Dallas Stars vs Ottawa Senators

Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2008 · Scotiabank Place

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4–5

29–33

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Game summary

The Ottawa Senators beat the Dallas Stars 5–4 in overtime on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at Scotiabank Place. The Senators outshot the Stars 33–29.

Goals came from Daniel Alfredsson, Matt Niskanen, Antoine Vermette, Brad Richards, Toby Petersen, Jason Spezza, Alexandre Picard, Loui Eriksson and Jason Smith.

Goals
DAL	1	2	1	0	4	29
OTT	1	2	1	1	5	33

Scoring

1st period

Daniel Alfredsson (9)Ilya Zubov (2), Filip Kuba (20)0–101:27 OTT
Matt Niskanen (2)Mike Ribeiro (22), Darryl Sydor (6)1–119:09 DAL

2nd period

Antoine Vermette (3)Nick Foligno (5), Mike Fisher (7)1–203:52 OTT ·
Brad Richards (8)Unassisted2–207:37 DAL ·
Toby Petersen (4)Landon Wilson (4), Doug Janik (1)3–209:49 DAL
Jason Spezza (13)Filip Kuba (21), Martin Gerber (1)3–311:51 OTT ·

3rd period

Alexandre Picard (4)Chris Phillips (5), Nick Foligno (6)3–401:36 OTT ·
Loui Eriksson (18)Brad Richards (20), Matt Niskanen (8)4–414:26 DAL

Overtime

Jason Smith (1)Mike Fisher (8), Dany Heatley (15)4–503:30 OTT

Team stats

DALOTT

2933

42%58%

1/43/6

128

2742

1311

1017

Penalties

3:23 into the first periodKrys Barch · boarding2 min
5:19 into the first periodNick Foligno · hooking2 min
12:44 into the first periodAnton Volchenkov · hooking2 min
2:11 into the second periodFabian Brunnstrom · interference2 min
7:02 into the second periodChris Kelly · hooking2 min
10:39 into the second periodStephane Robidas · hooking2 min
12:49 into the second periodMatt Niskanen · slashing2 min
19:59 into the second periodKrys Barch · slashing2 min
9:03 into the third periodShean Donovan · holding2 min
0:27 into overtimeTrevor Daley · delaying game puck over glass2 min