Buffalo Sabres vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Monday, December 29, 2025 · Enterprise Center
FDSNMW · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Monday, December 29, 2025 at Enterprise Center. The Sabres outshot the Blues 34-18.
Goals came from Noah Ostlund, Brayden Schenn, Jimmy Snuggerud, Alex Tuch, Zach Benson and Peyton Krebs.
Alex Lyon made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Joel Hofer stopped 30 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Noah Ostlund (7)Josh Norris (7)1–002:19 BUF
Brayden Schenn (8)Otto Stenberg (4), Jordan Kyrou (9)1–105:08 STL
Jimmy Snuggerud (6)Robby Fabbri (3), Colton Parayko (11)Tuch 1:03 into shift1–208:09 STL
2nd period
Alex Tuch (12)Mattias Samuelsson (13)2–215:17 BUF
3rd period
Zach Benson (4)Jack Quinn (15), Ryan McLeod (15)3–201:46 BUF
Peyton Krebs (3)Beck Malenstyn (3)4–218:44 BUF · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–2 · 1st 8:09 · Snuggerud. BUF stayed on through an icing. Tuch was 1:03 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 BUF
1st 2:19 · Ostlund
Schenn 0:47
1–1 STL
1st 5:08 · Schenn
Tuch 0:21
1–2 STL
1st 8:09 · Snuggerud
Long shift: Tuch 1:03
2–2 BUF
2nd 15:17 · Tuch
Fowler 0:38
3–2 BUF
3rd 1:46 · Benson
Mailloux 0:30
4–2 BUF
3rd 18:44 · EN · Krebs
Buchnevich 0:49
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 10:31
Zach Metsa · high sticking2 min - 1st 20:00
Cam Fowler · hooking2 min - 3rd 09:38Justin Faulk · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:55Pavel Buchnevich · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Zach BensonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:39 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:26 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:02 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:09 |
| 86Noah OstlundC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:57 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:14 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 44Josh DunneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 91Josh DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:21 |
| 8Michael KesselringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:42 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 23:40 |
| 73Zach MetsaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 10:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Alex LyonG | W | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 59:25 |
St. Louis Blues
| 9Robby FabbriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:52 |
| 10Brayden SchennC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 21Jimmy SnuggerudR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:24 |
| 25Jordan KyrouR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 28Otto StenbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:02 |
| 55Colton ParaykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:58 |
| 13Alexey ToropchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 18Robert ThomasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 54Dalibor DvorskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:12 |
| 63Jake NeighboursL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 70Oskar SundqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 71Mathieu JosephR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 6Philip BrobergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:26 |
| 17Cam FowlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 23Logan MaillouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 08:52 |
| 72Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:27 |
| 75Tyler TuckerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Joel HoferG | L | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 59:29 |
| 50Jordan BinningtonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |