⚔️ Away Sabres 1-2 in series
0–1
Final / OT
BUF leads 4–3
🏛️ Home Senators 2-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
BUF 00000
OTT 00011

Sabres at Senators — First Round Game 4

Senators, First Round Game 4, beat Sabres 1–0 in overtime at Canadian Tire Centre on April 23, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Apr 23, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🏒 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 🏛️ OTT
Daniel Alfredsson
1 G
7 shots · +1
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Tom Chorske
1 A
+1

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order
Overtime
🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson Go-ahead OT · 02:34
Assists: Tom Chorske
0–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF OTT🏛️
17 Shots on goal 36
6 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 0.0% (0/17) OTT shooting 2.8% (1/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Steve Shields
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 62:34 TOI
🏛️Senators
Ron Tugnutt
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 62:34 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 48-27-10 (56% win rate, 85 games)
Senators
Senators — tied after 1st: 39-36-10 (46% win rate, 85 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 48-27-10 (56% win rate, 85 games)
Senators
Senators — tied after 2nd: 39-36-10 (46% win rate, 85 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 21, 1997
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 · Sabres won
Apr 19, 1997
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · Senators won
Apr 17, 1997
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 · Sabres won
Apr 12, 1997
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
0–1 · Senators won
Apr 2, 1997
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
2–0 · Senators won

❓ BUF vs OTT, answered

Who won Sabres vs Senators on April 23, 1997?

Senators won 1–0 in overtime.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Senators?

The final score was Sabres 0, Senators 1, in overtime.

Who scored for Senators?

Daniel Alfredsson.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Steve Shields made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Senators goalie play?

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

Where is Sabres vs Senators played?

At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, the Senators 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
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 21
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 25
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
4–1 · OTT won
🏛️Senators
Previous game · Apr 21
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 25
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
4–1 · OTT won
Also on April 23, 1997
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
1–4 final
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
2–3 final
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