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20/9/2008
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Ottawa Senators 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 28 - 23
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:70/89=78 %, Challenges:33/45=71 %
PP: 1 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:73/95=76 %, Challenges:32/40=78 %
Attendance: 9576 of 19153 (Scotiabank Place)
Ticket income: 316965 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:22 1-0
Chris Phillips [1] (Jason Spezza)
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26:16 1-1
Thomas Vanek [3] (Andrej Meszaros, Maxim Afinogenov)PP
30:09 2-1
Chris Neil [1] (Brendan Bell, Jarkko Ruutu)
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44:25 2-2
Tim Connolly [3] (Maxim Afinogenov, Thomas Vanek)
48:16 3-2
Jason Spezza [3] (Daniel Alfredsson, Chris Neil)
59:31 4-2
Jason Spezza [4] (Dany Heatley, Chris Phillips) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:03
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
01:54
Adam Mair (2 min for high-sticking)
12:52
Christoph Schubert (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:06
Christoph Schubert (2 min for tripping)
34:57
Adam Mair (2 min for high-sticking)
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40:58
Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
40:58
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
42:26
Jason Smith (2 min for hooking)
44:32
James Sheppard (2 min for high-sticking)
51:26
Brendan Bell (2 min for tripping)
55:45
Jason Smith (2 min for tripping)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 1 1 2 3 0 3 5 1 15.50 9
R Chris Kelly 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 12.50 6
R Shean Donovan 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 3 20.50 8
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.20 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Mike Fisher 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 6
C Jason Spezza 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 3 20.10 9
L Nick Foligno 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 5
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 11.40 7
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 16.30 6
L Dany Heatley 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 3 19.10 8
D Lawrence Nycholat 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14.20 6
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 16.30 7
D Chris Phillips 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 29.10 8
D Brendan Bell 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 15.50 7
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14.40 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 29.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Gerber 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Ennis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 7.30 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 19.40 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 20.30 7
C James Sheppard 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 -1 7.30 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 12.00 7
C Tim Connolly 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 19.40 7
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.30 6
L Adam Mair 0 0 2 5 0 1 9 -2 16.50 8
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 22.30 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -3 26.00 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 20.10 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -3 27.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 24 0 0 58.50 6
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Chris Neil
3rd star: Chris Phillips
Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Jarkko Ruutu ended his 5 game point drought.
-Chris Phillips ended his 5 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Other notes:
-Chris Neil beat Adam Mair in a fight.