Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators — December 23, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in overtime on December 23, 2025. Despite the result, the Ottawa Senators held the edge in expected goals (7.72 to 4.08) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Ottawa Senators created 8 high-danger scoring chances compared to 4 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5. Bowen Byram scored 2 goals. Drake Batherson was the most dangerous skater with 2.46 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Ottawa Senators outshot the Buffalo Sabres 26-25 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators progressed on Dec 23, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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BUF3 - 2OTT (OT)

Dec 23, 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	%
OTT	P1	23	18	56.1	17	16	51.5	11	12	47.8	13	12	52.0	3	2	60.0	3.73	2.85	56.7	1	1	50.0
	P2	21	16	56.8	13	10	56.5	8	8	50.0	13	12	52.0	4	5	44.4	1.92	2.15	47.1	1	1	50.0
	P3	19	6	76.0	15	5	75.0	7	4	63.6	13	2	86.7	4	0	100.0	3.91	0.65	85.8	0	0	—
	OT	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	—	0.00	0.13	0.0	0	1	0.0
	Total	63	41	60.6	45	32	58.4	26	25	51.0	39	27	59.1	11	7	61.1	9.56	5.78	62.3	2	3	40.0
BUF	P1	18	23	43.9	16	17	48.5	12	11	52.2	12	13	48.0	2	3	40.0	2.85	3.73	43.3	1	1	50.0
	P2	16	21	43.2	10	13	43.5	8	8	50.0	12	13	48.0	5	4	55.6	2.15	1.92	52.9	1	1	50.0
	P3	6	19	24.0	5	15	25.0	4	7	36.4	2	13	13.3	0	4	0.0	0.65	3.91	14.2	0	0	—
	OT	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0	0	0	—	0.13	0.00	100.0	1	0	100.0
	Total	41	63	39.4	32	45	41.6	25	26	49.0	27	39	40.9	7	11	38.9	5.78	9.56	37.7	3	2	60.0

Win Probability

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

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Individual Event Map

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Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = OTT players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the OTT 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:

OTT ↓ / BUF →	McLeod	Thompson	Norris	Ostlund	Dunne	Krebs	Malenstyn	Greenway	Benson	Tuch	Doan	Quinn	Samuelsson	Dahlin	Byram	Power	Kesselring	Metsa
Stützle	63	44	55	83	38	67	50	58	60	79	100	50	59	47	55	71	70	83
Cozens	75	100	55	60	33	100	67	80	78	57	100	78	77	63	67	80	73	29
Greig	33	53	0	—	67	65	67	67	100	20	65	0	67	54	50	33	50	75
Halliday	100	0	—	100	44	0	40	33	100	100	0	100	83	63	80	25	33	33
Cousins	100	0	100	100	38	0	33	25	100	100	0	100	90	57	75	0	0	71
Zetterlund	65	57	75	83	50	67	46	40	57	83	100	56	61	61	67	58	63	50
Tkachuk	61	67	83	89	44	67	57	50	54	78	100	53	66	57	58	67	63	80
Perron	77	100	58	61	33	100	50	67	78	63	100	75	77	60	60	86	73	29
MacDermid	—	0	—	—	17	0	17	17	—	—	0	—	50	33	0	0	0	0
Batherson	80	100	54	63	0	100	60	80	78	65	100	75	76	60	64	81	73	44
Giroux	100	63	—	—	67	65	75	67	100	100	65	—	100	73	78	56	50	75
Amadio	33	63	—	—	67	65	67	67	100	20	65	0	100	70	50	33	50	75
Chabot	64	0	78	86	0	0	17	0	67	68	0	56	67	73	40	56	86	56
Jensen	46	50	55	64	42	100	38	33	57	44	100	42	69	45	43	40	42	43
Sanderson	75	58	0	50	57	67	70	78	100	50	73	33	70	53	77	64	63	75
Spence	75	0	75	92	33	50	29	0	64	85	50	71	67	67	64	70	83	67
Matinpalo	56	50	55	54	40	100	36	36	57	50	100	63	64	40	50	53	45	38
Zub	67	58	0	0	60	67	60	75	100	50	73	0	61	53	73	56	60	75