Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Thursday, April 2, 2026 · Canadian Tire Centre
TSN5 · RDS2 · MSG-B
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators outshot the Sabres 24-22.
Goals came from Mattias Samuelsson, Dylan Cozens, Lars Eller, Ridly Greig and Shane Pinto.
Linus Ullmark made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 20 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Mattias Samuelsson (13)Bowen Byram (28), Peyton Krebs (26)1–008:49 BUF
Dylan Cozens (26)Brady Tkachuk (32), Ridly Greig (19)1–115:18 OTT
3rd period
Lars Eller (5)Artem Zub (23), Warren Foegele (4)1–205:55 OTT
Ridly Greig (12)Jordan Spence (22)1–317:42 OTT · EN
Shane Pinto (20)Unassisted1–418:42 OTT · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–0 BUF
2nd 8:49 · Samuelsson
Zub 0:30
1–1 OTT
2nd 15:18 · Cozens
Dahlin 0:26
1–2 OTT
3rd 5:55 · Eller
Greenway 0:04
1–3 OTT
3rd 17:42 · EN · Greig
Dahlin 1:06
1–4 OTT
3rd 18:42 · EN · Pinto
McLeod 1:00
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 03:39
Zach Benson · holding2 min - 1st 09:59
Brady Tkachuk · slashing2 min - 1st 12:36Jordan Spence · interference2 min
- 1st 17:09Logan Stanley · fighting5 min
- 1st 17:09Brady Tkachuk · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:01Ryan McLeod · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 18:42Josh Norris · abuse of officials10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:16 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 22:58 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 6Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:39 |
| 17Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:13 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 44Josh DunneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:17 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:57 |
| 91Josh DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:34 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:37 |
| 64Logan StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 73Zach MetsaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 58:42 |
| 34Alex LyonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Ottawa Senators
| 71Ridly GreigC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 7Brady TkachukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 12Shane PintoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:10 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 16:09 |
| 37Warren FoegeleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:42 |
| 89Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 08:18 |
| 2Artem ZubD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 24:24 |
| 10Jordan SpenceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 30:48 |
| 18Tim StützleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 19Drake BathersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 20Fabian ZetterlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:25 |
| 22Michael AmadioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:52 |
| 5Cameron CrottyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 |
| 33Nikolas MatinpaloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:29 |
| 43Tyler KlevenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:48 |
| 60Lassi ThomsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | W | 22 | 21 | 1 | .955 | 60:00 |
| 47James ReimerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |