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2024-25 regular season

Sabres at Oilers

🗓 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🔁 Oilers lead the season series 1–0

Oilers beat Sabres 3–2 at Rogers Place on January 25, 2025.

BUF – EDM
41–34
Shots on goal
29–15
Hits
7–16
Blocked shots
7–5
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🛢️ EDM
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
2 G
4 shots · 15:51 TOI
2nd star 🛢️ EDM
Jeff Skinner
1 G
2 shots · 10:44 TOI
3rd star 🛢️ EDM
Stuart Skinner
39 saves
0.951 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Alex Tuch Go-ahead 1st · 16:28
Assists: Jason Zucker, Jacob Bryson · beat Stuart Skinner
1–0
🛢️ Jeff Skinner Tying 1st · 16:45
Assists: Ty Emberson · beat James Reimer
1–1
2nd period
⚔️ Jiri Kulich Go-ahead 2nd · 07:46
Assists: Owen Power, Dylan Cozens · beat Stuart Skinner
2–1
🛢️ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Tying 2nd · 13:20
Assists: Kasperi Kapanen, Mattias Ekholm · beat James Reimer
2–2
3rd period
🛢️ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Go-ahead 3rd · 08:59
Assists: Darnell Nurse, Evan Bouchard · beat James Reimer
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 McLeod · Tuch · Peterka 19:00
L2 Krebs · Thompson · Quinn 16:56
L3 Zucker · Kulich · Cozens 16:12
L4 Benson · Malenstyn · Lafferty 9:07
D1 Dahlin · Power 22:49
D2 Byram · Samuelsson 20:42
D3 Jokiharju · Bryson 12:42
🛢️Oilers
L1 Hyman · Draisaitl · Henrique 18:44
L2 Arvidsson · Nugent-Hopkins · Brown 15:37
L3 Janmark · Perry · Podkolzin 14:09
L4 Skinner · Philp · Kapanen 10:33
D1 Bouchard · Nurse 24:02
D2 Ekholm · Kulak 21:37
D3 Emberson · Stecher 13:31

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF EDM🛢️
41 Shots on goal 34
29 Hits 15
7 Blocked shots 16
7 Takeaways 5
16 Giveaways 15
2 Penalty minutes 6
BUF shooting 4.9% (2/41) EDM shooting 8.8% (3/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
James Reimer
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 58:05 TOI
🛢️Oilers
Stuart Skinner
39/41
.951 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Alex Tuch · 1st 16:28 · 1–0 Jeff Skinner · 1st 16:45 · 1–1 Jiri Kulich · 2nd 07:46 · 2–1 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · 2nd 13:20 · 2–2 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · 3rd 08:59 · 2–3
BUF EDM
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 4-7 (36% win rate, 11 games)
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 1st: 8-4-1 (62% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 2-6-3 (18% win rate, 11 games)
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 2nd: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

All →
Oilers lead the season series 1–0
Mar 212024 ⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM 3–8 Mar 92024 🛢️EDM @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 SO Mar 62023 🛢️EDM @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Oct 182022 ⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM 4–2 Mar 172022 ⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM 1–6
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Who won Sabres vs Oilers on January 25, 2025?

Oilers won 3–2. The final score was Sabres 2, Oilers 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Alex Tuch, Jiri Kulich.

Who scored for Oilers?

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2), Jeff Skinner.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

James Reimer made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Stuart Skinner made 39 saves on 41 shots (.951 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Oilers season series?

Oilers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🔥CGY 2–5 AfterJan 28 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–7
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeJan 23 🐋VAN @ 🛢️EDM 2–6 AfterJan 27 🦑SEA @ 🛢️EDM 2–4
Also on January 25
🏔️COL 1–3 🐻BOS 🐧PIT 1–4 🦑SEA 😈NJD 4–3 🇨🇦MTL 🔥CGY 5–4 🌲MIN 🍁TOR 1–2 🏛️OTT ⚡TBL 0–2 🐙DET 👑LAK 2–3 🧥CBJ ⭐DAL 2–0 🎵STL
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