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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
7:00 PM ET
Canadian Tire Centre (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
3 – 2
Final/OT
Ottawa Senators
 OTT
37% xGF%
63% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 1.88 goals OTT was expected to score 3.15 goals
P1 P2 P3 OT 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF OTT Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres Ottawa Senators
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 2:00 0.34 0 3:15 0.65 1
Even Strength 55:16 1.54 3 55:16 2.50 1
Penalty Kill 3:15 0.00 0 2:00 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 5:07 0.10 0 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 55:24 1.78 3 55:24 2.65 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 5:07 0.49 2
  • ► Bowen Byram scores at 15:22 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-0)
  • ► Ridly Greig scores at 17:13 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-1)
  • ► Noah Ostlund scores at 6:11 in the 2nd period 0.13 xG (2-1)
  • ► Tim Stützle scores at 9:27 in the 2nd period 0.14 xG (2-2)
  • ► Bowen Byram scores at 0:31 in the OT period 0.09 xG (3-2)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
OTT Drake Batherson (R) 0.79 0 1 1 28 20:42 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Brady Tkachuk (L) 0.69 0 0 0 28 18:42 6 -2 2 0 0 0 0
OTT Dylan Cozens (C) 0.32 0 1 1 25 19:32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Tim Stützle (C) 0.26 1 0 1 28 21:41 3 -2 0 1 0 0 0
OTT David Perron (L) 0.26 0 0 0 23 15:21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.25 0 1 1 29 18:01 3 +2 2 0 0 0 0
OTT Fabian Zetterlund (L) 0.23 0 0 0 27 18:03 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.23 1 0 1 22 15:01 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.17 0 0 0 19 12:21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.14 0 0 0 23 16:11 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.14 0 1 1 21 13:36 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.12 0 0 0 21 12:24 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
OTT Ridly Greig (C) 0.12 1 0 1 23 15:11 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.10 0 0 0 22 13:28 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Michael Amadio (R) 0.09 0 0 0 23 16:20 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.08 0 0 0 24 14:00 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.06 0 0 0 24 16:47 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Dunne (C) 0.04 0 1 1 19 13:13 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Claude Giroux (R) 0.04 0 1 1 25 16:10 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.01 0 1 1 23 16:36 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Nick Cousins (C) 0.00 0 0 0 16 08:27 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Stephen Halliday (C) 0.00 0 0 0 17 07:46 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.00 0 0 0 21 14:00 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Kurtis MacDermid (L) 0.00 0 0 0 5 02:40 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.22 2 1 3 31 24:18 2 +3 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Thomas Chabot (D) 0.17 0 0 0 28 23:23 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.13 0 0 0 31 25:10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.09 0 1 1 32 26:39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Nikolas Matinpalo (D) 0.08 0 0 0 27 15:17 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Michael Kesselring (D) 0.06 0 0 0 18 12:39 2 0 4 0 0 0 0
OTT Jake Sanderson (D) 0.06 0 0 0 29 22:25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Jordan Spence (D) 0.04 0 0 0 25 19:33 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.04 0 0 0 28 22:48 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.00 0 0 0 13 08:38 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Nick Jensen (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 17:47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTT Artem Zub (D) 0.00 0 0 0 26 19:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Alex Lyon (G) +4.41% 0.923 1.1 2 24 60:31 26 W 0
OTT Linus Ullmark (G) -4.48% 0.880 -1.1 3 22 60:31 25 O 0