VAN +365 o6.5
COL -439 u6.5
STL +125 o5.5
LA -139 u5.5
ANA -107 o6.5
SJ -103 u6.5
Buffalo 1st Atlantic46-21-8-0
Ottawa 5th Atlantic38-26-9-1

Sabres vs Senators Game Overview

BUF vs OTTRecords

BUF vs OTTRecords

Team Table
Team Record ATS O/U Away Home
Buffalo logo BUF 46-21-8 40-35-0 35-37-3 22-11-4 24-10-4
Ottawa logo OTT 38-26-10 33-41-0 40-33-1 20-15-4 18-11-6

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss
8-2
Over / Under
5-5-0
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U HSOG ASOG HPP APP
Dec 23, '25 OTT  logo 3 - 2 (OT) BUF +140 u6.0 26 25 1-3 0-1
Oct 15, '25 BUF  logo 8 - 4 BUF -104 o6.5 27 37 3-3 1-5
Apr 01, '25 OTT  logo 5 - 2 BUF +164 o6.5 35 22 0-4 0-1
Mar 25, '25 BUF  logo 3 - 2 BUF +134 u6.5 24 32 0-1 2-4
Jan 09, '25 OTT  logo 4 - 0 BUF +125 u6.0 35 21 0-4 0-4
Nov 05, '24 BUF  logo 5 - 1 BUF -105 u6.5 34 38 2-4 0-3
Mar 27, '24 BUF  logo 6 - 2 OTT +117 o6.5 36 42 0-2 0-2
Jan 11, '24 BUF  logo 5 - 3 BUF -122 o7.0 32 28 1-3 0-4
Dec 31, '23 OTT  logo 5 - 1 OTT -147 u7.0 31 46 1-1 0-3
Oct 24, '23 OTT  logo 6 - 4 BUF +169 o7.0 38 24 1-5 1-2

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BUF vs OTTInjury report

Buffalo logoBuffalo's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
N. Ostlund C Day To Day - Upper-Body( Mar 31, '26) Mar 31, '26
Ostlund did not play on Tuesday's (Mar. 31) game against versus the Islanders.
S. Carrick C Day To Day - Arm( Mar 30, '26) Mar 30, '26
Carrick will be evaluated after sustaining the injury in the third period of Tuesday's (Mar. 31) game versus the Islanders, per Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News.
J. Kulich C Out For Season - Ear( Mar 05, '26) Mar 05, '26
The Sabres said that Kulich is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
J. Danforth RW Out - Lower Body( Jan 25, '26) Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS # Player
LW 6 Zach Benson
C 9 Josh Norris
C 10 Sam Carrick
LW 12 Jordan Greenway
LW 17 Jason Zucker
C 19 Peyton Krebs
RW 22 Jack Quinn
LW 29 Beck Malenstyn
C 44 Josh Dunne
C 48 Tyson Kozak
LW 70 Tanner Pearson
C 71 Ryan McLeod
C 72 Tage Thompson
C 86 Noah Ostlund
RW 89 Alex Tuch
RW 91 Josh Doan
Defense
POS # Player
G 1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D 4 Bowen Byram
D 5 Luke Schenn
D 8 Michael Kesselring
D 21 Conor Timmins
D 23 Mattias Samuelsson
D 25 Owen Power
D 26 Rasmus Dahlin
G 34 Alex Lyon
D 64 Logan Stanley
D 73 Zach Metsa
G 92 Colten Ellis

Ottawa's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
C. Yakemchuk D Day To Day - Upper Body( Mar 30, '26) Mar 30, '26
Yakemchuk was injured in Tuesday's (Mar. 31) game versus the Panthers, and there was no update on his status after the contest, per Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia.
J. Sanderson D Out - Upper Body( Mar 29, '26) Mar 29, '26
Sanderson will not be available versus the Panthers on Tuesday (Mar. 31), according to Jackson Starr of the Senators' official site.
T. Chabot D Out - Forearm( Mar 25, '26) Mar 25, '26
Chabot had surgery on his right forearm on Thursday (Mar. 26) and will be out of action for at least four weeks, as per Julian McKenzie of The Athletic.
D. Gilbert D Out - Upper-Body( Mar 25, '26) Mar 25, '26
The Senators announced Thursday (Mar. 26) that Gilbert will miss approximately three weeks, according to Julian McKenzie of The Athletic.
N. Jensen D Out - Lower-Body( Mar 16, '26) Mar 16, '26
The Senators said on Tuesday (Mar. 17) that Jensen will undergo knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus and will be out for approximately six weeks, per TSN 1200 Ottawa.

Ottawa Starters Last Game

Offense
POS # Player
LW 7 Brady Tkachuk
C 12 Shane Pinto
C 18 Tim Stutzle
RW 19 Drake Batherson
LW 20 Fabian Zetterlund
C 21 Nick Cousins
RW 22 Michael Amadio
LW 23 Kurtis MacDermid
C 24 Dylan Cozens
RW 28 Claude Giroux
LW 37 Warren Foegele
C 71 Ridly Greig
C 83 Stephen Halliday
C 89 Lars Eller
Defense
POS # Player
D 2 Artem Zub
D 6 Dennis Gilbert
D 10 Jordan Spence
D 33 Nikolas Matinpalo
G 35 Linus Ullmark
D 43 Tyler Kleven
G 47 James Reimer
D 58 Carter Yakemchuk
D 60 Lassi Thomson
D 72 Thomas Chabot
D 85 Jake Sanderson

GoaltendersLast 5

W/L
2-1-2-0
GAA
3.80
Save %
.863
Buffalo Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
U.Luukkonen Mar 31, 2026 BUF 4 - NYI 3 W 3 28 .893 - W -170 o6.0
U.Luukkonen Mar 28, 2026 BUF 3 - SEA 2 (SO) W 2 34 .941 - W -192 u6.5
A.Lyon Mar 27, 2026 BUF 2 - DET 5 L 4 19 .789 - L -137 o6.5
U.Luukkonen Mar 25, 2026 BUF 3 - BOS 4 (OT) - 4 31 .871 - L -205 o6.5
A.Lyon Mar 22, 2026 ANA 6 - BUF 5 (OT) - 6 33 .818 - L -125 o6.5
W/L
2-2-0-1
GAA
2.67
Save %
.872
Ottawa Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
L.Ullmark Mar 31, 2026 FLA 6 - OTT 3 L 5 16 .688 - L -184 o6.0
J.Reimer Mar 31, 2026 FLA 6 - OTT 3 - 1 13 .923 - L -184 o6.0
J.Reimer Mar 28, 2026 TB 4 - OTT 2 L 4 27 .852 - L +112 p6.0
L.Ullmark Mar 26, 2026 OTT 3 - PIT 4 (SO) - 3 40 .925 - L -150 o6.0
L.Ullmark Mar 24, 2026 DET 2 - OTT 3 W 2 35 .943 - W +108 u6.0
J.Reimer Mar 23, 2026 NYR 1 - OTT 2 W 1 10 .900 - W -192 u6.0

BUF vs OTTStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
3.51 Total 3.11
1.00 1st Period 0.91
1.20 2nd Period 1.04
1.20 3rd Period 1.03
0.04 OT 0.12

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
28.19 Total 24.35
7.35 1st Period 6.70
8.43 2nd Period 7.65
6.89 3rd Period 6.89
0.28 OT 0.49

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING Stat SAVE PCT.
0.12 Total 0.87
0.14 1st Period 0.86
0.14 2nd Period 0.86
0.17 3rd Period 0.85
0.14 OT 0.75

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY Stat PENALTY KILL
48 - 224 G/Att vs. GA/Att 55 - 217
21.43 PP % vs. PK % 74.65

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Buffalo Goaltenders
Name S SV SV% WL
Colten Ellis 367 329 0.896 7-4-1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 846 769 0.909 19-8-3
Alex Lyon 974 885 0.909 20-9-4

Betting Terminology

  • VS: Opponent for the team
  • Result: Result in the last game played between the 2 teams
  • ATS: Puck line result in the game
  • O/U: Over/Under result in the game
  • $: Net money won in the last 10 games
  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds for the winning team
  • HSOG: Home team shots on goal
  • ASOG: Away team shots on goal
  • HPP: Home team powerplay goals and attempts
  • APP: Away team powerplay goals and attempts

Betting Terminology

  • W/L: Win/Loss record
  • GA: Goals Against
  • SA: Saves in the game
  • SV%: Save Pct for the game
  • SO: Recorded a shutout
  • ML: Closing money line for the game
  • O/U: Closing OU for the game

Betting Terminology

  • NHL Avg: NHL Average
  • Shot Pct: Goals per shots percentage
  • Save %: Saves per shots faced percentage
  • PP: Powerplay
  • PK: Penalty Kill

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