Mon, Mar 10, 2025·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Edmonton Oilers 2, Buffalo Sabres 3
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 56% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDM | 011 | 211 | 012 | 234 |
| BUF | 18 | 17 | 18 | 323 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 13:28BUFTage ThompsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
- P2 1:35EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Troy Stecher, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
- P2 3:52BUFAlex TuchAssists: Ryan McLeod · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
- P2 9:12EDMEvan BouchardPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Slap, 0.06 xG2–2
- P3 3:20BUFTage ThompsonGWGAssists: Josh Norris · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
- P2 5:42EDMMax Jones: Slashing2 min
- P2 8:20BUFJJ Peterka: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
- P2 12:41BUFJordan Greenway: Tripping2 min
- P2 17:36BUFRasmus Dahlin: Cross checking2 min
- P2 18:43EDMZach Hyman: Hooking2 min
- P3 14:33BUFMattias Samuelsson: Hooking2 min
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against McLeod
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Edmonton Oilers
Forward lines
- bestSkinner – Brown – Janmark4:12
xG 0.38–0.11 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
- Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid7:41
xG 0.46–0.20 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1
- Draisaitl – Arvidsson – Podkolzin3:03
xG 0.21–0.08 (73%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0
- Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid5:29
xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestNurse – Stecher5:54
xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0
- Nurse – Bouchard2:21
xG 0.31–0.24 (57%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0
- Nurse – Walman7:45
xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0
Buffalo Sabres
Forward lines
- bestKrebs – Quinn – Benson11:30
xG 0.55–0.45 (55%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0
- Zucker – Tuch – McLeod9:31
xG 0.65–0.58 (53%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0
- Thompson – Norris – Peterka11:46
xG 0.47–0.65 (42%)attempts 7–15goals 2–1
- Lafferty – Greenway – Malenstyn3:13
xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSamuelsson – Dahlin13:04
xG 0.75–0.21 (78%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0
- Clifton – Power9:29
xG 0.42–0.46 (48%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0
- Bryson – Byram12:16
xG 0.46–0.74 (38%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BUF's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BUF is favoured, below it EDM. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 56% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BUF − EDM), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).