🏛️ Away Senators 0-0 in series
1–3
Final
BUF leads 4–3
⚔️ Home Sabres 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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BUF 0003

Senators at Sabres — First Round Game 1

Sabres, First Round Game 1, beat Senators 3–1 at KeyBank Center on April 17, 1997.

🗓 Thu, Apr 17, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1996-97 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

OTT vs BUF · BUF leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
1–3
Final · BUF
Game 2
3–1
Final · OTT
Game 3
3–2
Final · BUF
Game 4
0–1
OT · OTT
Game 5
4–1
Final · OTT
Game 6
3–0
Final · BUF
Game 7
2–3
OT · BUF

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Brian Holzinger
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Plante
1 G
5 shots · +1
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Randy Burridge
1 G
1 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏛️OTT BUF⚔️
23 Shots on goal 26
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
14 Penalty minutes 16
OTT shooting 4.3% (1/23) BUF shooting 11.5% (3/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏛️Senators
Ron Tugnutt
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 57:19 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Senators
Senators — tied after 1st: 38-34-10 (46% win rate, 82 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 46-26-10 (56% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Senators
Senators — tied after 2nd: 38-34-10 (46% win rate, 82 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 46-26-10 (56% win rate, 82 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 12, 1997
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
0–1 · Senators won
Apr 2, 1997
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
2–0 · Senators won
Mar 1, 1997
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
3–1 · Sabres won
Feb 9, 1997
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · Sabres won
Dec 21, 1996
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 · Sabres won

❓ OTT vs BUF, answered

Who won Senators vs Sabres on April 17, 1997?

Sabres won 3–1.

What was the final score of Senators vs Sabres?

The final score was Senators 1, Sabres 3.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Senators vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

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 · Apr 12
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
0–1 · OTT won
Next game · Apr 19
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · OTT won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 13
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
8–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 19
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · OTT won
Also on April 17, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
2–5 final
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
1–5 final
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
0–3 final
Senators season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule