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Ottawa Senators vs. Buffalo SabresMar 25, 2025

Final· KeyBank Center
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Goals123TShots123T
OTT1102OTT1091332
BUF1113BUF117624
OTT 75BUF 43
OTT 2.97BUF 1.19
PP goals
OTT 2BUF 0
Hits
OTT 25BUF 16
Blocks
OTT 13BUF 18
PIM
OTT 2BUF 8
OTT 71%BUF 29%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Ottawa Senators 3–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Ottawa Senators 3–2 at home. Brady Tkachuk (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. OTT's first power-play unit (Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:47 together.

  1. PP1
    OTT's first power-play unit (Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:47 together.BathersonTkachukCozensSandersonStützle
  2. New line
    New look for BUF: Thompson–Kulich–Benson skated 11:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ThompsonKulichBenson
  3. New line
    New look for BUF: Malenstyn–Rosen–Kozak skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MalenstynRosenKozak
  4. New line
    New look for BUF: Zucker–Tuch–Krebs skated 8:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ZuckerTuchKrebs
  5. Luck
    BUF scored 3 goals on 1.19 expected goals (43 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  6. Usage
    Ryan McLeod (BUF) played 20:47, +4:00 up on his 16:47 season average over 78 games.McLeod
  7. Usage
    Michael Amadio (OTT) played 8:37, −5:33 down on his 14:10 season average over 71 games.Amadio
  8. Usage
    Connor Clifton (BUF) played 20:49, +4:50 up on his 15:59 season average over 72 games.Clifton

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.

Shot map, OTT at BUF: 118 attempts, 56 on goal, 5 goals, 4.16 expected goals; best chance Brady Tkachuk at 0.26 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← OTT attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • OTT
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · BUF 43 · OTT 75

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, OTT at BUF: expected goals 1.19 to 2.97 (OTT led the chances), shot attempts 43 to 75, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdBUFOTTTQPBTnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BUF
  • OTT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFOTTcontrol2nd3rdTkachuk · 1st 1:35Quinn · 1st 18:31Perron · 2nd 7:39Bernard-Docker · 2nd 12:59Thompson · 3rd 1:23
  • BUF pressure
  • OTT pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: OTT 57% of the game, BUF 17%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, OTT at BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice James Reimer (60:00) for BUF and Anton Forsberg (57:30) for OTT, 5 goals.

BUF
OTT
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
StatOTTBUF
6850
1.981.42
1.911.37
136
05
2619
+0.129−0.128
57%17%

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.

Ottawa Senators

Current OTT line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:35
    OTTBrady TkachukPP (Drake Batherson, Dylan Cozens)wrist0.13 xG
    OTT: Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Sanderson, StützleBUF: Clifton, Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson
    OTT 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 18:31
    BUFJack Quinn (JJ Peterka, Ryan McLeod)snap0.13 xG
    OTT: Perron, Batherson, Cozens, Sanderson, ZubBUF: McLeod, Bernard-Docker, Quinn, Peterka, Power
    OTT 1 – 1 BUF

2nd period

  1. 7:39
    OTTDavid PerronPP (Ridly Greig, Claude Giroux)wrist0.13 xG
    OTT: Giroux, Perron, Chabot, Zetterlund, GreigBUF: Malenstyn, Dahlin, Byram, Benson
    OTT 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 12:59
    BUFJacob Bernard-Docker (Tyson Kozak, Peyton Krebs)wrist0.03 xG
    OTT: Hamonic, Gaudette, Batherson, Cozens, KlevenBUF: Zucker, Bernard-Docker, Krebs, Byram, Kozak
    OTT 2 – 2 BUF

3rd period

  1. 1:23
    BUFTage Thompson (Zach Benson, Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.16 xG
    OTT: Hamonic, Zetterlund, Greig, Kleven, StützleBUF: Thompson, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Kulich, Benson
    OTT 2 – 3 BUF

Box score

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

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tim Stützle CL1000-120.1521023:10——6878
Brady Tkachuk LL1101090.8930019:55——7793
Fabian Zetterlund LL1000-150.6050018:09——6680
Drake Batherson RL2011-250.4920018:48——5252
Dylan Cozens CL2011-220.1311017:18——4450
David Perron LL2101-110.1301215:44——5052
Claude Giroux RL3011000.0000017:33——6221
Ridly Greig CL3011-100.0031017:25——5219
Shane Pinto CL3000010.0601014:59——6335
Matthew Highmore CL4000000.012009:11——3941
Michael Amadio RL4000000.100008:37——3641
Adam Gaudette RL4000-100.002007:36——4420
Thomas Chabot DD1000010.0512022:53——7572
Nick Jensen DD1000010.0100017:44——7472
Tyler Kleven DD2000-220.0412016:27——5451
Travis Hamonic DD2000-210.1221016:19——5251
Jake Sanderson DD3000-120.1811022:25——3642
Artem Zub DD3000-100.0002016:17——3842
OTT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Anton Forsberg(start)L24213.8751.1957:30

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ryan McLeod CL1011+120.0100020:47——2422
Jack Quinn RL1101+130.1400016:23——3131
JJ Peterka RL1011+120.1001215:49——3031
Tage Thompson CL2101+130.3600217:10——5655
Jiri Kulich CL2000+120.0802017:04——5454
Zach Benson LL2011+130.0801016:31——5952
Alex Tuch RL3000000.0622216:42——3234
Jason Zucker LL3000+110.0500012:41——4042
Peyton Krebs CL3011+110.0301012:17——4852
Beck Malenstyn LL4000000.0030011:10——2022
Tyson Kozak CL4011+100.0030010:47——3329
Isak Rosen RL4000000.000208:26——3123
Rasmus Dahlin DD1011+140.1854023:33——5480
Mattias Samuelsson DD1000+100.0001020:32——3953
Bowen Byram DD2000+120.0500221:52——4942
Connor Clifton DD2000000.0023020:49——2611
Owen Power DD3000+100.0001017:35——3935
Jacob Bernard-Docker DD3101+210.0410014:08——4643
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
James Reimer(start)W32302.9382.9760:00

Goal anatomy

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

Brady Tkachuk (OTT PP) 1st 1:35 · assists Drake Batherson, Dylan Cozens · Rebound · 48.1 mph shot.

Jack Quinn · 1st 18:31 · BUF

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
63.7 mph
Distance
26 ft
Type
one-timer

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