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Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

NHLApril 2, 2026Canadian Tire Centre

SabresBuffaloBUF46-22-8

Sabres 1, Senators 4

Final
SenatorsOttawaOTTWon39-26-10
Score by period
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BUF0101
OTT0134

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:07Icing
  3. 0:07Brady Tkachuk faceoff won against Josh Norris
  4. 0:10Nikolas Matinpalo Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  5. 0:12Goalie Stopped
  6. 0:12Josh Norris faceoff won against Brady Tkachuk
  7. 0:29Owen Power shot blocked by Brady Tkachuk
  8. 0:49Giveaway by Linus Ullmark
  9. 0:50Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  10. 0:58Claude Giroux hit Rasmus Dahlin
  11. 1:05Peyton Krebs hit Artem Zub
  12. 1:14Michael Amadio hit Mattias Samuelsson
  13. 1:43Tim Stützle hit Zach Metsa
  14. 1:56Drake Batherson hit Zach Metsa
  15. 2:00Tim Stützle Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  16. 2:09Fabian Zetterlund hit Zach Metsa
  17. 2:12Icing
  18. 2:12Josh Dunne faceoff won against Lars Eller
  19. 2:20Icing
  20. 2:20Lars Eller faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  21. 2:23Cameron Crotty Wrist Shot Wide Right
  22. 3:25Giveaway by Artem Zub
  23. 3:39Zach Benson Holding against Brady Tkachuk
  24. 3:39Claude Giroux faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  25. 3:53Lassi Thomson shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  26. 4:00Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  27. 4:02Shane Pinto Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  28. 5:25Drake Batherson Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  29. 5:39Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Jordan Spence
  30. 6:21Bowen Byram Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  31. 6:23On-Ice Official
  32. 6:23TV Timeout
  33. 6:23Lars Eller faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  34. 6:39Lars Eller Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  35. 6:44Puck Frozen - Goalie
  36. 6:44Tage Thompson faceoff won against Claude Giroux
  37. 7:55Giveaway by Dylan Cozens
  38. 8:34Giveaway by Nikolas Matinpalo
  39. 8:44Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  40. 9:09Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Right
  41. 9:21Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
  42. 9:21Josh Dunne faceoff won against Lars Eller
  43. 9:59Brady Tkachuk Slashing against Beck Malenstyn
  44. 9:59Tim Stützle faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  45. 10:16Puck in Benches
  46. 10:16Tim Stützle faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  47. 11:44Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  48. 11:58Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Left
  49. 12:08Zach Benson Deflected Wide Left
  50. 12:26Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  51. 12:36Jordan Spence Interference against Zach Benson
  52. 12:36TV Timeout
  53. 12:36Josh Norris faceoff won against Claude Giroux
  54. 13:05Shane Pinto hit Jack Quinn
  55. 13:28Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  56. 13:52Cameron Crotty hit Ryan McLeod
  57. 14:01Josh Doan Snap Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  58. 14:02Puck in Netting
  59. 14:02Alex Tuch faceoff won against Michael Amadio
  60. 14:30Alex Tuch Snap Shot Wide Left
  61. 14:45Josh Dunne hit Fabian Zetterlund
  62. 15:00Giveaway by Tim Stützle
  63. 15:03Fabian Zetterlund hit Bowen Byram
  64. 15:25Tim Stützle hit Mattias Samuelsson
  65. 15:29Drake Batherson shot blocked by Jordan Greenway
  66. 16:15Off-side
  67. 16:15Drake Batherson faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  68. 16:32Drake Batherson hit Ryan McLeod
  69. 16:35Icing
  70. 16:35Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Lars Eller
  71. 16:47Logan Stanley hit Warren Foegele
  72. 16:48Puck in Crowd
  73. 16:48Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  74. 17:03Brady Tkachuk hit Logan Stanley
  75. 17:09Logan Stanley Fighting against Brady Tkachuk
  76. 17:09Brady Tkachuk Fighting against Logan Stanley
  77. 17:09Shane Pinto faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  78. 17:19Alex Tuch hit Nikolas Matinpalo
  79. 17:34Giveaway by Linus Ullmark
  80. 18:01Peyton Krebs hit Jordan Spence
  81. 18:17Nick Cousins shot blocked by Josh Dunne
  82. 18:31Beck Malenstyn hit Lars Eller
  83. 18:32Off-side
  84. 18:32Josh Dunne faceoff won against Lars Eller
  85. 18:39Giveaway by Linus Ullmark
  86. 18:46Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Nick Cousins
  87. 19:08Fabian Zetterlund Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  88. 19:12Giveaway by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  89. 19:14Takeaway by Jason Zucker
  90. 19:28Icing
  91. 19:28Josh Norris faceoff won against Tim Stützle
  92. 19:43Giveaway by Josh Doan
  93. 19:48Owen Power shot blocked by Fabian Zetterlund
  94. 19:55Tim Stützle hit Zach Benson
  95. 19:59Josh Doan hit Nikolas Matinpalo
  96. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  3. 0:17Takeaway by Josh Doan
  4. 1:06Takeaway by Michael Amadio
  5. 1:12Claude Giroux Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  6. 1:14Goalie Stopped
  7. 1:14Tage Thompson faceoff won against Tim Stützle
  8. 1:34Tim Stützle hit Mattias Samuelsson
  9. 1:39Giveaway by Artem Zub
  10. 2:19Giveaway by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  11. 2:25Jordan Spence Wrist Shot Wide Left
  12. 2:56Fabian Zetterlund Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  13. 2:57Jack Quinn hit Lars Eller
  14. 3:49Cameron Crotty Snap Shot Wide Left
  15. 4:00Drake Batherson hit Bowen Byram
  16. 4:18Josh Norris Backhand Above Crossbar
  17. 4:19Dylan Cozens hit Josh Norris
  18. 4:38Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Right
  19. 4:56Josh Norris Wrist Shot Wide Right
  20. 4:59Goalie Stopped
  21. 4:59Lars Eller faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  22. 5:06Icing
  23. 5:06Tage Thompson faceoff won against Shane Pinto
  24. 5:07Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  25. 5:14Puck in Crowd
  26. 5:14Tage Thompson faceoff won against Lars Eller
  27. 5:18Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  28. 5:20Goalie Stopped
  29. 5:20Tage Thompson faceoff won against Claude Giroux
  30. 5:21Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Artem Zub
  31. 6:20Lassi Thomson shot blocked by Jason Zucker
  32. 6:26Tim Stützle Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  33. 6:28Puck in Netting
  34. 6:28Lars Eller faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  35. 6:54Logan Stanley Slap Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  36. 6:56Goalie Stopped
  37. 6:56Claude Giroux faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  38. 6:58Giveaway by Nikolas Matinpalo
  39. 7:14Shane Pinto Wrist Shot Wide Right
  40. 7:16Goalie Stopped
  41. 7:16Brady Tkachuk faceoff won against Josh Norris
  42. 7:34Jordan Spence hit Zach Benson
  43. 7:39Josh Norris shot blocked by Jordan Spence
  44. 7:45Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  45. 8:03Zach Benson hit Nikolas Matinpalo
  46. 8:08Dylan Cozens hit Jack Quinn
  47. 8:15Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  48. 8:19Off-side
  49. 8:19Tim Stützle faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  50. 8:42Puck in Netting
  51. 8:42Ridly Greig faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  52. 8:49Mattias Samuelsson Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (28), Peyton Krebs (26)
  53. 8:49Shane Pinto faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  54. 9:04Shane Pinto Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  55. 9:06Goalie Stopped
  56. 9:06Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
  57. 9:41Brady Tkachuk hit Logan Stanley
  58. 9:43Dylan Cozens hit Zach Metsa
  59. 10:28Zach Benson Deflected saved by Linus Ullmark
  60. 11:01Ryan McLeod Cross-checking against Tim Stützle
  61. 11:01TV Timeout
  62. 11:01Brady Tkachuk faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  63. 11:10Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  64. 11:12Goalie Stopped
  65. 11:12Alex Tuch faceoff won against Tim Stützle
  66. 12:17Dylan Cozens Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  67. 12:28On-Ice Official
  68. 12:28Alex Tuch faceoff won against Claude Giroux
  69. 12:55Claude Giroux Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  70. 13:06Claude Giroux Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  71. 13:14Lassi Thomson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  72. 13:19Jordan Greenway hit Jordan Spence
  73. 13:24Jordan Greenway hit Shane Pinto
  74. 13:35Warren Foegele Snap Shot Short
  75. 13:39Nick Cousins shot blocked by Zach Metsa
  76. 13:49Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  77. 13:50Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  78. 14:02Mattias Samuelsson hit Michael Amadio
  79. 14:16Artem Zub shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  80. 14:42Artem Zub shot blocked by Jordan Greenway
  81. 14:53Alex Tuch shot blocked by Artem Zub
  82. 15:06Nick Cousins Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  83. 15:09Goalie Stopped
  84. 15:09Brady Tkachuk faceoff won against Josh Norris
  85. 15:14Dylan Cozens hit Rasmus Dahlin
  86. 15:14Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  87. 15:18Dylan Cozens Goal (26) Tip-In, assists: Brady Tkachuk (32), Ridly Greig (19)
  88. 15:18Shane Pinto faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  89. 15:30Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  90. 15:39Logan Stanley hit Michael Amadio
  91. 15:48Jordan Spence shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  92. 15:54Jordan Spence Snap Shot Wide Right
  93. 16:22Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  94. 16:32Icing
  95. 16:32Tim Stützle faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  96. 16:46Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  97. 16:46Fabian Zetterlund hit Jason Zucker
  98. 16:59Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  99. 17:02Fabian Zetterlund shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  100. 17:38Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  101. 18:09Nikolas Matinpalo hit Josh Doan
  102. 18:26Josh Dunne hit Nikolas Matinpalo
  103. 18:32Ridly Greig hit Beck Malenstyn
  104. 19:16Logan Stanley Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  105. 19:20Giveaway by Michael Amadio
  106. 19:21Peyton Krebs hit Michael Amadio
  107. 19:23Alex Tuch shot blocked by Jordan Spence
  108. 19:31Zach Metsa Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  109. 19:33Goalie Stopped
  110. 19:33Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Brady Tkachuk
  111. 19:43Takeaway by Nikolas Matinpalo
  112. 19:46Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  113. 19:52Bowen Byram Slap Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  114. 19:56Jason Zucker hit Brady Tkachuk
  115. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Ridly Greig faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:09Brady Tkachuk hit Owen Power
  4. 1:26Jordan Spence Slap Shot Wide Left
  5. 1:53Jack Quinn Snap Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  6. 2:05Logan Stanley hit Drake Batherson
  7. 2:11Jack Quinn hit Nikolas Matinpalo
  8. 2:42Jordan Spence Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  9. 2:57Jordan Spence shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  10. 3:02Tim Stützle hit Beck Malenstyn
  11. 3:26Warren Foegele hit Rasmus Dahlin
  12. 3:45Icing
  13. 3:45Brady Tkachuk faceoff won against Josh Norris
  14. 3:47Jordan Spence shot blocked by Josh Doan
  15. 3:54Lassi Thomson Slap Shot Hit Left Post
  16. 4:04Dylan Cozens shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  17. 4:05Dylan Cozens Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  18. 4:06Goalie Stopped
  19. 4:06Claude Giroux faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  20. 4:07Claude Giroux shot blocked by Owen Power
  21. 4:32Claude Giroux hit Bowen Byram
  22. 4:38Jordan Spence hit Peyton Krebs
  23. 4:47Tage Thompson Tip-In saved by Linus Ullmark
  24. 5:14Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  25. 5:25Nikolas Matinpalo hit Jason Zucker
  26. 5:30Jack Quinn Slap Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  27. 5:34Puck Frozen - Goalie
  28. 5:34Josh Norris faceoff won against Lars Eller
  29. 5:41Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  30. 5:47Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  31. 5:51Goalie Stopped
  32. 5:51Lars Eller faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  33. 5:55Lars Eller Goal (5) Slap Shot, assists: Artem Zub (23), Warren Foegele (4)
  34. 5:55Tage Thompson faceoff won against Shane Pinto
  35. 6:11Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  36. 6:20Giveaway by Jordan Spence
  37. 6:22Logan Stanley Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  38. 7:53Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  39. 8:04Giveaway by Josh Norris
  40. 8:09Josh Norris hit Ridly Greig
  41. 8:29Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  42. 8:37Claude Giroux Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  43. 8:38Giveaway by Logan Stanley
  44. 8:40Mattias Samuelsson hit Claude Giroux
  45. 9:00Shane Pinto Slap Shot Wide Left
  46. 9:03Puck in Netting
  47. 9:03Tim Stützle faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  48. 9:30Off-side
  49. 9:30Josh Norris faceoff won against Brady Tkachuk
  50. 9:43Ridly Greig hit Josh Doan
  51. 10:43Takeaway by Claude Giroux
  52. 10:52Giveaway by Shane Pinto
  53. 11:03Owen Power hit Claude Giroux
  54. 11:22Jason Zucker hit Lars Eller
  55. 11:32Giveaway by Warren Foegele
  56. 11:37Josh Norris Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  57. 11:53Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Right
  58. 11:55Lars Eller Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  59. 12:33Fabian Zetterlund Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  60. 12:35Goalie Stopped
  61. 12:35Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Claude Giroux
  62. 12:40Mattias Samuelsson hit Claude Giroux
  63. 13:10Jordan Spence Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  64. 13:14Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
  65. 13:14Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Josh Norris
  66. 13:16Jordan Spence shot blocked by Owen Power
  67. 13:24Puck in Benches
  68. 13:24Zach Benson faceoff won against Ridly Greig
  69. 13:40Lassi Thomson hit Josh Norris
  70. 13:48Josh Norris shot blocked by Dylan Cozens
  71. 13:53Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  72. 13:55Goalie Stopped
  73. 13:55Lars Eller faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  74. 14:27Michael Amadio hit Mattias Samuelsson
  75. 14:58Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot Wide Left
  76. 15:30Drake Batherson shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  77. 15:35Fabian Zetterlund shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  78. 15:43Nikolas Matinpalo Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  79. 15:46Puck in Netting
  80. 15:46Tage Thompson faceoff won against Claude Giroux
  81. 16:58Puck in Crowd
  82. 16:58Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Brady Tkachuk
  83. 17:04Peyton Krebs hit Nikolas Matinpalo
  84. 17:19Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot saved by Linus Ullmark
  85. 17:21Goalie Stopped
  86. 17:21Timeout - Visitor
  87. 17:21Tage Thompson faceoff won against Ridly Greig
  88. 17:42Ridly Greig Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Jordan Spence (22)
  89. 17:42Tim Stützle faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  90. 18:02Puck in Benches
  91. 18:02Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Ridly Greig
  92. 18:19Zach Benson shot blocked by Ridly Greig
  93. 18:42Shane Pinto Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  94. 18:42Josh Norris Abuse of Officials
  95. 18:42Josh Dunne faceoff won against Lars Eller
  96. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  97. 20:00Game End

2nd

  1. 8:49BUF 1, OTT 0Mattias Samuelsson Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (28), Peyton Krebs (26)
  2. 15:18BUF 1, OTT 1Dylan Cozens Goal (26) Tip-In, assists: Brady Tkachuk (32), Ridly Greig (19)

3rd

  1. 5:55BUF 1, OTT 2Lars Eller Goal (5) Slap Shot, assists: Artem Zub (23), Warren Foegele (4)
  2. 17:42BUF 1, OTT 3Ridly Greig Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Jordan Spence (22)
  3. 18:42BUF 1, OTT 4Shane Pinto Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

SenatorsOttawa

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alex Tuch RW000011018:5775.01132022252915:011:322:24
Beck Malenstyn LW00-101009:330.000000001368:000:001:33
Jack Quinn RW00-1020015:130.02001030221813:141:590:00
Jason Zucker LW00-2021016:480.00101001212214:232:250:00
Jordan Greenway LW00-1022011:390.001000001419:210:002:18
Josh Doan RW00-2011018:250.02001011232316:242:010:00
Josh Dunne C00-102107:1757.103400001117:170:000:00
Josh Norris C00-20101016:1057.11681120211014:092:010:00
Peyton Krebs C011041012:1633.32210000181112:150:000:01
Ryan McLeod C00-1001220:4144.41542100241217:381:581:05
Tage Thompson C000000017:1247.12980000223814:442:280:00
Zach Benson LW00-2010217:35100.01010110251015:201:350:40
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Mattias Samuelsson D100031020:4920010200.0201318:200:002:29
Bowen Byram D01-1003022:5810000100.0241122:240:340:00
Logan Stanley D00-1030513:3020011100.017911:590:001:31
Owen Power D000012019:3420000000.022818:040:011:29
Rasmus Dahlin D00-2001022:3720020100.0241719:113:260:00
Zach Metsa D00-1001016:0410000000.018213:340:002:30
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G22220.90958:4200164000

Video

1:19Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa Senators: Game HighlightsESPN video
0:41Dylan Cozens tallies goal vs. Sabres0:20Lars Eller lights the lamp0:16Mattias Samuelsson lights the lamp0:35Ridly Greig lights the lamp

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