Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (15-18-4) at Ottawa Senators (13-18-0) – 31 Dec 2023 – 6:00PM EST

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (15-18-4) at Ottawa [](/r/ottawasenators) Senators (13-18-0)

#Canadian Tire Centre

##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|3:00PM|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|11:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, TSN5|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/news/buffalo-sabres-ottawa-senators-game-preview-december-31) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020566/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020566/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020566/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Brady Tkachuk|Josh Norris|Claude Giroux|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Vladimir Tarasenko|Tim Stützle|Drake Batherson|[BUF](/r/sabres)|JJ Peterka|Dylan Cozens|Jack Quinn|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Dominik Kubalik|Ridly Greig|Parker Kelly|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Casey Mittelstadt|Zach Benson|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Jiri Smejkal|Mark Kastelic|Zack MacEwen|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Robinson|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Jake Sanderson|Artem Zub|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Jakob Chychrun|Travis Hamonic|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Erik Brannstrom|Jacob Bernard-Docker|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Connor Clifton|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Joonas Korpisalo|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Anton Forsberg|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/ottawa-senators/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Rourke Chartier|15 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR|Chartier (upper body) was put on injured reserve Saturday, per the NHL media site.|02 Jan 2024|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Mathieu Joseph|15 Dec 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Joseph (lower body) is not expected to be in the lineup versus the New Jersey Devils on Friday.|unknown|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Thomas Chabot|05 Dec 2023|Lower Body|IR-LT|Chabot (lower body) is wearing a regular jersey at practice Saturday, per TSN 1200 Ottawa.|02 Jan 2024|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Shane Pinto|10 Oct 2023|Suspension|OUT|Not Specified|21 Jan 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons||Lower Body|IR||unknown|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/ottawa-senators/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|31|13|18|0|26|0.419|3.39|3.58|16.94|71.30|32.26|30.81|50.44|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|37|15|18|4|34|0.459|2.97|3.41|13.21|78.45|30.41|29.38|46.21|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Joonas Korpisalo|21|20|7|12|0|0|3.66|0.890|
|[OTT](/r/ottawasenators)|Anton Forsberg|12|11|6|6|0|1|3.29|0.877|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|18|15|7|8|2|1|3.13|0.892|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|16|15|7|5|2|0|3.31|0.889|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=9 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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