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Buffalo 2, Ottawa 4

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
BUF(41-32-9)	2	0	0	2
OTT(36-35-11)	0	2	2	4

Final

7:30 PM ET, March 17, 2009

Scotiabank Place

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

THREE STARS

B. Bell
Senators (D )

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

F. Kuba
Senators (D )

Goals: 0
Assists: 3

D. Heatley
Senators (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Scotiabank Place Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Referees: Eric Furlatt, Frederick L'Ecuyer Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 20,053 (108.4% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Buffalo

Ottawa

Total Shots
	13
	36

PIM
	18
	8

Hits
	20
	24

Giveaways
	7
	10

Takeaways
	7
	5

Faceoffs Won
	24
	26

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
4:02		Toni Lydman (2) Assists: Henrik Tallinder, Jason Pominville	Buffalo 1-0
16:02		Jason Pominville (15) Assists: Thomas Vanek	Buffalo 2-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:48		Jochen Hecht: 2 Minutes for Hooking Chris Neil
7:17		Chris Neil: 2 Minutes for Interference of Drew Stafford
19:21		Henrik Tallinder: 2 Minutes for Hooking Dany Heatley

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
1:30		Dany Heatley (33) Assists: Jason Spezza, Chris Neil	Buffalo 2-1
6:07		Brendan Bell (5) (Power Play) Assists: Daniel Alfredsson, Filip Kuba	Game tied 2-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:39		Henrik Tallinder: 2 Minutes for Interference of Ryan Shannon
7:21		Toni Lydman: 2 Minutes for Interference of Christoph Schubert
12:12		Dominic Moore: 2 Minutes for Boarding Dany Heatley
14:55		Thomas Vanek: 2 Minutes for Tripping Anton Volchenkov
17:50		Henrik Tallinder: 2 Minutes for Hooking Jarkko Ruutu

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
3:30		Daniel Alfredsson (22) (Power Play) Assists: Jason Spezza, Filip Kuba	Ottawa 3-2
11:26		Brendan Bell (6) (Power Play) Assists: Filip Kuba, Ryan Shannon	Ottawa 4-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:55		Drew Stafford: 2 Minutes for Elbowing Dany Heatley
8:26		Jarkko Ruutu: 2 Minutes for Closing Hand on Puck
10:39		Paul Gaustad: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Jarkko Ruutu
14:15		Chris Phillips: 2 Minutes for Interference of Jason Pominville
19:56		Brian Lee: 2 Minutes for Roughing Dominic Moore

Player Summary

Buffalo Sabres												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
M. Afinogenov RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	10:06	1:46	0:00	8:20	0	0	00.0
C. Butler D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	17	10:52	0:00	0:13	10:39	0	0	00.0
T. Connolly C	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	21:16	3:28	5:18	12:30	4	6	40.0
P. Gaustad C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	18	14:03	2:58	4:30	6:35	2	11	15.4
J. Hecht C	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	24	18:58	0:13	5:39	13:06	0	0	00.0
P. Kaleta RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7:02	0:09	0:00	6:53	0	0	00.0
T. Lydman D	1	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	27	22:14	2:32	6:13	13:29	0	0	00.0
D. Moore C	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	19	15:01	0:54	4:59	9:08	10	2	83.3
D. Paille LW	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	13:57	0:00	0:30	13:27	0	0	00.0
A. Peters LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2:09	0:00	0:00	2:09	0	0	00.0
J. Pominville RW	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	24	18:06	3:19	2:50	11:57	0	0	00.0
C. Rivet D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	22	16:43	2:32	3:13	10:58	0	0	00.0
D. Roy C	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	26	20:49	3:28	3:54	13:27	8	7	53.3
A. Sekera D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	28	22:27	0:04	6:32	15:51	0	0	00.0
J. Spacek D	0	0	-1	2	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	30	26:57	3:25	6:29	17:03	0	0	00.0
D. Stafford RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	18	14:38	2:27	0:00	12:11	0	0	00.0
H. Tallinder D	0	1	2	0	1	1	3	6	2	1	0	26	17:52	0:16	5:00	12:36	0	0	00.0
T. Vanek LW	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	19	14:29	2:53	0:00	11:36	0	0	00.0
Buffalo Sabres Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
T Numminen									Healthy
A Mair									Knee Injury
N Paetsch									Healthy
M Ellis									Healthy
C Macarthur									Healthy

Ottawa Senators												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
D. Alfredsson RW	1	1	-2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	21:07	7:12	3:07	10:48	0	0	00.0
B. Bell D	2	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	23	20:46	8:56	0:00	11:50	0	0	00.0
C. Campoli D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	19:16	5:35	0:00	13:41	0	0	00.0
S. Donovan RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	7:02	0:00	0:00	7:02	0	0	00.0
M. Fisher C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	22	17:54	5:13	2:10	10:31	5	7	41.7
N. Foligno LW	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	15:39	4:35	0:00	11:04	1	0	100.0
D. Heatley LW	1	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	21	19:28	6:30	0:21	12:37	0	0	00.0
C. Kelly C	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	19	14:48	0:08	2:33	12:07	3	5	37.5
F. Kuba D	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	25	24:31	9:37	2:23	12:31	0	0	00.0
B. Lee D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	24	20:13	2:44	2:21	15:08	0	0	00.0
C. Neil RW	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	1	20	16:13	4:34	0:00	11:39	0	0	00.0
C. Phillips D	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	26	16:30	0:09	2:42	13:39	0	0	00.0
J. Ruutu LW	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	18	12:20	0:08	0:38	11:34	0	0	00.0
C. Schubert D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	7:14	0:00	0:59	6:15	0	0	00.0
R. Shannon RW	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	14:58	5:36	0:09	9:13	0	0	00.0
J. Spezza C	0	2	-1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	21	19:05	8:13	0:00	10:52	12	8	60.0
A. Volchenkov D	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	22	17:06	0:00	3:43	13:23	0	0	00.0
J. Winchester C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	15	9:46	0:00	3:10	6:36	5	4	55.6
Ottawa Senators Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Comrie									Flu

Goaltending Summary

Buffalo Sabres Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Tellqvist	36	4	32	.889	58:31	0

Ottawa Senators Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
B. Elliott	13	2	11	.846	60:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Buffalo	6	1	6	13
Ottawa	13	13	10	36

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Buffalo	0 of 0
Ottawa	3 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Tuesday, March 17th

Chicago	2	Final
New Jersey	3

Philadelphia	2	Final
Detroit	3

NY Rangers	4	Final
Montreal	3	SO

Buffalo	2	Final
Ottawa	4

Atlanta	2	Final
Pittsburgh	6

Toronto	4	Final
Tampa Bay	3	SO

Washington	3	Final
Florida	0

Colorado	2	Final
Minnesota	3	SO

St. Louis	1	Final
Edmonton	2	SO

Dallas	2	Final
Vancouver	4

San Jose	3	Final
Phoenix	4

ESPN NHL

Buffalo 2, Ottawa 4

Final

NHL Scores

Tuesday, March 17th