Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers

Tue, Dec 9, 2025 · Rogers Place · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 3

Final/OT

Edmonton Oilers

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 in overtime on Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at Rogers Place. Josh Doan scored twice; Connor McDavid scored twice. Alex Lyon made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	0	1	4	28
EDM	0	0	3	0	3	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	19:01	BUF	PP	Josh Doan (9) · tip-in	Rasmus Dahlin (19), Tage Thompson (11)	1–0
2nd	11:03	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (14) · snap	Unassisted	2–0
2nd	11:59	BUF	PP	Josh Doan (10) · between-legs	Tage Thompson (12), Rasmus Dahlin (20)	3–0
3rd	00:10	EDM	EV	Connor McDavid (15) · wrist	Mattias Ekholm (13)	3–1
3rd	01:56	EDM	EV	Vasily Podkolzin (6) · wrist	Leon Draisaitl (21), Ty Emberson (6)	3–2
3rd	19:58	EDM	PP	Connor McDavid (16) · snap	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (16), Evan Bouchard (23)	3–3
OT	00:33	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (11) · wrist	Ryan McLeod (10), Rasmus Dahlin (21)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:51	EDM	Darnell Nurse	boarding	2
1st	18:28	EDM	David Tomasek	interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	05:27	BUF	Jack Quinn	hooking	2
2nd	11:19	EDM	Zach Hyman	interference	2
2nd	15:31	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	07:51	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	tripping	2
3rd	12:51	EDM	Zach Hyman	hooking	2
3rd	13:59	EDM	Adam Henrique	tripping	2
3rd	15:11	BUF	Alex Tuch	hooking	2
3rd	17:17	EDM	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.31 · EDM 3.42 · xG% BUF 40.3

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	3	3	0	2	4	0	0		22:58	28
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	2	3	+1	0	4	0	0	55.6	19:11	23
91	Josh Doan	R	2	0	2	-2	0	5	1	0		15:07	22
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	1		22:37	26
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1	31.3	22:37	27
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		26:09	28
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		22:09	30
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3		21:14	27
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		17:54	22
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		16:50	22
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	37.5	16:10	20
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0		15:07	21
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	50.0	11:35	21
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	0		11:23	20
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		9:40	17
63	Isak Rosen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		9:05	15
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	40.0	7:45	12
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		6:08	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Alex Lyon	W	24	21	3	.875	41:32
92	Colten Ellis		6	6	0	1.000	19:01

Edmonton Oilers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
97	Connor McDavid	C	2	0	2	+1	0	6	0	1	27.3	25:51	23
2	Evan Bouchard	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0		28:34	26
29	Leon Draisaitl	C	0	1	1	+1	0	7	0	0	68.2	24:19	23
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1		22:40	26
93	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	1	40.0	21:29	24
92	Vasily Podkolzin	R	1	0	1	+2	0	3	3	0		15:08	18
49	Ty Emberson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	3		13:22	19
18	Zach Hyman	L	0	0	0	+2	4	2	0	0		23:24	22
25	Darnell Nurse	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0		19:28	23
22	Matt Savoie	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	17:27	22
75	Alec Regula	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		14:46	16
27	Brett Kulak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		14:35	18
19	Adam Henrique	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	1	100.0	12:32	17
13	Mattias Janmark	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:07	13
88	Andrew Mangiapane	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		9:00	11
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	87.5	8:17	17
10	Trent Frederic	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50.0	6:57	12
86	David Tomasek	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		5:41	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
74	Stuart Skinner	OTL	28	24	4	.857	59:22