Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Wednesday, February 28, 1996 · Corel Centre
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 3–2 in overtime on Wednesday, February 28, 1996 at Corel Centre. The Senators outshot the Sabres 37–31.
Goals came from Radek Bonk, Pat LaFontaine, Randy Burridge, Tom Chorske and Derek Plante.
Dominik Hasek made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Damian Rhodes stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Radek Bonk (9)Rob Gaudreau (5), Pavol Demitra (4)0–112:26 OTT ·
2nd period
Pat LaFontaine (31)Michael Peca (16), Michal Grosek (3)1–108:22 BUF · 
Randy Burridge (20)Derek Plante (20), Matthew Barnaby (12)2–109:33 BUF
Tom Chorske (10)Sean Hill (11)2–211:40 OTT
Overtime
Derek Plante (17)Garry Galley (32)3–204:36 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFOTT
3137
0%0%
2/61/6
2121
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:32 into the first period
Rob Ray · fighting5 min - 2:32 into the first period
Dennis Vial · fighting5 min - 6:39 into the first periodTrent McCleary · tripping2 min
- 10:51 into the first periodMichael Peca · interference obstruction2 min
- 17:35 into the first periodJanne Laukkanen · holding2 min
- 0:58 into the second periodStan Neckar · holding2 min
- 4:38 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:47 into the second periodJaroslav Modry · holding obstruction2 min
- 16:12 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · hooking2 min
- 16:12 into the second periodAlexei Yashin · diving2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodScott Pearson · holding2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodTroy Mallette · roughing2 min
- 5:00 into the third periodGarry Galley · slashing2 min
- 5:36 into the third periodSteve Duchesne · hooking2 min
- 9:10 into the third periodMike Wilson · high sticking2 min
- 12:52 into the third periodMike Wilson · interference obstruction2 min
- 18:25 into the third periodMichal Grosek · tripping obstruction2 min
- 3:09 into overtimeDaniel Alfredsson · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13Yuri KhmylevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Scott PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
Ottawa Senators
| 10Rob GaudreauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 78Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Sean HillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Trent McClearyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis VialL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Pat ElynuikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 36Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 94Stan NeckarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 35Mike BalesG | 0 | 0 | – |