Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 25, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Ottawa Senators	2	32
Buffalo Sabres	3	24

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
01:35	OTT	Brady Tkachuk (29) PP	Drake Batherson (37), Dylan Cozens (25)	1 - 0
18:31	BUF	Jack Quinn (11)	JJ Peterka (33), Ryan McLeod (26)	1 - 1
2nd Period
07:39	OTT	David Perron (7) PP	Ridly Greig (15), Claude Giroux (32)	2 - 1
12:59	BUF	Jacob Bernard-Docker (2)	Tyson Kozak (1), Peyton Krebs (13)	2 - 2
3rd Period
01:23	BUF	Tage Thompson (35)	Zach Benson (14), Rasmus Dahlin (42)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
01:24	BUF	Tage Thompson	High sticking	2
13:04	BUF	Alex Tuch	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd Period
00:58	OTT	David Perron	Holding	2
06:06	BUF	JJ Peterka	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
10:18	BUF	Bowen Byram	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Ottawa Senators	72	54	32	2	3.1	55.6
Buffalo Sabres	46	30	24	3	1.4	44.4

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Ottawa Senators had.

Expected goals

Ottawa Senators: 3.1 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.4 expected, 3 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

Ottawa Senators

Buffalo Sabres

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.

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Fabian Zetterlund · Brady Tkachuk · Tim Stützle	11:27	75.0	89.4	0-0
David Perron · Drake Batherson · Dylan Cozens	10:18	47.6	54.4	0-1
Claude Giroux · Shane Pinto · Ridly Greig	8:48	54.5	25.0	0-0
Michael Amadio · Matthew Highmore · Adam Gaudette	5:15	33.3	8.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Jensen · Thomas Chabot	15:15	73.0	74.5	0-0
Travis Hamonic · Tyler Kleven	14:44	51.5	49.9	0-2
Jake Sanderson · Artem Zub	13:25	33.3	37.1	0-1

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
8	Brady Tkachuk	L	1	0	1	0	0	9	3	19:55	0.81	25-9	1.19-0.15
57	David Perron	L	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	15:44	0.12	13-13	0.40-0.45
19	Drake Batherson	R	0	1	1	-2	0	5	2	18:48	0.56	14-13	0.43-0.47
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	17:18	0.15	11-14	0.38-0.35
28	Claude Giroux	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	17:33		7-6	0.08-0.25
71	Ridly Greig	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	17:25		12-13	0.12-0.44
2	Artem Zub	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:17		8-16	0.25-0.42
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:44	0.01	28-11	1.04-0.36
12	Shane Pinto	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:59	0.10	11-8	0.15-0.27
15	Matthew Highmore	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	09:11	0.01	5-8	0.13-0.27
18	Tim Stützle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	23:10	0.22	29-15	1.28-0.46
20	Fabian Zetterlund	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	5	18:09	0.62	26-15	1.17-0.33
22	Michael Amadio	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:37	0.10	5-9	0.13-0.27
43	Tyler Kleven	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	16:27	0.06	20-17	0.56-0.56
52	Travis Hamonic	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	16:19	0.08	17-16	0.55-0.55
72	Thomas Chabot	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22:53	0.06	29-11	1.03-0.35
81	Adam Gaudette	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	07:36		7-9	0.05-0.30
85	Jake Sanderson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	22:25	0.15	8-17	0.25-0.42

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Anton Forsberg	L	24	21	3	57:30	1.39	-1.61

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka	11:59	31.8	27.4	1-0
Tage Thompson · Jiri Kulich · Zach Benson	11:01	61.1	52.0	1-0
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Peyton Krebs	8:08	35.3	35.8	0-0
Beck Malenstyn · Isak Rosen · Tyson Kozak	6:29	25.0	14.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	13:16	41.7	63.0	1-0
Connor Clifton · Bowen Byram	12:23	31.3	11.2	0-0
Jacob Bernard-Docker · Owen Power	11:21	35.0	37.6	1-0

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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
22	Jack Quinn	R	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	16:23	0.16	9-17	0.37-0.62
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	14:08	0.03	12-14	0.51-0.63
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	17:10	0.43	23-16	0.66-0.61
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	16:31	0.16	24-15	0.74-0.66
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	15:49	0.21	8-15	0.36-0.60
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	12:17	0.02	10-11	0.33-0.25
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	1	0	4	5	23:33	0.14	22-17	0.71-0.20
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	10:47		4-8	0.07-0.28
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	20:47	0.04	7-18	0.23-0.67
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	12:41	0.05	10-15	0.19-0.32
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	17:04	0.04	23-18	0.74-0.64
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20:32		11-15	0.36-0.22
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	21:52	0.05	24-23	0.62-0.96
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17:35	0.01	10-16	0.43-0.65
27	Isak Rosen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:26		4-9	0.07-0.31
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11:10		2-8	0.04-0.24
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20:49		10-25	0.12-1.02
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	16:42	0.04	7-15	0.14-0.32

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
47	James Reimer	W	32	30	2	60:00	3.08	+1.08