BUF @ VAN 3–2 · 2025-12-11

Team	1	2	3	SOG
BUF	1	2	0	15
VAN	1	1	0	32

Story

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Result BUF 3–2Call No lean · VAN 52%xG 1.68–3.23 · deserved VAN 76%Swing Benson +24 2nd 14:46Method

Goals and penalties with VAN win probability
Time	Event	VAN win before	VAN win after
1st 7:36	Goal BUF · R. Dahlin	52%	35%
1st 13:40	VAN penalty · A. Bains · interference · 2 min
1st 19:17	BUF penalty · J. Quinn · high sticking · 2 min
1st 19:17	VAN penalty · T. Willander · high sticking · 2 min
1st 19:17	BUF penalty · J. Quinn · high sticking · 2 min
1st 19:49	Goal VAN · K. Sherwood (PP)	32%	52%
2nd 6:15	Goal VAN · M. Sasson	52%	72%
2nd 9:12	Goal BUF · T. Thompson	73%	52%
2nd 14:09	VAN penalty · F. Hronek · roughing removing opponents helmet · 2 min
2nd 14:46	Goal BUF · Z. Benson (PP)	51%	27%
2nd 15:44	VAN penalty · D. O'Connor · roughing · 2 min
2nd 15:44	BUF penalty · Z. Benson · roughing · 2 min
2nd 19:13	BUF penalty · J. Greenway · tripping · 2 min
3rd 6:31	BUF penalty · B. Malenstyn · slashing · 2 min

On ice · final horn

BUF5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
19P. KrebsC	1:01	18:43	22	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	3-3
72T. ThompsonC	1:03	19:06	24	1	1	2	5	7	0	0	2	3-8
91J. DoanR	1:04	18:45	24	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	–
21C. TimminsD	1:03	21:27	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	–
25O. PowerD	0:52	19:46	24	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	–
34A. LyonG		59:56	SA32GA2SV%.938xGA3.23GSAx+1.23

VAN6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
63M. SassonC	0:50	14:46	18	1	0	1	5	7	0	0	0	3-4
94L. KarlssonC	0:48	10:51	14	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	–
6B. BoeserR	0:51	20:26	23	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	2-1
8C. GarlandR	0:50	20:41	23	0	1	1	2	5	0	1	0	–
17F. HronekD	1:54	23:33	22	0	0	0	2	6	2	3	1	–
43Q. HughesD	2:23	30:03	22	0	1	1	3	9	0	0	0	–

Goals

1st
Rasmus Dahlin(1)
R. McLeod (1), J. Quinn (1)
xG 0.05slapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 BUF1st 07:36+17.365%
Kiefer Sherwood(1)PP
C. Garland (1), Q. Hughes (1)
xG 0.05backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 19:49+19.652%
2nd
Max Sasson(1)
J. DeBrusk (1), E. Pettersson (1)
xG 0.17snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 VAN2nd 06:15+20.872%
Tage Thompson(1)
R. Dahlin (1)
xG 0.04wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied2nd 09:12+21.748%
Zach Benson(1)PP
J. Doan (1), T. Thompson (1)
xG 0.12snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–2 BUF2nd 14:46+24.273%

Shots

BUF1.68 xG28 unblocked · 9 blocked28 unblocked · 9 blocked

VAN3.23 xG56 unblocked · 28 blocked56 unblocked · 28 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

BUFVAN3Goals21.68xG3.2315Shots3228Unblocked5637Attempts842High danger51/2Power play1/317Faceoffs2513Hits2228Blocks98Takeaways417Giveaways1410PIM8

Skaters

Player

Player
23M. SamuelssonMattias SamuelssonD	26:32	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	−0.04	1	1	0	0	—	0	+1
26R. DahlinRasmus DahlinD	24:51	1	1	2	3	4	0.19	+0.81	1	3	2	1	—	0	+2
21C. TimminsConor TimminsD	21:27	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	5	0	3	—	0	0
71R. McLeodRyan McLeodC	20:52	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	33%	0	+1
4B. ByramBowen ByramD	20:47	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	−0.16	0	1	1	1	—	0	-1
25O. PowerOwen PowerD	19:46	0	0	0	1	2	0.06	−0.06	0	3	0	0	—	0	0
72T. ThompsonTage ThompsonC	19:06	1	1	2	5	7	0.37	+0.63	0	2	0	2	27%	0	+1
91J. DoanJosh DoanR	18:45	0	1	1	1	3	0.11	−0.11	0	0	3	2	—	0	+1
19P. KrebsPeyton KrebsC	18:43	0	0	0	1	3	0.08	−0.08	1	1	0	0	50%	0	+1
48T. KozakTyson KozakC	16:45	0	0	0	1	2	0.10	−0.10	3	5	0	0	67%	0	0
6Z. BensonZach BensonL	16:13	1	0	1	1	3	0.17	+0.83	0	0	1	1	—	2	+1
12J. GreenwayJordan GreenwayL	16:01	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	−0.09	1	2	0	0	0%	2	0
22J. QuinnJack QuinnR	15:39	0	1	1	2	4	0.26	−0.26	0	1	0	1	0%	4	+1
29B. MalenstynBeck MalenstynL	12:48	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	4	1	0	1	—	2	-1
63I. RosenIsak RosenR	8:42	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	−0.07	0	0	0	2	—	0	0
44J. DunneJosh DunneC	6:21	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	2	100%	0	-1
52T. KuntarTrevor KuntarC	5:12	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	—	0	-1
78J. BrysonJacob BrysonD	5:02	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1	0	0	—	0	0
BUF total		3	5	8	15	37	1.68	+1.32	13	26	8	16	40%	10

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Thompson+0.54

Benson+0.36

Doan+0.16

Kozak+0.05

Rosen0.00

McLeod−0.02

Dunne−0.26

Krebs−0.27

Kuntar−0.29

Greenway−0.35

Quinn−0.39

Malenstyn−0.61

Defence

Dahlin+0.96

Bryson+0.06

Timmins+0.05

Power−0.08

Byram−0.28

Samuelsson−0.31

Goalie

Lyon+1.25

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Krebs·Thompson·Doan	13:08	20	10	9	52.6%	8	4	1	0	0.40	0.49	45.2%	−0.09	5	2	71%
Benson·McLeod·Quinn	9:35	18	8	11	42.1%	4	4	1	0	0.23	0.24	48.4%	−0.01	1	1	50%
Greenway·Kozak·Rosen	6:22	11	7	15	31.8%	1	5	0	0	0.36	0.30	54.5%	+0.06	0	3	0%
Malenstyn·Dunne·Kuntar	3:47	6	1	9	10.0%	0	5	0	1	0.00	0.66	0.0%	−0.66	0	1	0%
Greenway·Malenstyn·Kozak	3:42	6	0	10	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.20	0.0%	−0.20	0	0	—
Occasional · 7 groups
Krebs·McLeod·Quinn	0:56	6	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.18	0.0%	−0.18	0	0	—
Kuntar·McLeod·Quinn	0:50	2	0	3	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.25	0.0%	−0.25	0	0	—
Benson·Malenstyn·McLeod	0:46	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Krebs·McLeod·Doan	0:42	7	1	1	50.0%	0	0	0	0	0.10	0.05	64.7%	+0.04	0	0	—
Krebs·Kozak·Rosen	0:41	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Greenway·Kozak·Doan	0:37	4	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.05	0.00	100.0%	+0.05	0	0	—
Greenway·McLeod·Quinn	0:35	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
BUF 5v5	48:41		33	64	34.0%	14	25	2	1	1.42	2.54	35.9%	−1.11

Goalies

Alex Lyon

BUF · 59:56

Saves: 30/32
SV%: .938
xGA: 3.23
GSAx: +1.23

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	28/29	.966	2.90	+1.90
Power play	1/2	.500	0.32	−0.68
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.01	+0.01
High danger	3/4	.750	0.91	−0.09

Thatcher Demko

VAN · 57:54

Saves: 12/15
SV%: .800
xGA: 1.68
GSAx: −1.32

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	12/14	.857	1.47	−0.53
Power play	0/1	.000	0.21	−0.79
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/0	—	0.36	+0.36

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Buffalo Sabres

Minutes

26:32Samuelsson
24:51Dahlin
21:27Timmins
20:47Byram
19:46Power
5:02Bryson

20:52McLeod
19:06Thompson
18:45Doan
18:43Krebs
16:45Kozak
16:13Benson
16:01Greenway
15:39Quinn
12:48Malenstyn
8:42Rosen
6:21Dunne
5:12Kuntar

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareBUFVAN

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

BrysonD0 O0
SamuelssonD4 O2
ByramD2 O0
PowerD3 O1
DahlinD5 O2
TimminsD4 O0
DoanD2 O5
ThompsonD3 O5
KrebsD3 O5
QuinnD1 O2
BensonD1 O2
DunneD1 O1
KuntarD1 O0
MalenstynD2 O0
McLeodD3 O1
RosenD3 O1
KozakD3 O0
GreenwayD4 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period