Philadelphia Flyers 3, Buffalo Sabres 5: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Flyers 3 to Buffalo Sabres 5, on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers.
NHLThursday, December 18, 2025
DateDec 18, 2025
Start time7:30 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+/Hulu
Attendance16,055
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Flyers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Philadelphia FlyersBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
17-10-6Record15-14-4
6th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
2-9Road record / home record4-6
LWLLLLast 5LLWLW
L1StreakL2
Team stats
Philadelphia FlyersBuffalo Sabres
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
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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:20 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 7:27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Brink | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 12:34 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Cates | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 | 2:34 | 3:18 | 9:45 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Couturier | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:07 | 0:57 | 3:36 | 11:34 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 76.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Deslauriers | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Dvorak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:37 | 2:19 | 3:34 | 12:44 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Grundstrom | 0 | 6 | 0 | -1 | 15:28 | 0:00 | 3:03 | 12:25 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garnet Hathaway | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:39 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 6:54 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Konecny | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:06 | 3:57 | 0:00 | 15:09 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matvei Michkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 | 3:17 | 0:00 | 12:10 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Owen Tippett | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 17:21 | 3:43 | 0:27 | 13:11 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Zegras | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:32 | 4:02 | 0:00 | 16:30 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 | 0:23 | 0:00 | 16:52 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Drysdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 | 3:50 | 0:33 | 15:23 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 16:59 | 0:00 | 2:41 | 14:18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Travis Sanheim | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:12 | 2:18 | 5:22 | 15:32 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Seeler | 4 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:07 | 0:00 | 3:54 | 15:13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam York | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:31 | 2:08 | 4:06 | 14:17 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .852 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 58:17 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 17:11 | 6:29 | 0:51 | 9:51 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:36 | 6:30 | 0:00 | 13:06 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:43 | 0:00 | 2:35 | 7:08 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4:46 | 0:00 | 0:17 | 4:29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 13:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:35 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 6 | 1 | -1 | 8:56 | 0:00 | 3:11 | 5:45 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:35 | 2:51 | 2:48 | 12:56 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:38 | 5:27 | 0:00 | 14:11 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:40 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:36 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 10:51 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 20:19 | 6:33 | 0:00 | 13:46 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21:29 | 1:47 | 2:16 | 17:26 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:41 | 1:50 | 2:49 | 16:02 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:20 | 5:31 | 0:13 | 17:36 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Kesselring | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:07 | 0:00 | 1:47 | 12:20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:13 | 2:47 | 3:00 | 14:26 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:43 | 0:00 | 2:07 | 17:36 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Conor Timmins | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 | 0:00 | 2:06 | 13:54 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .889 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 59:52 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 5-3, on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
What was the final score of Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres?
Philadelphia Flyers 3, Buffalo Sabres 5.
Who were the top performers?
Philadelphia Flyers: Noah Cates (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Ryan McLeod (1 goals).
Where is Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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