National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 5, Ottawa 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Where: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Referees: Eric Furlatt, T.J. Luxmore
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, Kilian McNamara
Attendance: 16446
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 2125
Ottawa 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
8:38 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Mattias Samuelsson , Jason Zucker
11:51 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) Assists: Jack Quinn , Mattias Samuelsson
Penalties
4:30 - Sabres Jacob Bernard-Docker (2) High sticking
 8:44 - Sabres JJ Peterka (2) Interference
 15:51 - Sabres Beck Malenstyn (2) Delay of game
2nd Period
Scoring
12:36 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: JJ Peterka , Rasmus Dahlin
13:46 - Senators Claude Giroux (EV) Assists: Tyler Kleven , Linus Ullmark
Penalties
11:23 - Senators Claude Giroux (2) Interference
 11:23 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (2) Embellishment
 19:12 - Senators Artem Zub (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
9:59 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (EV) Unassisted
10:22 - Senators Jake Sanderson (EV) Assists: Michael Amadio , Artem Zub
17:21 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (SH) (EN) Assists: Alex Tuch , Connor Clifton
Penalties
6:56 - Senators Shane Pinto (2) Roughing
 6:56 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Roughing
 16:25 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Tripping
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 50:00 2:00 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 E 4 0 29 21:24 19:08 0:00 2:16 0 0 - 3 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 12:18 11:03 0:00 1:15 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jason Zucker LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 16 12:35 10:35 2:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 2 0
Peyton Krebs C 1 0 1 +2 2 1 24 17:46 14:57 0:00 2:49 0 0 - - 1 8 11
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -2 0 5 22 14:20 14:20 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 3 6 5 55
Jack Quinn RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 24 14:00 14:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 2 2 +4 0 0 27 22:33 17:37 0:00 4:56 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jacob Bernard-Docker D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 22 13:35 13:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 5 - - -
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 27 19:15 16:00 0:30 2:45 0 0 - 2 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 +3 0 2 27 22:10 19:19 1:30 1:21 0 0 1 2 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 +1 2 0 17 10:09 8:37 0:00 1:32 0 0 5 - - - -
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 11 5:46 4:06 0:00 1:40 0 0 1 1 1 2 33
Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 30 20:49 16:11 0:00 4:38 0 1 - - 12 8 60
Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 20 16:01 14:00 2:00 0:01 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 25 19:11 14:30 0:00 4:41 0 0 3 4 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 1 1 +2 2 2 27 17:48 15:48 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 10:28 10:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 1 2 33
Alex Tuch RW 1 1 2 +2 0 2 25 17:52 11:46 2:00 4:06 0 0 1 4 0 3 0
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Ullmark G 0 1 1 0 0 56:55 48:25 6:30 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Artem Zub D 0 1 1 +1 2 2 23 17:15 17:14 0:01 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 23 19:46 17:33 0:13 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Shane Pinto C 0 0 0 +1 2 3 22 15:33 14:11 0:00 1:22 0 0 3 1 1 5 17
Matthew Highmore C 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 6:36 5:27 0:00 1:09 0 0 2 - - - -
Tim Stutzle LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 26 23:42 18:24 5:18 0:00 0 0 3 - 5 1 83
Drake Batherson RW 0 0 0 -5 0 1 25 18:13 14:21 3:52 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Fabian Zetterlund LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 23 17:32 13:55 3:37 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Michael Amadio RW 0 1 1 +2 0 22 15:48 15:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 5 - 0 1 0
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -4 0 2 24 17:18 13:11 4:07 0:00 0 0 1 - 7 7 50
Claude Giroux RW 1 0 1 E 2 2 25 17:12 11:45 4:48 0:39 0 0 - - 11 4 73
Nikolas Matinpalo D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 11:07 11:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tyler Kleven D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 19 11:53 11:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
David Perron LW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 21 15:20 11:25 3:55 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Angus Crookshank LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 12 8:22 8:09 0:13 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Ridly Greig C 0 0 0 E 0 3 24 19:01 15:01 3:10 0:50 0 0 1 2 7 3 70
Thomas Chabot D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 28 25:08 20:03 3:54 1:11 0 0 1 2 - - -
Adam Gaudette RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 14 11:29 7:13 4:16 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 1 75
Jake Sanderson D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 28 25:50 20:55 4:06 0:49 0 0 - 1 - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer W (7-8-2) 35 33 2 .943 0 60:00
Ottawa
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Linus Ullmark L (21-14-3) 21 17 4 .810 0 56:55