Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

Thursday, September 26, 2024, 7:00 PM ET Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, September 26, 2024 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators
Team	Goals	2024-2025 record
Buffalo Sabres	3	36-39-7
at Ottawa Senators	2	45-30-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Buffalo Sabres	1	0	1	1	3
Ottawa Senators	1	0	1	0	2

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Buffalo Sabres	24	9	7	1	41
Ottawa Senators	5	5	6	0	16

Three stars

N. Ostlund, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
C. Yakemchuk, Ottawa Senators (2 assists)
J. Dunne, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	07:55	Ottawa Senators	Noah Gregor (1)	Carter Yakemchuk (1)	Even strength	BUF 0, OTT 1
1st	10:00	Buffalo Sabres	Josh Dunne (1)	Vsevolod Komarov (1), Tyler Tullio (3)	Even strength	BUF 1, OTT 1
3rd	11:46	Ottawa Senators	Adam Gaudette (2)	Tyler Boucher (1), Carter Yakemchuk (2)	Power play	BUF 1, OTT 2
3rd	19:19	Buffalo Sabres	Isak Rosen (1)	Vsevolod Komarov (2), Konsta Helenius (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, OTT 2
OT	02:01	Buffalo Sabres	Noah Ostlund (1)	Zach Metsa (2), Viktor Neuchev (1)	Even strength	BUF 3, OTT 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Ottawa Senators
Shots on goal	41	16
Power play	0 of 6	1 of 2
Penalty minutes	9	17
Hits	2	21
Blocked shots	16	23
Giveaways	18	20
Takeaways	5	5
Faceoffs won	28/57 (49.1%)	29/57 (50.9%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 36 N. Ostlund	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	40%	16:34
Number 42 B. Warren	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		14:12
Number 44 J. Dunne	C	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	1	28.6%	18:33
Number 49 M. Jobst	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	62.5%	21:14
Number 54 O. Nadeau	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	66.7%	09:22
Number 57 B. Murray	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0		19:13
Number 59 T. Tullio	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		10:45
Number 63 I. Rosen	R	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	1		21:03
Number 67 G. Slaggert	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40%	13:05
Number 79 V. Neuchev	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	100%	13:53
Number 92 A. Wahlberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:49
Number 94 K. Helenius	C	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0	1	58.3%	20:02
Number 3 J. Rathbone	D	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1		21:32
Number 6 C. Poolman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4		13:24
Number 46 N. Laaouan	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		13:15
Number 73 Z. Metsa	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		24:18
Number 76 V. Komarov	D	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0		16:21
Number 91 N. Novikov	D	0	0	0	+1	2	5	0	2		21:22

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 32 F. Sandstrom	16	14	2	.875	61:16	Win

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 S. Pinto	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	0	52.4%	21:21
Number 14 J. Jenik	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	45.5%	11:18
Number 15 M. Highmore	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3%	14:51
Number 17 Z. MacEwen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	100%	12:07
Number 38 Z. Ostapchuk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	2	0	30%	16:51
Number 51 C. Reinhardt	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	66.7%	14:31
Number 53 X. Bourgault	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	0		10:45
Number 54 T. Boucher	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	100%	13:33
Number 59 A. Crookshank	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0		15:54
Number 73 N. Gregor	L	1	0	1	-2	2	2	3	1	0		18:08
Number 81 A. Gaudette	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	83.3%	13:35
Number 86 N. Kulemin	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:31
Number 6 C. Addison	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	1	0		21:44
Number 33 N. Matinpalo	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0		17:50
Number 37 D. Sebrango	D	0	0	0	-1	7	0	2	1	0		14:35
Number 43 T. Kleven	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	5	0		21:01
Number 48 F. Roos	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	0		22:21
Number 58 C. Yakemchuk	D	0	2	2	+1	2	1	1	1	0		22:07

Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 D. Tokarski	12	10	2	.833	31:41	OT loss
Number 35 L. Ullmark	29	28	1	.966	30:20

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:56	Buffalo Sabres	Nikita Novikov	High sticking	2
1st	04:23	Ottawa Senators	Carter Yakemchuk	Cross checking	2
1st	10:22	Ottawa Senators	Tyler Kleven	Interference	2
1st	13:14	Ottawa Senators	Donovan Sebrango	Boarding	2
1st	13:14	Buffalo Sabres	Josh Dunne	Fighting (major)	5
1st	13:14	Ottawa Senators	Donovan Sebrango	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	03:38	Ottawa Senators	Calen Addison	Cross checking	2
2nd	07:03	Ottawa Senators	Xavier Bourgault	Tripping	2
2nd	17:04	Ottawa Senators	Noah Gregor	Tripping	2
3rd	09:55	Buffalo Sabres	Konsta Helenius	Interference	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Ottawa Senators head coach: Travis Green
Referees: Francis Charron, Michael Markovic
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Ryan Daisy
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, James Reimer, Jason Zucker, Michael Houser, Connor Clifton, Alex Tuch, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Sam Lafferty, Jordan Greenway, Dennis Gilbert, Ethan Prow, Kale Clague, Beck Malenstyn, Tage Thompson, Vasily Glotov, Henri Jokiharju, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Jacob Bryson, Ryan McLeod, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Peter Tischke, Peyton Krebs, Bowen Byram, Dylan Cozens, Ryan Johnson, Lukas Rousek, Jack Quinn, JJ Peterka, Robert Calisti, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Owen Power, Aleksandr Kisakov, Viljami Marjala, Prokhor Poltapov, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Jiri Kulich, Topias Leinonen, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Zach Benson, Gavin McCarthy, Ethan Miedema, Maxim Strbak, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Ty Cheveldayoff, Brodie Ziemer, Adam Kleber, Luke Osburn, Simon-Pier Brunet, Patrick Geary, Ryerson Leenders, Vasily Zelenov
Ottawa Senators scratches: Claude Giroux, David Perron, Travis Hamonic, Nick Jensen, Anton Forsberg, Nick Cousins, Michael Amadio, Hayden Hodgson, Thomas Chabot, Garrett Pilon, Jeremy Davies, Josh Norris, Drake Batherson, Brady Tkachuk, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Mads Sogaard, Jamieson Rees, Keean Washkurak, Maxence Guenette, Ridly Greig, Jake Sanderson, Tim Stützle, Artem Zub, Leevi Meriläinen, Philippe Daoust, Jake Chiasson, Oliver Johansson, Michael Simpson, Jorian Donovan, Wyatt Bongiovanni, Filip Nordberg, Oskar Pettersson, Stephen Halliday, Tomas Hamara, Tyson Dyck, Cameron O'Neill, Theo Wallberg, Kevin Reidler, Mark Duarte, Hoyt Stanley, Owen Beckner, Nicholas Vantassell, Vladimir Nikitin, Djibril Toure, Gabriel Eliasson, Javon Moore, Lucas Ellinas, Blake Montgomery, Eerik Wallenius

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