National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Ottawa 5, Buffalo 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, January 4, 2008
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Chris Lee, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Greg Devorski
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Ottawa 1225
Buffalo 0123
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:05 - Senators Cody Bass (EV) Assists: Mike Fisher , Andrej Meszaros
Penalties
2:43 - Sabres Andrew Peters (5) Fighting
 2:43 - Senators Brian McGrattan (5) Fighting
 12:35 - Sabres Michael Ryan (2) Boarding
 12:35 - Sabres Michael Ryan (2) Roughing
 12:35 - Senators Shean Donovan (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
1:35 - Senators Andrej Meszaros (PP) Assists: Randy Robitaille , Antoine Vermette
10:49 - Senators Jason Spezza (EV) Assists: Luke Richardson , Christoph Schubert
11:04 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (EV) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Tim Connolly
Penalties
0:48 - Sabres Henrik Tallinder (2) Delay of game
 2:28 - Senators Cody Bass (2) Slashing
 5:53 - Senators Dany Heatley (2) Elbowing
 6:18 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
11:31 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (PP) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Jason Pominville
13:49 - Sabres Michael Ryan (EV) Assists: Drew Stafford , Brian Campbell
15:19 - Senators Dany Heatley (EV) Assists: Daniel Alfredsson , Anton Volchenkov
17:19 - Senators Daniel Alfredsson (EV) Assists: Jason Spezza
Penalties
10:08 - Senators Jason Spezza (2) High sticking
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 59:07 47:08 8:39 3:20 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Gerber G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Luke Richardson D 0 1 1 E 0 1 16 18:30 14:55 3:10 0:25 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Phillips D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 24 19:46 16:39 2:04 1:03 0 0 - - - - -
Christoph Schubert D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 22 15:19 13:54 1:05 0:20 0 0 - - - - -
Wade Redden D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 19:32 15:06 2:34 1:52 0 0 - - - - -
Shean Donovan RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 12 9:50 9:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Daniel Alfredsson RW 1 1 2 +1 0 6 23 22:38 16:22 4:08 2:08 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Fisher C 0 1 1 E 0 5 24 18:56 16:33 1:47 0:36 0 0 - - 6 10 38
Andrej Meszaros D 1 1 2 +2 0 1 25 28:01 20:10 5:54 1:57 1 0 - - - - -
Dany Heatley RW 1 0 1 +2 2 3 22 25:23 16:47 7:04 1:32 0 0 - - - - -
Brian McGrattan RW 0 0 0 E 5 0 1 0:06 0:06 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Spezza C 1 1 2 +3 2 2 22 21:29 14:58 4:56 1:35 0 0 - - 8 15 35
Antoine Vermette C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 20 19:16 14:17 3:47 1:12 0 0 - - 9 9 50
Chris Kelly LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 20:30 15:38 3:40 1:12 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Volchenkov D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 24 17:05 15:18 0:44 1:03 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Neil RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 14:46 13:55 0:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Randy Robitaille C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 19 14:23 13:32 0:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dean McAmmond C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 9 5:09 4:25 0:44 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cody Bass C 1 0 1 +1 2 1 7 10:44 6:39 3:40 0:25 0 0 - - 2 1 67
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 30:49 20:06 1:59 7:52 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 28:32 26:23 1:01 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 24:58 16:08 1:59 6:51 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 E 0 4 25 22:45 20:43 1:01 1:01 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 24 18:42 14:15 1:58 2:29 0 0 - - 12 8 60
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 17 22:49 13:39 2:19 6:51 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 1 0 1 E 2 3 24 17:02 15:00 1:01 1:01 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 E 0 5 21 17:49 14:39 0:41 2:29 0 0 - - 14 7 67
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 4 3:39 3:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 16 19:18 14:31 1:37 3:10 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 10 15:32 8:24 1:59 5:09 0 0 - - 2 3 40
Thomas Vanek LW 0 2 2 -1 0 3 24 17:33 16:26 0:20 0:47 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 17 15:04 14:23 0:41 0:00 0 0 - - 6 6 50
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 -1 0 4 20 17:58 15:19 0:40 1:59 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryan C 1 0 1 E 4 5 15 18:10 13:37 1:37 2:56 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 8:08 8:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 15:19 14:32 0:00 0:47 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Campbell D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 25 26:02 23:13 1:01 1:48 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 19 17:05 13:04 0:20 3:41 1 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 -1 5 1 3 0:42 0:06 0:22 0:14 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Ottawa
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ray Emery W (12-13-4) 39 36 3 .923 0 59:07
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller 16 13 3 .812 0 30:49
Jocelyn Thibault L (3-4-2) 11 9 2 .818 0 28:32