Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Saturday, May 12, 2007 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, May 12, 2007 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Senators 37–32.
Goals came from Thomas Vanek, Jochen Hecht, Daniel Alfredsson, Mike Fisher, Wade Redden, Daniel Brière and Joe Corvo.
Ray Emery made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Vanek (6)Maxim Afinogenov (4), Derek Roy (4)0–103:41 BUF
Jochen Hecht (3)Jason Pominville (4), Teppo Numminen (4)0–206:13 BUF
Daniel Alfredsson (8)Dany Heatley (11), Jason Spezza (9)1–214:22 OTT
2nd period
Mike Fisher (3)Andrej Meszaros (2), Tom Preissing (5)2–206:08 OTT · 
Wade Redden (2)Jason Spezza (10), Dany Heatley (12)3–219:44 OTT ·
3rd period
Daniel Brière (3)Tim Connolly (8), Chris Drury (4)3–319:54 BUF
2nd overtime
Joe Corvo (2)Jason Spezza (11)4–304:58 OTT
Team stats
OTTBUF
3237
49%51%
2/40/7
148
2731
2819
915
52
Penalties
- 0:29 into the first period
Andrej Meszaros · hooking2 min - 6:45 into the first period
Thomas Vanek · interference2 min - 9:17 into the first periodChristoph Schubert · tripping2 min
- 18:00 into the first periodChris Phillips · interference2 min
- 2:35 into the second periodChris Neil · holding2 min
- 4:13 into the second periodDerek Roy · high sticking2 min
- 12:46 into the second periodChristoph Schubert · interference2 min
- 18:26 into the second periodBrian Campbell · roughing2 min
- 19:26 into the second periodDainius Zubrus · hooking2 min
- 16:28 into the third periodAndrej Meszaros · holding2 min
- 11:31 into overtimeJoe Corvo · interference2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24:47 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24:17 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30:32 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 22:53 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32:40 |
| 7Joe CorvoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:02 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:07 |
| 42Tom PreissingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:02 |
| 20Antoine VermetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 23:25 |
| 22Chris KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:21 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 27Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:57 |
| 61Oleg SaprykinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 33:44 |
| 5Christoph SchubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 24Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 37:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ray EmeryG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |
| 29Martin GerberG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:37 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:53 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 26:10 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 26:19 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 24:20 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 32:22 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:15 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 25:31 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 25:55 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:54 |
| 15Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:23 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:23 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 29:10 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 26:34 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:29 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 30:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 35Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | – |