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Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa Senators: game summary

Final · December 31, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

Shots on goal : BUF 46 — OTT 31 · Canadian Tire Centre

Three stars

Buffalo Sabres logo BUF

Game stats

OTT Ottawa Senators logo
46Shots on goal31
50 %Faceoff win %50 %
0/3Power play1/1
16Penalty minutes20
33Hits24
13Blocked shots17
13Giveaways14
6Takeaways7

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF12181646
OTT185831

Season series BUF 2 – 2 OTT

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Buffalo Sabres logoBUF 1 / 46 / 565 / 31 / 38 OTTOttawa Senators logo →
Missed shot — Zack MacEwen (OTT), P1 12:24 · tip-inMissed shot — Thomas Chabot (OTT), P1 12:26 · snapMissed shot — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P1 16:03 · snapMissed shot — Vladimir Tarasenko (OTT), P1 16:18 · wristMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P1 18:01 · slapMissed shot — Drake Batherson (OTT), P1 19:29 · tip-inMissed shot — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P2 07:42 · wristMissed shot — Parker Kelly (OTT), P2 08:38 · snapMissed shot — Casey Mittelstadt (BUF), P2 10:07 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 11:46 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 18:24 · snapMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 18:52 · wristMissed shot — Jakob Chychrun (OTT), P2 19:34 · snapMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 01:43 · wristMissed shot — Casey Mittelstadt (BUF), P3 04:49 · snapMissed shot — Zemgus Girgensons (BUF), P3 13:01 · wristMissed shot — Claude Giroux (OTT), P3 14:29 · wristShot on goal — Brady Tkachuk (OTT), P1 00:14 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 02:05 · wristShot on goal — Mark Kastelic (OTT), P1 02:57 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P1 03:06 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P1 03:07 · wristShot on goal — Artem Zub (OTT), P1 04:23 · wristShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P1 05:15 · snapShot on goal — Connor Clifton (BUF), P1 06:11 · wristShot on goal — Henri Jokiharju (BUF), P1 07:57 · wristShot on goal — Mark Kastelic (OTT), P1 08:59 · wristShot on goal — Brady Tkachuk (OTT), P1 09:37 · wristShot on goal — Vladimir Tarasenko (OTT), P1 10:26 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 11:52 · wristShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P1 13:02 · snapShot on goal — Connor Clifton (BUF), P1 13:06 · slapShot on goal — Claude Giroux (OTT), P1 13:15 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P1 13:31 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P1 13:34 · slapShot on goal — Jacob Bernard-Docker (OTT), P1 14:30 · wristShot on goal — Josh Norris (OTT), P1 15:00 · tip-inShot on goal — Mark Kastelic (OTT), P1 15:07 · wristShot on goal — Erik Brannstrom (OTT), P1 15:09 · wristShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (OTT), P1 15:33 · wristShot on goal — Mark Kastelic (OTT), P1 15:39 · tip-inShot on goal — Vladimir Tarasenko (OTT), P1 16:35 · wristShot on goal — Thomas Chabot (OTT), P1 17:30 · wristShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (OTT), P1 19:51 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P2 00:55 · backhandShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 04:59 · wristShot on goal — Kyle Okposo (BUF), P2 05:42 · tip-inShot on goal — Connor Clifton (BUF), P2 05:48 · wristShot on goal — Casey Mittelstadt (BUF), P2 07:04 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P2 07:39 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 08:11 · wristShot on goal — Brady Tkachuk (OTT), P2 08:58 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P2 10:50 · wristShot on goal — Claude Giroux (OTT), P2 11:35 · wristShot on goal — Parker Kelly (OTT), P2 11:36 · pokeShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 12:03 · slapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 12:56 · wristShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 13:00 · snapShot on goal — Ryan Johnson (BUF), P2 13:13 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 14:55 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 18:01 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 18:03 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P2 18:19 · slapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 18:37 · wristShot on goal — Henri Jokiharju (BUF), P2 18:46 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P3 00:20 · wristShot on goal — Artem Zub (OTT), P3 00:57 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P3 03:46 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 04:28 · wristShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P3 05:03 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P3 07:27 · wristShot on goal — Kyle Okposo (BUF), P3 07:28 · wristShot on goal — Josh Norris (OTT), P3 07:44 · tip-inShot on goal — Henri Jokiharju (BUF), P3 08:09 · wristShot on goal — Thomas Chabot (OTT), P3 08:45 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P3 09:30 · snapShot on goal — Casey Mittelstadt (BUF), P3 09:49 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P3 11:30 · snapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 11:31 · deflectedShot on goal — Tim Stützle (OTT), P3 12:20 · wristShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 12:38 · wristShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (BUF), P3 12:50 · wristShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 13:17 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 14:24 · slapShot on goal — Connor Clifton (BUF), P3 16:00 · backhandShot on goal — Tim Stützle (OTT), P3 16:10 · pokeShot on goal — Erik Brannstrom (OTT), P3 16:46 · wristShot on goal — Erik Brannstrom (OTT), P3 19:42 · wristGoal — Jakob Chychrun (OTT), P1 06:51 · snapGoal — Zack MacEwen (OTT), P1 12:38 · slapGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 19:46 · wristGoal — Dominik Kubalik (OTT), P2 07:18 · backhandGoal — Mark Kastelic (OTT), P2 19:44 · tip-inGoal — Artem Zub (OTT), P3 15:16 · backhand

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

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 05:53BUFKyle Okposo — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Josh Norris

2nd period

  • 10:52OTTThomas Chabot — Holding (2 min) · drawn by JJ Peterka
  • 16:41OTTDrake Batherson — Holding (2 min) · drawn by JJ Peterka

3rd period

  • 07:32OTTBrady Tkachuk — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 07:32BUFRasmus Dahlin — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Brady Tkachuk
  • 09:39OTTBrady Tkachuk — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Zemgus Girgensons
  • 13:19OTTMark Kastelic — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Kyle Okposo
  • 13:19BUFKyle Okposo — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Mark Kastelic
  • 15:40BUFPeyton Krebs — Misconduct (10 min)
  • 15:40OTTBrady Tkachuk — Misconduct (10 min)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0002115:55
J. GreenwayL00-13615:58
P. KrebsC0003010:14
K. OkposoR0002210:56
J. QuinnR00-31215:22
D. CozensC00-46213:57
Z. GirgensonsC0001309:26
C. MittelstadtC00-12120:20
J. SkinnerL0113019:31
T. ThompsonC1012019:22
J. PeterkaR00-44014:50
A. TuchR0011419:23
H. JokiharjuD0013416:51
M. SamuelssonD00-22119:27
O. PowerD0000118:03
R. DahlinD00-26425:44
R. JohnsonD00-11017:25
C. CliftonD00-14214:14
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen0/0—00:00
D. Levi(L)26/3086.7 %58:04

Ottawa Senators

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
B. TkachukL0003212:11
J. NorrisC0002114:24
M. KastelicC1025310:45
Z. MacEwenR1021311:31
T. StützleC00-12019:15
D. BathersonR0000316:52
P. KellyC0011315:27
C. GirouxR0112018:58
R. GreigC0110013:07
D. KubalikL1001010:42
V. TarasenkoR0002014:14
A. ZubD1013221:50
J. ChychrunD1013121:18
T. HamonicD0000116:56
J. Bernard-DockerD0111117:01
E. BrannstromD0123015:13
T. ChabotD0222021:01
J. SandersonD0110419:15
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Forsberg(W)45/4697.8 %60:00
J. Korpisalo0/0—00:00

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About this game

Who won Sabres vs Senators?

Senators won 5-1 over Sabres on Sunday, December 31, 2023.

When was Sabres vs Senators played?

On Sunday, December 31, 2023, at 6:00 PM ET at Canadian Tire Centre.

Where was Sabres vs Senators played?

At Canadian Tire Centre, in Ottawa.

Have the Sabres and Senators played this season?

Yes: October 24 (Sabres 6, Senators 4).