Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators

Regular season · Thursday, March 27, 2008 · Scotiabank Place

BuffaloSabresAway

4–3

Final/SO

SOG 40–28

OttawaSenatorsHome

XM 172 · XM 205 · RDS · MSG

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Scotiabank Place. The Sabres outshot the Senators 40-28.

Mike Fisher scored twice. Jason Spezza, Maxim Afinogenov, Jochen Hecht and Paul Gaustad also scored.

Ryan Miller made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Martin Gerber stopped 37 of 40.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
BUF	2	0	1	0	0	4	40
OTT	1	1	1	0	0	3	28

Scoring

1st period

Jason Spezza (33)Unassisted0–107:35 OTT
Maxim Afinogenov (10)Adam Mair (11), Derek Roy (42)1–108:30 BUF
Jochen Hecht (22)Jason Pominville (50), Derek Roy (43)2–112:45 BUF · PPG

2nd period

Mike Fisher (22)Antoine Vermette (27), Andrej Meszaros (26)2–204:17 OTT

3rd period

Mike Fisher (23)Antoine Vermette (28), Andrej Meszaros (27)2–303:58 OTT
Paul Gaustad (10)Drew Stafford (22), Ales Kotalik (20)3–318:34 BUF

Team stats

BUFOTT

40Shots on goal28

38%Faceoff %62%

1/4Power play0/3

12Penalty minutes14

24Hits24

13Blocked shots18

9Giveaways16

8Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 06:12Adam Mair · roughing2 min
1st 06:12Chris Neil · roughing2 min
1st 10:49Chris Phillips · interference2 min
1st 13:06Adam Mair · roughing2 min
1st 13:06Chris Neil · roughing2 min
1st 13:06Christoph Schubert · cross checking2 min
2nd 07:11Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 13:40Derek Roy · diving2 min
2nd 13:40Randy Robitaille · hooking2 min
2nd 13:40Christoph Schubert · hooking2 min
2nd 19:37Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 02:10Brian Lee · boarding2 min
3rd 03:04Drew Stafford · interference2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	57	21:06
12Ales KotalikR	0	1	1	0	4	4	0	0	40	17:03
21Drew StaffordR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	2	50	11:46
22Adam MairC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	4	14	06:27
28Paul GaustadC	1	0	1	0	6	5	1	0	43	18:49
29Jason PominvilleR	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	0	–	20:42
55Jochen HechtC	1	0	1	-1	5	0	0	0	25	21:45
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	19:10
20Daniel PailleL	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	–	17:01
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	17:15
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:46
56Steve BernierR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	11:13
4Nolan PrattD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	2	0	–	14:23
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	28:04
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	23:36
34Mike WeberD	0	0	0	-2	3	2	2	0	–	19:43
38Nathan PaetschD	0	0	0	+2	3	0	0	0	–	12:27
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	24:58

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	28	25	3	.893	64:46
35Jocelyn ThibaultG		0	0	0	–	–

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters

12Mike FisherC	2	0	2	+2	2	2	1	0	67	20:59
20Antoine VermetteC	0	2	2	0	3	1	3	0	57	22:46
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	2	2	0	2	3	1	0	–	22:42
19Jason SpezzaC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	53	22:28
10Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	12:12
11Daniel AlfredssonR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	24:41
15Dany HeatleyL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	22:43
25Chris NeilR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	4	–	12:55
27Randy RobitailleC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	100	05:25
28Martin LapointeR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	10:53
37Dean McAmmondC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	67	18:38
61Cory StillmanL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	03:58
2Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	08:35
4Chris PhillipsD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	–	21:15
5Christoph SchubertD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	4	–	16:20
24Anton VolchenkovD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	22:58
44Mike CommodoreD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	3	0	–	20:06
55Brian LeeD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	2	–	20:30

Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ray EmeryG		0	0	0	–	–
29Martin GerberG	O	40	37	3	.925	65:00