Spokesman-Review
National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Ottawa 5, Buffalo 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Bill McCreary, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Ottawa 0325
Buffalo 0123
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
5:14 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
1:42 - Senators Antoine Vermette (EV) Assists: Chris Kelly
3:12 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Tim Connolly
8:02 - Senators Wade Redden (PP) Assists: Dany Heatley , Jason Spezza
18:09 - Senators Mike Fisher (EV) Assists: Chris Neil , Andrej Meszaros
Penalties
7:29 - Sabres Nathan Paetsch (2) Holding
 9:31 - Senators Chris Neil (2) Hooking
 12:48 - Sabres Nathan Paetsch (2) High sticking
 12:48 - Sabres Andrew Peters (10) Misconduct
3rd Period
Scoring
0:26 - Senators Daniel Alfredsson (EV) Assists: Wade Redden , Dany Heatley
4:09 - Sabres Brian Campbell (PP) Assists: Tim Connolly , Jaroslav Spacek
12:23 - Sabres Adam Mair (EV) Assists: Daniel Paille , Derek Roy
19:59 - Senators Dany Heatley (EV) (EN) Assists: Jason Spezza
Penalties
2:46 - Senators Christoph Schubert (2) Holding
 17:11 - Senators Jason Spezza (2) Hooking
Ottawa Senators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ray Emery G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Gerber G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 50:04 4:33 5:23 0 0 - - - - -
Luke Richardson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 11:48 11:00 0:00 0:48 0 0 - - - - -
Lawrence Nycholat D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 18 10:05 10:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Phillips D 0 0 0 E 0 0 34 23:28 20:15 0:00 3:13 0 0 - - - - -
Christoph Schubert D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 31 21:45 18:51 0:35 2:19 0 0 - - - - -
Wade Redden D 1 1 2 E 0 1 30 24:59 19:05 3:36 2:18 1 0 - - - - -
Shean Donovan RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 18 14:04 14:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Daniel Alfredsson RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 25 22:37 15:33 3:58 3:06 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Fisher C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 23 19:59 13:33 3:27 2:59 0 0 - - 7 5 58
Andrej Meszaros D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 35 23:57 20:52 0:57 2:08 0 0 - - - - -
Dany Heatley RW 1 2 3 E 0 4 25 20:07 16:28 3:27 0:12 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Spezza C 0 2 2 +1 2 2 26 20:00 16:21 3:27 0:12 0 0 - - 12 11 52
Antoine Vermette C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 21 16:37 13:19 1:06 2:12 0 0 - - 4 8 33
Chris Kelly LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 21 16:19 14:14 0:00 2:05 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Neil RW 0 1 1 +1 2 4 20 14:43 13:37 1:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Randy Robitaille C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 18 14:12 13:06 1:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dean McAmmond C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9 6:47 6:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 3 40
Cody Bass C 0 0 0 E 0 0 8 5:48 5:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Foligno LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 7:22 7:22 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 58:45 49:07 5:05 4:33 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20 18:12 14:48 0:00 3:24 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 1 1 E 0 1 25 26:07 21:33 3:25 1:09 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 25 21:41 16:27 2:26 2:48 0 0 - - 10 9 53
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 14:39 11:15 0:00 3:24 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 16:05 13:05 3:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Tim Connolly C 0 2 2 -2 0 4 25 18:49 14:44 2:57 1:08 0 0 - - 7 3 70
Daniel Paille LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 15 9:18 8:30 0:00 0:48 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 10:44 10:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 11 7:27 7:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 19 16:02 13:39 2:23 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 2 2 22 17:08 13:20 3:00 0:48 0 0 - - 5 8 38
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 -1 0 3 24 18:40 15:09 1:46 1:45 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 E 4 1 21 16:36 14:57 1:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 16:39 16:27 0:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Campbell D 1 0 1 E 0 4 27 25:38 20:45 3:44 1:09 1 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 1 0 1 -2 0 4 23 18:23 16:16 0:18 1:49 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 18:53 16:30 2:23 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 E 10 0 8 5:41 5:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Ottawa
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Gerber W (30-18-4) 32 29 3 .906 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (36-27-10) 23 19 4 .826 0 58:45