Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 23, 1997 · Corel Centre
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 1–0 in overtime on Wednesday, April 23, 1997 at Corel Centre. The Senators outshot the Sabres 36–17.
Goals came from Daniel Alfredsson.
Ron Tugnutt made 17 saves on 17 shots for the win; Steve Shields stopped 35 of 36.
Scoring
Overtime
Daniel Alfredsson (3)Tom Chorske (1)0–102:34 OTT
Team stats
BUFOTT
1736
0%0%
0/20/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:40 into the first period
Shawn McEachern · cross checking2 min - 14:53 into the first period
Alexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min - 9:59 into the second periodJanne Laukkanen · slashing2 min
- 15:49 into the second periodMichael Peca · elbowing2 min
- 18:44 into the third periodGarry Galley · boarding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | L | 36 | 1 | .972 |
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Philip CroweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Radim BicanekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ron TugnuttG | W | 17 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 35Mike BalesG | 0 | 0 | – |