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4/12/2007
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Ottawa Senators 2
Shots: 21 - 29
PP: 2 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:63/80=78 %, Challenges:40/60=65 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:62/85=72 %, Challenges:29/44=64 %
Attendance: 14456 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 679432 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:01 1-0
Jason Pominville [13] (Jaroslav Spacek, Dmitri Kalinin)
15:46 2-0
Jaroslav Spacek [5] (Andrej Sekera)PP
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no scoring
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47:07 2-1
Martin Lapointe [2] (Karl Alzner, Chris Neil)
56:08 2-2
Dany Heatley [15] (Brian McGrattan, Nick Foligno)
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62:04 3-2
Andrej Sekera [2] (Dan Paillé, Jochen Hecht)PP
Penalty summary:
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03:05
Jochen Hecht (2 min for elbowing)
15:02
Cory Stillman (2 min for hooking)
16:33
Chris Neil (2 min for roughing)
16:33
Andrej Sekera (2 min for roughing)
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22:46
Nick Foligno (2 min for slashing)
30:11
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
30:11
Mike Commodore (5 min for fighting)
37:52
Brian McGrattan (5 min for fighting)
37:52
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
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61:19
Josh Hennessy (2 min for holding the stick)
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 13.10 7
R Jason Pominville 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 -1 19.40 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 7.10 7
C Dan Paillé 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 16.10 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 18.50 5
C Tim Connolly 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 21.10 8
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 6.10 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.10 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 -1 20.20 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 21.30 8
D Andrej Sekera 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 15.10 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -1 19.30 5
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 24.50 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 16.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 27.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 27 0 0 62.00 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brian McGrattan 0 1 1 5 1 5 5 0 9.50 8
R Martin Lapointe 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 14.20 7
R Cory Stillman 0 0 3 1 4 1 2 -1 19.00 4
R Dany Heatley 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 20.00 8
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 14.20 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 19.10 4
C Jason Spezza 0 0 6 2 0 2 0 1 17.50 8
L Nick Foligno 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 8.30 5
L Chris Neil 0 1 1 7 1 7 2 1 16.40 9
L Shean Donovan 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 18.00 7
L Alexander Semin 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 17.50 7
D Michal Barinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 5
D Lawrence Nycholat 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 23.50 7
D Karl Alzner 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 5
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 -1 16.20 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 3 0 18 0 0 62.00 6
G Josh Godfrey 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrej Sekera
2nd star: Jaroslav Spacek
3rd star: Jason Pominville
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Andrej Sekera finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Jaroslav Spacek finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Dany Heatley scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Brian McGrattan ended his 5 game point drought.
-Martin Lapointe ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Nick Foligno ended his 7 game point drought.
-Karl Alzner ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Adam Mair beat Mike Commodore in a fight.
-Brian McGrattan beat Andrew Peters in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 4( 33) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 18)
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0-1 GRD Cory Pecker (Ryan Vesce)
1-1 ROC Jonathan Lehun (Carter Lee)
2-1 ROC Mark Olafson (Greg Black)
2-2 GRD Arttu Luttinen (Dean McAmmond)
3-2 ROC Carter Lee (Jonathan Lehun)
4-2 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Jonathan Hedström, Sam Paolini)
Goalies: Danny Battochio - Martin Gerber