Buffalo Sabres 1 — 5 Ottawa Senators
2023-12-31 · Canadian Tire Centre
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | OTT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | 18 | 5 |
| 3 | 16 | 8 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Forsberg start | OTT | W | 45 | 46 | 1 | 36/37 | 8/8 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
| Devon Levi start | BUF | L | 26 | 30 | 4 | 24/27 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 58:04 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Skinner | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:31 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:22 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:57 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25:44 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:14 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15:58 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16:51 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:14 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:27 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:20 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:56 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19:23 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 09:26 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:22 |
| Ryan Johnson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:25 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
OTT skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Chabot | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:01 |
| Mark Kastelic | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10:45 |
| Artem Zub | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21:50 |
| Jakob Chychrun | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21:18 |
| Erik Brannstrom | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:13 |
| Claude Giroux | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:58 |
| Dominik Kubalik | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:42 |
| Zack MacEwen | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:31 |
| Jacob Bernard-Docker | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 |
| Ridly Greig | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:07 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19:15 |
| Brady Tkachuk | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12:11 |
| Tim Stützle | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:15 |
| Josh Norris | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14:24 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 |
| Parker Kelly | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15:27 |
| Travis Hamonic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:56 |
| Drake Batherson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:52 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | 2025-26 | BUF | 1 | OTT | 4 | |
| 2025-12-23 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | OTT | 2 | OT |
| 2025-10-15 | 2025-26 | OTT | 4 | BUF | 8 | |
| 2025-04-01 | 2024-25 | BUF | 5 | OTT | 2 | |
| 2025-03-25 | 2024-25 | OTT | 2 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2025-01-09 | 2024-25 | BUF | 4 | OTT | 0 | |
| 2024-11-05 | 2024-25 | OTT | 1 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2024-03-27 | 2023-24 | OTT | 6 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2024-01-11 | 2023-24 | OTT | 3 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2023-12-31 | 2023-24 | BUF | 1 | OTT | 5 |