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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Ottawa 3, Florida 0
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, April 5, 2025
Where: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Referees: Jake Brenk, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 18611
Final Scoring Summary
 
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1
Florida   Ottawa
Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Shane Pinto. 0:00  
  0:04 Michael Amadio hits Gustav Forsling.
Sam Bennett shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 0:12  
Gustav Forsling hits Michael Amadio. 0:17  
  0:20 Ridly Greig hits Nate Schmidt.
Sam Reinhart hits Shane Pinto. 0:26  
Sam Bennett blocks shot from Michael Amadio. 0:27  
Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 0:30  
  0:49 Drake Batherson hits Seth Jones.
Mackie Samoskevich shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 1:15  
  1:17 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Carter Verhaeghe.
Nate Schmidt hits Nikolas Matinpalo. 1:30  
  1:40 Shot by Tyler Kleven misses the net
Nate Schmidt hits Fabian Zetterlund. 1:45  
  2:10 Angus Crookshank hits Gustav Forsling.
  2:24 Nick Jensen blocks shot from A.J. Greer.
Jonah Gadjovich blocks shot from Uvis Balinskis. 2:30  
  2:46 Nick Jensen hits A.J. Greer.
Tomas Nosek hits Angus Crookshank. 2:52  
Shot by Seth Jones misses the net 3:24  
Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 3:51  
Eetu Luostarinen hits Dylan Cozens. 4:30  
Gustav Forsling blocks shot from Drake Batherson. 4:31  
Eetu Luostarinen hits Tyler Kleven. 4:43  
  5:12 Tim Stutzle shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
  5:48 Artem Zub hits A.J. Greer.
Tomas Nosek hits Jake Sanderson. 5:54  
Uvis Balinskis hits Matthew Highmore. 5:56  
  6:19 Michael Amadio shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
  6:33 Thomas Chabot hits Sam Reinhart.
  6:41 Shot by Ridly Greig misses the net
Jesper Boqvist shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 6:48  
Brad Marchand hits Thomas Chabot. 6:59  
  7:04 Giveaway by Drake Batherson.
  7:31 Tyler Kleven hits Eetu Luostarinen.
Uvis Balinskis shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 7:56  
  8:06 Dylan Cozens penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Mackie Samoskevich.
  8:06 Ridly Greig wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart.
Sam Reinhart shoots misses the net 8:59  
  9:00 Artem Zub blocks shot Mackie Samoskevich shoots
  9:14 Takeaway by Shane Pinto.
Evan Rodrigues hits Shane Pinto. 9:16  
Shot by Gustav Forsling misses the net 9:33  
Nate Schmidt shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 9:42  
Shot by Anton Lundell misses the net 9:59  
Tomas Nosek wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux. 10:02  
Niko Mikkola shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 10:06  
  10:07 Claude Giroux blocks shot from Eetu Luostarinen.
Takeaway by Jesper Boqvist. 10:11  
  10:34 Adam Gaudette wins the faceoff against Tomas Nosek.
A.J. Greer hits Nikolas Matinpalo. 10:38  
Jaycob Megna shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 10:54  
Sam Reinhart wins the faceoff against Ridly Greig. 10:58  
  10:59 Artem Zub blocks shot from Sam Bennett.
  11:08 Giveaway by Artem Zub.
Giveaway by Seth Jones. 11:17  
  11:21 Jake Sanderson scores. Assisted by Shane Pinto.
Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 11:21  
Giveaway by Gustav Forsling. 11:24  
  11:36 Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Anton Lundell.
Anton Lundell shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 12:24  
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Tim Stutzle. 12:27  
Giveaway by Evan Rodrigues. 12:32  
Carter Verhaeghe penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Tim Stutzle. 12:37  
Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 12:37  
Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Ridly Greig. 12:45  
  12:48 Drake Batherson hits Niko Mikkola.
Eetu Luostarinen blocks shot from Jake Sanderson. 13:39  
  13:47 Drake Batherson shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
  14:08 Shot by Drake Batherson misses the net
Anton Lundell blocks shot from Jake Sanderson. 14:11  
  14:17 Drake Batherson scores a power play goal. Assisted by Dylan Cozens and Jake Sanderson.
  14:17 Shane Pinto wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett.
Sam Reinhart hits Jake Sanderson. 14:29  
  14:31 Jake Sanderson blocks shot from Uvis Balinskis.
Jaycob Megna hits Matthew Highmore. 14:38  
Mackie Samoskevich shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 15:13  
  15:35 Shot by Thomas Chabot misses the net
Niko Mikkola hits Matthew Highmore. 16:16  
Niko Mikkola hits Angus Crookshank. 16:20  
Seth Jones hits Matthew Highmore. 16:22  
A.J. Greer hits Nikolas Matinpalo. 16:32  
  16:57 Dylan Cozens hits Eetu Luostarinen.
Sam Bennett shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 17:53  
Giveaway by Sam Bennett. 17:58  
Seth Jones hits Ridly Greig. 18:06  
  18:16 Ridly Greig hits Jesper Boqvist.
  18:30 Tim Stutzle shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
  18:41 Jake Sanderson shoots misses the net
  18:46 Jake Sanderson shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
Tomas Nosek wins the faceoff against Tim Stutzle. 18:50  
A.J. Greer shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 19:12  
  19:15 Nikolas Matinpalo penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by A.J. Greer.
  19:15 Ridly Greig wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart.
Mackie Samoskevich hits Artem Zub. 19:19  
Sam Bennett shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 19:35  
Mackie Samoskevich shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 19:53  
  19:54 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett.
2
Florida   Ottawa
  0:00 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett.
  0:38 Artem Zub blocks shot from Brad Marchand.
  0:54 Jake Sanderson hits Sam Bennett.
Brad Marchand hits Jake Sanderson. 0:58  
Sam Bennett penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Matthew Highmore. 1:00  
  1:00 Tim Stutzle wins the faceoff against Anton Lundell.
Takeaway by Jesper Boqvist. 1:56  
Jesper Boqvist shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 2:00  
  2:02 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Brad Marchand.
A.J. Greer hits David Perron. 2:52  
Gustav Forsling hits Adam Gaudette. 3:03  
  3:08 Shane Pinto hits Niko Mikkola.
Jaycob Megna blocks shot from Shane Pinto. 3:28  
  3:41 Shane Pinto blocks shot from Jaycob Megna.
Mackie Samoskevich shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 4:06  
  4:15 Claude Giroux hits Seth Jones.
Tomas Nosek hits Tim Stutzle. 4:49  
  4:53 Giveaway by Thomas Chabot.
A.J. Greer shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 4:57  
Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 4:59  
Takeaway by Eetu Luostarinen. 5:05  
Brad Marchand shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 5:09  
  5:12 Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Anton Lundell.
  5:27 Dylan Cozens hits Seth Jones.
  5:31 Nick Jensen hits Brad Marchand.
Eetu Luostarinen hits Thomas Chabot. 5:41  
Takeaway by Brad Marchand. 5:43  
Brad Marchand hits Nick Jensen. 5:43  
Seth Jones shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 5:45  
  5:48 Ridly Greig wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart.
Nate Schmidt blocks shot from Michael Amadio. 6:18  
  6:24 Giveaway by Jake Sanderson.
  6:28 Artem Zub blocks shot from Gustav Forsling.
Shot by Sam Reinhart misses the net 6:29  
  6:38 Takeaway by Artem Zub.
Takeaway by Sam Bennett. 6:40  
Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 6:58  
Uvis Balinskis hits Michael Amadio. 7:15  
Giveaway by Uvis Balinskis. 7:29  
A.J. Greer hits Tyler Kleven. 7:33  
Jonah Gadjovich blocks shot from Nikolas Matinpalo. 7:37  
  7:39 Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Anton Lundell.
Seth Jones shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 8:05  
Shot by Eetu Luostarinen misses the net 8:25  
Brad Marchand hits Claude Giroux. 8:28  
  8:35 Thomas Chabot shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
  8:45 Takeaway by Claude Giroux.
  8:52 Giveaway by Artem Zub.
Sam Reinhart hits Artem Zub. 8:58  
Gustav Forsling hits Tim Stutzle. 9:06  
  9:17 Artem Zub shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
Shot by Carter Verhaeghe misses the net 9:27  
  9:29 Artem Zub penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Carter Verhaeghe.
Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux. 9:29  
Nate Schmidt shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 9:56  
Giveaway by Nate Schmidt. 9:59  
  11:13 Thomas Chabot blocks shot from Mackie Samoskevich.
Sam Reinhart shoots misses the net 11:21  
  11:23 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against A.J. Greer.
  11:37 Claude Giroux shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
A.J. Greer shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 11:53  
A.J. Greer shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 11:55  
A.J. Greer shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 11:57  
Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 12:00  
Shot by Eetu Luostarinen misses the net 12:03  
Eetu Luostarinen shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 12:13  
Eetu Luostarinen hits Nick Jensen. 12:42  
Sam Reinhart hits Thomas Chabot. 12:43  
Sam Reinhart blocks shot from Niko Mikkola. 12:45  
  12:52 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart.
Giveaway by Sam Bennett. 13:09  
Niko Mikkola hits Jake Sanderson. 13:16  
  13:20 Jake Sanderson shoots misses the net
Tomas Nosek wins the faceoff against Adam Gaudette. 13:23  
  13:27 Angus Crookshank hits Jaycob Megna.
  13:48 Shot by Tyler Kleven misses the net
  13:53 Matthew Highmore hits A.J. Greer.
  14:03 Giveaway by Angus Crookshank.
Shot by A.J. Greer misses the net 14:05  
Jonah Gadjovich hits Adam Gaudette. 14:12  
  14:40 Takeaway by Fabian Zetterlund.
Carter Verhaeghe penalty for boarding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Artem Zub. 15:01  
  15:01 Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Tomas Nosek.
  15:20 Drake Batherson shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
  15:22 Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Anton Lundell.
  15:33 Dylan Cozens shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 15:34  
  15:38 Takeaway by Jake Sanderson.
  15:45 Giveaway by Dylan Cozens.
Giveaway by Sam Reinhart. 17:22  
Sam Reinhart hits Matthew Highmore. 17:46  
  18:04 Drake Batherson blocks shot from Mackie Samoskevich.
  18:18 Adam Gaudette wins the faceoff against Tomas Nosek.
A.J. Greer hits Nikolas Matinpalo. 18:29  
  18:41 Adam Gaudette wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett.
Sam Bennett hits Matthew Highmore. 18:50  
  18:55 Tyler Kleven blocks shot from Sam Bennett.
Giveaway by Sam Bennett. 19:22  
Jesper Boqvist hits Jake Sanderson. 19:33  
  19:49 Takeaway by Jake Sanderson.
3
Florida   Ottawa
  0:00 Shane Pinto wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett.
Sam Reinhart hits Jake Sanderson. 0:13  
Sam Bennett shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 0:18  
Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Ridly Greig. 0:21  
  0:24 Nick Jensen blocks shot from Eetu Luostarinen.
  0:28 Drake Batherson hits Niko Mikkola.
Anton Lundell shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 0:38  
  0:40 Ridly Greig wins the faceoff against Anton Lundell.
Niko Mikkola shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 0:58  
Tomas Nosek wins the faceoff against Adam Gaudette. 1:00  
Shot by Tomas Nosek misses the net 1:03  
Tomas Nosek shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 1:10  
A.J. Greer shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 1:12  
Tomas Nosek wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 1:13  
Giveaway by Jaycob Megna. 1:17  
  1:17 Drake Batherson hits Jaycob Megna.
Jonah Gadjovich hits Tyler Kleven. 1:26  
Tomas Nosek shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 1:31  
  1:35 Drake Batherson blocks shot from Jaycob Megna.
  1:35 Takeaway by Drake Batherson.
  1:51 Nick Jensen hits Sam Bennett.
  1:53 Dylan Cozens hits Mackie Samoskevich.
Giveaway by Seth Jones. 2:34  
  2:55 Shot by Fabian Zetterlund misses the net
Shot by Anton Lundell misses the net 3:01  
Shot by Anton Lundell misses the net 3:10  
Brad Marchand hits Tim Stutzle. 3:23  
Eetu Luostarinen shoots misses the net 3:35  
Evan Rodrigues shoots misses the net 3:38  
Evan Rodrigues hits Thomas Chabot. 4:14  
  4:21 Angus Crookshank shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
Niko Mikkola hits Nick Jensen. 4:35  
Tomas Nosek hits Claude Giroux. 4:58  
Jonah Gadjovich hits Nick Jensen. 4:59  
  5:18 Ridly Greig wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart.
  5:26 Ridly Greig hits Sam Reinhart.
Shot by Sam Reinhart misses the net 5:58  
Mackie Samoskevich blocks shot from Gustav Forsling. 6:08  
Shot by Mackie Samoskevich misses the net 6:15  
Giveaway by Jaycob Megna. 6:20  
Shot by Brad Marchand misses the net 6:38  
  7:01 Drake Batherson hits Seth Jones.
Giveaway by Eetu Luostarinen. 7:13  
Anton Lundell shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 7:25  
Uvis Balinskis shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 7:29  
Sam Bennett wins the faceoff against Shane Pinto. 7:31  
Nate Schmidt hits Michael Amadio. 7:37  
  7:38 Shane Pinto hits Sam Reinhart.
  7:51 Jake Sanderson blocks shot from Sam Bennett.
Gustav Forsling shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 7:54  
Gustav Forsling hits Fabian Zetterlund. 8:19  
  8:25 Fabian Zetterlund hits Gustav Forsling.
Seth Jones hits Claude Giroux. 8:35  
Eetu Luostarinen hits Tim Stutzle. 8:50  
  9:02 Takeaway by Drake Batherson.
  9:03 Drake Batherson shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
Tomas Nosek wins the faceoff against Adam Gaudette. 9:05  
A.J. Greer hits Nikolas Matinpalo. 9:18  
  9:24 Nikolas Matinpalo hits A.J. Greer.
Jonah Gadjovich hits Nikolas Matinpalo. 9:27  
  9:30 Adam Gaudette blocks shot from Uvis Balinskis.
  9:36 Angus Crookshank blocks shot from Tomas Nosek.
  9:36 Giveaway by Tyler Kleven.
  9:43 Tyler Kleven hits Jonah Gadjovich.
  9:58 Giveaway by Jake Sanderson.
Giveaway by Niko Mikkola. 9:59  
  10:07 Giveaway by Tim Stutzle.
  10:13 Jake Sanderson blocks shot from Jesper Boqvist.
  10:18 Shane Pinto wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett.
Gustav Forsling hits Ridly Greig. 10:23  
  10:36 Ridly Greig shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
Anton Lundell wins the faceoff against Matthew Highmore. 10:39  
  10:54 Nick Jensen blocks shot from Seth Jones.
Shot by Niko Mikkola misses the net 11:09  
Shot by Eetu Luostarinen misses the net 11:24  
  11:25 Adam Gaudette wins the faceoff against Tomas Nosek.
Uvis Balinskis shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 12:03  
Jonah Gadjovich shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 12:04  
Jonah Gadjovich shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 12:05  
Jonah Gadjovich shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 12:06  
  12:09 Shane Pinto wins the faceoff against Sam Bennett.
  12:16 Ridly Greig wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart.
  12:34 Ridly Greig penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Niko Mikkola.
Niko Mikkola penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Ridly Greig. 12:34  
  12:34 Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart.
  12:44 Artem Zub hits Sam Reinhart.
Gustav Forsling shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 13:24  
Anton Lundell shoots Saved by Anton Forsberg. 14:15  
  15:30 Thomas Chabot shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
  15:40 David Perron shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
  15:50 Fabian Zetterlund blocks shot from Niko Mikkola.
A.J. Greer hits Nick Jensen. 15:55  
Takeaway by Niko Mikkola. 16:01  
  16:01 Fabian Zetterlund hits Niko Mikkola.
  16:40 Giveaway by Jake Sanderson.
  16:49 Michael Amadio blocks shot from Mackie Samoskevich.
  17:31 Drake Batherson hits Seth Jones.
  17:40 Matthew Highmore scores on an empty net. Assisted by Thomas Chabot.
  17:40 Adam Gaudette wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
Uvis Balinskis penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Angus Crookshank. 17:48  
  17:48 Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Anton Lundell.
Jaycob Megna blocks shot from Jake Sanderson. 18:07  
Jonah Gadjovich hits Tim Stutzle. 18:41  
  18:49 Claude Giroux shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
A.J. Greer penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Tim Stutzle. Served by Carter Verhaeghe. 18:50  
Jonah Gadjovich penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Major). 18:50  
A.J. Greer penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Major). 18:50  
  18:50 Tim Stutzle penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Major).
  18:50 Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Jesper Boqvist.
  19:05 Tyler Kleven shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
Jesper Boqvist blocks shot from David Perron. 19:18  
  19:32 David Perron shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
  19:41 Nick Jensen shoots Saved by Sergei Bobrovsky.
  19:48 Shot by Tyler Kleven misses the net