matvei Michkov · tripping2 min

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