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Buffalo Sabres vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Tuesday, December 9, 2025 · Rogers Place

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

4–3

Final/OT

SOG 28–30

Edmonton OilersEdmontonOilersHome

SNW · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at Rogers Place. The Oilers outshot the Sabres 30-28.

Josh Doan scored twice and Connor McDavid scored twice. Tage Thompson, Vasily Podkolzin and Alex Tuch also scored.

Alex Lyon made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Stuart Skinner stopped 24 of 28.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF1201428
Edmonton OilersEDM0030330

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJosh DoanBUF · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starConnor McDavidEDM · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starAlex TuchBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT 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+
GoalBUF on iceEDM on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 19:01 · PP · Doan

Regula 0:33

2–0 BUF

2nd 11:03 · Thompson

Henrique 0:32

3–0 BUF

2nd 11:59 · PP · Doan

Nugent-Hopkins 0:56

3–1 EDM

3rd 0:10 · McDavid

Samuelsson 0:10

3–2 EDM

3rd 1:56 · Podkolzin

McLeod 0:57

3–3 EDM

3rd 19:58 · McDavid

Timmins 0:45

4–3 BUF

OT 0:33 · Tuch

Draisaitl 0:33

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

BUFEDM
28Shots on goal30
38%Faceoff %62%
2/6Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes12
14Hits17
12Blocked shots15
10Giveaways14
6Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 12:51Darnell Nurse · boarding2 min
  • 1st 18:28David Tomasek · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 2nd 05:27Jack Quinn · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 11:19Zach Hyman · interference2 min
  • 2nd 15:31Beck Malenstyn · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 07:51Rasmus Dahlin · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 12:51Zach Hyman · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 13:59Adam Henrique · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 15:11Alex Tuch · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 17:17Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · hooking2 min

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