Buffalo Sabres 3 — 2 Ottawa Senators
2025-12-23 · Canadian Tire Centre · OT
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | OTT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 11 |
| 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Ullmark start | OTT | O | 22 | 25 | 3 | 20/23 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 60:31 |
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | W | 24 | 26 | 2 | 21/22 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 60:31 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:18 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18:01 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26:39 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 |
| Josh Dunne | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:13 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:47 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:39 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:21 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:28 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25:10 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:48 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14:00 |
| Josh Norris | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16:11 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:38 |
OTT skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Batherson | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 |
| Tim Stützle | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:41 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:32 |
| Ridly Greig | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:11 |
| Claude Giroux | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| Brady Tkachuk | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:42 |
| David Perron | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:21 |
| Michael Amadio | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 |
| Nikolas Matinpalo | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:03 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:25 |
| Thomas Chabot | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23:23 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:47 |
| Nick Cousins | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:27 |
| Kurtis MacDermid | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:40 |
| Stephen Halliday | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:46 |
| Jordan Spence | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:33 |
| Artem Zub | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:04 |
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 |