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2025-26 regular season

Blackhawks at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Blackhawks 9–3 at KeyBank Center on November 21, 2025.

CHI – BUF
23–31
Shots on goal
1/2–1/2
Power play
13–19
Hits
17–14
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Alex Tuch
4 A
1 shots · 18:04 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Zucker
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 15:25 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Josh Doan
2 G
4 shots · 16:58 TOI

Scoring

12 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Josh Doan Go-ahead 1st · 13:57
Assists: Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch · beat Arvid Soderblom
0–1
⚔️ Jason Zucker 1st · 15:19
Assists: Jack Quinn, Rasmus Dahlin · beat Arvid Soderblom
0–2
⚔️ Bowen Byram PP 1st · 17:33
Assists: Alex Tuch, Ryan McLeod · beat Arvid Soderblom
0–3
🪶 Tyler Bertuzzi 1st · 18:12
Assists: Sam Rinzel, Connor Bedard · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1–3
2nd period
⚔️ Ryan McLeod 2nd · 05:42
Assists: Jason Zucker, Conor Timmins · beat Arvid Soderblom
1–4
⚔️ Mattias Samuelsson 2nd · 05:50
Assists: Isak Rosen, Jacob Bryson · beat Arvid Soderblom
1–5
🪶 Alex Vlasic 2nd · 14:45
Assists: Ryan Greene, Sam Rinzel · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
2–5
⚔️ Josh Doan 2nd · 17:31
Assists: Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch · beat Arvid Soderblom
2–6
3rd period
🪶 Tyler Bertuzzi PP 3rd · 00:24
Assists: Connor Bedard, Frank Nazar · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
3–6
⚔️ Tage Thompson 3rd · 01:56
Assists: Alex Tuch · beat Arvid Soderblom
3–7
⚔️ Jack Quinn 3rd · 07:07
Assists: Bowen Byram, Jason Zucker · beat Arvid Soderblom
3–8
⚔️ Jacob Bryson 3rd · 16:22
Assists: Beck Malenstyn, Jordan Greenway · beat Arvid Soderblom
3–9

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Teravainen · Bedard · Nazar 20:25
L2 Bertuzzi · Greene · Mikheyev 18:17
L3 Donato · Dach · Moore 14:52
L4 Slaggert · Lafferty 11:20
D1 Grzelcyk · Kaiser 19:51
D2 Vlasic · Levshunov 16:58
D3 Crevier · Murphy 15:27
D4 Rinzel 12:20
⚔️Sabres
L1 McLeod · Tuch · Doan 17:13
L2 Zucker · Thompson · Quinn 16:09
L3 Malenstyn · Ostlund · Kozak 13:55
L4 Greenway · Krebs · Rosen 12:18
D1 Samuelsson · Dahlin 24:14
D2 Power · Timmins 18:30
D3 Byram · Bryson 16:21

Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI BUF⚔️
23 Shots on goal 31
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
13 Hits 19
17 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 8
24 Giveaways 14
4 Penalty minutes 4
CHI shooting 13.0% (3/23) BUF shooting 29.0% (9/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Arvid Soderblom
22/31
.710 SV% · 9 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

12 of 12 goals located
Josh Doan · 1st 13:57 · 0–1 Jason Zucker · 1st 15:19 · 0–2 Bowen Byram · 1st 17:33 · 0–3 Tyler Bertuzzi · 1st 18:12 · 1–3 Ryan McLeod · 2nd 05:42 · 1–4 Mattias Samuelsson · 2nd 05:50 · 1–5 Alex Vlasic · 2nd 14:45 · 2–5 Josh Doan · 2nd 17:31 · 2–6 Tyler Bertuzzi · 3rd 00:24 · 3–6 Tage Thompson · 3rd 01:56 · 3–7 Jack Quinn · 3rd 07:07 · 3–8 Jacob Bryson · 3rd 16:22 · 3–9
CHI BUF
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Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Dec 272024 🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF 2–6 Oct 192024 ⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI 4–2 Jan 182024 🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF 0–3 Jan 172024 🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF 0–3 Nov 192023 ⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI 3–2
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Who won Blackhawks vs Sabres on November 21, 2025?

Sabres won 9–3. The final score was Blackhawks 3, Sabres 9.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Tyler Bertuzzi (2), Alex Vlasic.

Who scored for Sabres?

Josh Doan (2), Bowen Byram, Jack Quinn, Jacob Bryson, Jason Zucker, Mattias Samuelsson, Ryan McLeod, Tage Thompson.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Arvid Soderblom made 22 saves on 31 shots (.710 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Blackhawks vs Sabres season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeNov 20 🦑SEA @ 🪶CHI 3–2 AfterNov 23 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 1–0
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 19 🔥CGY @ ⚔️BUF 6–2 AfterNov 23 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 1–4
Also on November 21
🌲MIN 5–0 🐧PIT 🌪️CAR 4–3 ✈️WPG 🐻BOS 2–1 👑LAK
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