Buffalo Sabres 4, Edmonton Oilers 3: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Edmonton Oilers, Buffalo Sabres 4 to Edmonton Oilers 3, on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLTuesday, December 9, 2025
DateDec 9, 2025
Start time9:00 PM ET
VenueRogers Place, Edmonton, AB
TVESPN+
Attendance17,622
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresEdmonton Oilers
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
12-14-4Record13-11-6
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Pacific Division
4-4Road record / home record7-5
LLWLWLast 5WWWLL
L2StreakW3
Team stats
Buffalo SabresEdmonton Oilers
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveEdmonton Oilers
Isaac Howard LW · Knee
Injured ReserveAlec Regula D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMatt Savoie C · Lower Body - Not Specified
Injured ReserveFrederik Andersen G · Knee
Injured ReserveMattias Janmark C · Undisclosed - Surgery
Injured ReserveBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:50 | 5:06 | 0:51 | 10:53 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 15:07 | 4:16 | 0:00 | 10:51 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Dunne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:45 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9:40 | 0:00 | 2:25 | 7:15 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 11:35 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 10:44 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16:10 | 0:32 | 0:00 | 15:38 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 11:23 | 0:00 | 1:51 | 9:32 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 22:37 | 4:44 | 4:48 | 13:05 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 31.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:07 | 2:52 | 0:00 | 12:15 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Isak Rosen | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 9:05 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 8:14 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19:11 | 5:21 | 0:00 | 13:50 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:37 | 3:13 | 3:36 | 15:48 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 6:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:08 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:14 | 1:56 | 1:21 | 17:57 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:58 | 5:38 | 0:00 | 17:20 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 | 2:31 | 1:51 | 13:32 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:09 | 0:39 | 5:49 | 19:41 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:09 | 0:06 | 5:25 | 16:38 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten Ellis | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19:01 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lyon | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .875 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 41:32 | 0 | 0 |
Edmonton Oilers Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Draisaitl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:19 | 6:35 | 0:32 | 17:12 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 68.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Frederic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:57 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Henrique | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:32 | 0:58 | 2:52 | 8:42 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Hyman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:24 | 6:15 | 0:50 | 16:19 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mattias Janmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 8:07 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Lazar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:17 | 0:00 | 2:31 | 5:46 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:00 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 8:23 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor McDavid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:51 | 6:33 | 0:32 | 18:46 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:29 | 6:07 | 2:10 | 13:12 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Vasily Podkolzin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15:08 | 0:00 | 0:47 | 14:21 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Savoie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:27 | 0:54 | 2:31 | 14:02 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Tomasek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:41 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Edmonton Oilers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Bouchard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28:34 | 6:26 | 3:50 | 18:18 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Ekholm | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:40 | 0:38 | 3:28 | 18:34 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Emberson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:22 | 0:00 | 2:44 | 10:38 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Kulak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 | 0:10 | 2:54 | 11:31 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darnell Nurse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:28 | 0:47 | 0:46 | 17:55 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Alec Regula | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 | 0:00 | 1:23 | 13:23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Edmonton Oilers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Skinner | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .857 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 59:22 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Edmonton Oilers?
Buffalo Sabres won, 4-3, on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Edmonton Oilers?
Buffalo Sabres 4, Edmonton Oilers 3.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Josh Doan (2 goals). Edmonton Oilers: Connor McDavid (2 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Edmonton Oilers played?
Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB.
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