Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa SenatorsJan 9, 2025

FinalThursday, Jan 9, 2025· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	2	0	4		BUF	6	10	5	21
OTT	0	0	0	0		OTT	13	6	16	35

: BUF 36OTT 69
: BUF 2.34OTT 2.84
PP goals: BUF 0OTT 0
Hits: BUF 21OTT 27
Blocks: BUF 15OTT 9
PIM: BUF 15OTT 15
: BUF 38%OTT 62%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres rout Ottawa Senators 4–0

Buffalo Sabres beat Ottawa Senators 4–0 at OTT. Ryan McLeod (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. OTT scored 0 goals on 2.84 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Ryan McLeod had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:14.McLeod
Points
Jack Quinn had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:50.Quinn
Luck
OTT scored 0 goals on 2.84 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +8 against a season average of 27.1; the win.Luukkonen
Luck
BUF scored 4 goals on 2.34 expected goals (36 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 20:18, −3:59 down on his 24:17 season average over 72 games.Dahlin
Usage
Ryan McLeod (BUF) played 20:14, +3:27 up on his 16:47 season average over 78 games.McLeod
Usage
Jack Quinn (BUF) played 17:50, +3:01 up on his 14:49 season average over 73 games.Quinn

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)OTT attacks right (top on phones) →

OTT
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · OTT 69 · BUF 36

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

OTT pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 16% of the game, OTT 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

OTT

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	OTT
	28	67
	1.35	2.41
	1.32	2.37
	5	8
	1	7
	20	20
	−0.065	+0.065
	16%	39%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – Thompson – Cozens
12:0139% CF
L2Tuch – McLeod – Peterka
9:4033% CF
L3Krebs – Quinn – Benson
7:1611% CF
D1Jokiharju – Power
7:2831% CF
D2Dahlin – Byram
4:480% CF
D3Clifton – Bryson
4:4140% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Peterka
4:3280% CF
PP2Tuch – Byram – Cozens – Power – Benson
0:55100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
3:05
PK2FLafferty – Benson
0:54
PK1DClifton – Byram
2:50
PK2DDahlin – Power
0:36

Current BUF line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Tkachuk – Pinto – Greig
5:030% CF
L2Giroux – Batherson – Stützle
3:2675% CF
L3Gregor – Reinhardt – Ostapchuk
2:0283% CF
L4Cousins – Gaudette – Norris
1:5150% CF
D1Sanderson – Zub
15:0880% CF
D2Kleven – Matinpalo
14:0273% CF
D3Jensen – Chabot
12:2456% CF

PP1Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Sanderson – Stützle
3:2950% CF
PP2Giroux – Chabot – Gaudette – Pinto – Greig
1:16100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Norris
2:30
PK2FPinto – Greig
2:24
PK1DSanderson – Zub
3:31
PK2DJensen – Chabot
1:26

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:17
BUFJack Quinn (Ryan McLeod, Zach Benson)wrist0.10 xG
BUF: Bryson, McLeod, Byram, Quinn, BensonOTT: Jensen, Cousins, Chabot, Gaudette, Ostapchuk
BUF 1 – 0 OTT
13:17
BUFJack Quinn (Peyton Krebs, Ryan McLeod)wrist0.16 xG
BUF: Clifton, McLeod, Krebs, Quinn, PowerOTT: Chabot, Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, Stützle
BUF 2 – 0 OTT

2nd period

4:11
BUFDylan Cozenswrist0.10 xG
BUF: Zucker, Thompson, Jokiharju, Byram, CozensOTT: Jensen, Chabot, Tkachuk, Pinto, Greig
BUF 3 – 0 OTT
10:22
BUFRyan McLeod (Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch)wrist0.02 xG
BUF: Jokiharju, McLeod, Dahlin, Quinn, BensonOTT: Giroux, Cousins, Chabot, Stützle, Matinpalo
BUF 4 – 0 OTT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	1	1	0	20:05	—	—	37	45
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	2	17:43	—	—	36	49
Dylan Cozens C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.29	5	0	0	17:24	—	—	44	53
Ryan McLeod C	L2	1	2	3	+3	5	0.72	1	1	0	20:14	—	—	31	36
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	32	29
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	31	27
Jack Quinn R	L3	2	0	2	+3	3	0.39	2	0	4	17:50	—	—	23	35
Zach Benson L	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.12	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	21	27
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:52	—	—	18	37
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:23	—	—	35	45
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	2	0	15:36	—	—	39	31
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	1	3	0	22:16	—	—	18	28
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	1	2	0	20:18	—	—	30	24
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	3	0	0	18:41	—	—	32	59
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:21	—	—	25	41
Dennis Gilbert D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	9	9:58	—	—	24	36
Sam Lafferty C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	0	0	7:37	—	—	8	26
Tyson Kozak C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	7:23	—	—	13	28

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	35	35	0	.1000	2.84	60:00

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Shane Pinto C	L1	-1	2	0.35	0	0	0	19:33	—	—	64	57
Ridly Greig C	L1	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	19:06	—	—	65	47
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	-2	4	0.46	2	0	11	17:54	—	—	52	38
Drake Batherson R	L2	-1	2	0.27	0	1	0	18:45	—	—	70	64
Tim Stützle C	L2	-2	5	0.49	4	0	0	18:07	—	—	78	78
Claude Giroux R	L2	-1	3	0.10	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	82	90
Zack Ostapchuk C	L3	-1	2	0.06	2	0	2	10:03	—	—	71	58
Cole Reinhardt L	L3	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	9:50	—	—	81	78
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	5:48	—	—	80	90
Josh Norris C	L4	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	15:28	—	—	88	58
Nick Cousins C	L4	-2	0	0.12	2	0	2	14:03	—	—	63	45
Adam Gaudette R	L4	-1	3	0.27	2	0	0	10:40	—	—	60	46
Jake Sanderson D	D1	0	3	0.18	1	1	0	24:11	—	—	81	92
Artem Zub D	D1	0	1	0.09	2	2	0	21:48	—	—	83	93
Tyler Kleven D	D2	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	16:46	—	—	73	58
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D2	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	15:11	—	—	72	59
Thomas Chabot D	D3	-4	2	0.05	1	1	0	19:05	—	—	57	48
Nick Jensen D	D3	-2	2	0.02	1	3	0	17:54	—	—	55	54

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	2.34	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jack Quinn (BUF) 1st 10:17 · assists Ryan McLeod, Zach Benson · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 66.6 mph shot · 1.9 s from entry to goal.

Jack Quinn · 1st 10:17 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 66.6 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Jack Quinn · 1st 13:17 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Dylan Cozens · 2nd 4:11 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.7 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 6.2 s

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Ryan McLeod · 2nd 10:22 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 43.1 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.