Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators

NHL

Sabres

18-14-4, 40 PTS

3-2

Final/OT

Senators

18-13-5, 41 PTS

Canadian Tire Centre

TV: TSN5 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

BUF shoots leftOTT shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
BUF	12	8	4	1	25
OTT	11	8	7	0	26

In net

Alex Lyon24/26 SV, .923

Linus Ullmark22/25 SV, .880

Team	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	1	0	1	3
OTT	1	1	0	0	2

Who won: Sabres 3-2

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Sabres lead the series 2-0. Bowen Byram led the Sabres in goals (2). Ridly Greig led the Senators in goals (1).

BUF

OTT

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Michael AmadioRW	0	0	0	1	16:20	0:04	1:35	14:41	23	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Drake BathersonRW	0	0	2	0	20:42	3:23	0:00	17:19	28	0	14	1	4	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Nick CousinsC	0	2	0	-1	8:27	0:00	0:00	8:27	16	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Dylan CozensC	1	1	0	0	19:32	3:24	0:00	16:08	25	0	11	1	2	1	13	9	59.1	0	0	0
Claude GirouxRW	0	1	0	1	16:10	0:53	0:25	14:52	25	0	7	1	0	2	4	2	66.7	0	0	0
Ridly GreigC	1	1	0	1	15:11	0:04	1:11	13:56	23	1	3	0	1	1	3	5	37.5	0	0	0
Stephen HallidayC	0	3	0	-1	7:46	0:19	0:00	7:27	17	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	50.0	0	0	0
Kurtis MacDermidLW	0	0	0	-1	2:40	0:00	0:00	2:40	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
David PerronLW	0	1	0	0	15:21	1:16	0:00	14:05	23	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Tim StutzleC	1	2	0	-2	21:41	3:18	0:49	17:34	28	1	18	0	3	1	7	4	63.6	2	0	0
Brady TkachukLW	0	2	0	-2	18:42	3:12	0:00	15:30	28	0	6	0	6	0	5	5	50.0	0	1	2
Fabian ZetterlundLW	1	2	0	-1	18:03	0:41	0:00	17:22	27	0	9	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Thomas ChabotD	3	1	0	-2	23:23	0:49	1:11	21:23	28	2	1	2	1	0	0
Nick JensenD	0	0	0	0	17:47	0:00	1:11	16:36	27	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nikolas MatinpaloD	0	0	1	0	15:17	0:00	0:00	15:17	27	0	2	1	1	1	2
Jake SandersonD	1	0	0	0	22:25	3:25	0:49	18:11	29	7	1	1	2	0	0
Jordan SpenceD	0	1	1	-2	19:33	0:00	0:00	19:33	25	1	0	3	1	0	0
Artem ZubD	1	2	1	0	19:04	0:13	0:49	18:02	26	3	0	0	2	0	0