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Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, October 15, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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4–8

Final

SOG 37–27

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 8-4 on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Senators outshot the Sabres 37-27.

Jack Quinn scored twice, Ryan McLeod scored twice and Jason Zucker scored twice. Tim Stützle, Jake Sanderson, Alex Tuch, Shane Pinto, Lars Eller and Jiri Kulich also scored.

Alex Lyon made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Leevi Meriläinen stopped 19 of 26.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Ottawa SenatorsOTT112437
Buffalo SabresBUF143827

Three stars

  1. ★1st starRyan McLeodBUF · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJason ZuckerBUF · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starJosh DoanBUF · 0G 3A

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+
1:41

2–1 · 2nd 3:58 · Sanderson. Timmins was 1:41 into his shift when it went in.

GoalOTT on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 8:01 · PP · Quinn

Eller 0:48

1–1 OTT

1st 16:09 · Stützle

Long shift: Dahlin 1:10

2–1 OTT

2nd 3:58 · PP · Sanderson

Stuck out there: Timmins 1:41

2–2 BUF

2nd 6:46 · SH · McLeod

Batherson 0:58

2–3 BUF

2nd 10:17 · Tuch

Cozens 0:59

2–4 BUF

2nd 11:46 · PP · Zucker

Eller 0:43

2–5 BUF

2nd 13:43 · PP · Zucker

Long shift: Pinto 1:05

3–5 OTT

3rd 0:40 · Pinto

Thompson 0:40

4–5 OTT

3rd 2:15 · Eller

Thompson 0:29

4–6 BUF

3rd 2:32 · McLeod

Jensen 0:17

4–7 BUF

3rd 3:17 · Quinn

Giroux 0:45

4–8 BUF

3rd 16:44 · EN · Kulich

Stützle 2:11

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

OTTBUF
37Shots on goal27
65%Faceoff %35%
1/5Power play3/3
10Penalty minutes14
21Hits28
10Blocked shots20
15Giveaways14
5Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 06:36Fabian Zetterlund · holding2 min
  • 1st 10:09Ryan Johnson · interference2 min
  • 1st 13:21Jacob Bryson · delaying game2 min
  • 2nd 02:17Bowen Byram · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 03:58Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 2nd 05:48Alex Tuch · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 11:03Shane Pinto · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 11:03Conor Timmins · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 11:03Claude Giroux · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 11:03Claude Giroux · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 11:03Peyton Krebs · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 13:12Ridly Greig · high sticking2 min

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