Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres
Preseason · Wednesday, September 23, 2015 · First Niagara Center
TSN5 · RDS
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Senators 42–26.
Evander Kane scored twice. Max McCormick, Alex Chiasson, Zack Stortini, Mika Zibanejad and Ryan Dzingel also scored.
Matthew O'Connor made 18 saves on 18 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 16 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Max McCormick (1)Ryan Dzingel (1), Tobias Lindberg (1)1–006:00 OTT
Alex Chiasson (1)Matt Puempel (1), Patrick Mullen (1)2–007:59 OTT
Zack Stortini (1)Chris Wideman (1), Colin Greening (1)3–009:26 OTT
3rd period
Evander Kane (1)Ryan O'Reilly (1)3–102:23 BUF · 
Mika Zibanejad (1)Ryan Dzingel (2), Alex Chiasson (1)4–109:57 OTT- Evander Kane (2)Tyler Ennis (1), Ryan O'Reilly (2)4–216:26 BUF ·
Ryan Dzingel (1)Max McCormick (1), Zack Stortini (1)5–216:56 OTT ·
Team stats
OTTBUF
2642
58%42%
0/11/4
237
1329
199
45
33
Penalties
- 2:15 into the first period
Zack Stortini · boarding2 min - 18:48 into the second periodMika Zibanejad · tripping2 min
- 1:45 into the third period
Matt Donovan · hooking2 min - 7:49 into the third periodTravis Ewanyk · instigator2 min
- 7:49 into the third periodTravis Ewanyk · fighting5 min
- 7:49 into the third periodJason Akeson · fighting5 min
- 7:49 into the third periodTravis Ewanyk · misconduct10 min
- 15:22 into the third periodMax McCormick · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Ottawa Senators
| 43Ryan DzingelC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 56Zack StortiniR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 89Max McCormickL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 90Alex ChiassonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 14Colin GreeningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:07 |
| 23Tobias LindbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 26Matt PuempelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:04 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 45Chris WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:04 |
| 75Patrick MullenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 10Shane PrinceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:08 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 44Jean-Gabriel PageauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:33 |
| 84Travis EwanykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:02 |
| 2Jared CowenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:54 |
| 21Michael KostkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 54Guillaume LepineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 72Thomas ChabotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 22:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Matthew O'ConnorG | W | 18 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 32Chris DriedgerG | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 22:38 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:21 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 21:27 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 20Jason AkesonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 49Jerry D'AmigoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:49 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 17:50 |
| 73Nick BaptisteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:34 |
| 86Eric CornelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:04 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 5Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 25Carlo ColaiacovoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:51 |
| 38Jerome LeducD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:20 |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:52 |
| 65Matt DonovanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 18:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrey MakarovG | 6 | 1 | .833 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |