Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, December 16, 2006 · HSBC Arena

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3–1

29–36

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Game summary

The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Saturday, December 16, 2006 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Senators 36–29.

Jason Spezza scored twice. Dany Heatley and Jochen Hecht also scored.

Ray Emery made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 26 of 29.

Goals
OTT	2	0	1	3	29
BUF	0	1	0	1	36

Scoring

1st period

Dany Heatley (19)Andrej Meszaros (15), Jason Spezza (24)1–005:42 OTT
Jason Spezza (18)Tom Preissing (14), Dany Heatley (19)2–017:29 OTT ·

2nd period

Jochen Hecht (8)Brian Campbell (17), Jaroslav Spacek (9)2–114:11 BUF ·

3rd period

Jason Spezza (19)Antoine Vermette (10), Dany Heatley (20)3–102:31 OTT ·

Team stats

OTTBUF

2936

44%56%

2/41/6

128

2822

218

118

43

Penalties

9:19 into the first periodAndrej Meszaros · slashing2 min
16:59 into the first periodNathan Paetsch · holding2 min
18:51 into the first periodDaniel Alfredsson · hooking2 min
19:49 into the first periodJochen Hecht · holding2 min
13:43 into the second periodPeter Schaefer · hooking2 min
14:21 into the second periodChris Kelly · hooking2 min
15:32 into the second periodChris Phillips · hooking2 min
1:20 into the third periodThomas Vanek · hooking2 min
1:52 into the third periodTeppo Numminen · tripping2 min
8:54 into the third periodAnton Volchenkov · holding2 min

Season series

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters

15Dany HeatleyL	1	2	3	+1	4	0	0	0	–	21:10
19Jason SpezzaC	2	1	3	+1	4	0	0	0	35	19:27
20Antoine VermetteC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	61	20:45
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	2	–	21:40
42Tom PreissingD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:42
11Daniel AlfredssonR	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	–	20:46
12Mike FisherC	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	39	18:37
16Brian McGrattanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
17Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
22Chris KellyC	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	2	–	20:05
25Chris NeilR	0	0	0	0	2	12	1	0	–	16:20
27Peter SchaeferL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	16:12
37Dean McAmmondC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
44Patrick EavesR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	16:13
4Chris PhillipsD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	3	2	–	24:05
5Christoph SchubertD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	14:03
7Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	19:56
24Anton VolchenkovD	0	0	0	0	2	3	8	2	–	25:39

Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie
1Ray EmeryG	W	36	35	1	.972	59:57
29Martin GerberG		0	0	0	–	–

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

55Jochen HechtC	1	0	1	0	5	2	0	2	–	17:39
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	1	1	−1	4	1	0	0	–	23:57
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	−1	2	1	1	0	–	22:45
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	−1	5	3	0	0	41	19:59
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	–	16:18
13Jiri NovotnyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	06:37
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:21
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	57	20:12
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	–	17:03
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	100	17:03
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	14:54
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	74	21:49
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	20:25
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:24
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	17:35
27Teppo NumminenD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	20:18
38Nathan PaetschD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	–	14:01
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:27

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	L	29	26	3	.897	58:32
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–