Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Thursday, March 8, 2018 · Canadian Tire Centre
TSN5 · RDS2 · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 4–3 in a shootout on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators outshot the Sabres 40–34.
Ryan Dzingel scored twice. Marco Scandella, Sam Reinhart, Thomas Chabot and Scott Wilson also scored.
Robin Lehner made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marco Scandella (5)Unassisted1–017:26 BUF
2nd period
Ryan Dzingel (18)Matt Duchene (24)1–100:36 OTT- Ryan Dzingel (19)Mike Hoffman (26), Erik Karlsson (43)1–203:26 OTT
Sam Reinhart (17)Benoit Pouliot (5)2–214:23 BUF
Thomas Chabot (6)Magnus Paajarvi (3), Mark Stone (42)2–317:30 OTT
3rd period
Scott Wilson (6)Ryan O'Reilly (31), Sam Reinhart (21)3–300:27 BUF
Shootout
Jacob JosefsonUnassisted4–300:00 BUF
Team stats
BUFOTT
3440
57%43%
0/30/4
86
2729
95
712
23
Penalties
- 5:51 into the first period
Rasmus Ristolainen · interference2 min - 7:41 into the first periodJustin Falk · boarding2 min
- 11:36 into the first period
Erik Karlsson · tripping2 min - 3:15 into the third periodRyan Dzingel · hooking2 min
- 6:43 into the third periodBenoit Pouliot · slashing2 min
- 12:49 into the third periodJohan Larsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 4:44 into overtimeMike Hoffman · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:36 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:13 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 24:39 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 28:02 |
| 10Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 13Nick BaptisteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:15 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:00 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:29 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:07 |
| 65Danny O'ReganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 31:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | W | 40 | 3 | .925 |
Ottawa Senators
| 18Ryan DzingelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 56Magnus PaajarviL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:44 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:59 |
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 22:32 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:31 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 29:11 |
| 72Thomas ChabotD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 9Bobby RyanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 14:36 |
| 10Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 12Marian GaborikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:23 |
| 14Alexandre BurrowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:42 |
| 15Zack SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:37 |
| 40Jim O'BrienC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:42 |
| 44Jean-Gabriel PageauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19:40 |
| 5Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 25:54 |
| 33Fredrik ClaessonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 67Ben HarpurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 74Mark BorowieckiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike CondonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | O | 34 | 3 | .912 |