The Buffalo Sabres were decisively beaten by the Ottawa Senators, 4 to 1, in Game 5 of the 1997 playoff series on April 25, 1997.

Final

Senators

3-2-0

4

Sabres

2-3-0

1

Team

OTT

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

OTT

BUF

Shawn McEachern (EV) assisted by Wade Redden

2nd period

OTT

BUF

Daniel Alfredsson (EV) assisted by Denny Lambert and Wade Redden

3rd period

OTT

BUF

Daniel Alfredsson (PP) assisted by Steve Duchesne and Alexei Yashin

Donald Audette (EV) assisted by Darryl Shannon and Garry Galley

Randy Cunneyworth (EV) assisted by Shaun Van Allen and Bruce Gardiner

Senators

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Senators

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ron Tugnutt (W) R. Tugnutt	1	0	0	25	24	.960	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	66.7
Radim Bicanek R. Bicanek	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Radek Bonk R. Bonk	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Randy Cunneyworth R. Cunneyworth	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	5	20.0
Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0
Bruce Gardiner B. Gardiner	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Lambert D. Lambert	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	2	0.0
Janne Laukkanen J. Laukkanen	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Shawn McEachern S. McEachern	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
Lance Pitlick L. Pitlick	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Redden W. Redden	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Shaun Van Allen S. Van Allen	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	3	0.0
Alexei Yashin A. Yashin	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Jason York J. York	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Sergei Zholtok S. Zholtok	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Steve Shields (L) S. Shields	0	1	0	26	22	.846	4	4.38	0	55
Andrei Trefilov A. Trefilov				4	4	1.000	0	0.00	0	5

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	1	0	1	+1	0	6	16.7
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	0	0	0	14	2	0.0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	0	7	0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	1	1	0	2	2	0.0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Brad May B. May	0	0	0	0	14	0
Michael Peca M. Peca	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	0	2	0
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	1	1	0	2	1	0.0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	0	0	0	-2	2	0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0