Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Final (OT)
- Expected goals, BUF–OTT
- 1.4–3.3
- all situations, empty nets out
- OTT share of xG
- 69.9%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 25–26
- BUF–OTT
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Senators created more, 3.3 expected goals to 1.5, and lost 3-2 in overtime to the Sabres. Bowen Byram had three points, two goals and one assist. Tim Stützle has a point in 8 straight games.
- Bowen ByramBig night
Bowen Byram had three points, two goals and one assist. He also scored the overtime winner. That was his eighth goal of the season. It finished 3-2 for the Sabres in overtime.
- Tim StützleStreak
Tim Stützle has a point in 8 straight games. He has now scored in 3 straight. The Senators fell 3-2 to the Sabres in overtime.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
Where the shots came from
5 goals from 77 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 26:39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.09 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Owen Power D | 25:10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Bowen Byram D | 24:18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 22:48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Alex Tuch R | 18:01 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.24 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Tage Thompson C | 16:47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.05 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 16:36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 16:11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | 3 | 2 | 83 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 15:01 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Josh Norris C | 14:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 14:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Jordan Greenway L | 13:36 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.11 | 1 | 0 | 81 |
| Josh Doan R | 13:28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Josh Dunne C | 13:13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 2 | 0 | 80 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 12:39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Zach Benson L | 12:24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Jack Quinn R | 12:21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.18 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Zach Metsa D | 8:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 49 |
Ottawa Senators
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Chabot D | 23:23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.19 | 1 | 3 | 74 |
| Jake Sanderson D | 22:25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | 79 |
| Tim Stützle C | 21:41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.24 | 2 | 1 | 72 |
| Drake Batherson R | 20:42 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.83 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| Jordan Spence D | 19:33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 1 | 0 | 70 |
| Dylan Cozens C | 19:32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.26 | 1 | 1 | 90 |
| Artem Zub D | 19:04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 82 |
| Brady Tkachuk L | 18:42 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.84 | 2 | 0 | 69 |
| Fabian Zetterlund L | 18:03 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.31 | 2 | 1 | 65 |
| Nick Jensen D | 17:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Michael Amadio R | 16:20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 83 |
| Claude Giroux R | 16:10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | 83 |
| David Perron L | 15:21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.27 | 1 | 0 | 91 |
| Nikolas Matinpalo D | 15:17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Ridly Greig C | 15:11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 | 1 | 1 | 83 |
| Nick Cousins C | 8:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 33 |
| Stephen Halliday C | 7:46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Kurtis MacDermid L | 2:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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