Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 26, 2007 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Senators 32-24.
Goals came from Antoine Vermette, Jochen Hecht, Wade Redden, Mike Fisher, Daniel Alfredsson, Brian Campbell, Adam Mair and Dany Heatley.
Martin Gerber made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
2nd period
Antoine Vermette (7)Chris Kelly (10)1–001:42 OTT
Jochen Hecht (13)Jason Pominville (22), Tim Connolly (21)1–103:12 BUF
Wade Redden (5)Dany Heatley (24), Jason Spezza (33)2–108:02 OTT · PPG
Mike Fisher (10)Chris Neil (7), Andrej Meszaros (11)3–118:09 OTT
3rd period
Daniel Alfredsson (21)Wade Redden (15), Dany Heatley (25)4–100:26 OTT
Brian Campbell (3)Tim Connolly (22), Jaroslav Spacek (12)4–204:09 BUF · PPG
Adam Mair (4)Daniel Paille (9), Derek Roy (17)4–312:23 BUF
Dany Heatley (23)Jason Spezza (34)5–319:59 OTT · EN
Team stats
OTTBUF
24Shots on goal32
48%Faceoff %52%
1/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes16
22Hits24
10Blocked shots16
14Giveaways14
4Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 05:14
Paul Gaustad · interference2 min - 2nd 07:29Nathan Paetsch · holding2 min
- 2nd 09:31
Chris Neil · hooking2 min - 2nd 12:48Andrew Peters · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 12:48Nathan Paetsch · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 02:46Christoph Schubert · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:11Jason Spezza · hooking2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20:07 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:00 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:59 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:37 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 20Antoine VermetteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 22Chris KellyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:43 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:57 |
| 10Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 27Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:47 |
| 58Cody BassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:48 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:22 |
| 2Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:48 |
| 3Lawrence NycholatD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:28 |
| 5Christoph SchubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ray EmeryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 29Martin GerberG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 18:49 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:41 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 22Adam MairC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:27 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 18:23 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:07 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25:38 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:44 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:02 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:41 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 58:45 |
| 35Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |