Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators
NHL
Canadian Tire Centre
TV: TSN5 / Sportsnet / RDS
On the ice
BUF shoots leftOTT shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 12 | 18 | 16 | 46 |
| OTT | 18 | 5 | 8 | 31 |
In net
Devon Levi26/30 SV, .867
Anton Forsberg45/46 SV, .978| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| OTT | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Who won: Senators 5-1
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Sunday, December 31, 2023 at Canadian Tire Centre. The series is tied 1-1. The Senators outscored the Sabres 2-0 in the 2nd period. Zack MacEwen led the Senators in goals (1). Tage Thompson led the Sabres in goals (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake BathersonRW | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16:52 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 16:14 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Claude GirouxRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 | 0:20 | 3:50 | 14:48 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ridly GreigC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:07 | 0:00 | 1:47 | 11:20 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark KastelicC | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:45 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Parker KellyC | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 | 0:00 | 4:11 | 11:16 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominik KubalikLW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:42 | 0:20 | 0:00 | 10:22 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack MacEwenC | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:31 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh NorrisC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 | 0:38 | 2:08 | 11:38 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim StutzleC | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:15 | 0:38 | 0:02 | 18:35 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir TarasenkoRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 | 0:20 | 0:00 | 13:54 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady TkachukLW | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:11 | 0:38 | 0:02 | 11:31 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bernard-DockerD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 | 0:00 | 1:48 | 15:13 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik BrannstromD | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15:13 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 13:02 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas ChabotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:01 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 20:23 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jakob ChychrunD | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:18 | 0:20 | 0:05 | 20:53 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis HamonicD | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 | 0:00 | 0:04 | 16:52 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake SandersonD | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 | 0:20 | 3:47 | 15:08 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artem ZubD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21:50 | 0:00 | 4:05 | 17:45 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton ForsbergG | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 45 | .978 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
