National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 3, Ottawa 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Wes McCauley, Furman South
Linesmen: Devin Berg, Andrew Smith
Attendance: 13955
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Ottawa 1102
Buffalo 1113
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:35 - Senators Brady Tkachuk (PP) Assists: Drake Batherson , Dylan Cozens
18:31 - Sabres Jack Quinn (EV) Assists: JJ Peterka , Ryan McLeod
Penalties
1:24 - Sabres Tage Thompson (2) High sticking
 13:04 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Delay of game
2nd Period
Scoring
7:39 - Senators David Perron (PP) Assists: Ridly Greig , Claude Giroux
12:59 - Sabres Jacob Bernard-Docker (EV) Assists: Tyson Kozak , Peyton Krebs
Penalties
0:58 - Senators David Perron (2) Holding
 6:06 - Sabres JJ Peterka (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 10:18 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
1:23 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Zach Benson , Rasmus Dahlin
Penalties
None.
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 57:30 49:46 5:44 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Artem Zub D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 16:17 15:13 0:00 1:04 0 0 - 2 - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 17:44 16:48 0:00 0:56 0 0 - - - - -
Brady Tkachuk LW 1 0 1 E 0 9 28 19:55 16:54 3:01 0:00 1 0 3 - 13 4 76
Shane Pinto C 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 14:59 13:58 0:10 0:51 0 0 - 1 7 1 88
Matthew Highmore C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 9:11 8:16 0:05 0:50 0 0 2 - - - -
Tim Stutzle LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 28 23:10 19:58 3:12 0:00 0 0 2 1 1 2 33
Drake Batherson RW 0 1 1 -2 0 5 30 18:48 15:58 2:50 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Fabian Zetterlund LW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 25 18:09 15:26 2:43 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
Michael Amadio RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 8:37 8:29 0:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Travis Hamonic D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 22 16:19 16:08 0:11 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 28 17:18 14:22 2:56 0:00 0 0 1 1 6 5 55
Claude Giroux RW 0 1 1 E 0 0 26 17:33 13:41 2:41 1:11 0 0 - - 6 0 100
Tyler Kleven D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 22 16:27 16:25 0:02 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
David Perron LW 1 0 1 -1 2 1 28 15:44 13:17 2:27 0:00 1 0 - 1 - - -
Ridly Greig C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 26 17:25 13:45 2:32 1:08 0 0 3 1 5 4 56
Thomas Chabot D 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 22:53 19:11 2:29 1:13 0 0 1 2 - - -
Adam Gaudette RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 7:36 7:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Jake Sanderson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 26 22:25 18:25 3:13 0:47 0 0 1 1 - - -
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 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:16 2:00 5:44 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 29 21:52 20:12 0:21 1:19 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 21 16:31 13:47 0:41 2:03 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 12:41 11:22 1:19 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 19 12:17 11:30 0:00 0:47 0 0 - 1 1 5 17
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 23 17:04 16:31 0:33 0:00 0 0 - 2 0 5 0
Jack Quinn RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 22 16:23 15:36 0:47 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 26 20:32 17:02 0:00 3:30 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jacob Bernard-Docker D 1 0 1 +2 0 1 21 14:08 14:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Owen Power D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 17:35 16:22 0:00 1:13 0 0 - 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 +1 0 4 29 23:33 20:31 1:39 1:23 0 0 5 4 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 11:10 8:22 0:00 2:48 0 0 3 - 0 1 0
Tyson Kozak C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 15 10:47 10:36 0:00 0:11 0 0 3 0 3 3 50
Isak Rosen RW 0 0 0 E 0 13 8:26 8:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 25 20:47 16:45 0:28 3:34 0 0 - - 9 16 36
Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 +1 2 3 23 17:10 15:57 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - 1 4 20
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 20:49 16:46 0:00 4:03 0 0 2 3 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 1 1 +1 2 2 20 15:49 14:22 1:27 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 21 16:42 13:05 1:32 2:05 0 0 2 2 2 5 29
Goaltending
Ottawa
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Anton Forsberg L (9-11-1) 24 21 3 .875 0 57:30
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer W (4-8-2) 32 30 2 .938 0 60:00