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Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

NHLDecember 23, 2025Canadian Tire Centre

SabresBuffaloBUFWon18-14-4

Sabres 3, Senators 2

Final/OT
SenatorsOttawaOTT18-13-5
Score by period
Team123OTT
BUF11013
OTT11002

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  3. 0:50Ridly Greig Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  4. 0:53Owen Power hit Michael Amadio
  5. 1:28Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  6. 1:30Goalie Stopped
  7. 1:30Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  8. 1:47Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  9. 2:02Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  10. 2:20Nick Cousins hit Mattias Samuelsson
  11. 2:22Hand Pass
  12. 2:22Nick Cousins faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  13. 2:30Beck Malenstyn hit Nikolas Matinpalo
  14. 2:37Beck Malenstyn Tip-In Wide Left
  15. 2:43Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  16. 2:57Stephen Halliday hit Jordan Greenway
  17. 3:03Jake Sanderson shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  18. 3:24Puck in Netting
  19. 3:24Tim Stützle faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  20. 3:26Jake Sanderson shot blocked by Josh Doan
  21. 3:28Brady Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  22. 3:29Brady Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  23. 3:45Giveaway by Jake Sanderson
  24. 3:47Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  25. 4:04Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  26. 4:08Peyton Krebs hit Brady Tkachuk
  27. 4:17Takeaway by Drake Batherson
  28. 4:34Zach Metsa shot blocked by Thomas Chabot
  29. 4:39Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  30. 4:44Drake Batherson Backhand Wide Left
  31. 5:51Michael Kesselring Backhand saved by Linus Ullmark
  32. 5:59Fabian Zetterlund Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  33. 6:59Giveaway by Nick Cousins
  34. 7:02Puck in Netting
  35. 7:02Brady Tkachuk faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  36. 7:17Brady Tkachuk hit Bowen Byram
  37. 8:07Owen Power hit Drake Batherson
  38. 8:18David Perron Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  39. 8:19Puck in Netting
  40. 8:19Stephen Halliday faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  41. 8:21Nikolas Matinpalo Snap Shot Wide Right
  42. 8:42Josh Dunne Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  43. 9:14Off-side
  44. 9:14Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ridly Greig
  45. 9:37Claude Giroux Wrist Shot Wide Right
  46. 9:42Artem Zub shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  47. 9:59Artem Zub hit Peyton Krebs
  48. 10:18Tim Stützle hit Rasmus Dahlin
  49. 10:41Fabian Zetterlund Snap Shot Wide Left
  50. 10:49Icing
  51. 10:49Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  52. 10:51Nikolas Matinpalo Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  53. 11:12Nick Jensen shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  54. 11:27Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  55. 11:43Nick Cousins hit Josh Dunne
  56. 12:11Takeaway by Zach Metsa
  57. 12:17Puck in Netting
  58. 12:17Claude Giroux faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  59. 12:54Tage Thompson Slap Shot Wide Left
  60. 13:23Giveaway by Michael Kesselring
  61. 13:26Fabian Zetterlund shot blocked by Owen Power
  62. 13:33Fabian Zetterlund Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  63. 13:46Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  64. 13:55Brady Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  65. 14:08David Perron Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  66. 14:19Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  67. 14:23Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  68. 14:35Dylan Cozens hit Josh Norris
  69. 14:41Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  70. 15:13Jordan Greenway hit Jordan Spence
  71. 15:22Bowen Byram Goal (7) Tip-In, assists: Jordan Greenway (3), Josh Dunne (3)
  72. 15:22Ridly Greig faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  73. 15:28Ridly Greig shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  74. 15:39Giveaway by Michael Amadio
  75. 15:44Artem Zub hit Peyton Krebs
  76. 15:49Peyton Krebs hit Ridly Greig
  77. 16:15Michael Kesselring shot blocked by Tim Stützle
  78. 16:22Off-side
  79. 16:22Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  80. 16:47Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  81. 16:48Goalie Stopped
  82. 16:48Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ridly Greig
  83. 17:13Ridly Greig Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Claude Giroux (18)
  84. 17:13Tim Stützle faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  85. 18:12Michael Kesselring High-sticking against Brady Tkachuk
  86. 18:12Brady Tkachuk Roughing against Michael Kesselring
  87. 18:12Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  88. 18:44Thomas Chabot Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  89. 19:02Owen Power Backhand saved by Linus Ullmark
  90. 19:05Goalie Stopped
  91. 19:05Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ridly Greig
  92. 19:12Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  93. 19:14Goalie Stopped
  94. 19:14Tage Thompson faceoff won against Tim Stützle
  95. 19:16Josh Norris Wrist Shot Wide Left
  96. 19:55Josh Norris Slap Shot Wide Right
  97. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:11Alex Tuch hit Dylan Cozens
  4. 0:30Brady Tkachuk hit Mattias Samuelsson
  5. 0:56Claude Giroux hit Michael Kesselring
  6. 1:07Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Artem Zub
  7. 1:08Takeaway by Artem Zub
  8. 1:10Giveaway by Artem Zub
  9. 1:10Owen Power shot blocked by Ridly Greig
  10. 1:18Peyton Krebs hit Jake Sanderson
  11. 1:43Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  12. 2:01Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  13. 2:12Tim Stützle Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  14. 2:14Goalie Stopped
  15. 2:14Josh Dunne faceoff won against Stephen Halliday
  16. 2:27Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  17. 2:36Nikolas Matinpalo Interference against Josh Dunne
  18. 2:36Tim Stützle faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  19. 3:24Puck in Crowd
  20. 3:24Ridly Greig faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  21. 3:43Jack Quinn shot blocked by Thomas Chabot
  22. 4:15Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  23. 4:25Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Left
  24. 4:34Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  25. 4:35Goalie Stopped
  26. 4:35Claude Giroux faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  27. 4:50Puck in Netting
  28. 4:50Josh Dunne faceoff won against Tim Stützle
  29. 4:56Icing
  30. 4:56Brady Tkachuk faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  31. 5:13Giveaway by Jordan Spence
  32. 5:22Giveaway by Jordan Greenway
  33. 5:24Takeaway by Jordan Greenway
  34. 5:28Jordan Greenway Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  35. 5:31Jordan Greenway Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  36. 5:33Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Fabian Zetterlund
  37. 5:44Icing
  38. 5:44Tim Stützle faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  39. 5:51Icing
  40. 5:51Josh Norris faceoff won against Tim Stützle
  41. 6:11Noah Ostlund Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Bowen Byram (9), Alex Tuch (19)
  42. 6:11Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  43. 6:27Drake Batherson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  44. 6:47Puck in Netting
  45. 6:47Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ridly Greig
  46. 7:12Ridly Greig shot blocked by Michael Amadio
  47. 7:22Jake Sanderson shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  48. 7:26Jake Sanderson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  49. 7:42Josh Dunne hit Jake Sanderson
  50. 7:58Puck in Netting
  51. 7:58Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  52. 8:10Zach Metsa hit Drake Batherson
  53. 8:24Noah Ostlund Tip-In saved by Linus Ullmark
  54. 8:27Michael Kesselring shot blocked by Dylan Cozens
  55. 9:03Takeaway by Jordan Spence
  56. 9:13Michael Kesselring Tripping against Fabian Zetterlund
  57. 9:13Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  58. 9:27Tim Stützle Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Drake Batherson (22), Dylan Cozens (17)
  59. 9:27Stephen Halliday faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  60. 9:33Mattias Samuelsson hit Fabian Zetterlund
  61. 9:36Fabian Zetterlund Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  62. 9:45Thomas Chabot shot blocked by Jack Quinn
  63. 10:01Jack Quinn hit Jordan Spence
  64. 10:38Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  65. 11:03Puck Frozen - Goalie
  66. 11:03Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Josh Norris
  67. 11:12Icing
  68. 11:12Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  69. 11:33Icing
  70. 11:33Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  71. 12:33Puck in Benches
  72. 12:33Josh Dunne faceoff won against Tim Stützle
  73. 13:00Giveaway by Tim Stützle
  74. 13:04Jordan Spence hit Jordan Greenway
  75. 13:07Thomas Chabot hit Beck Malenstyn
  76. 13:28Icing
  77. 13:28Josh Dunne faceoff won against Stephen Halliday
  78. 13:51Zach Benson High-sticking against Drake Batherson
  79. 13:51Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Brady Tkachuk
  80. 14:44Brady Tkachuk shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  81. 15:01Brady Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  82. 15:45Fabian Zetterlund shot blocked by Claude Giroux
  83. 15:47Puck Frozen - Goalie
  84. 15:47Claude Giroux faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  85. 16:06Michael Amadio Wrap-around saved by Alex Lyon
  86. 16:09Ridly Greig hit Rasmus Dahlin
  87. 16:12Hand Pass
  88. 16:12Tage Thompson faceoff won against Claude Giroux
  89. 16:26Michael Amadio Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  90. 16:37Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  91. 16:42Jake Sanderson shot blocked by Josh Doan
  92. 16:43Puck in Netting
  93. 16:43Josh Dunne faceoff won against Brady Tkachuk
  94. 16:51Josh Dunne Slap Shot Wide Left
  95. 17:00Nikolas Matinpalo Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  96. 17:02Goalie Stopped
  97. 17:02Brady Tkachuk faceoff won against Josh Norris
  98. 17:06Jordan Spence Wrist Shot Wide Left
  99. 17:09Thomas Chabot shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  100. 17:28Thomas Chabot Wrist Shot Wide Left
  101. 17:35Jordan Spence Wrist Shot Wide Right
  102. 17:47Zach Metsa shot blocked by Thomas Chabot
  103. 18:01Giveaway by Nikolas Matinpalo
  104. 18:16Drake Batherson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  105. 18:18Goalie Stopped
  106. 18:18Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Claude Giroux
  107. 18:52Puck in Crowd
  108. 18:52Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  109. 18:57Takeaway by Drake Batherson
  110. 18:57Josh Dunne hit Drake Batherson
  111. 19:16Giveaway by Beck Malenstyn
  112. 19:34Jordan Spence shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  113. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  3. 0:13Hand Pass
  4. 0:13Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  5. 0:15Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Wide Right
  6. 0:17Puck Frozen - Goalie
  7. 0:17Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Josh Norris
  8. 0:34Dylan Cozens Tip-In Wide Left
  9. 2:02Off-side
  10. 2:02Claude Giroux faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
  11. 2:26Beck Malenstyn hit Jordan Spence
  12. 2:32Fabian Zetterlund Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  13. 2:33Goalie Stopped
  14. 2:33Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  15. 2:51David Perron hit Rasmus Dahlin
  16. 3:00Puck in Crowd
  17. 3:00Ridly Greig faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  18. 3:09Giveaway by Artem Zub
  19. 3:39Claude Giroux Wrist Shot Wide Right
  20. 4:10Tim Stützle Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  21. 4:29Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  22. 4:29Fabian Zetterlund hit Ryan McLeod
  23. 4:31Goalie Stopped
  24. 4:31Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Josh Norris
  25. 5:00Icing
  26. 5:00Brady Tkachuk faceoff won against Josh Norris
  27. 5:03Thomas Chabot Wrist Shot Wide Right
  28. 5:22Jordan Spence Slap Shot Wide Left
  29. 5:47Beck Malenstyn hit Stephen Halliday
  30. 7:10Tim Stützle hit Bowen Byram
  31. 7:13Brady Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  32. 7:16Goalie Stopped
  33. 7:16Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  34. 8:22Icing
  35. 8:22Josh Dunne faceoff won against Stephen Halliday
  36. 8:36Takeaway by Jordan Greenway
  37. 8:48Jordan Greenway Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  38. 9:00Stephen Halliday hit Tage Thompson
  39. 9:16Giveaway by Jake Sanderson
  40. 9:57Drake Batherson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  41. 10:06Puck in Crowd
  42. 10:06Josh Norris faceoff won against Brady Tkachuk
  43. 10:56Puck Frozen - Goalie
  44. 10:56Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Ridly Greig
  45. 10:58Tage Thompson shot blocked by Jake Sanderson
  46. 11:04Josh Doan Tip-In saved by Linus Ullmark
  47. 11:22Hand Pass
  48. 11:22Stephen Halliday faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
  49. 11:34Stephen Halliday hit Zach Metsa
  50. 11:36Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  51. 11:45Nikolas Matinpalo shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  52. 11:48Puck in Netting
  53. 11:48Tim Stützle faceoff won against Josh Norris
  54. 11:52Tim Stützle Snap Shot Wide Right
  55. 12:32Thomas Chabot shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  56. 12:41Drake Batherson Wrist Shot Short
  57. 13:51Off-side
  58. 13:51Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  59. 14:00Puck Frozen - Goalie
  60. 14:00Brady Tkachuk faceoff won against Josh Norris
  61. 14:26Icing
  62. 14:26Tim Stützle faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  63. 14:36Giveaway by Thomas Chabot
  64. 14:38Fabian Zetterlund hit Rasmus Dahlin
  65. 16:06Jordan Greenway Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  66. 16:20Takeaway by Nikolas Matinpalo
  67. 17:53Drake Batherson Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  68. 17:55Drake Batherson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  69. 17:56Goalie Stopped
  70. 17:56Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  71. 18:06Jordan Spence shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  72. 18:09Alex Tuch Hooking against David Perron
  73. 18:09Tim Stützle faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  74. 18:47Brady Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  75. 18:57Giveaway by Tim Stützle
  76. 19:27Jake Sanderson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  77. 19:29Drake Batherson Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  78. 19:36Puck in Crowd
  79. 19:36Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Brady Tkachuk
  80. 19:55Thomas Chabot shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  81. 20:00End of 3rd Period

OT

  1. 0:00Start of Overtime
  2. 0:00Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  3. 0:07Off-side
  4. 0:07Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Brady Tkachuk
  5. 0:31Bowen Byram Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (14), Mattias Samuelsson (10)
  6. 0:31End of OT
  7. 0:31Game End

1st

  1. 15:22BUF 1, OTT 0Bowen Byram Goal (7) Tip-In, assists: Jordan Greenway (3), Josh Dunne (3)
  2. 17:13BUF 1, OTT 1Ridly Greig Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Claude Giroux (18)

2nd

  1. 6:11BUF 2, OTT 1Noah Ostlund Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Bowen Byram (9), Alex Tuch (19)
  2. 9:27BUF 2, OTT 2Tim Stützle Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Drake Batherson (22), Dylan Cozens (17)

OT

  1. 0:31BUF 3, OTT 2Bowen Byram Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (14), Mattias Samuelsson (10)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

SenatorsOttawa

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Noah Ostlund C101000015:0133.3221200022615:010:000:00
Alex Tuch RW012012218:010.03200100291115:481:111:02
Beck Malenstyn LW001032016:110.0000101023313:430:002:28
Jack Quinn RW000011012:210.0100001019711:101:110:00
Jordan Greenway LW011010013:360.0420100221111:500:001:46
Josh Doan RW00-1002013:280.01000000221012:390:490:00
Josh Dunne C011020013:1350.0166001019113:130:000:00
Josh Norris C001000014:0052.9089002024413:120:480:00
Peyton Krebs C00-1031014:0050.0022000021113:590:010:00
Ryan McLeod C011000016:3633.3184000123612:581:112:27
Tage Thompson C00-1002016:4750.02660010241815:580:490:00
Zach Benson LW000000212:240.0200010021311:000:480:36
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D213001024:1820010000.031821:011:112:06
Mattias Samuelsson D010011026:3920010000.032523:220:013:16
Michael Kesselring D000002412:3920012000.018012:040:000:35
Owen Power D000021025:1010000000.031321:521:112:07
Rasmus Dahlin D00-1001022:4810000100.028421:350:490:24
Zach Metsa D00201008:3800030010.01308:380:000:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Alex Lyon G26224.92360:3100213000

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