🏛️ Away Senators 50-17-7
4–5
Final / OT
⚔️ Home Sabres 46-23-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🏛️ OTT 12104
⚔️ BUF 12115

Senators at Sabres

Sabres beat Senators 5–4 in overtime at KeyBank Center on April 5, 2006.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Senators lead the season series 5–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Maxim Afinogenov
1 G, 3 A
5 shots · 20:14 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Daniel Brière
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 21:17 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Martin Biron
30 saves
0.882 SV% · 4 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov PP Go-ahead 1st · 14:11
Assists: Brian Campbell, Martin Biron · beat Ray Emery
0–1
🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson Tying 1st · 19:29
Assists: Mike Fisher, Jason Spezza · beat Martin Biron
1–1
2nd period
🏛️ Christoph Schubert SH Go-ahead 2nd · 05:18
Unassisted · beat Martin Biron
2–1
🏛️ Patrick Eaves PP 2nd · 06:08
Assists: Jason Spezza, Brian Pothier · beat Martin Biron
3–1
⚔️ Derek Roy 2nd · 06:29
Assists: Mike Grier, Chris Drury · beat Ray Emery
3–2
⚔️ Rory Fitzpatrick PP Tying 2nd · 11:03
Assists: Daniel Brière, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Ray Emery
3–3
3rd period
🏛️ Chris Kelly Go-ahead 3rd · 14:48
Assists: Vaclav Varada, Brian Pothier · beat Martin Biron
4–3
⚔️ Daniel Brière Tying 3rd · 19:20
Assists: Brian Campbell, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Ray Emery
4–4
Overtime
⚔️ Daniel Brière PP Go-ahead OT · 04:13
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Ales Kotalik · beat Ray Emery
4–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏛️Senators
L1 Heatley · Fisher · Alfredsson 20:06
L2 Schaefer · Spezza · Vermette 17:08
L3 Kelly · Smolinski · Arnason 12:54
L4 Eaves · Varada · Neil 8:52
L5 McGrattan 0:22
D1 Schubert · Meszaros 21:44
D2 Pothier · Norton 15:23
D3 Novak 11:15
⚔️Sabres
L1 Brière · Connolly · Kotalik 20:57
L2 Drury · Roy · Afinogenov 18:33
L3 Vanek · Dumont · Grier 16:20
L4 Peters · Gaustad · Mair 8:09
D1 Tallinder · Campbell 23:24
D2 Lydman · Kalinin 21:20
D3 Fitzpatrick · McKee 16:26

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏛️OTT BUF⚔️
34 Shots on goal 39
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 3/7
14 Hits 15
20 Blocked shots 14
0 Takeaways 5
13 Giveaways 14
21 Penalty minutes 13
OTT shooting 11.8% (4/34) BUF shooting 12.8% (5/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏛️Senators
Ray Emery
34/39
.872 SV% · 5 GA · 64:03 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
30/34
.882 SV% · 4 GA · 63:37 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Senators
Senators — tied after 1st: 12-6 (67% win rate, 18 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 22-9-1 (69% win rate, 32 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Senators
Senators — tied after 2nd: 3-2-1 (50% win rate, 6 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 9-2-1 (75% win rate, 12 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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Senators lead the season series 5–2
Mar 242006 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 Mar 182006 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–4 Feb 42006 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 SO Nov 122005 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 1–6 Nov 22005 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 10–4
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Who won Senators vs Sabres on April 5, 2006?

Sabres won 5–4 in overtime. The final score was Senators 4, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Senators?

Chris Kelly, Christoph Schubert, Daniel Alfredsson, Patrick Eaves.

Who scored for Sabres?

Daniel Brière (2), Derek Roy, Maxim Afinogenov, Rory Fitzpatrick.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ray Emery made 34 saves on 39 shots (.872 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 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 5–2 after 7 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏛️ Senators
BeforeApr 3 🐦ATL @ 🏛️OTT 4–6 AfterApr 6 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT 5–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 3 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 3–2 AfterApr 7 🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF 4–2
Also on April 5
🐦ATL 5–2 🐆FLA 🌪️CAR 4–3 🦅WSH 🐧PIT 4–6 😈NJD 🏝️NYI 2–3 🍁TOR 🐯NSH 3–4 🪶CHI 🦈SJS 2–1 🏔️COL 🌵PHX 2–5 🔥CGY
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