Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 7:00 PM ET KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at home.

Final score, Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2016-2017 record
Ottawa Senators	2	44-28-10
at Buffalo Sabres	3	33-37-12

Goals by period

Goals by period, Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Ottawa Senators	0	1	1	0	2
Buffalo Sabres	0	1	1	1	3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Ottawa Senators	16	11	11	1	39
Buffalo Sabres	8	13	7	4	32

Three stars

D. Grant, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 2 assists)
R. Lehner, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
N. Baptiste, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	15:33	Ottawa Senators	Chris Neil (1)	Chris Kelly (1)	Even strength	OTT 1, BUF 0
2nd	18:56	Buffalo Sabres	Nick Baptiste (1)	Derek Grant (1), Eric Cornel (1)	Even strength	OTT 1, BUF 1
3rd	00:25	Ottawa Senators	Derick Brassard (1)	Zack Smith (1), Bobby Ryan (1)	Even strength	OTT 2, BUF 1
3rd	15:19	Buffalo Sabres	Derek Grant (1)	Nick Baptiste (1), Hudson Fasching (1)	Even strength	OTT 2, BUF 2
OT	01:32	Buffalo Sabres	Jake McCabe (1)	Derek Grant (2), Daniel Catenacci (1)	Even strength	OTT 2, BUF 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres
Stat	Ottawa Senators	Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal	39	32
Power play	0 of 3	0 of 6
Penalty minutes	12	6
Hits	18	17
Blocked shots	15	11
Giveaways	2	8
Takeaways	2	2
Faceoffs won	41/69 (59.4%)	28/69 (40.6%)

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 K. Turris	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	57.9%	16:28
Number 9 B. Ryan	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0		17:46
Number 15 Z. Smith	C	0	1	1	+1	2	5	1	1		18:44
Number 19 D. Brassard	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	59.3%	17:19
Number 22 C. Kelly	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	46.2%	14:46
Number 25 C. Neil	R	1	0	1	-1	0	3	2	2		11:16
Number 26 M. Puempel	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		13:45
Number 43 R. Dzingel	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2		14:18
Number 55 B. Robinson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		09:25
Number 68 M. Hoffman	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	100%	18:01
Number 71 G. Gagne	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:37
Number 78 F. Chlapik	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	87.5%	11:17
Number 2 D. Phaneuf	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	2		21:02
Number 3 M. Methot	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		22:21
Number 5 C. Ceci	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	2		23:22
Number 12 M. Bartkowski	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0		22:33
Number 33 F. Claesson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1		16:05
Number 58 M. Lajoie	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		14:53

Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 M. O'Connor	11	9	2	.818	21:32	OT loss
Number 30 A. Hammond	21	20	1	.952	39:53

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 21 K. Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	1	54.5%	22:23
Number 26 M. Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		18:32
Number 27 D. Grant	C	1	2	3	+3	0	2	1	2	33.3%	15:36
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	35%	21:29
Number 43 D. Catenacci	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	40%	12:03
Number 44 N. Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		16:54
Number 52 H. Fasching	R	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	100%	13:32
Number 63 T. Ennis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		21:07
Number 71 E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		10:05
Number 72 J. Dupuy	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	37.5%	10:18
Number 73 N. Baptiste	R	1	1	2	+2	0	3	2	0		11:17
Number 86 E. Cornel	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		06:07
Number 6 C. Franson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	5	0	0		18:23
Number 29 J. McCabe	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1		22:20
Number 46 E. Burgdoerfer	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	100%	20:54
Number 47 Z. Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		27:18
Number 67 B. Austin	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0		13:52
Number 81 M. Bennett	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		17:44

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 R. Lehner	39	37	2	.949	61:29	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	09:35	Buffalo Sabres	Hudson Fasching	Hooking	2
1st	11:29	Ottawa Senators	Zack Smith	Hooking	2
1st	15:35	Buffalo Sabres	Brady Austin	High sticking	2
2nd	01:37	Ottawa Senators	Dion Phaneuf	Slashing	2
2nd	01:37	Ottawa Senators	Dion Phaneuf	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	07:43	Ottawa Senators	Ryan Dzingel	Cross checking	2
2nd	08:37	Buffalo Sabres	Cody Franson	Interference	2
2nd	09:59	Ottawa Senators	Cody Ceci	Hooking	2
3rd	18:49	Ottawa Senators	Matt Bartkowski	Tripping	2

Game information

Ottawa Senators head coach: Guy Boucher
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Dan Bylsma
Referees: Francis Charron, Dave Lewis
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak
Ottawa Senators scratches: Craig Anderson, Vitali Atyushov, Igor Mirnov, Clarke MacArthur, Zack Stortini, Sergei Gimayev, Kirill Lyamin, Mike Blunden, Tom Pyatt, Dimitri Megalinsky, Guillaume Lepine, Bryan Pitton, Ruslan Bashkirov, Michael Kostka, Erik Karlsson, Mark Borowiecki, Chris Wideman, Phil Varone, Brad Peltz, Mark Stone, Max McCormick, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Scott Greenham, Patrick Sieloff, Chris Driedger, Robert Baillargeon, Timothy Boyle, Ryan Rupert, Mikael Wikstrand, Kyle Flanagan, Vincent Dunn, Chris Leblanc, Marcus Hogberg, Nick Paul, Ben Harpur, Curtis Lazar, Andreas Englund, Miles Gendron, Shane Eiserman, Kelly Summers, Francis Perron, Cody Donaghey, Jack Rodewald, Chad Nehring, Casey Bailey, Colin White, Filip Ahl, Thomas Chabot, Christian Wolanin, Christian Jaros, Joey Daccord, Chris Carlisle, Macoy Erkamps, Logan Brown, Jonathan Dahlen, Markus Nurmi, Todd Burgess
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Brian Gionta, Artem Kriukov, Denis Denisov, Vasily Bizyayev, Cody McCormick, Maxim Sheviev, Josh Gorges, Denis Ezhov, Tyson Strachan, Pavel Voroshnin, Cal O'Reilly, Vjateslav Buravchikov, Justin Falk, Ryan O'Reilly, Evander Kane, Dmitry Kulikov, Anders Nilsson, Marcus Foligno, Johan Larsson, Taylor Fedun, John Muse, Cole Schneider, Justin Kea, Linus Ullmark, Judd Peterson, Cal Petersen, Gustav Possler, Anthony Florentino, Sean Malone, Connor Hurley, Justin Bailey, William Carrier, Sam Reinhart, Vaclav Karabacek, Jonas Johansson, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson, Jack Eichel, Brendan Guhle, Will Borgen, Devante Stephens, Giorgio Estephan, Ivan Chukarov, Paul Geiger, Casey Nelson, Vojtech Budik, Rasmus Asplund, Cliff Pu, Brett Murray, Alex Nylander, Matthew Lane, Philip Nyberg, Brandon Hagel, Austin Osmanski, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Daniel Muzito-Bagenda

2016-2017 season series

Every Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2016-2017 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Ottawa Senators 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Ottawa Senators 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators, Fri, Oct 7, 2016

Other NHL games on Sep 27

Other NHL games on Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Matchup	Status	Details
Nashville Predators 1 at Florida Panthers 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Nashville Predators at Florida Panthers, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Nashville Predators 2 at Florida Panthers 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Nashville Predators at Florida Panthers, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
New York Islanders 2 at New York Rangers 5	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at New York Rangers, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
New York Islanders 0 at Philadelphia Flyers 4	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Detroit Red Wings 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Washington Capitals 2 at Montreal Canadiens 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Colorado Avalanche 4 at Minnesota Wild 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Calgary Flames 3 at Winnipeg Jets 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Calgary Flames at Winnipeg Jets, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Team Europe 1 at Team Canada 3	Final World Cup	Game page: Team Europe at Team Canada, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Arizona Coyotes 2 at Anaheim Ducks 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Arizona Coyotes at Anaheim Ducks, Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Vancouver Canucks 2 at San Jose Sharks 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at San Jose Sharks, Tue, Sep 27, 2016