Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 2009 · HSBC Arena

OttawaSenatorsAway

3–2

Final/SO

SOG 40–22

BuffaloSabresHome

XM 204 · MSG-B (HD)

Game summary

The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, December 26, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Senators outshot the Sabres 40-22.

Goals came from Ryan Shannon, Chris Neil, Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville.

Pascal Leclaire made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 38 of 40.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
OTT	0	2	0	0	0	3	40
BUF	0	2	0	0	0	2	22

Scoring

2nd period

Ryan Shannon (1)Alex Kovalev (1), Mike Fisher (1)1–005:15 OTT
Chris Neil (1)Anton Volchenkov (1), Chris Phillips (1)2–006:05 OTT
Thomas Vanek (1)Mike Grier (1), Steve Montador (1)2–117:15 BUF
Jason Pominville (1)Tim Connolly (1), Derek Roy (1)2–219:18 BUF · PPG

SO period

Alex KovalevUnassisted4–200:00 OTT

Team stats

OTTBUF

40Shots on goal22

51%Faceoff %49%

0/3Power play1/3

8Penalty minutes8

24Hits27

11Blocked shots9

12Giveaways16

2Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 13:27Adam Mair · high sticking2 min
2nd 11:17Chris Neil · tripping2 min
2nd 17:18Chris Neil · roughing2 min
2nd 17:18Adam Mair · roughing2 min
2nd 18:50Chris Campoli · tripping2 min
3rd 02:51Jonathan Cheechoo · high sticking2 min
3rd 07:48Toni Lydman · holding2 min
3rd 16:56Tim Kennedy · holding2 min

Season series

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters

12Mike FisherC	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	41	21:13
25Chris NeilR	1	0	1	+1	4	2	1	4	–	16:14
26Ryan ShannonR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	15:28
27Alex KovalevR	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	21:16
4Chris PhillipsD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	24:47
24Anton VolchenkovD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	22:04
9Milan MichalekL	0	0	0	+1	4	2	1	0	100	20:56
10Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	06:24
18Jesse WinchesterC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	75	11:14
22Chris KellyC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	75	17:12
41Jonathan CheechooR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	15:18
43Peter ReginC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	40	17:15
44Ryan KellerR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:50
73Jarkko RuutuL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	17:11
14Chris CampoliD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	2	–	20:47
17Filip KubaD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	23:04
39Matt CarknerD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0	–	15:55
45Alexandre PicardD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	21:24

Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Brian ElliottG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Pascal LeclaireG	W	22	20	2	.909	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	56	13:38
19Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	42	22:23
25Mike GrierR	0	1	1	+1	2	4	1	0	100	19:11
26Thomas VanekL	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	–	19:33
29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	19:39
4Steve MontadorD	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	–	20:56
13Tim KennedyL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	17	15:51
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	07:50
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	100	11:46
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	48	16:06
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:32
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:51
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100	18:10
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	17:28
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	0	–	24:35
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	0	–	18:59
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:32
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	27:00

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	O	40	38	2	.950	65:00
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	00:00