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Sunday, December 31, 2023 (6:00 PM ET)
Canadian Tire Centre | MSG-B
Buffalo Sabres BUF
1-5
Final
OTT Ottawa Senators
54% xGF Expected Goals Share 46% xGF
BUF was expected to score 3.12 goals OTT was expected to score 2.68 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF OTT Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Jakob Chychrun scores at 6:51 in the 1st period 0.14 xG (0-1)
  • ► Zack MacEwen scores at 12:38 in the 1st period 0.05 xG (0-2)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 19:46 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-2) End of Period 1
  • ► Dominik Kubalik scores at 7:18 in the 2nd period 0.14 xG (1-3)
  • ► Mark Kastelic scores at 19:44 in the 2nd period 0.10 xG (1-4) End of Period 2
  • ► Artem Zub scores at 15:16 in the 3rd period (1-5) End of Game
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xG by State
Buffalo Sabres
Ottawa Senators
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 7:56 0.66 0 0:58 0.14 1
Even Strength 51:06 2.44 1 51:06 2.24 3
Short-Handed 0:58 0.02 0 7:56 0.29 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 39:50 2.08 1
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 13:19 0.37 2
Tied 6:51 0.28 0 6:51 0.22 1
Down 1 13:19 0.42 0 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 39:50 2.42 1 0:00 0.00 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF JJ Peterka (R) 0.41 0 0 0 21 14:50 4 -4 0 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.35 0 0 0 22 13:57 6 -4 0 0
OTT Mark Kastelic (C) 0.34 1 0 1 18 10:45 5 +2 2 0
OTT Parker Kelly (C) 0.31 0 0 0 23 15:27 1 +1 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.30 0 0 0 15 10:14 3 0 10 0
BUF Kyle Okposo (R) 0.26 0 0 0 16 10:56 2 0 4 0
BUF Jeff Skinner (L) 0.25 0 1 1 22 19:31 3 +1 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.24 0 0 0 18 15:55 2 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.23 0 0 0 16 15:58 3 -1 0 0
OTT Tim Stützle (C) 0.17 0 0 0 22 19:15 2 -1 0 0
OTT Josh Norris (C) 0.16 0 0 0 23 14:24 2 0 0 0
OTT Vladimir Tarasenko (R) 0.15 0 0 0 18 14:14 2 0 0 0
BUF Casey Mittelstadt (C) 0.15 0 0 0 21 20:20 2 -1 0 0
OTT Dominik Kubalik (L) 0.14 1 0 1 17 10:42 1 0 0 0
OTT Zack MacEwen (R) 0.14 1 0 1 16 11:31 1 +2 0 0
OTT Claude Giroux (R) 0.13 0 1 1 25 18:58 2 +1 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.13 1 0 1 22 19:22 2 +1 0 0
BUF Zemgus Girgensons (C) 0.12 0 0 0 16 09:26 1 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.11 0 0 0 22 19:23 1 +1 0 0
OTT Drake Batherson (R) 0.07 0 0 0 21 16:52 0 0 2 0
OTT Brady Tkachuk (L) 0.06 0 0 0 22 12:11 3 0 14 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.01 0 0 0 22 15:22 1 -3 0 0
OTT Ridly Greig (C) 0.00 0 1 1 22 13:07 0 +1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
OTT Erik Brannstrom (D) 0.44 0 1 1 21 15:13 3 +2 0 0
OTT Thomas Chabot (D) 0.23 0 2 2 27 21:01 2 +2 2 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.21 0 0 0 29 25:44 6 -2 2 0
BUF Connor Clifton (D) 0.18 0 0 0 21 14:14 4 -1 0 0
OTT Jakob Chychrun (D) 0.17 1 0 1 25 21:18 3 +1 0 1
OTT Artem Zub (D) 0.14 1 0 1 26 21:50 3 +1 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.08 0 0 0 27 19:27 2 -2 0 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.08 0 0 0 24 16:51 3 +1 0 0
BUF Ryan Johnson (D) 0.01 0 0 0 22 17:25 1 -1 0 0
OTT Jacob Bernard-Docker (D) 0.01 0 1 1 26 17:01 1 +1 0 0
OTT Jake Sanderson (D) 0.00 0 1 1 26 19:15 0 +1 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.00 0 0 0 26 18:03 0 0 0 0
OTT Travis Hamonic (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 16:56 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
OTT Anton Forsberg (G) +3.79% 0.978 2.1 1 45 60:00 46 W 0
BUF Devon Levi (G) -3.67% 0.867 -1.3 4 26 58:04 30 L 0