🏛️ Away Senators 2-5-1
5–2
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 6-0-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏛️ OTT 1315
⚔️ BUF 0022

Senators at Sabres

Senators beat Sabres 5–2 at KeyBank Center on October 27, 2008.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Senators lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏛️ OTT
Jason Spezza
2 G, 1 A
7 shots · 16:46 TOI
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Dany Heatley
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 16:14 TOI
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Daniel Alfredsson
2 A
19:36 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🏛️ Christoph Schubert PP Go-ahead 1st · 18:06
Unassisted · beat Patrick Lalime
1–0
2nd period
🏛️ Dany Heatley PP 2nd · 00:19
Assists: Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson · beat Patrick Lalime
2–0
🏛️ Jason Spezza 2nd · 04:48
Assists: Antoine Vermette · beat Patrick Lalime
3–0
🏛️ Jason Spezza 2nd · 18:18
Assists: Dany Heatley, Daniel Alfredsson · beat Patrick Lalime
4–0
3rd period
🏛️ Shean Donovan 3rd · 05:50
Assists: Jesse Winchester, Dean McAmmond · beat Patrick Lalime
5–0
⚔️ Clarke MacArthur PP 3rd · 14:37
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Andrej Sekera · beat Alex Auld
5–1
⚔️ Teppo Numminen PP 3rd · 19:28
Assists: Nathan Paetsch, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Alex Auld
5–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏛️Senators
L1 Vermette · Spezza · Alfredsson 19:36
L2 Heatley · Fisher · Kelly 16:03
L3 Ruutu · Foligno · McAmmond 12:27
L4 Winchester · Neil · Donovan 5:58
D1 Kuba · Phillips 24:06
D2 Schubert · Picard 19:28
D3 Volchenkov · Smith 16:41
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 19:36
L2 MacArthur · Paille · Afinogenov 16:45
L3 Mair · Kotalik · Kaleta 10:50
L4 Ellis · Peters · Stafford 8:55
D1 Sekera · Spacek 25:09
D2 Numminen · Lydman 18:22
D3 Paetsch · Weber 15:36

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏛️OTT BUF⚔️
28 Shots on goal 27
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/10
10 Hits 11
25 Blocked shots 14
1 Takeaways 3
5 Giveaways 11
52 Penalty minutes 44
OTT shooting 17.9% (5/28) BUF shooting 7.4% (2/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏛️Senators
Alex Auld
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Patrick Lalime
23/28
.821 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Senators
Senators: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 4–0
Senators
Senators — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Senators lead the season series 1–0
Mar 272008 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 4–3 SO Mar 252008 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 6–3 Feb 122008 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 5–1 Jan 102008 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–3 SO Jan 42008 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 5–3
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Who won Senators vs Sabres on October 27, 2008?

Senators won 5–2. The final score was Senators 5, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Senators?

Jason Spezza (2), Christoph Schubert, Dany Heatley, Shean Donovan.

Who scored for Sabres?

Clarke MacArthur, Teppo Numminen.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Alex Auld made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 23 saves on 28 shots (.821 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏛️ Senators
BeforeOct 25 🏛️OTT @ 🍁TOR 2–3 AfterOct 30 🏛️OTT @ 🐆FLA 2–1
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 25 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 1–2 AfterOct 30 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 5–2
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