Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers, December 3, 2025

2025-26 · Wednesday, December 3

BUF2

PHI5

Buffalo lost 2-5

WAR Box

Every skater who dressed, graded against the other skaters on the ice that night. A C is an ordinary NHL performance.

Team gradeD+Lost by 32G · 4A · 29 shots · 21 blocks

Production: C
Offense: D
Defense: D
Power play: B
Penalty kill: C

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Alex Tuch	19:31	C+	C+	B-	B	C-	C-
Owen Power	21:34	C+	D-	B+	A-	C-	C+
Jason Zucker	18:12	C+	B-	C-	C	B-	B-
Bowen Byram	23:49	C	C+	C+	D	B-	C+
Josh Dunne	7:32	C	C	D-	B+		C+
Josh Doan	16:32	C	C	B	D-	B-
Jack Quinn	15:26	C-	C-	C+	D+	B	B+
Jacob Bryson	11:06	C-	D	D-	A-
Zach Benson	13:57	C-	C-	C-	D+	A-	B-
Rasmus Dahlin	16:34	C-	D-	B-	C-	B
Josh Norris	17:35	C-	C-	C	D-	B-	D+
Ryan McLeod	20:13	D+	F	C	C+	B-	C
Noah Ostlund	10:34	D+	F	C+	C-
Peyton Krebs	9:31	D+	C-	F	C+		C-
Mattias Samuelsson	20:57	D+	C-	D	F	C+	C
Conor Timmins	16:56	D+	D	C-	D-		C
Beck Malenstyn	11:09	D+	D-	F	C+		B
Tage Thompson	17:34	D	D-	C	F	B-	C-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Colten EllisL	60:00	C+	35	5	.857	+0.19

A grade compares a skater with everyone who played that night, adjusted for how he was used — heavier minutes and defensive-zone starts raise the bar. Goaltenders are graded against expectation instead, on goals saved above expected. How this is calculated

Box score

Skaters · 18

Player	TOI	G	A	P	Shots	Blocks
Bowen Byram	23:49	1	0	1	2	3
Owen Power	21:34	0	0	0	3	0
Mattias Samuelsson	20:57	0	0	0	3	2
Ryan McLeod	20:13	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Tuch	19:31	0	1	1	2	4
Jason Zucker	18:12	1	0	1	3	0
Josh Norris	17:35	0	1	1	2	0
Tage Thompson	17:34	0	0	0	2	0
Conor Timmins	16:56	0	0	0	0	5
Rasmus Dahlin	16:34	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Doan	16:32	0	1	1	6	0
Jack Quinn	15:26	0	1	1	1	0
Zach Benson	13:57	0	0	0	2	1
Beck Malenstyn	11:09	0	0	0	0	3
Jacob Bryson	11:06	0	0	0	0	1
Noah Ostlund	10:34	0	0	0	0	0
Peyton Krebs	9:31	0	0	0	1	1
Josh Dunne	7:32	0	0	0	1	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Colten EllisL	60:00	35	5	.857	+0.19