🏛️ Away Senators 18-25-8
3–1
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 28-20-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏛️ OTT 1203
⚔️ BUF 0011

Senators at Sabres

Senators beat Sabres 3–1 at KeyBank Center on February 11, 2009.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Senators lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏛️ OTT
Daniel Alfredsson
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:42 TOI
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Brendan Bell
2 A
3 shots · 18:24 TOI
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Brian Elliott
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🏛️ Jason Spezza PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:51
Assists: Brendan Bell, Daniel Alfredsson · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
2nd period
🏛️ Shean Donovan 2nd · 09:44
Assists: Dean McAmmond, Jarkko Ruutu · beat Ryan Miller
2–0
🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson PP 2nd · 12:15
Assists: Filip Kuba, Brendan Bell · beat Ryan Miller
3–0
3rd period
⚔️ Ales Kotalik PP 3rd · 01:29
Assists: Tim Connolly, Derek Roy · beat Brian Elliott
3–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏛️Senators
L1 Fisher · Spezza · Alfredsson 17:15
L2 Foligno · Vermette · Kelly 15:33
L3 Heatley · Ruutu · Shannon 11:00
L4 McAmmond · Winchester · Donovan 6:10
D1 Kuba · Phillips 24:08
D2 Volchenkov · Bell 20:06
D3 Lee · Smith 15:09
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Connolly · Pominville 24:22
L2 Hecht · Gerbe · Stafford 19:17
L3 MacArthur · Ellis · Kotalik 13:34
L4 Mair · Kaleta 6:47
D1 Spacek · Rivet 23:30
D2 Lydman · Butler 17:48
D3 Weber · Numminen 8:28
D4 Paetsch 7:10

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏛️OTT BUF⚔️
23 Shots on goal 32
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/12
6 Hits 15
16 Blocked shots 5
2 Takeaways 2
10 Giveaways 12
36 Penalty minutes 16
OTT shooting 13.0% (3/23) BUF shooting 3.1% (1/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏛️Senators
Brian Elliott
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 58:36 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Senators
Senators — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-5 (55% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 3–0
Senators
Senators — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Senators lead the season series 3–1
Feb 72009 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–3 SO Jan 62009 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Oct 272008 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 Mar 272008 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 4–3 SO Mar 252008 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 6–3
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Who won Senators vs Sabres on February 11, 2009?

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

Who scored for Senators?

Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza, Shean Donovan.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Brian Elliott made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 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
BeforeFeb 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–3 AfterFeb 12 🏛️OTT @ 🔔PHI 5–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeFeb 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–3 AfterFeb 13 🦈SJS @ ⚔️BUF 5–6
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