Senators 3–1 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Dec 16, 2006)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏛️ OTT

Jason Spezza

2 G, 1 A

4 shots · 19:27 TOI

2nd star 🏛️ OTT

Dany Heatley

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · 21:10 TOI

3rd star 🏛️ OTT

Ray Emery

35 saves

0.972 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🏛️ Dany Heatley Go-ahead 1st · 05:42

Assists: Andrej Meszaros, Jason Spezza · beat Ryan Miller

1–0

🏛️ Jason Spezza PP 1st · 17:29

Assists: Tom Preissing, Dany Heatley · beat Ryan Miller

2–0

2nd period

⚔️ Jochen Hecht PP 2nd · 14:11

Assists: Brian Campbell, Jaroslav Spacek · beat Ray Emery

2–1

3rd period

🏛️ Jason Spezza PP 3rd · 02:31

Assists: Antoine Vermette, Dany Heatley · beat Ryan Miller

3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏛️Senators

L1 Heatley · Vermette · Alfredsson 20:46

L2 Kelly · Spezza · Fisher 19:27

L3 Schaefer · Neil · Eaves 16:13

D1 Volchenkov · Phillips 24:52

D2 Meszaros · Corvo 20:48

D3 Schubert · Preissing 13:52

⚔️Sabres

L1 Brière · Drury · Afinogenov 20:25

L2 Vanek · Roy · Hecht 17:39

L3 Gaustad · Kotalik · Pominville 16:18

L4 Peters · Novotny · Mair 3:24

D1 Spacek · Campbell 23:21

D2 Numminen · Kalinin 19:22

D3 Lydman · Paetsch 15:48

Team stats

Away left · home right

🏛️OTT BUF⚔️

29 Shots on goal 36

2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

28 Hits 22

21 Blocked shots 8

4 Takeaways 3

11 Giveaways 8

12 Penalty minutes 8

OTT shooting 10.3% (3/29) BUF shooting 2.8% (1/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏛️Senators

Ray Emery

35/36

.972 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

26/29

.897 SV% · 3 GA · 58:32 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Senators

Senators — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–1

Senators

Senators — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-3-1 (33% win rate, 6 games)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Senators lead the season series 3–1

Nov 182006 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 1–4 Nov 152006 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Oct 72006 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 4–3 May 132006 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 3–2 OT May 112006 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 2–1

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Who won Senators vs Sabres on December 16, 2006?

Senators won 3–1. The final score was Senators 3, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Senators?

Jason Spezza (2), Dany Heatley.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jochen Hecht.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ray Emery made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 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.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🏛️ Senators

BeforeDec 14 🏛️OTT @ 🐯NSH 0–6 AfterDec 19 🐻BOS @ 🏛️OTT 7–2

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 14 🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 AfterDec 19 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 5–2

Also on December 16

🐙DET 2–1 😈NJD ⭐DAL 4–3 👑LAK 🐆FLA 6–3 🐻BOS 🗽NYR 2–9 🍁TOR 🐧PIT 3–6 🇨🇦MTL 🐦ATL 0–6 🏝️NYI 🔔PHI 1–4 🦅WSH 🪶CHI 6–4 🧥CBJ

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