Buffalo Sabres 3, Ottawa Senators 2: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres 3 to Ottawa Senators 2, on Tuesday, December 23, 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, December 23, 2025
DateDec 23, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCanadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON
TVESPN+
Attendance17,753
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ottawa Senators | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresOttawa Senators
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
18-14-4Record18-13-5
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Atlantic Division
4-4Road record / home record6-3
LLWLWLast 5LWWLW
L2StreakL1
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
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin 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 | 0 | 12:24 | 0:48 | 0:36 | 11:00 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Doan | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:28 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 12:39 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Dunne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:13 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13:36 | 0:00 | 1:46 | 11:50 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 14:00 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 13:59 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 | 0:00 | 2:28 | 13:43 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:36 | 1:11 | 2:27 | 12:58 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 13:12 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:01 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:21 | 1:11 | 0:00 | 11:10 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:47 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 15:58 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:01 | 1:11 | 1:02 | 15:48 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:18 | 1:11 | 2:06 | 21:01 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:48 | 0:49 | 0:24 | 21:35 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kesselring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 12:04 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:38 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25:10 | 1:11 | 2:07 | 21:52 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:39 | 0:01 | 3:16 | 23:22 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .923 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 60:31 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 | 0:04 | 1:35 | 14:41 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Batherson | 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 | 0 |
| Nick Cousins | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 8:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:27 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:32 | 3:24 | 0:00 | 16:08 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 59.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Giroux | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 | 0:53 | 0:25 | 14:52 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ridly Greig | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 | 0:04 | 1:11 | 13:56 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Halliday | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 7:46 | 0:19 | 0:00 | 7:27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurtis MacDermid | 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 | 0 |
| David Perron | 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 | 0 |
| Tim Stutzle | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 21:41 | 3:18 | 0:49 | 17:34 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Tkachuk | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 18:42 | 3:12 | 0:00 | 15:30 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | 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 | 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 23:23 | 0:49 | 1:11 | 21:23 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Jensen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:47 | 0:00 | 1:11 | 16:36 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolas Matinpalo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:17 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:17 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Sanderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:25 | 3:25 | 0:49 | 18:11 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Spence | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 19:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:33 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artem Zub | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:04 | 0:13 | 0:49 | 18:02 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Ullmark | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .880 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 60:31 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators?
Buffalo Sabres won, 3-2, on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators?
Buffalo Sabres 3, Ottawa Senators 2.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Bowen Byram (2 goals). Ottawa Senators: Ridly Greig (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators played?
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON.
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