Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres NHL
KeyBank Center
TV: Sportsnet+
BUF shoots right 1st 2nd 3rd T PHI 12 10 5 27 BUF 4 12 12 28
Samuel Ersson 23/27 SV, .852 Alex Lyon 24/27 SV, .889 Who won: Sabres 5-3 The Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The series is tied 1-1. Ryan McLeod led the Sabres in goals (1). Noah Cates led the Flyers in goals (1).
Summary Chat Box score Team stats Forwards BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Rodrigo Abols C 0 2 0 0 8:20 0:00 0:53 7:27 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 5 28.6 0 0 0 Bobby Brink RW 1 1 0 2 14:38 2:04 0:00 12:34 20 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 2 0.0 0 1 2 Noah Cates LW 0 1 0 1 15:37 2:34 3:18 9:45 22 1 8 0 2 0 0 4 7 36.4 0 0 0 Sean Couturier C 0 1 0 -2 16:07 0:57 3:36 11:34 22 0 5 0 2 1 0 13 4 76.5 1 0 0 Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 4 0 0 6:43 0:00 0:00 6:43 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 -2 18:37 2:19 3:34 12:44 24 0 7 0 4 1 0 9 6 60.0 0 0 0 Carl Grundstrom RW 0 6 0 -1 15:28 0:00 3:03 12:25 19 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Garnet Hathaway RW 0 3 0 0 8:39 0:00 1:45 6:54 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Travis Konecny RW 0 2 0 -1 19:06 3:57 0:00 15:09 22 1 10 0 4 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Matvei Michkov RW 0 0 0 1 15:27 3:17 0:00 12:10 20 0 8 0 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Owen Tippett RW 0 3 0 -1 17:21 3:43 0:27 13:11 21 0 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Trevor Zegras C 0 0 0 -1 20:32 4:02 0:00 16:30 22 0 14 1 1 1 0 2 2 50.0 4 1 2
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Emil Andrae D 0 2 0 1 17:15 0:23 0:00 16:52 22 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Jamie Drysdale D 1 0 0 1 19:46 3:50 0:33 15:23 22 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Rasmus Ristolainen D 3 2 0 -1 16:59 0:00 2:41 14:18 23 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Travis Sanheim D 1 0 1 -1 23:12 2:18 5:22 15:32 26 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 Nick Seeler D 4 2 0 -1 19:07 0:00 3:54 15:13 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Cam York D 0 0 0 -1 20:31 2:08 4:06 14:17 27 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Samuel Ersson G 4 27 0 0 23 .852 17 5 1 58:17 0 0
PHI shoots leftBUF shoots right 
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