National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Ottawa 5, Buffalo 1
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 31, 2023
Where: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Referees: Jean Hebert, Justin Kea
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Travis Toomey
Attendance: 19421
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1001
Ottawa 2215
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:51 - Senators Jakob Chychrun (PP) Assists: Claude Giroux , Jake Sanderson
12:38 - Senators Zack MacEwen (EV) Assists: Jacob Bernard-Docker , Thomas Chabot
19:46 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Jeff Skinner
Penalties
5:53 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
7:18 - Senators Dominik Kubalik (EV) Assists: Ridly Greig , Thomas Chabot
19:44 - Senators Mark Kastelic (EV) Assists: Erik Brannstrom
Penalties
10:52 - Senators Thomas Chabot (2) Holding
 16:41 - Senators Drake Batherson (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
15:16 - Senators Artem Zub (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
7:32 - Senators Brady Tkachuk (2) Roughing
 7:32 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Roughing
 9:39 - Senators Brady Tkachuk (2) Roughing
 13:19 - Senators Mark Kastelic (2) Roughing
 13:19 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (2) Roughing
 15:40 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (10) Misconduct
 15:40 - Senators Brady Tkachuk (10) Misconduct
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Devon Levi G 0 0 0 0 0 58:04 51:06 6:00 0:58 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 15:55 13:53 2:02 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 24 16:51 16:29 0:02 0:20 0 0 4 1 - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 16 15:58 15:20 0:00 0:38 0 0 6 1 - - -
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 10 3 15 10:14 9:52 0:02 0:20 0 0 - 1 0 4 0
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 E 4 2 16 10:56 10:54 0:02 0:00 0 0 2 - 5 3 62
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 22 15:22 13:18 2:04 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 27 19:27 18:49 0:00 0:38 0 0 1 1 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -4 0 6 22 13:57 11:19 2:00 0:38 0 0 2 1 6 9 40
Owen Power D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 18:03 16:33 1:30 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -2 2 6 29 25:44 20:51 4:33 0:20 0 0 4 2 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 9:26 9:04 0:02 0:20 0 0 3 2 2 1 67
Ryan Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 17:25 17:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 20:20 16:24 3:56 0:00 0 0 1 - 10 9 53
Jeff Skinner LW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 22 19:31 15:38 3:53 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 22 19:22 15:26 3:56 0:00 0 0 - - 8 4 67
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 21 14:14 13:36 0:00 0:38 0 0 2 1 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 -4 0 4 21 14:50 12:46 2:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22 19:23 15:29 3:54 0:00 0 0 4 2 - - -
Ottawa Senators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Anton Forsberg G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 53:02 0:58 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joonas Korpisalo G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Artem Zub D 1 0 1 +1 0 3 26 21:50 17:45 0:00 4:05 0 0 2 2 - - -
Jakob Chychrun D 1 0 1 +1 0 3 25 21:18 20:53 0:20 0:05 1 0 1 2 - - -
Brady Tkachuk LW 0 0 0 E 14 3 22 12:11 11:31 0:38 0:02 0 0 2 1 1 3 25
Josh Norris C 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 14:24 11:38 0:38 2:08 0 0 1 2 6 2 75
Mark Kastelic C 1 0 1 +2 2 5 18 10:45 10:45 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 6 6 50
Zack MacEwen RW 1 0 1 +2 0 1 16 11:31 11:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Tim Stutzle LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 19:15 18:35 0:38 0:02 0 0 - 1 5 4 56
Drake Batherson RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 21 16:52 16:14 0:38 0:00 0 0 3 1 0 4 0
Travis Hamonic D 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 16:56 16:52 0:00 0:04 0 0 1 2 - - -
Jacob Bernard-Docker D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 17:01 15:13 0:00 1:48 0 0 1 - - - -
Erik Brannstrom D 0 1 1 +2 0 3 21 15:13 13:02 0:00 2:11 0 0 - - - - -
Parker Kelly LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 23 15:27 11:16 0:00 4:11 0 0 3 2 0 1 0
Claude Giroux RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 25 18:58 14:48 0:20 3:50 0 0 - - 8 8 50
Ridly Greig C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 22 13:07 11:20 0:00 1:47 0 0 - - 5 3 62
Thomas Chabot D 0 2 2 +2 2 2 27 21:01 20:23 0:38 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dominik Kubalik LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 17 10:42 10:22 0:20 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jake Sanderson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 26 19:15 15:08 0:20 3:47 0 0 4 3 - - -
Vladimir Tarasenko RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 14:14 13:54 0:20 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Devon Levi L (9-7-2) 30 26 4 .867 0 58:04
Ottawa
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Anton Forsberg W (8-8-0) 46 45 1 .978 0 60:00