⚔️ 🏛️
2005-06 regular season

Sabres at Senators

🗓 📍 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🔁 Senators lead the season series 5–3

Sabres beat Senators 6–2 at Canadian Tire Centre on April 8, 2006.

BUF – OTT
31–34
Shots on goal
1/4–1/4
Power play
17–29
Hits
14–16
Blocked shots
⚔️ 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
Tim Connolly
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:17 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Chris Drury
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 15:59 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
32 saves
0.941 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Chris Drury Go-ahead 1st · 01:17
Assists: Mike Grier · beat Ray Emery
1–0
🏛️ Patrick Eaves PP Tying 1st · 14:19
Assists: Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
⚔️ Tim Connolly Go-ahead 1st · 15:46
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Ales Kotalik · beat Ray Emery
2–1
2nd period
⚔️ Taylor Pyatt 2nd · 03:03
Assists: Paul Gaustad, Thomas Vanek · beat Ray Emery
3–1
⚔️ Jay McKee 2nd · 06:19
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Taylor Pyatt · beat Ray Emery
4–1
🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson 2nd · 07:13
Assists: Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley · beat Ryan Miller
4–2
⚔️ Dmitri Kalinin 2nd · 14:50
Assists: Tim Connolly, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Mike Morrison
5–2
3rd period
⚔️ Tim Connolly PP 3rd · 15:03
Assists: Chris Drury, J-P Dumont · beat Mike Morrison
6–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Brière · Drury 17:00
L2 Roy · Dumont · Grier 15:08
L3 Gaustad · Pominville · Afinogenov 13:46
L4 Vanek · Pyatt · Kotalik 12:48
D1 Lydman · Campbell 20:44
D2 McKee · Fitzpatrick 19:30
D3 Kalinin · Tallinder 18:44
🏛️Senators
L1 Heatley · Spezza · Alfredsson 23:14
L2 Kelly · Vermette · Eaves 13:38
L3 Schaefer · Fisher · Arnason 12:40
L4 Smolinski · Neil · Varada 11:07
D1 Pothier · Volchenkov 24:51
D2 Meszaros · Schubert 21:48
D3 Norton · Novak 10:25

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF OTT🏛️
31 Shots on goal 34
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
17 Hits 29
14 Blocked shots 16
6 Takeaways 11
11 Giveaways 15
10 Penalty minutes 10
BUF shooting 19.4% (6/31) OTT shooting 5.9% (2/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
32/34
.941 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏛️Senators
Ray Emery
18/22
.818 SV% · 4 GA · 26:19 TOI
Mike Morrison
7/9
.778 SV% · 2 GA · 33:41 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 11-1-2 (79% win rate, 14 games)
Senators
Senators — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 7-3-4 (50% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 5–2
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Senators
Senators — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

All →
Senators lead the season series 5–3
Apr 52006 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 4–5 OT 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
🔮 Ask Puckey

Got a question about Sabres vs Senators?

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 →

BUF vs OTT, answered

Who won Sabres vs Senators on April 8, 2006?

Sabres won 6–2. The final score was Sabres 6, Senators 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tim Connolly (2), Chris Drury, Dmitri Kalinin, Jay McKee, Taylor Pyatt.

Who scored for Senators?

Daniel Alfredsson, Patrick Eaves.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ray Emery made 18 saves on 22 shots (.818 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Senators played?

At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, the Senators home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Senators season series?

Senators lead the season series 5–3 after 8 games.

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

Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 7 🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 AfterApr 12 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–3
🏛️ Senators
BeforeApr 6 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT 5–3 AfterApr 10 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
Also on April 8
🎵STL 2–4 🏔️COL 🗽NYR 4–3 🐻BOS 🦆ANA 4–2 👑LAK 🦅WSH 0–5 🏝️NYI 🍁TOR 5–2 🔔PHI 🌪️CAR 2–5 🐦ATL 🐙DET 4–2 🧥CBJ 😈NJD 3–2 🇨🇦MTL
Sabres season page Senators season page Full NHL schedule