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Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators

Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2025 · Canadian Tire Centre

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

3–2

Final/OT

SOG 25–26

Ottawa SenatorsOttawaSenatorsHome

TSN5 · RDS2 · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators outshot the Sabres 26-25.

Bowen Byram scored twice. Ridly Greig, Noah Ostlund and Tim Stützle also scored.

Alex Lyon made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 22 of 25.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF1101325
Ottawa SenatorsOTT1100226

Three stars

  1. ★1st starBowen ByramBUF · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starRidly GreigOTT · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starAlex LyonBUF · .923 SV%

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

OT 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+
1:36

2–1 · 2nd 6:11 · Ostlund. OTT stayed on through an icing. Stützle was 1:36 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceOTT on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 15:22 · Byram

Cousins 0:28

1–1 OTT

1st 17:13 · Greig

Thompson 0:25

2–1 BUF

2nd 6:11 · Ostlund

Stuck out there: Stützle 1:36

2–2 OTT

2nd 9:27 · PP · Stützle

Tuch 0:14

3–2 BUF

OT 0:31 · Byram

Sanderson 0:31

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

BUFOTT
25Shots on goal26
44%Faceoff %56%
0/1Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes4
15Hits19
16Blocked shots9
10Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 18:12Michael Kesselring · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 18:12Brady Tkachuk · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 02:36Nikolas Matinpalo · interference2 min
  • 2nd 09:13Michael Kesselring · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 13:51Zach Benson · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 18:09Alex Tuch · hooking2 min

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