Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, January 4, 2008 · HSBC Arena
PPV · XM 172 · XM 205 · MSG (HD)
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Friday, January 4, 2008 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Senators 39-27.
Goals came from Cody Bass, Andrej Meszaros, Jason Spezza, Ales Kotalik, Jochen Hecht, Michael Ryan, Dany Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson.
Ray Emery made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 9 of 11.
Scoring
1st period
Cody Bass (1)Mike Fisher (14), Andrej Meszaros (12)1–003:05 OTT
2nd period
Andrej Meszaros (7)Randy Robitaille (8), Antoine Vermette (15)2–001:35 OTT · PPG
Jason Spezza (15)Luke Richardson (4), Christoph Schubert (12)3–010:49 OTT
Ales Kotalik (13)Thomas Vanek (12), Tim Connolly (24)3–111:04 BUF
3rd period
Jochen Hecht (14)Thomas Vanek (13), Jason Pominville (23)3–211:31 BUF · PPG
Michael Ryan (3)Drew Stafford (8), Brian Campbell (23)3–313:49 BUF
Dany Heatley (24)Daniel Alfredsson (29), Anton Volchenkov (5)4–315:19 OTT
Daniel Alfredsson (25)Jason Spezza (36)5–317:19 OTT
Team stats
OTTBUF
27Shots on goal39
42%Faceoff %58%
1/3Power play1/3
13Penalty minutes13
11Hits10
12Blocked shots5
5Giveaways3
2Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:43
Andrew Peters · fighting5 min - 1st 02:43
Brian McGrattan · fighting5 min - 1st 12:35Michael Ryan · boarding2 min
- 1st 12:35Michael Ryan · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:35Shean Donovan · roughing2 min
- 2nd 00:48Henrik Tallinder · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 02:28Cody Bass · slashing2 min
- 2nd 05:53Dany Heatley · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 06:18Ales Kotalik · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:08Jason Spezza · high sticking2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 21:57 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 20:58 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 22:38 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:30 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 22:45 |
| 20Antoine VermetteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 27Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:53 |
| 58Cody BassC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 04:58 |
| 2Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 5Christoph SchubertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 24Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 10Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 16Brian McGrattanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:06 |
| 22Chris KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:59 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:22 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ray EmeryG | W | 39 | 36 | 3 | .923 | 60:00 |
| 29Martin GerberG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 20:20 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:19 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:40 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:10 |
| 37Michael RyanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12:17 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:08 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 27:10 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:53 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:19 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:29 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 01:27 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:56 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:28 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:55 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 16 | 13 | 3 | .813 | 30:49 | |
| 35Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 11 | 9 | 2 | .818 | 28:32 |