Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 27, 1995 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Wednesday, December 27, 1995 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Senators outshot the Sabres 34-29.
Ted Drury scored twice. Matthew Barnaby, Martin Straka, Rob Gaudreau, Rob Ray and Donald Audette also scored.
Mike Bales made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Matthew Barnaby (6)Garry Galley (18)0–105:21 BUF
Martin Straka (8)Unassisted1–113:11 OTT
2nd period
Rob Gaudreau (5)Dennis Vial (1), Lance Pitlick (3)2–104:07 OTT
Rob Ray (1)Garry Galley (19), Mike Wilson (2)2–205:32 BUF
Donald Audette (10)Dixon Ward (2), Michael Peca (5)2–310:44 BUF
Ted Drury (6)Alexandre Daigle (9), Lance Pitlick (4)3–317:34 OTT
3rd period
- Ted Drury (7)Daniel Alfredsson (17), Alexandre Daigle (10)4–318:06 OTT · PPG
Team stats
OTTBUF
34Shots on goal29
0%Faceoff %0%
1/4Power play0/1
13Penalty minutes29
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 12:01
Dane Jackson · roughing2 min - 1st 12:01Dane Jackson · misconduct10 min
- 1st 12:01Brad May · fighting5 min
- 1st 12:01
Dennis Vial · fighting5 min - 1st 12:01Lance Pitlick · charging2 min
- 1st 16:35Randy Burridge · boarding2 min
- 1st 16:35Derek Plante · roughing2 min
- 1st 16:35Mike Wilson · roughing2 min
- 1st 16:35Ted Drury · roughing2 min
- 1st 16:35Alexandre Daigle · roughing2 min
- 1st 18:36Dixon Ward · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 06:53Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 13:58Antti Tormanen · tripping2 min
- 3rd 16:36Mark Astley · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 13Ted DruryC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Rob GaudreauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis VialL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 9Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 20Trent McClearyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Antti TormanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 23Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 94Stan NeckarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Mike BalesG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 59:57 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 24Dane JacksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mark AstleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0Martin BironG | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 59:27 |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |