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December 26,2007  (Wednesday) in Buffalo,New York - HSBC Arena	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot OTT 0 3 2 5 BUF 0 1 2 3	Shots 1 2 3 Tot OTT 10 10 4 24 BUF 9 14 9 32	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season OTT 1 / 3 26 / 146 (17.8%) 137 / 162 (84.6%) BUF 1 / 3 33 / 159 (20.8%) 132 / 160 (82.5%)
Start: 7:00pm Attendance: 18,690 Referees: Bill McCreary, Kevin Pollock Officials: David Brisebois, Brad Kovachik	Ottawa Senators Game #36 24-9-3 51 Pts Prev Game at NYR Next Game vs NYI Buffalo Sabres Game #35 19-15-1 39 Pts Prev Game vs PHI Next Game vs NJ Three Stars: (1) Wade Redden  (OTT)  (2) Mike Fisher (OTT)  (3) Tim Connolly (BUF)

Goals 1st Period No Goals 2nd Period 1. OTT Antoine Vermette    [7]  [c54]   ( Chris Kelly [10] ) 1:42 2. BUF Jochen Hecht    [13]  [c123]   ( Jason Pominville [22],  Tim Connolly [21] ) 3:12 3. OTT Wade Redden    [5]  [c100]   (Powerplay)   ( Dany Heatley [24],  Jason Spezza [33] ) 8:02 4. OTT Mike Fisher    [10]  [c102]   ( Chris Neil [6],  Andrei Mesjaros [11] ) 18:09 3rd Period 5. OTT Daniel Alfredsson    [21]  [c312]   (GW)   ( Wade Redden [15],  Dany Heatley [25] ) 0:26 6. BUF Brian Campbell    [3]  [c30]   (Powerplay)   ( Tim Connolly [22],  Jaroslav Spacek [12] ) 4:09 7. BUF Adam Mair    [4]  [c22]   ( Daniel Paille [9],  Derek Roy [17] ) 12:23 8. OTT Dany Heatley    [23]  [c203]   (Empty Net)   ( Jason Spezza [34] ) 19:59 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Martin Gerber Career OTT W 60 3 32 29 17-5-1 2.39 Ryan Miller Career BUF L 59 4 23 19 17-13-1 2.67

Penalties 1st Period 1. BUF Paul Gaustad [1] Interference 2 5:14 2nd Period 2. BUF Nathan Paetsch [2] Holding 2 7:29 3. OTT Chris Neil [7] Hooking 2 9:31 4. BUF Nathan Paetsch [1] High Sticking 2 12:48 5. BUF Andrew Peters [1] Misconduct 10 12:48 3rd Period 6. OTT Christoph Schubert [5] Holding 2 2:46 7. OTT Jason Spezza [4] Hooking 2 17:11

Faceoffs
Ottawa Senators   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Jason Spezza 12 11 52.2% 329 326 50.2% Antoine Vermette 4 8 33.3% 259 235 52.4% Mike Fisher 7 5 58.3% 286 263 52.1% Dean McAmmond 2 3 40.0% 46 56 45.1%   25 27 48.1% 1052 1013 50.9%	Buffalo Sabres   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Derek Roy 10 9 52.6% 322 290 52.6% Paul Gaustad 5 8 38.5% 276 246 52.9% Tim Connolly 7 3 70.0% 142 158 47.3% Ales Kotalik 3 2 60.0% 28 34 45.2% Adam Mair 2 1 66.7% 35 56 38.5% Jochen Hecht 0 1 .0% 164 215 43.3% Daniel Paille 0 1 .0% 11 20 35.5%   27 25 51.9% 999 1046 48.9%

Ottawa Senators Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Luke Richardson D 1373 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11:48 0:00 0:48 3 Lawrence Nycholat D 30 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 10:05 0:00 0:00 4 Chris Phillips D 655 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23:28 0:00 3:13 5 Christoph Schubert D-LW 173 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 21:45 0:35 2:19 6 Wade Redden D 794 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 24:59 3:36 2:18 10 Shean Donovan RW 810 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 14:04 0:00 0:00 11 Daniel Alfredsson RW 819 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 22:37 3:58 3:06 12 Mike Fisher C 419 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 19:59 3:27 2:59 14 Andrei Mesjaros D 201 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 23:57 0:57 2:08 15 Dany Heatley RW 391 1 2 3 0 0 4 1 1 20:07 3:27 0:12 19 Jason Spezza C 277 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 20:00 3:27 0:12 20 Antoine Vermette C 252 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 16:37 1:06 2:12 22 Chris Kelly C 205 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:19 0:00 2:05 25 Chris Neil RW 420 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 2 14:43 1:06 0:00 27 Randy Robitaille C 490 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14:12 1:06 0:00 37 Dean McAmmond LW 830 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 6:47 0:00 0:00 58 Cody Bass C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5:48 0:00 0:00 71 Nick Foligno LW 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7:22 0:00 0:00   9499 5 8 13 10 6 24 10 22

Buffalo Sabres Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 5 Toni Lydman D 465 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 2 18:12 0:00 3:24 6 Jaroslav Spacek D 588 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 26:07 3:25 1:09 9 Derek Roy C 229 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 1 21:41 2:26 2:48 10 Henrik Tallinder D 276 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 14:39 0:00 3:24 12 Ales Kotalik RW 324 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 16:05 3:00 0:00 19 Tim Connolly C 418 0 2 2 -2 0 4 0 0 18:49 2:57 1:08 20 Daniel Paille LW-C 76 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 9:18 0:00 0:48 21 Drew Stafford RW 73 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 10:44 0:00 0:00 22 Adam Mair C 359 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 7:27 0:00 0:00 26 Thomas Vanek LW 198 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0 16:02 2:23 0:00 28 Paul Gaustad C 168 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 8 17:08 3:00 0:48 29 Jason Pominville RW 175 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 1 18:40 1:46 1:45 38 Nathan Paetsch D 99 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 2 16:36 1:39 0:00 45 Dmitri Kalinin D 432 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:39 0:12 0:00 51 Brian Campbell D 363 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 25:38 3:44 1:09 55 Jochen Hecht C 508 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 0 18:23 0:18 1:49 61 Maxim Afinogenov RW 500 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 18:53 2:23 0:00 76 Andrew Peters LW 154 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 5:41 0:00 0:00   5755 3 6 9 -11 16 32 16 24

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