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2022-23 regular season

Sabres at Senators

🗓 Sun, Jan 1, 2023 📍 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🔁 Senators lead the season series 2–1

Senators beat Sabres 3–1 at Canadian Tire Centre on January 1, 2023.

BUF – OTT
34–33
Shots on goal
0/3–1/1
Power play
18–33
Hits
7–18
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏛️ OTT
Tim Stützle
2 G
2 shots · 21:21 TOI
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Claude Giroux
2 A
2 shots · 16:57 TOI
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Anton Forsberg
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🏛️ Tim Stützle Go-ahead 1st · 00:47
Assists: Claude Giroux · beat Craig Anderson
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Zemgus Girgensons Tying 2nd · 06:51
Assists: Mattias Samuelsson, Ilya Lyubushkin · beat Anton Forsberg
1–1
🏛️ Jake Lucchini PP Go-ahead 2nd · 11:45
Assists: Derick Brassard, Claude Giroux · beat Craig Anderson
1–2
3rd period
🏛️ Tim Stützle Empty net 3rd · 18:49
Assists: Thomas Chabot
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Skinner · Thompson · Tuch 19:39
L2 Cozens · Girgensons · Okposo 15:24
L3 Olofsson · Krebs · Mittelstadt 14:26
L4 Jost · Peterka · Quinn 11:36
D1 Dahlin · Power 27:22
D2 Samuelsson · Clague 20:32
D3 Bryson · Lyubushkin 9:58
🏛️Senators
L1 Stützle · DeBrincat · Batherson 18:49
L2 Tkachuk · Kelly · Giroux 16:57
L3 Gambrell · Pinto · Lucchini 14:01
L4 Watson · Kastelic · Brassard 8:12
D1 Chabot · Zub 23:28
D2 Hamonic · Sanderson 21:48
D3 Holden · Bernard-Docker 14:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF OTT🏛️
34 Shots on goal 33
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/1
18 Hits 33
7 Blocked shots 18
3 Takeaways 4
6 Giveaways 5
2 Penalty minutes 6
BUF shooting 2.9% (1/34) OTT shooting 9.1% (3/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Craig Anderson
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 58:57 TOI
🏛️Senators
Anton Forsberg
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Tim Stützle · 1st 00:47 · 0–1 Zemgus Girgensons · 2nd 06:51 · 1–1 Jake Lucchini · 2nd 11:45 · 1–2 Tim Stützle · 3rd 18:49 · 1–3
BUF OTT
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-4 (43% win rate, 7 games)
Senators
Senators — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-4 (33% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-5 (17% win rate, 6 games)
Senators
Senators — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Senators lead the season series 2–1
Nov 162022 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 1–4 Oct 132022 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Feb 172022 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 Jan 252022 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 0–5 Jan 182022 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 3–1
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Who won Sabres vs Senators on January 1, 2023?

Senators won 3–1. The final score was Sabres 1, Senators 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Zemgus Girgensons.

Who scored for Senators?

Tim Stützle (2), Jake Lucchini.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Craig Anderson made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Senators goalie play?

Anton Forsberg made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Senators played?

At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, the Senators home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Senators season series?

Senators lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 31 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–3 AfterJan 3 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 5–4
🏛️ Senators
BeforeDec 31 🏛️OTT @ 🐙DET 2–4 AfterJan 3 🧥CBJ @ 🏛️OTT 0–4
Also on January 1
🌪️CAR 5–4 😈NJD 🗽NYR 5–3 🐆FLA 🦈SJS 5–2 🪶CHI 🏝️NYI 1–4 🦑SEA
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