🏛️ Away Senators 33-32-10 before this game

2–0

Final

⚔️ Home Sabres 44-22-10 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
OTT	1	0	1	2
BUF	0	0	0	0

Senators at Sabres

Senators beat Sabres 2–0 at KeyBank Center on April 2, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Apr 2, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏛️ OTT

Bruce Gardiner

1 G

3 shots · +1

2nd star 🏛️ OTT

Shaun Van Allen

1 G

3 shots · +1

3rd star 🏛️ OTT

Daniel Alfredsson

1 A

8 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order

1st period

🏛️ Shaun Van Allen Go-ahead 1st · 11:33

Assists: Daniel Alfredsson · beat Dominik Hasek

1–0

3rd period

🏛️ Bruce Gardiner 3rd · 19:19

Unassisted · beat Dominik Hasek

2–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏛️OTT BUF⚔️

36 Shots on goal 15

6 Penalty minutes 8

OTT shooting 5.6% (2/36) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/15)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏛️Senators

Ron Tugnutt

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Senators

Senators: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–0

Senators

Senators: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ OTT vs BUF, answered

Who won Senators vs Sabres on April 2, 1997?

Senators won 2–0.

What was the final score of Senators vs Sabres?

The final score was Senators 2, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Senators?

Bruce Gardiner, Shaun Van Allen.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Senators vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Senators vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 4–1 after 5 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏛️Senators

Previous game · Mar 29

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Apr 1

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