Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Saturday, April 8, 2006 · Scotiabank Place
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 6-2 on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at Scotiabank Place. The Senators outshot the Sabres 34-31.
Tim Connolly scored twice. Chris Drury, Patrick Eaves, Taylor Pyatt, Jay McKee, Daniel Alfredsson and Dmitri Kalinin also scored.
Ryan Miller made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Ray Emery stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Drury (26)Mike Grier (14)1–001:17 BUF
Patrick Eaves (19)Daniel Alfredsson (53), Jason Spezza (66)1–114:19 OTT · PPG
Tim Connolly (14)Maxim Afinogenov (45), Ales Kotalik (36)2–115:46 BUF
2nd period
Taylor Pyatt (5)Paul Gaustad (14), Thomas Vanek (22)3–103:03 BUF
Jay McKee (5)Thomas Vanek (23), Taylor Pyatt (6)4–106:19 BUF
Daniel Alfredsson (41)Jason Spezza (67), Dany Heatley (49)4–207:13 OTT
Dmitri Kalinin (2)Tim Connolly (36), Maxim Afinogenov (46)5–214:50 BUF
3rd period
- Tim Connolly (15)Chris Drury (35), J-P Dumont (18)6–215:03 BUF · PPG
Team stats
BUFOTT
31Shots on goal34
48%Faceoff %52%
1/4Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes10
17Hits29
14Blocked shots16
11Giveaways15
6Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 06:02
Brad Norton · kneeing2 min - 1st 14:06
Rory Fitzpatrick · hooking2 min - 2nd 11:02Rory Fitzpatrick · slashing2 min
- 2nd 18:23J-P Dumont · interference2 min
- 3rd 03:58Chris Neil · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 11:31Daniel Brière · tripping2 min
- 3rd 14:14Daniel Brière · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:14Chris Neil · charging2 min
- 3rd 14:14Chris Neil · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:18Filip Novak · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 17:17 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:59 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:47 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:42 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:48 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:13 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:41 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:20 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 19:20 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:14 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 23:14 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:13 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:58 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:38 |
| 10Tyler ArnasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 11:37 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 12:40 |
| 20Antoine VermetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 21Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 11:10 |
| 22Chris KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:53 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:07 |
| 26Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 09:35 |
| 27Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 25:48 |
| 5Christoph SchubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:25 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 23:11 |
| 17Filip NovakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:50 |
| 24Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:54 |
| 33Brad NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ray EmeryG | L | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 26:19 |
| 30Mike MorrisonG | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 33:41 |