Senators at Sabres
Sabres 8, Senators 4 · first star Ryan McLeod (2 G, 0 A).
2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.
Ottawa Senators 4 at Buffalo Sabres 8
Shot chart
Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Senators attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: OTT 37, BUF 27.
Shots by period
| Period | OTT SOG | OTT G | BUF SOG | BUF G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2nd | 17 | 1 | 20 | 4 |
| 3rd | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 37 | 4 | 27 | 8 |
Shots by situation
| Situation | OTT SOG | OTT G | BUF SOG | BUF G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even strength | 26 | 3 | 18 | 4 |
| Power play | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Short-handed | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Into an empty net | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Attempt share by period
Senators took 65.0% of the shot attempts, and 66.7% of the 84 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Senators hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams
| Period | BUF CF% | BUF FF% |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 31.4 | 37.5 |
| 2nd | 44.4 | 48.9 |
| 3rd | 22.6 | 17.4 |
| Game | 35.0 | 38.1 |
Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.
Scoring summary
1st period
- 08:01
Jack Quinn (1) PP Bowen Byram (1), Rasmus Dahlin (2) · slap 0–1 - 16:09
Tim Stützle (1) Fabian Zetterlund (1), Jordan Spence (1) · tip-in 1–1
2nd period
- 03:58 Jake Sanderson (1) PP Ridly Greig (2), Dylan Cozens (2) · poke 2–1
- 06:46 Ryan McLeod (1) SH Zach Benson (1), Owen Power (1) · wrist 2–2
- 10:17 Alex Tuch (1) Jacob Bryson (1), Josh Doan (1) · wrist 2–3
- 11:46 Jason Zucker (2) PP Rasmus Dahlin (3), Zach Benson (2) · wrist 2–4
- 13:43 Jason Zucker (3) PP Josh Doan (2), Tage Thompson (1) · tip-in 2–5
3rd period
- 00:40 Shane Pinto (5) Jordan Spence (2), Jake Sanderson (4) · wrist 3–5
- 02:15 Lars Eller (1) Nick Cousins (1), Jordan Spence (3) · slap 4–5
- 02:32 Ryan McLeod (2) Alex Tuch (2), Josh Doan (3) · wrist 4–6
- 03:17 Jack Quinn (2) Peyton Krebs (1), Zach Benson (3) · backhand 4–7
- 16:44 Jiri Kulich (1) EN Tage Thompson (2), Zach Benson (4) · wrist 4–8
Three stars
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Ryan McLeod BUF · C #71 · 2 G, 0 A -
Jason Zucker BUF · L #17 · 2 G, 0 A -
Josh Doan BUF · R #91 · 0 G, 3 A
Penalties
| Time | Team | Player | Infraction | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:36 | OTT | Fabian Zetterlund | holding | 2 |
| 10:09 | BUF | Ryan Johnson | interference | 2 |
| 13:21 | BUF | Jacob Bryson | delaying game | 2 |
| 02:17 | BUF | Bowen Byram | tripping | 2 |
| 03:58 | BUF | Bench | delaying game unsuccessful challenge | 2 |
| 05:48 | BUF | Alex Tuch | slashing | 2 |
| 11:03 | OTT | Shane Pinto | roughing | 2 |
| 11:03 | BUF | Conor Timmins | roughing | 2 |
| 11:03 | OTT | Claude Giroux | roughing | 2 |
| 11:03 | OTT | Claude Giroux | roughing | 2 |
| 11:03 | BUF | Peyton Krebs | roughing | 2 |
| 13:12 | OTT | Ridly Greig | high sticking | 2 |
Boxscore
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jordan Spence #10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17:59 |
 Jake Sanderson #85 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22:07 |
 Lars Eller #89 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17:36 |
 Shane Pinto #12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17:44 |
 Tim Stützle #18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21:12 |
 Dylan Cozens #24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15:59 |
 Nick Cousins #21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:10 |
 Ridly Greig #71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:25 |
 Fabian Zetterlund #20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14:38 |
 David Perron #57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:50 |
 Claude Giroux #28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:41 |
 Drake Batherson #19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:27 |
 Michael Amadio #22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:43 |
 Olle Lycksell #15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
 Artem Zub #2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 |
 Nick Jensen #3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 |
 Thomas Chabot #72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:56 |
 Tyler Kleven #43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Leevi Meriläinen #1 | L | 26 | 7 | .731 | 58:06 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zach Benson #6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16:52 |
| Josh Doan #91 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13:55 |
| Ryan McLeod #71 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 17:28 |
| Jason Zucker #17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11:43 |
 Jack Quinn #22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15:49 |
 Alex Tuch #89 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20:00 |
 Tage Thompson #72 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16:46 |
 Rasmus Dahlin #26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 25:52 |
 Jiri Kulich #20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:45 |
 Peyton Krebs #19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12:52 |
 Bowen Byram #4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25:54 |
 Jacob Bryson #78 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:47 |
 Owen Power #25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23:44 |
 Tyson Kozak #48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 |
 Beck Malenstyn #29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:10 |
 Justin Danforth #15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:14 |
 Conor Timmins #21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:36 |
 Ryan Johnson #33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alex Lyon #34 | W | 37 | 4 | .892 | 60:00 |
SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.