Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Sunday, December 31, 2023 · Canadian Tire Centre
TSN5 · MSG-B
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Sunday, December 31, 2023 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Sabres outshot the Senators 46-31.
Goals came from Jakob Chychrun, Zack MacEwen, Tage Thompson, Dominik Kubalik, Mark Kastelic and Artem Zub.
Anton Forsberg made 45 saves on 46 shots for the win; Devon Levi stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jakob Chychrun (7)Claude Giroux (20), Jake Sanderson (14)0–106:51 OTT · PPG
Zack MacEwen (1)Jacob Bernard-Docker (4), Thomas Chabot (5)0–212:38 OTT
Tage Thompson (10)Jeff Skinner (12)1–219:46 BUF
2nd period
Dominik Kubalik (8)Ridly Greig (7), Thomas Chabot (6)1–307:18 OTT
Mark Kastelic (1)Erik Brannstrom (7)1–419:44 OTT
3rd period
Artem Zub (3)Unassisted1–515:16 OTT · EN
Team stats
BUFOTT
46Shots on goal31
50%Faceoff %50%
0/3Power play1/1
16Penalty minutes20
33Hits24
13Blocked shots17
13Giveaways14
6Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 05:53
Kyle Okposo · tripping2 min - 2nd 10:52
Thomas Chabot · holding2 min - 2nd 16:41Drake Batherson · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:32Brady Tkachuk · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:32Rasmus Dahlin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:39Brady Tkachuk · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:19Mark Kastelic · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:19Kyle Okposo · roughing2 min
- 3rd 15:40Peyton Krebs · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 15:40Brady Tkachuk · misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:22 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:58 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:14 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:56 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 6 | 13:57 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:26 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:20 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 14:50 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:23 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:51 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:03 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 25:44 |
| 33Ryan JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 27Devon LeviG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 58:04 |
Ottawa Senators
| 72Thomas ChabotD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:01 |
| 12Mark KastelicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 10:45 |
| 17Zack MacEwenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:31 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 71Ridly GreigC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 81Dominik KubalikL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 2Artem ZubD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:50 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:18 |
| 24Jacob Bernard-DockerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 26Erik BrannstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 85Jake SandersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:15 |
| 7Brady TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:11 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:24 |
| 18Tim StützleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:15 |
| 19Drake BathersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 27Parker KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 91Vladimir TarasenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 23Travis HamonicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anton ForsbergG | W | 46 | 45 | 1 | .978 | 60:00 |
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |