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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Ottawa 5, Buffalo 1
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 31, 2023
Where: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Referees: Jean Hebert, Justin Kea
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Travis Toomey
Attendance: 19421
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1001
Ottawa 2215
Periods:
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  • 2
  • 3
1
Buffalo   Ottawa
  0:00 Josh Norris wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens.
Jack Quinn blocks shot from Jacob Bernard-Docker. 0:11  
  0:14 Brady Tkachuk shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Henri Jokiharju hits Drake Batherson. 1:01  
Giveaway by Jeff Skinner. 1:02  
Giveaway by Ryan Johnson. 1:36  
  1:43 Parker Kelly hits Connor Clifton.
Zemgus Girgensons wins the faceoff against Ridly Greig. 2:03  
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 2:05  
  2:08 Zack MacEwen hits Rasmus Dahlin.
Zemgus Girgensons hits Zack MacEwen. 2:44  
  2:57 Mark Kastelic shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
JJ Peterka shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 3:06  
Dylan Cozens shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 3:07  
  3:22 Giveaway by Brady Tkachuk.
Dylan Cozens hits Jacob Bernard-Docker. 3:27  
Dylan Cozens blocks shot from Vladimir Tarasenko. 3:45  
  4:23 Artem Zub shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Takeaway by Alex Tuch. 4:33  
  4:44 Takeaway by Dominik Kubalik.
  4:53 Parker Kelly hits Connor Clifton.
  5:09 Giveaway by Ridly Greig.
Jordan Greenway shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 5:15  
  5:17 Mark Kastelic wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
  5:31 Mark Kastelic hits Zach Benson.
  5:32 Giveaway by Zack MacEwen.
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Brady Tkachuk. 5:41  
Kyle Okposo penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Josh Norris. 5:53  
Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Brady Tkachuk. 5:53  
  6:06 Giveaway by Thomas Chabot.
Connor Clifton shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 6:11  
  6:31 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Peyton Krebs.
  6:51 Brady Tkachuk wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson.
  6:51 Jakob Chychrun scores a power play goal. Assisted by Claude Giroux and Jake Sanderson.
Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Tim Stutzle. 7:02  
Giveaway by Jeff Skinner. 7:05  
Alex Tuch blocks shot from Artem Zub. 7:09  
Giveaway by Alex Tuch. 7:14  
Takeaway by Henri Jokiharju. 7:47  
Henri Jokiharju shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 7:57  
Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Parker Kelly. 8:10  
  8:17 Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun.
  8:18 Parker Kelly blocks shot from Owen Power.
  8:23 Parker Kelly hits Henri Jokiharju.
Connor Clifton blocks shot from Dominik Kubalik. 8:53  
  8:57 Mark Kastelic hits Dylan Cozens.
  8:59 Mark Kastelic shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
  9:07 Zack MacEwen hits Connor Clifton.
  9:34 Josh Norris hits Ryan Johnson.
Giveaway by Jordan Greenway. 9:35  
  9:37 Brady Tkachuk shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
  9:39 Josh Norris wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
Rasmus Dahlin blocks shot from Josh Norris. 9:42  
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Brady Tkachuk. 9:52  
  10:26 Vladimir Tarasenko shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Rasmus Dahlin hits Vladimir Tarasenko. 10:28  
Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Drake Batherson. 10:29  
  10:46 Drake Batherson hits Owen Power.
Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson. 11:17  
  11:33 Jake Sanderson hits Jack Quinn.
Mattias Samuelsson shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 11:52  
  12:05 Takeaway by Erik Brannstrom.
Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin. 12:21  
  12:24 Shot by Zack MacEwen misses the net
  12:26 Shot by Thomas Chabot misses the net
  12:38 Zack MacEwen scores. Assisted by Jacob Bernard-Docker and Thomas Chabot.
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Josh Norris. 12:38  
  12:58 Giveaway by Claude Giroux.
Jordan Greenway hits Travis Hamonic. 12:59  
Jordan Greenway shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 13:02  
Connor Clifton shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 13:06  
  13:15 Claude Giroux shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Takeaway by Tage Thompson. 13:25  
Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 13:31  
Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 13:34  
  13:43 Jake Sanderson blocks shot from Jeff Skinner.
  14:30 Jacob Bernard-Docker shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
  14:40 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens.
Dylan Cozens hits Jacob Bernard-Docker. 14:51  
  15:00 Josh Norris shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Mark Kastelic. 15:02  
  15:07 Mark Kastelic shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
  15:09 Erik Brannstrom shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Jordan Greenway hits Travis Hamonic. 15:23  
  15:24 Mark Kastelic blocks shot from Casey Mittelstadt.
  15:33 Jakob Chychrun shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
  15:39 Mark Kastelic shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Shot by Jeff Skinner misses the net 16:03  
  16:18 Shot by Vladimir Tarasenko misses the net
Alex Tuch blocks shot from Tim Stutzle. 16:25  
  16:35 Vladimir Tarasenko shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Alex Tuch hits Drake Batherson. 16:44  
  17:30 Thomas Chabot shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
  17:31 Josh Norris wins the faceoff against Kyle Okposo.
  17:35 Brady Tkachuk blocks shot from Claude Giroux.
Shot by Peyton Krebs misses the net 18:01  
  18:30 Jake Sanderson hits Jordan Greenway.
Rasmus Dahlin hits Drake Batherson. 19:19  
  19:29 Shot by Drake Batherson misses the net
Rasmus Dahlin hits Drake Batherson. 19:33  
  19:46 Ridly Greig wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens.
Tage Thompson scores. Assisted by Jeff Skinner. 19:46  
  19:51 Jakob Chychrun shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
2
Buffalo   Ottawa
Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux. 0:00  
Jack Quinn hits Claude Giroux. 0:20  
  0:29 Giveaway by Jacob Bernard-Docker.
JJ Peterka shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 0:55  
  0:56 Giveaway by Tim Stutzle.
  0:56 Tim Stutzle blocks shot from Jeff Skinner.
Giveaway by Jeff Skinner. 1:32  
  1:34 Giveaway by Drake Batherson.
Connor Clifton hits Dominik Kubalik. 2:11  
  2:30 Ridly Greig wins the faceoff against Peyton Krebs.
Zemgus Girgensons hits Jacob Bernard-Docker. 2:49  
  3:26 Takeaway by Artem Zub.
Henri Jokiharju hits Brady Tkachuk. 3:59  
Jordan Greenway blocks shot from Jakob Chychrun. 4:15  
Jack Quinn shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 4:59  
Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 5:42  
  5:44 Josh Norris wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson.
Connor Clifton shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 5:48  
  5:49 Josh Norris wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson.
  6:12 Josh Norris blocks shot from Jeff Skinner.
  6:18 Giveaway by Josh Norris.
  6:29 Brady Tkachuk blocks shot from Mattias Samuelsson.
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Mark Kastelic. 6:31  
Jordan Greenway hits Jakob Chychrun. 6:42  
Henri Jokiharju blocks shot from Travis Hamonic. 6:53  
Casey Mittelstadt shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 7:04  
  7:05 Ridly Greig wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens.
Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Tim Stutzle. 7:18  
  7:18 Dominik Kubalik scores. Assisted by Ridly Greig and Thomas Chabot.
Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 7:39  
Shot by Jeff Skinner misses the net 7:42  
  8:05 Drake Batherson hits Henri Jokiharju.
Tage Thompson shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 8:11  
  8:13 Ridly Greig wins the faceoff against Kyle Okposo.
Zemgus Girgensons hits Parker Kelly. 8:22  
  8:30 Travis Hamonic blocks shot from Owen Power.
  8:38 Shot by Parker Kelly misses the net
  8:58 Brady Tkachuk shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
  9:01 Giveaway by Ridly Greig.
  9:23 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
  9:35 Brady Tkachuk hits Rasmus Dahlin.
Shot by Casey Mittelstadt misses the net 10:07  
Takeaway by Connor Clifton. 10:19  
Giveaway by Casey Mittelstadt. 10:32  
  10:42 Jake Sanderson blocks shot from Dylan Cozens.
Dylan Cozens shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 10:50  
  10:52 Thomas Chabot penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by JJ Peterka.
  10:52 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
  11:15 Jake Sanderson hits Casey Mittelstadt.
  11:35 Claude Giroux shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
  11:36 Parker Kelly shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Shot by Alex Tuch misses the net 11:46  
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 12:03  
Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux. 12:08  
  12:15 Artem Zub hits Jack Quinn.
  12:19 Artem Zub blocks shot from Zach Benson.
  12:37 Jake Sanderson blocks shot from Jack Quinn.
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 12:56  
Kyle Okposo wins the faceoff against Drake Batherson. 12:59  
Peyton Krebs shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 13:00  
  13:02 Tim Stutzle wins the faceoff against Kyle Okposo.
  13:09 Giveaway by Travis Hamonic.
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Tim Stutzle. 13:12  
Ryan Johnson shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 13:13  
Henri Jokiharju hits Zack MacEwen. 14:13  
  14:20 Zack MacEwen hits Owen Power.
Rasmus Dahlin hits Claude Giroux. 14:44  
Mattias Samuelsson shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 14:55  
Alex Tuch hits Parker Kelly. 15:29  
Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin. 15:33  
Mattias Samuelsson hits Dominik Kubalik. 15:48  
  16:03 Tim Stutzle wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens.
  16:41 Drake Batherson penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by JJ Peterka.
  16:41 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Jeff Skinner.
Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Josh Norris. 17:44  
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 18:01  
Zach Benson shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 18:03  
JJ Peterka shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 18:19  
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux. 18:21  
Shot by Rasmus Dahlin misses the net 18:24  
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux. 18:27  
  18:28 Parker Kelly blocks shot from Tage Thompson.
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 18:37  
  18:39 Tim Stutzle wins the faceoff against Peyton Krebs.
Henri Jokiharju shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 18:46  
Shot by Peyton Krebs misses the net 18:52  
Giveaway by Henri Jokiharju. 19:13  
Zemgus Girgensons blocks shot from Travis Hamonic. 19:14  
  19:16 Mark Kastelic wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens.
  19:34 Shot by Jakob Chychrun misses the net
  19:37 Mark Kastelic wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens.
  19:42 Takeaway by Erik Brannstrom.
  19:44 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
  19:44 Mark Kastelic scores. Assisted by Erik Brannstrom.
3
Buffalo   Ottawa
  0:00 Mark Kastelic wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens.
Dylan Cozens shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 0:20  
  0:57 Artem Zub shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Takeaway by Alex Tuch. 1:24  
Shot by Zach Benson misses the net 1:43  
  1:44 Tim Stutzle wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
  2:26 Travis Hamonic blocks shot from Casey Mittelstadt.
Owen Power hits Ridly Greig. 2:58  
Kyle Okposo hits Jake Sanderson. 3:18  
Peyton Krebs blocks shot from Erik Brannstrom. 3:22  
  3:24 Mark Kastelic wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens.
Zemgus Girgensons blocks shot from Travis Hamonic. 3:27  
  3:35 Mark Kastelic blocks shot from Zack MacEwen.
Dylan Cozens shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 3:46  
  3:48 Jakob Chychrun blocks shot from Ryan Johnson.
  4:15 Josh Norris blocks shot from Jeff Skinner.
Alex Tuch shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 4:28  
  4:30 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
Jordan Greenway hits Artem Zub. 4:35  
Shot by Casey Mittelstadt misses the net 4:49  
  4:58 Jake Sanderson hits Casey Mittelstadt.
Jordan Greenway shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 5:03  
Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Drake Batherson. 5:37  
Alex Tuch hits Drake Batherson. 5:56  
Kyle Okposo wins the faceoff against Mark Kastelic. 6:28  
  7:26 Giveaway by Jacob Bernard-Docker.
JJ Peterka shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 7:27  
Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 7:28  
  7:32 Brady Tkachuk penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Rasmus Dahlin.
Rasmus Dahlin penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brady Tkachuk. 7:32  
Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux. 7:32  
  7:44 Josh Norris shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Henri Jokiharju shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 8:09  
  8:12 Tim Stutzle wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
Alex Tuch hits Tim Stutzle. 8:40  
  8:45 Thomas Chabot shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Giveaway by Casey Mittelstadt. 9:05  
Jack Quinn hits Ridly Greig. 9:13  
Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Ridly Greig. 9:18  
Dylan Cozens shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 9:30  
Zemgus Girgensons wins the faceoff against Ridly Greig. 9:32  
  9:39 Brady Tkachuk penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Zemgus Girgensons.
Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux. 9:39  
Casey Mittelstadt shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 9:49  
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux. 9:51  
  10:43 Jacob Bernard-Docker hits Rasmus Dahlin.
Dylan Cozens shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 11:30  
Zach Benson shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 11:31  
  11:49 Brady Tkachuk hits Zach Benson.
  12:01 Artem Zub hits Dylan Cozens.
  12:15 Drake Batherson hits Jack Quinn.
  12:20 Tim Stutzle shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Kyle Okposo wins the faceoff against Mark Kastelic. 12:22  
  12:27 Takeaway by Zack MacEwen.
Kyle Okposo wins the faceoff against Mark Kastelic. 12:37  
Peyton Krebs shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 12:38  
Kyle Okposo wins the faceoff against Mark Kastelic. 12:40  
Zemgus Girgensons shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 12:50  
Shot by Zemgus Girgensons misses the net 13:01  
  13:03 Travis Hamonic hits Peyton Krebs.
Peyton Krebs shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 13:17  
  13:19 Mark Kastelic penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Kyle Okposo.
Kyle Okposo penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Mark Kastelic. 13:19  
Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Drake Batherson. 13:19  
  13:31 Takeaway by Drake Batherson.
  13:43 Jakob Chychrun hits Tage Thompson.
Rasmus Dahlin blocks shot from Claude Giroux. 13:57  
  14:15 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 14:24  
  14:29 Shot by Claude Giroux misses the net
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux. 14:43  
  15:03 Artem Zub blocks shot from Casey Mittelstadt.
Giveaway by Owen Power. 15:12  
  15:16 Josh Norris wins the faceoff against Peyton Krebs.
  15:16 Artem Zub scores a short handed goal.
Peyton Krebs penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Game Misconduct). Drawn by Brady Tkachuk. 15:40  
  15:40 Brady Tkachuk penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Game Misconduct). Drawn by Peyton Krebs.
Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Tim Stutzle. 15:40  
Connor Clifton shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 16:00  
  16:10 Tim Stutzle shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
  16:11 Mark Kastelic wins the faceoff against Zemgus Girgensons.
  16:44 Takeaway by Erik Brannstrom.
  16:46 Erik Brannstrom shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
Takeaway by JJ Peterka. 17:26  
  17:27 Jakob Chychrun blocks shot from JJ Peterka.
Zach Benson hits Thomas Chabot. 18:28  
  19:14 Giveaway by Drake Batherson.
Zemgus Girgensons blocks shot from Henri Jokiharju. 19:24  
  19:31 Drake Batherson blocks shot from Ryan Johnson.
  19:42 Erik Brannstrom shoots Saved by Devon Levi.
  19:44 Ridly Greig wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson.
Mattias Samuelsson blocks shot from Parker Kelly. 19:46