Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres — October 15, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Ottawa Senators 8-4 on October 15, 2025. Despite the result, the Ottawa Senators held the edge in expected goals (7.69 to 6.09) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Ottawa Senators created 14 high-danger scoring chances compared to 11 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5. Ryan McLeod scored 2 goals. Jack Quinn scored 2 goals. Jason Zucker scored 2 goals. Tim Stützle was the most dangerous skater with 2.54 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Ottawa Senators outshot the Buffalo Sabres 37-27 in total shots on goal.

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Oct 15, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
BUF	P1	11	24	31.4	6	10	37.5	3	8	27.3	8	19	29.6	1	7	12.5	0.66	2.50	21.0	1	1	50.0
	P2	24	30	44.4	22	23	48.9	20	17	54.1	18	21	46.2	10	6	62.5	6.94	4.43	61.0	4	1	80.0
	P3	7	24	22.6	4	19	17.4	4	12	25.0	6	15	28.6	4	5	44.4	1.39	3.74	27.1	3	2	60.0
	Total	42	78	35.0	32	52	38.1	27	37	42.2	32	55	36.8	15	18	45.5	8.99	10.67	45.7	8	4	66.7
OTT	P1	24	11	68.6	10	6	62.5	8	3	72.7	19	8	70.4	7	1	87.5	2.50	0.66	79.0	1	1	50.0
	P2	30	24	55.6	23	22	51.1	17	20	45.9	21	18	53.8	6	10	37.5	4.43	6.94	39.0	1	4	20.0
	P3	24	7	77.4	19	4	82.6	12	4	75.0	15	6	71.4	5	4	55.6	3.74	1.39	72.9	2	3	40.0
	Total	78	42	65.0	52	32	61.9	37	27	57.8	55	32	63.2	18	15	54.5	10.67	8.99	54.3	4	8	33.3

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BUF) performed against every skater on the away team (OTT) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = BUF players, Columns = OTT players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BUF player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

BUF ↓ / OTT →	Stützle	Greig	Pinto	Eller	Cozens	Cousins	Zetterlund	Perron	Batherson	Amadio	Giroux	Lycksell	Sanderson	Chabot	Zub	Spence	Jensen	Kleven
Thompson	41	33	43	47	75	40	29	50	75	32	20	50	41	50	50	40	45	50
McLeod	46	53	62	63	64	50	44	67	56	22	55	86	36	64	67	17	63	60
Krebs	40	57	62	25	40	25	50	25	50	17	73	25	27	38	50	38	44	64
Kulich	50	0	29	33	50	31	38	50	50	20	50	29	19	40	21	45	14	46
Kozak	33	13	29	43	20	50	42	25	20	29	11	86	23	50	60	13	67	33
Benson	50	50	62	80	58	67	33	58	58	29	75	80	46	64	53	43	40	67
Zucker	33	82	79	75	50	67	25	33	60	36	88	75	57	70	75	44	64	63
Malenstyn	10	22	22	17	17	17	25	17	17	20	20	17	14	17	50	20	25	29
Tuch	32	35	55	45	50	20	37	70	45	23	50	60	19	62	45	38	57	57
Quinn	22	53	64	33	25	27	40	22	31	25	67	33	18	47	38	41	55	67
Doan	36	67	60	55	88	25	22	67	70	36	75	33	60	59	70	40	47	38
Danforth	0	14	17	20	33	0	—	50	33	100	17	0	20	17	33	20	50	50
Dahlin	26	53	55	63	42	50	15	47	46	25	57	63	44	55	58	27	47	33
Power	37	26	47	33	33	43	53	43	33	20	50	62	22	48	55	50	52	60
Byram	41	47	55	62	50	40	35	56	47	28	45	73	34	50	50	30	47	64
Timmins	13	26	43	29	26	44	20	31	24	11	40	40	10	35	50	67	35	64
Bryson	50	50	38	8	63	8	43	25	63	30	50	8	7	71	17	23	63	38
Johnson	0	57	25	0	80	0	0	0	80	0	25	0	0	50	0	17	80	33