Philadelphia Flyers 3 — 5 Buffalo Sabres
2025-12-18 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | PHI | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 4 |
| 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | 5 | 12 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | W | 24 | 27 | 3 | 19/22 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 59:52 |
| Samuel Ersson start | PHI | L | 23 | 27 | 4 | 17/20 | 5/6 | 1/1 | 58:17 |
PHI skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Brink | R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14:38 |
| Travis Konecny | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:06 |
| Noah Cates | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 |
| Cam York | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:31 |
| Jamie Drysdale | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:46 |
| Trevor Zegras | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:32 |
| Emil Andrae | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:15 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 |
| Sean Couturier | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16:59 |
| Owen Tippett | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:21 |
| Rodrigo Abols | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:20 |
| Matvei Michkov | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 |
| Carl Grundstrom | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15:28 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:39 |
| Travis Sanheim | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:12 |
| Nicolas Deslauriers | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 06:43 |
| Nick Seeler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19:07 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:11 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19:43 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:19 |
| Josh Norris | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:38 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 21:29 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:13 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:20 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:35 |
| Josh Doan | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:36 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 08:56 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:35 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:00 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:41 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:46 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14:07 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:43 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | 2025-26 | PHI | 2 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2025-12-18 | 2025-26 | PHI | 3 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2025-12-03 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | PHI | 5 | |
| 2025-04-17 | 2024-25 | PHI | 4 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2025-03-29 | 2024-25 | BUF | 4 | PHI | 7 | |
| 2024-11-16 | 2024-25 | BUF | 2 | PHI | 5 | |
| 2024-04-05 | 2023-24 | PHI | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2023-11-03 | 2023-24 | PHI | 5 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2023-11-01 | 2023-24 | BUF | 5 | PHI | 2 | |
| 2023-04-01 | 2022-23 | BUF | 6 | PHI | 3 |