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Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators

Regular season · Tuesday, April 1, 2025 · Canadian Tire Centre

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5–2

Final

SOG 22–35

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TSN5 · RDS2 · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators outshot the Sabres 35-22.

Goals came from Alex Tuch, Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson, Claude Giroux, Peyton Krebs, Jake Sanderson and Ryan McLeod.

James Reimer made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 17 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF212522
Ottawa SenatorsOTT011235

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJames ReimerBUF · .943 SV%
  2. ★2nd starRasmus DahlinBUF · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starClaude GirouxOTT · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:13

3–0 · 2nd 12:36 · Thompson. Jensen was 1:13 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceOTT on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 8:38 · Tuch

Long shift: Cozens 1:01

2–0 BUF

1st 11:51 · Dahlin

Jensen 0:17

3–0 BUF

2nd 12:36 · Thompson

Long shift: Jensen 1:13

3–1 OTT

2nd 13:46 · Giroux

Kulich 0:39

4–1 BUF

3rd 9:59 · Krebs

Cozens 0:56

4–2 OTT

3rd 10:22 · Sanderson

Clifton 0:48

5–2 BUF

3rd 17:21 · EN · McLeod

Giroux 0:56

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFOTT
22Shots on goal35
39%Faceoff %61%
0/1Power play0/4
12Penalty minutes6
13Hits25
27Blocked shots8
14Giveaways15
3Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 04:30Jacob Bernard-Docker · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 08:44JJ Peterka · interference2 min
  • 1st 15:51Beck Malenstyn · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 11:23Claude Giroux · interference2 min
  • 2nd 11:23Peyton Krebs · embellishment2 min
  • 2nd 19:12Artem Zub · interference2 min
  • 3rd 06:56Shane Pinto · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 06:56Bowen Byram · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 16:25Bowen Byram · tripping2 min

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