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Final · December 23, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres3
Ottawa Senators2

Shots on goal : BUF 25 — OTT 26 · Canadian Tire Centre

Three stars

BUFGame statsOTT

25Shots on goal26
44 %Faceoff win %56 %
0/1Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes4
15Hits19
16Blocked shots9
10Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

Shots by period

P1P2P3OTTotal
BUF1284125
OTT1187026

Season seriesBUF 2 – 1 OTT

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 3 / 25 / 322 / 26 / 45 OTT →
Missed shot — Ridly Greig (OTT), P1 00:50 · snapMissed shot — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P1 02:37 · tip-inMissed shot — Drake Batherson (OTT), P1 04:44 · backhandMissed shot — Nikolas Matinpalo (OTT), P1 08:21 · snapMissed shot — Claude Giroux (OTT), P1 09:37 · wristMissed shot — Fabian Zetterlund (OTT), P1 10:41 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 12:54 · slapMissed shot — Fabian Zetterlund (OTT), P1 13:33 · wristMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 19:16 · wristMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 19:55 · slapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 04:25 · wristMissed shot — Jake Sanderson (OTT), P2 07:26 · wristMissed shot — Fabian Zetterlund (OTT), P2 09:36 · wristMissed shot — Josh Dunne (BUF), P2 16:51 · slapMissed shot — Jordan Spence (OTT), P2 17:06 · wristMissed shot — Thomas Chabot (OTT), P2 17:28 · wristMissed shot — Jordan Spence (OTT), P2 17:35 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 00:15 · wristMissed shot — Dylan Cozens (OTT), P3 00:34 · tip-inMissed shot — Claude Giroux (OTT), P3 03:39 · wristMissed shot — Thomas Chabot (OTT), P3 05:03 · wristMissed shot — Jordan Spence (OTT), P3 05:22 · slapMissed shot — Drake Batherson (OTT), P3 09:57 · wristMissed shot — Tim Stützle (OTT), P3 11:52 · snapMissed shot — Drake Batherson (OTT), P3 12:41 · wristMissed shot — Drake Batherson (OTT), P3 19:29 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 01:28 · wristShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 02:43 · wristShot on goal — Brady Tkachuk (OTT), P1 03:28 · wristShot on goal — Brady Tkachuk (OTT), P1 03:29 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 03:47 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 04:04 · wristShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 05:51 · backhandShot on goal — Fabian Zetterlund (OTT), P1 05:59 · wristShot on goal — David Perron (OTT), P1 08:18 · wristShot on goal — Josh Dunne (BUF), P1 08:42 · wristShot on goal — Nikolas Matinpalo (OTT), P1 10:51 · slapShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (OTT), P1 11:27 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 13:46 · wristShot on goal — Brady Tkachuk (OTT), P1 13:55 · wristShot on goal — David Perron (OTT), P1 14:08 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 14:19 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 14:41 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (OTT), P1 16:47 · wristShot on goal — Thomas Chabot (OTT), P1 18:44 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 19:02 · backhandShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 19:12 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 02:01 · wristShot on goal — Tim Stützle (OTT), P2 02:12 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 02:27 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 04:15 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 04:34 · wristShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P2 05:28 · wristShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P2 05:31 · wristShot on goal — Drake Batherson (OTT), P2 06:27 · wristShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P2 08:24 · tip-inShot on goal — Brady Tkachuk (OTT), P2 15:01 · wristShot on goal — Michael Amadio (OTT), P2 16:06 · wrap-aroundShot on goal — Michael Amadio (OTT), P2 16:26 · wristShot on goal — Nikolas Matinpalo (OTT), P2 17:00 · snapShot on goal — Drake Batherson (OTT), P2 18:16 · snapShot on goal — Fabian Zetterlund (OTT), P3 02:32 · wristShot on goal — Tim Stützle (OTT), P3 04:10 · backhandShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 04:29 · wristShot on goal — Brady Tkachuk (OTT), P3 07:13 · wristShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P3 08:48 · wristShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 11:04 · tip-inShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P3 16:06 · wristShot on goal — Drake Batherson (OTT), P3 17:53 · tip-inShot on goal — Drake Batherson (OTT), P3 17:55 · wristShot on goal — Brady Tkachuk (OTT), P3 18:47 · wristShot on goal — Jake Sanderson (OTT), P3 19:27 · slapGoal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 15:22 · tip-inGoal — Ridly Greig (OTT), P1 17:13 · backhandGoal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P2 06:11 · tip-inGoal — Tim Stützle (OTT), P2 09:27 · wristGoal — Bowen Byram (BUF), OT 00:31 · snap

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

Overtime

Penalties

1st period

  • 18:12BUFMichael Kesselring — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Brady Tkachuk
  • 18:12OTTBrady Tkachuk — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Michael Kesselring

2nd period

  • 02:36OTTNikolas Matinpalo — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Josh Dunne
  • 09:13BUFMichael Kesselring — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Fabian Zetterlund
  • 13:51BUFZach Benson — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Drake Batherson

3rd period

  • 18:09BUFAlex Tuch — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by David Perron

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0002012:24
J. NorrisC0010014:00
J. GreenwayL0114113:36
P. KrebsC00-10314:00
J. QuinnR0001112:21
B. MalenstynL0010316:11
J. DunneC0111213:13
R. McLeodC0111016:36
T. ThompsonC00-12016:47
N. OstlundC1012015:01
A. TuchR0123118:01
J. DoanR00-11013:28
B. ByramD2132024:18
M. KesselringD0002012:39
M. SamuelssonD0102126:39
O. PowerD0001225:10
R. DahlinD00-11022:48
Z. MetsaD0020108:38
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen0/0—00:00
A. Lyon(W)24/2692.3 %60:31

Ottawa Senators

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
B. TkachukL00-26218:42
T. StützleC10-23221:41
D. BathersonR0104020:42
F. ZetterlundL00-12218:03
N. CousinsC00-10208:27
M. AmadioR0012016:20
K. MacDermidL00-10002:40
D. CozensC0102119:32
C. GirouxR0110116:10
D. PerronL0002115:21
R. GreigC1011115:11
S. HallidayC00-10307:46
A. ZubD0000219:04
N. JensenD0000017:47
J. SpenceD00-20119:33
N. MatinpaloD0002015:17
T. ChabotD00-21123:23
J. SandersonD0001022:25
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
L. Meriläinen0/0—00:00
L. Ullmark(O)22/2588.0 %60:31

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