Putting Up Numbers· NHL

Flyers @ Sabres

Wed, Oct 21, 2026

Flyers 3, Sabres 1

Flyers at Sabres: against expected, a game, this season, This game
a gameFlyers1 gameSabres1 game
Goals−0.21−2.29
Goals against−2.19+0.11
Shots+0.3−1.2
Shots against−0.3+3.3
Power-play goals+0.20+0.29
Power-play goals allowed+0.33+0.37
Penalty minutes+1.6+15.6

Each number is over (+) or under (−) what the team’s opponents usually allow, a game.

Who put up numbers

Sabres

Flyers

Analysis

What was true going in. Each line says how it stood up, and how it came out.

The series

If you squint

  • At home, the Sabres' shots against were 6.3 under expected in 5 games. 5 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →This game: 2.5 over expected.
  • The Flyers had lost 8 of their last 10.countits form →Now 8 of 11.

Every meeting

DateWhereScore
Oct 21, 2026at SabresFlyers 3, Sabres 1
Jan 14, 2026at SabresSabres 5, Flyers 2
Dec 18, 2025at SabresSabres 5, Flyers 3
Dec 3, 2025at FlyersFlyers 5, Sabres 2
Apr 17, 2025at SabresSabres 5, Flyers 4
Mar 29, 2025at FlyersFlyers 7, Sabres 4
Nov 16, 2024at FlyersFlyers 5, Sabres 2
Apr 5, 2024at SabresSabres 4, Flyers 2
Nov 3, 2023at SabresFlyers 5, Sabres 1
Nov 1, 2023at FlyersSabres 5, Flyers 2

Method

  • Over or under is each game against what the opponent usually allowed, or usually scored, in its other games that season, with half the home edge, averaged over the team’s games. The five biggest numbers in the league either way are lit.
  • “This season” and the analysis are the games through Oct 20, the day before, so the page says what was true going in. “This game” is the night’s own numbers against expected.
  • Goals are the final score’s: a shootout gives its winner one goal, as the standings count it. Shots are shots on goal, and power-play goals allowed are the opponent’s.
  • A game with no box score sits out.

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