⚔️ Away Sabres 12-5-2
3–5
Final
🏛️ Home Senators 10-6-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚔️ BUF 1023
🏛️ OTT 0235

Sabres at Senators

Senators beat Sabres 5–3 at Canadian Tire Centre on November 21, 2009.

🗓 📍 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🏒 2009-10 🔁 Senators lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏛️ OTT
Filip Kuba
1 G, 3 A
4 shots · 25:05 TOI
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Daniel Alfredsson
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 22:39 TOI
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Jason Spezza
2 A
3 shots · 20:41 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP Go-ahead 1st · 19:08
Assists: Chris Butler, Tim Connolly · beat Pascal Leclaire
1–0
2nd period
🏛️ Filip Kuba PP Tying 2nd · 00:50
Assists: Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson · beat Patrick Lalime
1–1
🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson Go-ahead 2nd · 08:14
Assists: Filip Kuba, Chris Phillips · beat Patrick Lalime
1–2
3rd period
🏛️ Chris Kelly 3rd · 02:39
Assists: Matt Carkner · beat Patrick Lalime
1–3
🏛️ Milan Michalek 3rd · 06:11
Assists: Filip Kuba, Jason Spezza · beat Patrick Lalime
1–4
🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson 3rd · 08:00
Assists: Mike Fisher, Filip Kuba · beat Patrick Lalime
1–5
⚔️ Patrick Kaleta 3rd · 08:57
Assists: Henrik Tallinder, Derek Roy · beat Brian Elliott
2–5
⚔️ Jason Pominville 3rd · 10:30
Assists: Derek Roy, Henrik Tallinder · beat Brian Elliott
3–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Connolly · Pominville 19:17
L2 Vanek · Roy · Gaustad 19:05
L3 MacArthur · Kennedy · Kaleta 13:11
L4 Ellis · Mair 7:34
D1 Myers · Butler 23:50
D2 Tallinder · Rivet 18:32
D3 Montador · Lydman 14:10
D4 Sekera 7:22
🏛️Senators
L1 Michalek · Spezza · Alfredsson 22:19
L2 Foligno · Fisher · Kelly 16:04
L3 Ruutu · Neil · Cheechoo 11:21
L4 Regin · Winchester · Shannon 6:16
D1 Kuba · Picard 23:56
D2 Phillips · Carkner 19:13
D3 Lee · Campoli 16:13

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF OTT🏛️
41 Shots on goal 26
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
29 Hits 24
11 Blocked shots 22
11 Takeaways 15
4 Giveaways 5
12 Penalty minutes 16
BUF shooting 7.3% (3/41) OTT shooting 19.2% (5/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Patrick Lalime
21/26
.808 SV% · 5 GA · 58:18 TOI
🏛️Senators
Pascal Leclaire
24/25
.960 SV% · 1 GA · 39:37 TOI
Brian Elliott
14/16
.875 SV% · 2 GA · 19:55 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Thomas Vanek · 1st 19:08 · 1–0 Filip Kuba · 2nd 00:50 · 1–1 Daniel Alfredsson · 2nd 08:14 · 1–2 Chris Kelly · 3rd 02:39 · 1–3 Milan Michalek · 3rd 06:11 · 1–4 Daniel Alfredsson · 3rd 08:00 · 1–5 Patrick Kaleta · 3rd 08:57 · 2–5 Jason Pominville · 3rd 10:30 · 3–5
BUF OTT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Senators
Senators — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Senators
Senators — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Senators lead the season series 1–0
Mar 172009 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–4 Mar 72009 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 3–6 Feb 112009 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 Feb 72009 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–3 SO Jan 62009 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 2–4
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Who won Sabres vs Senators on November 21, 2009?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville, Patrick Kaleta, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Senators?

Daniel Alfredsson (2), Chris Kelly, Filip Kuba, Milan Michalek.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 21 saves on 26 shots (.808 save percentage).

How did the Senators goalie play?

Pascal Leclaire made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 20 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 AfterNov 25 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 0–2
🏛️ Senators
BeforeNov 19 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 2–6 AfterNov 23 🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT 3–4
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