4–1

Final

BUF leads 4–3

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
OTT	1	1	2	4
BUF	0	0	1	1

Senators at Sabres — First Round Game 5

Senators, First Round Game 5, beat Sabres 4–1 at KeyBank Center on April 25, 1997.

🗓 Fri, Apr 25, 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 5

4–1

Final · OTT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏛️ OTT

Daniel Alfredsson

2 G

3 shots

2nd star 🏛️ OTT

Wade Redden

2 A

2 shots · +2

3rd star 🏛️ OTT

Shawn McEachern

1 G

5 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🏛️ Shawn McEachern Go-ahead 1st · 16:14

Assists: Wade Redden

1–0

2nd period

🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson 2nd · 01:00

Assists: Denny Lambert, Wade Redden

2–0

3rd period

🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson PP 3rd · 00:28

Assists: Steve Duchesne, Alexei Yashin

3–0

⚔️ Donald Audette 3rd · 01:19

Assists: Darryl Shannon, Garry Galley

3–1

🏛️ Randy Cunneyworth 3rd · 13:56

Assists: Shaun Van Allen, Bruce Gardiner

4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏛️OTT BUF⚔️

30 Shots on goal 25

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

17 Penalty minutes 43

OTT shooting 13.3% (4/30) BUF shooting 4.0% (1/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏛️Senators

Ron Tugnutt

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:45 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Andrei Trefilov

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 05:11 TOI

Steve Shields

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 54:49 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 — 2–0

Senators

Senators: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →

Apr 23, 1997

⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT

0–1 (OT) · Senators won

❓ OTT vs BUF, answered

Who won Senators vs Sabres on April 25, 1997?

Senators won 4–1.

What was the final score of Senators vs Sabres?

The final score was Senators 4, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Senators?

Daniel Alfredsson (2), Randy Cunneyworth, Shawn McEachern.

Who scored for Sabres?

Donald Audette.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Andrei Trefilov made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Senators vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

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