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Monday, December 29, 2025
8:00 PM ET
Enterprise Center (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
4 – 2
Final
St. Louis Blues
 STL
67% xGF%
33% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 3.54 goals STL was expected to score 1.73 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF STL Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres St. Louis Blues
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 6:35 0.89 0 2:31 0.11 0
Even Strength 50:54 2.65 3 50:54 1.44 2
Penalty Kill 2:31 0.00 0 6:35 0.19 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 19:47 1.70 0 27:08 0.63 0
Tied 11:49 0.56 2 11:49 0.48 1
Down 1 27:08 1.28 1 19:47 0.62 1
  • ► Noah Ostlund scores at 2:19 in the 1st period 0.10 xG (1-0)
  • ► Brayden Schenn scores at 5:08 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (1-1)
  • ► Jimmy Snuggerud scores at 8:09 in the 1st period 0.08 xG (1-2)
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 15:17 in the 2nd period 0.03 xG (2-2)
  • ► Zach Benson scores at 1:46 in the 3rd period 0.11 xG (3-2)
  • ► Peyton Krebs scores at 18:44 in the 3rd period (4-2)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.76 1 0 1 16 15:39 5 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.67 0 0 0 19 17:01 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.37 0 1 1 16 14:02 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
STL Robert Thomas (C) 0.26 0 0 0 25 18:28 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
STL Alexey Toropchenko (R) 0.19 0 0 0 20 15:58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Dunne (C) 0.19 0 0 0 16 13:08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.19 0 1 1 23 16:26 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
STL Jimmy Snuggerud (R) 0.18 1 0 1 18 13:24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL Robby Fabbri (C) 0.17 0 1 1 17 11:52 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.16 0 0 0 20 19:12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.14 1 0 1 22 13:54 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL Brayden Schenn (C) 0.13 1 0 1 22 15:51 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.11 1 0 1 19 14:12 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
STL Jake Neighbours (L) 0.11 0 0 0 23 15:33 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
STL Mathieu Joseph (R) 0.10 0 0 0 18 14:39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.10 1 0 1 21 12:57 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
STL Otto Stenberg (C) 0.09 0 1 1 21 14:02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.09 0 1 1 18 14:35 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.06 0 1 1 19 17:09 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL Pavel Buchnevich (L) 0.02 0 0 0 24 17:01 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.01 0 0 0 17 12:32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL Dalibor Dvorsky (R) 0.00 0 0 0 15 10:12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL Jordan Kyrou (R) 0.00 0 1 1 18 13:12 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
STL Oskar Sundqvist (C) 0.00 0 0 0 19 15:41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
STL Justin Faulk (D) 0.28 0 0 0 28 23:27 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.25 0 0 0 25 23:40 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.25 0 0 0 25 22:21 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
STL Cam Fowler (D) 0.19 0 0 0 27 22:25 1 -4 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.10 0 0 0 26 23:42 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.06 0 1 1 25 22:14 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Michael Kesselring (D) 0.02 0 0 0 20 15:33 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
STL Philip Broberg (D) 0.02 0 0 0 26 25:26 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
STL Logan Mailloux (D) 0.00 0 0 0 13 08:52 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.00 0 0 0 18 10:18 0 +2 2 0 0 0 0
STL Colton Parayko (D) 0.00 0 1 1 25 24:58 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
STL Tyler Tucker (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 13:30 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
STL Joel Hofer (G) +1.64% 0.909 0.5 3 30 59:29 33 L 0
BUF Alex Lyon (G) -1.48% 0.889 -0.3 2 16 59:25 18 W 0