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Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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3–5

Final

SOG 27–28

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Flyers 28-27.

Goals came from Jack Quinn, Noah Cates, Cam York, Tage Thompson, Noah Ostlund, Josh Norris, Travis Konecny and Ryan McLeod.

Alex Lyon made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Samuel Ersson stopped 23 of 27.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Philadelphia FlyersPHI111327
Buffalo SabresBUF122528

Three stars

  1. ★1st starZach BensonBUF · 0G 2A
  2. ★2nd starTage ThompsonBUF · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starAlex LyonBUF · .889 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+
1:33

3–4 · 3rd 14:28 · Konecny. Tuch was 1:33 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPHI on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 7:40 · Quinn

Seeler 0:30

1–1 PHI

1st 8:38 · Cates

Byram 0:26

2–1 PHI

2nd 11:01 · York

Long shift: Kozak 1:00

2–2 BUF

2nd 16:54 · Thompson

Stuck out there: Sanheim 1:30

2–3 BUF

2nd 19:30 · Ostlund

Sanheim 0:50

2–4 BUF

3rd 10:20 · PP · Norris

Couturier 0:18

3–4 PHI

3rd 14:28 · Konecny

Stuck out there: Tuch 1:33

3–5 BUF

3rd 19:52 · EN · McLeod

Zegras 2:33

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

PHIBUF
27Shots on goal28
54%Faceoff %46%
0/3Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes6
29Hits24
10Blocked shots15
9Giveaways25
1Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 00:18Rasmus Dahlin · hooking2 min
  • 1st 19:23Travis Konecny · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 04:52Alex Tuch · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 07:42Rasmus Ristolainen · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 11:18Matvei Michkov · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 3rd 10:02Bobby Brink · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 15:19Trevor Zegras · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 17:41Mattias Samuelsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min

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