- Final0NYR
NJ4
14
1 - Final1NSH
WSH1
41
4 - Final2CHI
PIT2
32
3 - Final3BUF
OTT1
41
4 - Final4PHX
FLA2
12
1 - Final SOSO5NYI
WPG3
23
2 - Final6MIN
CGY1
21
2
Final
Series tied 3-3
| Game 1: Saturday, November 5th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sabres | 3 | Final SO |
| Senators | 2 | |
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| Game 2: Friday, November 11th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Senators | 1 | Final |
| Sabres | 5 | |
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| Game 3: Tuesday, December 13th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Senators | 3 | Final OT |
| Sabres | 2 | |
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| Game 4: Tuesday, December 20th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sabres | 1 | Final |
| Senators | 4 | |
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| Game 5: Saturday, December 31st | ||
|---|---|---|
| Senators | 3 | Final SO |
| Sabres | 2 | |
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| Game 6: Saturday, March 10th | ||
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| Sabres | 4 | Final SO |
| Senators | 3 | |
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Coverage: TSN
7:30 PM ET, December 20, 2011
Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| OTT | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Points | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | T Vanek 61 | T Vanek 26 | T Vanek 35 |
| OTT | J Spezza 84 | M Michalek 35 | E Karlsson 59 |
E. Condra (Senators - RW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0

C. Anderson (Senators - G): Saves: 22, Save Pct.: .957


R. Miller (Sabres - G): Saves: 35, Save Pct.: .921
Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.
3rd Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Ottawa | Start of 3rd period |
| 0:00 | Buffalo | Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Zack Smith in neutral zone |
| 0:06 | Ottawa | Chris Neil credited with hit on Jordan Leopold in neutral zone |
| 0:06 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Offside |
| 0:06 | Buffalo | Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Zack Smith in neutral zone |
| 0:15 | Ottawa | Chris Neil credited with hit on Mike Weber in offensive zone |
| 0:18 | Ottawa | Matt Carkner shot blocked by Jordan Leopold |
| 0:24 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Marcus Foligno saved by Craig Anderson(Backhand 34 ft) |
| 0:30 | Buffalo | Marcus Foligno shot blocked by Chris Phillips |
| 1:04 | Ottawa | Giveaway by Jason Spezza in offensive zone |
| 1:40 | Buffalo | Paul Szczechura credited with hit on Sergei Gonchar in offensive zone |
| 1:47 | Ottawa | Giveaway by Nick Foligno in neutral zone |
| 1:51 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Luke Adam saved by Craig Anderson(Slapshot 60 ft) |
| 1:57 | Buffalo | Christian Ehrhoff shot blocked by Erik Condra |
| 2:08 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Icing |
| 2:08 | Ottawa | Kyle Turris won faceoff against Matt Ellis in defensive zone |
| 2:16 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Matt Ellis saved by Craig Anderson(Wrap-around 8 ft) |
| 2:23 | Buffalo | Mike Weber credited with hit on Nick Foligno in neutral zone |
| 2:39 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Chris Neil saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 42 ft) |
| 2:40 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 2:40 | Buffalo | Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Jason Spezza in defensive zone |
| 2:59 | Buffalo | Andrej Sekera shot blocked by Daniel Alfredsson |
| 3:07 | Ottawa | Daniel Alfredsson shot blocked by Marcus Foligno |
| 3:10 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 3:10 | Buffalo | Derek Roy won faceoff against Zack Smith in defensive zone |
| 3:17 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Offside |
| 3:17 | Buffalo | Derek Roy won faceoff against Zack Smith in neutral zone |
| 3:26 | Buffalo | Derek Roy shot blocked by Filip Kuba |
| 3:38 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Brayden McNabb saved by Craig Anderson(Slapshot 69 ft) |
| 3:52 | Ottawa | Giveaway by Erik Karlsson in defensive zone |
| 4:19 | Ottawa | Jared Cowen credited with hit on Drew Stafford in defensive zone |
| 4:21 | Ottawa | Takeaway by Kyle Turris in defensive zone |
| 5:06 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd |
| 5:06 | Buffalo | Matt Ellis won faceoff against Jason Spezza in neutral zone |
| 5:42 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Derek Whitmore, Wide of Net(Snap 57 ft) |
| 5:48 | Buffalo | Zack Kassian credited with hit on Peter Regin in defensive zone |
| 5:56 | Buffalo | Derek Whitmore credited with hit on Zack Smith in defensive zone |
| 6:12 | Ottawa | Chris Neil credited with hit on Zack Kassian in neutral zone |
| 6:28 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Icing |
| 6:28 | Ottawa | Kyle Turris won faceoff against Derek Roy in defensive zone |
| 6:37 | Ottawa | Giveaway by Sergei Gonchar in defensive zone |
| 6:39 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Derek Roy saved by Craig Anderson(Wristshot 52 ft) |
| 6:40 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 6:40 | Ottawa | Jason Spezza won faceoff against Derek Roy in defensive zone |
| 6:55 | Ottawa | Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Jason Pominville |
| 7:03 | Ottawa | Takeaway by Erik Karlsson in defensive zone |
| 7:08 | Buffalo | Derek Roy credited with hit on Erik Karlsson in defensive zone |
| 7:24 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Jason Spezza saved by Ryan Miller(Snap 63 ft) |
| 7:28 | Buffalo | Giveaway by Mike Weber in defensive zone |
| 7:37 | Buffalo | Mike Weber credited with hit on Jason Spezza in defensive zone |
| 7:51 | Ottawa | Giveaway by Nick Foligno in neutral zone |
| 7:55 | Ottawa | Takeaway by Erik Condra in neutral zone |
| 7:58 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Kyle Turris saved by Ryan Miller(Snap 36 ft) |
| 7:59 | Ottawa | Goal scored by Erik Condra(Wristshot 14 ft) assisted by Kyle Turris |
| 7:59 | Ottawa | Zack Smith won faceoff against Matt Ellis in neutral zone |
| 8:13 | Ottawa | Zack Smith credited with hit on Brayden McNabb in offensive zone |
| 8:37 | Ottawa | Chris Neil credited with hit on Brayden McNabb in defensive zone |
| 8:54 | Ottawa | Takeaway by Daniel Alfredsson in neutral zone |
| 9:09 | Ottawa | Erik Karlsson credited with hit on Marcus Foligno in defensive zone |
| 9:16 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 9:16 | Buffalo | Derek Roy won faceoff against Jason Spezza in offensive zone |
| 9:23 | Buffalo | Giveaway by Thomas Vanek in offensive zone |
| 9:30 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 9:30 | Ottawa | Kyle Turris won faceoff against Paul Gaustad in offensive zone |
| 9:43 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Zack Kassian, Wide of Net(Tip-In 12 ft) |
| 10:01 | Ottawa | Giveaway by Erik Condra in offensive zone |
| 10:07 | Buffalo | Zack Kassian shot blocked by Sergei Gonchar |
| 10:19 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 10:19 | Buffalo | Derek Roy won faceoff against Jason Spezza in defensive zone |
| 10:25 | Ottawa | Shot missed by Colin Greening, Wide of Net(Tip-In 10 ft) |
| 10:35 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Hand Pass |
| 10:35 | Buffalo | Matt Ellis won faceoff against Zenon Konopka in neutral zone |
| 10:51 | Ottawa | Chris Neil credited with hit on Robyn Regehr in neutral zone |
| 10:53 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 10:53 | Ottawa | Zenon Konopka won faceoff against Matt Ellis in defensive zone |
| 11:02 | Buffalo | Cody McCormick credited with hit on Jared Cowen in offensive zone |
| 11:07 | Ottawa | Chris Neil credited with hit on Andrej Sekera in neutral zone |
| 11:08 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 11:08 | Ottawa | Kyle Turris won faceoff against Paul Szczechura in defensive zone |
| 11:15 | Buffalo | Luke Adam credited with hit on Sergei Gonchar in offensive zone |
| 11:20 | Ottawa | Takeaway by Erik Condra in offensive zone |
| 11:23 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Erik Condra saved by Ryan Miller(Backhand 21 ft) |
| 11:43 | Ottawa | Jared Cowen credited with hit on Christian Ehrhoff in defensive zone |
| 11:56 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Erik Condra saved by Ryan Miller(Snap 34 ft) |
| 12:30 | Ottawa | Daniel Alfredsson shot blocked by Robyn Regehr |
| 12:35 | Ottawa | Colin Greening credited with hit on Andrej Sekera in offensive zone |
| 12:39 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Colin Greening saved by Ryan Miller(Tip-In 9 ft) |
| 12:48 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Andrej Sekera saved by Craig Anderson(Wristshot 50 ft) |
| 13:11 | Buffalo | Zack Kassian shot blocked by Erik Karlsson |
| 13:24 | Buffalo | Zack Kassian shot blocked by Erik Karlsson |
| 13:27 | Buffalo | Zack Kassian credited with hit on Chris Neil in offensive zone |
| 13:42 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Chris Neil saved by Ryan Miller(Deflected 13 ft) |
| 13:55 | Ottawa | Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Thomas Vanek |
| 14:00 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Erik Karlsson saved by Ryan Miller(Slapshot 60 ft) |
| 14:05 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Peter Regin saved by Ryan Miller(Snap 36 ft) |
| 14:19 | Buffalo | Derek Roy shot blocked by Filip Kuba |
| 14:43 | Buffalo | Jason Pominville shot blocked by Erik Condra |
| 15:06 | Buffalo | Mike Weber shot blocked by Filip Kuba |
| 15:23 | Ottawa | Giveaway by Nick Foligno in offensive zone |
| 15:46 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Marcus Foligno, Wide of Net(Wristshot 21 ft) |
| 16:05 | Ottawa | Shot missed by Jason Spezza, Wide of Net(Wristshot 22 ft) |
| 16:05 | Buffalo | Robyn Regehr credited with hit on Jason Spezza in defensive zone |
| 16:25 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Chris Neil saved by Ryan Miller(Tip-In 18 ft) |
| 16:25 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 16:25 | Buffalo | Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Zack Smith in defensive zone |
| 16:33 | Ottawa | Chris Phillips credited with hit on Zack Kassian in neutral zone |
| 16:33 | Buffalo | Giveaway by Zack Kassian in neutral zone |
| 16:45 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Chris Neil saved by Ryan Miller(Snap 15 ft) |
| 16:55 | Buffalo | penalty to Paul Gaustad 2 minutes for Roughing Peter Regin |
| 16:55 | Buffalo | Shorthanded - Derek Roy won faceoff against Jason Spezza in defensive zone |
| 17:11 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Offside |
| 17:11 | Buffalo | Shorthanded - Derek Roy won faceoff against Jason Spezza in neutral zone |
| 17:30 | Ottawa | Power play - Chris Neil credited with hit on Robyn Regehr in offensive zone |
| 17:32 | Buffalo | Shorthanded - Giveaway by Andrej Sekera in defensive zone |
| 17:38 | Ottawa | Power play - Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Andrej Sekera |
| 17:47 | Ottawa | Power play - Shot on goal by Jason Spezza saved by Ryan Miller(Snap 42 ft) |
| 17:49 | Ottawa | Power Play Goal Scored by Erik Karlsson(Snap 17 ft) assisted by Daniel Alfredsson and Jason Spezza |
| 17:49 | Ottawa | Kyle Turris won faceoff against Paul Szczechura in neutral zone |
| 18:14 | Ottawa | Goal scored by Erik Condra(Wristshot 76 ft) assisted by Erik Karlsson |
| 18:14 | Buffalo | Matt Ellis won faceoff against Zack Smith in neutral zone |
| 18:31 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Icing |
| 18:31 | Ottawa | Zack Smith won faceoff against Matt Ellis in defensive zone |
| 18:58 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Matt Ellis saved by Craig Anderson(Snap 48 ft) |
| 19:18 | Ottawa | Shot on goal by Matt Carkner saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 47 ft) |
| 19:21 | Ottawa | Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 19:21 | Buffalo | Derek Roy won faceoff against Zenon Konopka in defensive zone |
| 20:00 | Ottawa | End of 3rd period |
| 20:00 | Ottawa | game-end |




