Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, March 24, 2006 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Friday, March 24, 2006 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Senators 29–24.
Goals came from Daniel Alfredsson, Antoine Vermette, Daniel Brière and Patrick Eaves.
Ray Emery made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Daniel Alfredsson (39)Tyler Arnason (32), Andrej Meszaros (27)1–004:32 OTT
Antoine Vermette (19)Brian McGrattan (3), Chris Kelly (16)2–006:56 OTT
2nd period
Daniel Brière (21)J-P Dumont (16), Brian Campbell (28)2–109:54 BUF
3rd period
Patrick Eaves (15)Jason Spezza (55), Wade Redden (38)3–104:56 OTT
Team stats
OTTBUF
2429
45%55%
0/50/5
1212
1518
1310
1718
22
Penalties
- 7:15 into the first period
Mike Grier · holding2 min - 15:09 into the first period
Vaclav Varada · interference2 min - 3:55 into the second periodAntoine Vermette · hooking2 min
- 5:49 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · interference2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodChris Neil · hooking2 min
- 13:59 into the second periodPaul Gaustad · roughing2 min
- 1:38 into the third periodFilip Novak · interference2 min
- 12:10 into the third periodDany Heatley · cross checking2 min
- 14:00 into the third periodThomas Vanek · hooking2 min
- 16:35 into the third periodDmitri Kalinin · high sticking2 min
- 18:09 into the third periodDaniel Brière · hooking2 min
- 18:09 into the third periodPatrick Eaves · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 10Tyler ArnasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:31 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 16Brian McGrattanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 06:50 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 20Antoine VermetteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:23 |
| 22Chris KellyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:58 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:18 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 21Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:42 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 26Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:32 |
| 27Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:40 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:16 |
| 5Christoph SchubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:09 |
| 17Filip NovakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ray EmeryG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 30Mike MorrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:42 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:46 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:51 |
| 13Jiri NovotnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:59 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 08:54 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 14:49 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:07 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:41 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:36 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:51 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 13:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |