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2007-08 regular season

Senators at Sabres

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

Senators beat Sabres 5–3 at KeyBank Center on January 4, 2008.

OTT – BUF
27–39
Shots on goal
1/3–1/3
Power play
11–10
Hits
12–5
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏛️ OTT
Daniel Alfredsson
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 21:57 TOI
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Jason Spezza
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 20:58 TOI
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Ray Emery
36 saves
0.923 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🏛️ Cody Bass Go-ahead 1st · 03:05
Assists: Mike Fisher, Andrej Meszaros · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
2nd period
🏛️ Andrej Meszaros PP 2nd · 01:35
Assists: Randy Robitaille, Antoine Vermette · beat Ryan Miller
2–0
🏛️ Jason Spezza 2nd · 10:49
Assists: Luke Richardson, Christoph Schubert · beat Ryan Miller
3–0
⚔️ Ales Kotalik 2nd · 11:04
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Tim Connolly · beat Ray Emery
3–1
3rd period
⚔️ Jochen Hecht PP 3rd · 11:31
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville · beat Ray Emery
3–2
⚔️ Michael Ryan Tying 3rd · 13:49
Assists: Drew Stafford, Brian Campbell · beat Ray Emery
3–3
🏛️ Dany Heatley Go-ahead 3rd · 15:19
Assists: Daniel Alfredsson, Anton Volchenkov · beat Jocelyn Thibault
4–3
🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson 3rd · 17:19
Assists: Jason Spezza · beat Jocelyn Thibault
5–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏛️Senators
L1 Heatley · Fisher · Alfredsson 22:30
L2 Spezza · Kelly · Vermette 16:28
L3 Robitaille · Neil · Donovan 14:53
L4 McAmmond · Bass · McGrattan 4:58
D1 Phillips · Meszaros 23:00
D2 Volchenkov · Redden 20:08
D3 Schubert · Richardson 15:58
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Connolly · Roy 20:53
L2 Hecht · Kotalik · Pominville 19:19
L3 Gaustad · Ryan · Stafford 12:40
L4 Paille · Peters · Mair 3:19
D1 Campbell · Spacek 25:49
D2 Lydman · Kalinin 19:17
D3 Tallinder · Paetsch 13:48

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏛️OTT BUF⚔️
27 Shots on goal 39
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
11 Hits 10
12 Blocked shots 5
2 Takeaways 0
5 Giveaways 3
13 Penalty minutes 13
OTT shooting 18.5% (5/27) BUF shooting 7.7% (3/39)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏛️Senators
Ray Emery
36/39
.923 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
13/16
.812 SV% · 3 GA · 30:49 TOI
Jocelyn Thibault
9/11
.818 SV% · 2 GA · 28:32 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Senators
Senators — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-2-1 (62% win rate, 8 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-3-1 (60% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Senators
Senators — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-5 (17% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Senators lead the season series 3–1
Dec 262007 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 5–3 Nov 212007 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Nov 152007 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–3 May 192007 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 OT May 162007 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 3–2
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Who won Senators vs Sabres on January 4, 2008?

Senators won 5–3. The final score was Senators 5, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Senators?

Andrej Meszaros, Cody Bass, Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Jochen Hecht, Michael Ryan.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ray Emery made 36 saves on 39 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 13 saves on 16 shots (.812 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
BeforeJan 1 🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH 3–6 AfterJan 5 ⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT 3–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 1 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 AfterJan 6 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 2–5
Also on January 4
🔔PHI 0–3 😈NJD 🌪️CAR 4–3 🐦ATL 🪶CHI 1–2 🦆ANA
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