🏛️ ⚔️
2005-06 regular season

Senators at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Senators lead the season series 3–1

Sabres beat Senators 2–1 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on February 4, 2006.

OTT – BUF
29–27
Shots on goal
21–22
Hits
21–18
Blocked shots
2–4
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
Head-to-head →

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Ales Kotalik
1 G
6 shots · 19:56 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jochen Hecht
1 A
2 shots · 21:57 TOI
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Bryan Smolinski
1 G
4 shots · 12:54 TOI

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Ales Kotalik Go-ahead 1st · 12:11
Assists: Jochen Hecht · beat Dominik Hasek
0–1
2nd period
🏛️ Bryan Smolinski Tying 2nd · 04:49
Assists: Peter Schaefer, Mike Fisher · beat Ryan Miller
1–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏛️Senators
L1 Heatley · Spezza · Alfredsson 21:17
L2 Schaefer · Fisher · Kelly 16:49
L3 Smolinski · Varada · Neil 12:54
L4 Vermette · Eaves · McGrattan 8:12
D1 Chara · Phillips 28:00
D2 Redden · Volchenkov 21:06
D3 Meszaros · Pothier 16:04
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Roy · Kotalik 20:30
L2 Dumont · Pominville · Afinogenov 19:23
L3 Vanek · Drury · Grier 16:38
L4 Pyatt · Peters · Gaustad 10:31
D1 Numminen · Tallinder 23:43
D2 Lydman · Campbell 22:02
D3 McKee · Fitzpatrick 14:14

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏛️OTT BUF⚔️
29 Shots on goal 27
21 Hits 22
21 Blocked shots 18
2 Takeaways 4
18 Giveaways 18
21 Penalty minutes 15
OTT shooting 3.4% (1/29) BUF shooting 7.4% (2/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏛️Senators
Dominik Hasek
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 64:54 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Senators
Senators — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-2-1 (67% win rate, 9 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-1-1 (78% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Senators
Senators — tied after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 7-2-1 (70% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

All →
Senators lead the season series 3–1
Nov 122005 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 1–6 Nov 22005 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 10–4 Oct 82005 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 0–5 Mar 32004 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 Feb 282004 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 1–7
🔮 Ask Puckey

Got a question about Senators vs Sabres?

Records, streaks, splits and player numbers, answered in seconds from real game results.

Try one

Questions and what's next

Quick answers, and the games either side of this one
Full schedule →

OTT vs BUF, answered

Who won Senators vs Sabres on February 4, 2006?

Sabres won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Senators 1, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Senators?

Bryan Smolinski.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 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?

Senators lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from real box scores.

Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏛️ Senators
BeforeFeb 2 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 7–2 AfterFeb 6 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 2–5
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeFeb 2 🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 AfterFeb 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2
Also on February 4
🐻BOS 0–2 🇨🇦MTL 🐙DET 3–0 🏔️COL 🏝️NYI 5–4 🐧PIT ⭐DAL 3–4 🎵STL 🗽NYR 4–3 🔔PHI 😈NJD 2–4 🍁TOR 🐆FLA 4–6 🐦ATL 🦅WSH 0–5 ⚡TBL
Senators season page Sabres season page Full NHL schedule