Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators, 2025-12-23

NHL · Dec 23, 2025

Buffalo Sabres18-14-4

3–2

Final – OT

Ottawa Senators18-13-5

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The Sabres edged the Senators 3–2 in overtime at Canadian Tire Centre. B. Byram took first star with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Sabres	1	1	0	1	3	25
Senators	1	1	0	0	2	26

★ Three Stars

1B. ByramBUF · 2G 1A

2R. GreigOTT · 1G 0A

3A. LyonBUF

Scoring Summary

1st Period

15:22

Bowen Byram (Jordan Greenway, Joshua Dunne)

1-0

17:13

Ridly Greig (Claude Giroux)

1-1

2nd Period

06:11

Noah Ostlund (Bowen Byram, Alex Tuch)

2-1

09:27

Tim Stützle (Drake Batherson, Dylan Cozens)PP

2-2

Overtime

00:31

Bowen Byram (Ryan McLeod, Mattias Samuelsson)

3-2

Boxscore

Sabres3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Bowen ByramD	2	1	3	+3	0	2	0	1	24:18
Noah OstlundC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	15:01
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	16:36
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	26:39
Alex TuchR	0	1	1	+2	2	3	1	2	18:01
Jordan GreenwayL	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0	13:36
Joshua DunneC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	13:13
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	12:24
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	13:28
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	14:00
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	2	16:11
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	14:00
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	12:21
Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	16:47
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	22:48
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	8:38
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	25:10
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	12:39

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	26	24	2	.923	60:31
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0:00

Senators2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Ridly GreigC	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	15:11
Tim StützleC	1	0	1	-2	0	3	2	1	21:41
Drake BathersonR	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	20:42
Dylan CozensC	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	19:32
Claude GirouxR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	16:10
Michael AmadioR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	16:20
Nick CousinsC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	8:27
Stephen HallidayC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	7:46
Kurtis MacDermidL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2:40
Fabian ZetterlundL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	18:03
Thomas ChabotD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	3	23:23
Nikolas MatinpaloD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	15:17
Jake SandersonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	22:25
Jordan SpenceD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	19:33
Artem ZubD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19:04
Brady TkachukL	0	0	0	-2	2	6	2	0	18:42
David PerronL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	15:21
Nick JensenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:47

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Linus UllmarkStart	25	22	3	.880	60:31
Leevi Merilainen	0	0	0	-	0:00