Ottawa Senators 2, Buffalo Sabres 1: final score and stats
Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres, Ottawa Senators 2 to Buffalo Sabres 1, on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators.
NHLWednesday, November 4, 2026
DateNov 4, 2026
Start time7:30 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Senators | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Ottawa SenatorsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
10-6-1Record7-5-3
4th in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
5-5Road record / home record4-5
WWLWLLast 5LWLWW
W2StreakL1
Team stats
Ottawa SenatorsBuffalo Sabres
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.
Ottawa Senators
Linus Ullmark G · Lower Body
OutAndre Burakovsky LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveWarren Foegele LW · Knee
Injured ReserveWilliam Eklund LW · Ankle
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 | 0:00 | 1:19 | 14:36 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Batherson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:13 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 17:38 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Blais | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:54 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Cousins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 | 0:00 | 2:16 | 11:03 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:11 | 2:40 | 0:00 | 13:31 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 90.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Giroux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 | 2:36 | 0:14 | 13:27 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Halliday | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 9:24 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayden Hodgson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:47 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Pinto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:41 | 1:22 | 2:13 | 18:06 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Stutzle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:03 | 2:56 | 1:49 | 18:18 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 90.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Tomasino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:44 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:19 | 1:23 | 0:09 | 14:47 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:18 | 1:28 | 1:06 | 21:44 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolas Matinpalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:15 | 0:00 | 0:37 | 11:38 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Sanderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:32 | 2:32 | 3:14 | 19:46 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Spence | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:57 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 20:51 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Carter Yakemchuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:57 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 11:33 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artem Zub | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:58 | 0:00 | 1:57 | 19:01 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Ersson | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .960 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 59:12 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:16 | 3:30 | 1:13 | 15:33 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Carrick | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:41 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 16:45 | 0:15 | 0:00 | 16:30 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11:21 | 0:00 | 2:45 | 8:36 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:32 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11:26 | 0:00 | 2:45 | 8:41 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:16 | 0:37 | 1:16 | 11:23 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 10:33 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:27 | 3:25 | 0:00 | 18:02 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 20:32 | 3:39 | 0:00 | 16:53 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:34 | 3:25 | 0:00 | 16:09 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:16 | 0:30 | 0:00 | 12:46 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Crevier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:05 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 7:23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:23 | 3:26 | 0:21 | 20:36 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:09 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 26:27 | 0:34 | 1:21 | 24:32 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:57 | 0:00 | 3:06 | 21:51 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Olen Zellweger | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 23:48 | 0:32 | 2:31 | 20:45 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten Ellis | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .933 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 58:25 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
OTT leads series 1-0
Mar 7, 2027BUF 0, OTT 0
Feb 26, 2027OTT 0, BUF 0
Dec 14, 2026BUF 0, OTT 0
Nov 4, 2026OTT 2, BUF 1
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres?
Ottawa Senators won, 2-1, on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
What was the final score of Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres?
Ottawa Senators 2, Buffalo Sabres 1.
Who were the top performers?
Ottawa Senators: Shane Pinto (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Peyton Krebs (1 goals).
Where is Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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