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OTT PG74 @ Buffalo Sabres — Swept by Sabre |
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The Ottawa Senators were swept by the Buffalo Sabres 0-4 in the regular season series by the final score of 5-2.
Period I
Alex Tuch opened the scoring for his 32nd of the regular season with Mathias Samuelsson and Jason Zucker having the helpers.
Rasmus Dahlin doubled up the visiting team lead with his 11th of the campaign from Jack Quinn and Samuelsson.
Period II
Tage Thompson tripled the lead with the third unanswered goal for his 39th of the year; JJ Peterka and Dahlin had the apples.
Claude Giroux closed the shutout with his 15th from Tyler Kleven and Linus Ullmark.
Period III
Peyton Krebs got the final road goal on Ullmark for his ninth of the year unassisted.
Jake Sanderson answered back with his ninth from Michael Amadio and Artem Zub.
Ryan McLeod potted the empty net goal for his 19th of the year from Tuch and Connor Clifton.
Players to Watch
Jake Sanderson had his ninth goal of the season. The point got him to his first 50 point campaign of his career.
Alex Tuch had a goal and assist for his 32nd goal and 27th assist to get him close to a 60 point season.
Goaltenders
Linus Ullmark saved 17 of 21 for a 0.810 save percentage.
James Reimer saved 33 of 35 for a 0.943 save percentage.
Sens’ Three Stars of the Game
1. Claude Giroux — goal (15)
2. Jake Sanderson — goal (9)
3. Tyler Kleven — assist (4)
Next Game
Final meeting of the campaign with Tampa Bay.
More April hockey is coming!