Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

Jan 9, 2025 · Canadian Tire Centre

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	4	21
Ottawa Senators	0	35

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
10:17	BUF	Jack Quinn (6)	Ryan McLeod (13), Zach Benson (7)	1 - 0
13:17	BUF	Jack Quinn (7)	Peyton Krebs (9), Ryan McLeod (14)	2 - 0
2nd Period
04:11	BUF	Dylan Cozens (9)	Unassisted	3 - 0
10:22	BUF	Ryan McLeod (7)	Rasmus Dahlin (24), Alex Tuch (17)	4 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:44	OTT	Brady Tkachuk	Charging	2
06:01	BUF	Jack Quinn	Hooking	2
11:08	BUF	Jack Quinn	Hooking	2
17:06	OTT	Zack Ostapchuk	Roughing	2
17:24	BUF	Jason Zucker	Hooking	2
2nd Period
18:05	BUF	Dennis Gilbert	Holding	2
3rd Period
01:25	OTT	Nick Cousins	Elbowing	2
11:44	OTT	Brady Tkachuk	Roughing	2
11:44	BUF	Dennis Gilbert	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
11:44	OTT	Brady Tkachuk	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
11:44	BUF	Dennis Gilbert	Fighting	5
11:44	OTT	Brady Tkachuk	Fighting	5

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	36	27	21	4	2.3	29.1
Ottawa Senators	69	54	35	0	2.7	70.9

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Ottawa Senators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 4 scored · Ottawa Senators: 2.7 expected, 0 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres

Ottawa Senators

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Zucker · Tage Thompson · Dylan Cozens	12:01	39.1	51.6	1-0
Alex Tuch · Ryan McLeod · JJ Peterka	9:40	33.3	32.5	0-0
Peyton Krebs · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson	7:16	11.1	17.1	0-0
Peyton Krebs · Jack Quinn · Tyson Kozak	2:01	33.3	17.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power	7:27	30.8	24.3	0-0
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram	4:41	0.0	0.0	0-0
Connor Clifton · Jacob Bryson	4:38	40.0	51.6	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
71	Ryan McLeod	C	1	2	3	3	0	5	1	20:14	0.53	9-20	0.54-0.85
22	Jack Quinn	R	2	0	2	3	4	3	2	17:50	0.44	5-17	0.38-0.68
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	5	17:24	0.19	11-14	0.32-0.30
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	15:47	0.09	3-11	0.20-0.64
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	13:52		3-14	0.27-0.49
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	20:18	0.21	9-21	0.23-0.77
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	19:52	0.34	6-13	0.25-0.63
6	Dennis Gilbert	D	0	0	0	0	9	0	2	09:58		4-13	0.12-0.39
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:40	0.05	9-20	0.31-0.74
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	17:43	0.08	9-16	0.32-0.33
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	15:36	0.01	11-17	0.33-0.51
24	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	07:37	0.06	1-11	0.06-0.17
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	22:16	0.05	5-23	0.30-0.80
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17:23		7-13	0.39-0.42
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	07:23	0.01	2-13	0.07-0.21
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	20:05	0.08	11-19	0.32-0.39
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	18:41	0.17	6-13	0.38-0.31
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11:21		4-12	0.27-0.39

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W, SO	35	35	0	60:00	2.73	+2.73

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brady Tkachuk · Shane Pinto · Ridly Greig	5:03	0.0	0.0	0-1
Drake Batherson · Brady Tkachuk · Shane Pinto	4:02	72.7	61.3	0-0
Adam Gaudette · Cole Reinhardt · Zack Ostapchuk	3:29	50.0	21.5	0-0
Claude Giroux · Drake Batherson · Tim Stützle	3:26	75.0	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jake Sanderson · Artem Zub	15:05	80.0	91.2	0-0
Tyler Kleven · Nikolas Matinpalo	14:00	72.7	52.7	0-0
Nick Jensen · Thomas Chabot	12:22	55.6	49.0	0-2

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
2	Artem Zub	D	0	0	1	2	21:48	0.14	25-5	0.80-0.06
3	Nick Jensen	D	-2	0	2	1	17:54	0.02	12-10	0.44-0.39
8	Brady Tkachuk	L	-2	11	4	2	17:54	0.49	14-13	0.38-0.58
9	Josh Norris	C	-1	0	1	3	15:28	0.01	14-2	0.38-0.26
12	Shane Pinto	C	-1	0	2	0	19:33	0.39	14-8	0.37-0.29
18	Noah Gregor	L	0	0	0	0	05:48	0.01	8-2	0.36-0.05
18	Tim Stützle	C	-2	0	5	4	18:07	0.49	21-6	0.81-0.28
19	Drake Batherson	R	-1	0	2	0	18:45	0.15	21-9	0.49-0.39
21	Nick Cousins	C	-2	2	0	2	14:03	0.09	12-7	0.33-0.32
28	Claude Giroux	R	-1	0	3	1	17:48	0.13	23-5	0.83-0.11
29	Cole Reinhardt	L	0	0	1	1	09:50	0.16	13-3	0.51-0.15
33	Nikolas Matinpalo	D	-1	0	1	2	15:11	0.07	18-7	0.57-0.38
43	Tyler Kleven	D	0	0	2	2	16:46	0.07	22-8	0.63-0.39
63	Zack Ostapchuk	C	-1	2	2	2	10:03	0.07	10-4	0.38-0.24
71	Ridly Greig	C	-1	0	1	1	19:06	0.06	13-7	0.35-0.27
72	Thomas Chabot	D	-4	0	2	1	19:05	0.04	13-10	0.46-0.55
81	Adam Gaudette	R	-1	0	3	2	10:40	0.20	6-4	0.23-0.28
85	Jake Sanderson	D	0	0	3	1	24:11	0.14	21-5	0.72-0.06

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Anton Forsberg	L	21	17	4	60:00	2.32	-1.68