Buffalo Sabres 5, Ottawa Senators 2: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres 5 to Ottawa Senators 2, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLTuesday, April 1, 2025
DateApr 1, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCanadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON
TVESPN+
Attendance16,446
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ottawa Senators | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresOttawa Senators
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
32-36-6Record39-29-6
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Atlantic Division
4-5Road record / home record7-3
LLLWLLast 5WLWWL
L3StreakW1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresOttawa Senators
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveOttawa Senators
Nick Cousins C · Upper Body
OutAndre Burakovsky LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveWarren Foegele LW · Knee
Injured ReserveWilliam Eklund LW · Ankle
Injured ReserveBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:18 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 11:03 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5:46 | 0:00 | 1:40 | 4:06 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:46 | 0:00 | 2:49 | 14:57 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jiri Kulich | 3 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 14:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:20 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:28 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10:09 | 0:00 | 1:32 | 8:37 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:49 | 0:00 | 4:38 | 16:11 | 30 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:48 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 15:48 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:00 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:01 | 2:00 | 0:01 | 14:00 | 20 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17:52 | 2:00 | 4:06 | 11:46 | 25 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:35 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 10:35 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bernard-Docker | 5 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:35 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Bowen Byram | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:24 | 0:00 | 2:16 | 19:08 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Connor Clifton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19:11 | 0:00 | 4:41 | 14:30 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:10 | 1:30 | 1:21 | 19:19 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:15 | 0:30 | 2:45 | 16:00 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:33 | 0:00 | 4:56 | 17:37 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Reimer | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 33 | .943 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Amadio | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:48 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Batherson | 0 | 3 | 0 | -5 | 18:13 | 3:52 | 0:00 | 14:21 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 17:18 | 4:07 | 0:00 | 13:11 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Angus Crookshank | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:22 | 0:13 | 0:00 | 8:09 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Gaudette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 | 4:16 | 0:00 | 7:13 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Giroux | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:12 | 4:48 | 0:39 | 11:45 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ridly Greig | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:01 | 3:10 | 0:50 | 15:01 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 70.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Highmore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:36 | 0:00 | 1:09 | 5:27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Perron | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:20 | 3:55 | 0:00 | 11:25 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Pinto | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 | 0:00 | 1:22 | 14:11 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tim Stutzle | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 23:42 | 5:18 | 0:00 | 18:24 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 | 3:37 | 0:00 | 13:55 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Chabot | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 25:08 | 3:54 | 1:11 | 20:03 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Jensen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:46 | 0:13 | 2:00 | 17:33 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Kleven | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 11:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolas Matinpalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:07 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Sanderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 25:50 | 4:06 | 0:49 | 20:55 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Artem Zub | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:15 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 17:14 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Ottawa Senators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Ullmark | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .810 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 56:55 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators?
Buffalo Sabres won, 5-2, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators?
Buffalo Sabres 5, Ottawa Senators 2.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Dahlin (1 goals). Ottawa Senators: Claude Giroux (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators played?
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON.
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