Buffalo Sabres 2, Philadelphia Flyers 5: final score and stats
Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 2 to Philadelphia Flyers 5, on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLWednesday, December 3, 2025
DateDec 3, 2025
Start time7:30 PM ET
VenueXfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PA
TVTNT/HBO Max
Attendance17,116
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresPhiladelphia Flyers
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
11-12-4Record15-8-3
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Metropolitan Division
4-4Road record / home record3-7
LLWLWLast 5LWLLL
L2StreakL1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresPhiladelphia Flyers
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 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:57 | 1:10 | 2:30 | 10:17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 | 7:46 | 0:00 | 8:46 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:32 | 0:00 | 0:25 | 7:07 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 9:31 | 0:00 | 0:19 | 9:12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 11:09 | 0:00 | 3:16 | 7:53 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:13 | 2:02 | 5:16 | 12:55 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 36.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 17:35 | 7:39 | 0:10 | 9:46 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:34 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:26 | 1:48 | 0:26 | 13:12 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:34 | 7:52 | 0:15 | 9:27 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Tuch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:31 | 1:54 | 5:31 | 12:06 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:12 | 7:51 | 0:00 | 10:21 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:06 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:49 | 3:18 | 3:33 | 16:58 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:34 | 5:13 | 0:00 | 11:21 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:34 | 1:44 | 4:06 | 15:44 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 20:57 | 0:03 | 6:26 | 14:28 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins | 5 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 16:56 | 0:00 | 4:47 | 12:09 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten Ellis | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .857 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Philadelphia Flyers Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo Abols | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 | 0:00 | 1:37 | 10:51 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby Brink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:52 | 3:22 | 0:00 | 10:30 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Cates | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:43 | 3:19 | 4:48 | 9:36 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Couturier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:27 | 3:38 | 5:27 | 11:22 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 65.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Deslauriers | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Christian Dvorak | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:16 | 0:00 | 2:58 | 10:18 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Grebenkin | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:02 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Garnet Hathaway | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:17 | 0:00 | 2:16 | 10:01 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Travis Konecny | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:35 | 5:41 | 2:17 | 8:37 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matvei Michkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 | 5:59 | 0:00 | 9:38 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Owen Tippett | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:34 | 5:56 | 0:00 | 10:38 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Zegras | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:06 | 5:48 | 0:00 | 8:18 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Philadelphia Flyers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Andrae | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18:47 | 2:57 | 0:42 | 15:08 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Drysdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:05 | 3:53 | 1:09 | 18:03 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Sanheim | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:42 | 6:29 | 4:54 | 12:19 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Seeler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:03 | 0:00 | 5:53 | 15:10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam York | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 10:37 | 0:08 | 2:39 | 7:50 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Egor Zamula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 | 0:00 | 4:03 | 13:29 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Philadelphia Flyers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Ersson | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 59:57 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers?
Philadelphia Flyers won, 5-2, on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers?
Buffalo Sabres 2, Philadelphia Flyers 5.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Bowen Byram (1 goals). Philadelphia Flyers: Noah Cates (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers played?
Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PA.
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