Mon, Dec 1, 2025·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Winnipeg Jets 1, Buffalo Sabres 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 53% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPG | 08 | 16 | 010 | 124 |
| BUF | 314 | 17 | 110 | 531 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 2:46BUFJason ZuckerPPAssists: Josh Doan, Josh Norris · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
- P1 3:01BUFBowen ByramGWGAssists: Jack Quinn, Conor Timmins · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
- P1 14:54BUFJosh NorrisAssists: Tage Thompson, Zach Benson · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–3
- P2 11:26WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Josh Morrissey, Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.24 xG1–3
- P2 12:49BUFAlex TuchAssists: Josh Doan · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–4
- P3 0:41BUFJosh NorrisAssists: Zach Benson, Rasmus Dahlin · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
- P1 1:31WPGDylan DeMelo: Holding2 min · PPG
- P1 8:50BUFRasmus Dahlin: Interference2 min
- P3 3:51WPGLogan Stanley: Elbowing2 min
- P3 8:52BUFJason Zucker: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
- P3 14:01WPGLogan Stanley: Roughing2 min
- P3 14:01BUFBeck Malenstyn: Misconduct10 min
- P3 14:01WPGVladislav Namestnikov: Misconduct10 min
- P3 14:01WPGLogan Stanley: Misconduct10 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 20:00Krebs won the faceoff against Lowry
- 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.
Winnipeg Jets
Forward lines
- Nyquist – Pearson – Barron6:50
xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0
- Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi13:13
xG 0.47–0.48 (50%)attempts 10–12goals 1–2
- Niederreiter – Lowry – Iafallo8:19
xG 0.00–0.23 (2%)attempts 1–7goals 0–2
- Toews – Namestnikov – Perfetti11:25
xG 0.33–0.78 (30%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestDeMelo – Morrissey16:41
xG 0.99–0.58 (63%)attempts 16–19goals 1–1
- Schenn – Samberg13:41
xG 0.19–0.54 (26%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1
- Miller – Stanley12:51
xG 0.19–0.69 (22%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1
Buffalo Sabres
Forward lines
- bestZucker – McLeod – Quinn8:02
xG 0.37–0.04 (89%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0
- Tuch – Doan – Ostlund7:33
xG 0.27–0.03 (91%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0
- Thompson – Norris – Benson10:59
xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 10–7goals 2–1
- Greenway – Malenstyn – Krebs10:12
xG 0.32–0.31 (50%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSamuelsson – Dahlin16:39
xG 0.98–0.54 (64%)attempts 18–12goals 2–1
- Bryson – Power11:42
xG 0.30–0.42 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0
- Timmins – Byram13:06
xG 0.33–0.51 (39%)attempts 12–11goals 2–0
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 WPG. 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, Buffalo Sabres win this game 53% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BUF − WPG), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).