Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 2009 · Scotiabank Place
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Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at Scotiabank Place. The Senators outshot the Sabres 36–30.
Daniel Alfredsson scored twice and Nick Foligno scored twice. Drew Stafford, Chris Kelly, Thomas Vanek, Jochen Hecht and Chris Campoli also scored.
Brian Elliott made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Patrick Lalime stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Daniel Alfredsson (19)Filip Kuba (28), Jason Spezza (30)0–104:44 OTT · 
Drew Stafford (19)Craig Rivet (18), Toni Lydman (14)1–110:38 BUF ·
2nd period
Chris Kelly (8)Shean Donovan (5), Jarkko Ruutu (11)1–210:46 OTT
Thomas Vanek (33)Unassisted2–218:15 BUF · 
Nick Foligno (12)Mike Fisher (15), Ryan Shannon (4)2–319:28 OTT
3rd period
Jochen Hecht (8)Henrik Tallinder (7), Toni Lydman (15)3–308:16 BUF · 
Chris Campoli (8)Chris Kelly (11), Peter Regin (1)3–409:35 OTT- Nick Foligno (13)Ryan Shannon (5), Mike Fisher (16)3–515:16 OTT
- Daniel Alfredsson (20)Chris Campoli (16)3–616:37 OTT
Team stats
BUFOTT
3036
48%52%
3/51/6
1210
2624
711
78
815
Penalties
- 4:36 into the first period
Toni Lydman · interference2 min - 6:42 into the first period
Shean Donovan · high sticking2 min - 9:14 into the first periodJason Spezza · roughing2 min
- 5:14 into the second periodThomas Vanek · hooking2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodAnton Volchenkov · boarding2 min
- 18:12 into the second periodPeter Regin · hooking2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodJaroslav Spacek · interference2 min
- 6:07 into the third periodJaroslav Spacek · interference2 min
- 6:26 into the third periodMike Fisher · interference2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodChris Butler · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 18:54 into the third periodAdam Mair · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 22:35 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:16 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 22:01 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 16:29 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 16:30 |
| 17Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:21 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 18:19 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:23 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:18 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Mikael TellqvistG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 19:43 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 22Chris KellyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:38 |
| 26Ryan ShannonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 14Chris CampoliD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 25:44 |
| 10Shean DonovanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:23 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:46 |
| 43Peter ReginC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 73Jarkko RuutuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:31 |
| 17Filip KubaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:04 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:23 |
| 18Jesse WinchesterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:57 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 21:44 |
| 9Brendan BellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:04 |
| 21Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:59 |
| 24Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 21:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Brian ElliottG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 31Alex AuldG | 0 | 0 | – |