Time: Saturday, Dec 26, 2009 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: ndash; Ottawa 5-5-0; Buffalo 6-3-1
ndash; It’s the third meeting of the season between the Northeast Division rivals, but the first visit by the Senators to HSBC Arena. Ottawa has won twice at home 5-3 on Nov. 21 and 2-0 on Dec. 16 a game in which several Sabres were plagued by a case of food poisoning.ndash; Ottawa’s offense has gone cold. Tuomo Ruutu has two goals in the Senators’ last four games. … Buffalo’s Derek Roy is 2-2-4 in his last four games and 4-8-12 in his last 13. Goaltender Ryan Miller has won two of his last three decisions and is tops in save percentage (.935) and second in goals-against average (1.99).
ndash; After going 13-7-4 in the season’s first two months, Ottawa is 5-8-0 in December. The Senators had allowed just 34 second-period goals before being blitzed for five goals in the middle period at Pittsburgh. The Sens are 0-for-18 on the power play in their last five games. … The Sabres are 10-1-3 in one-goal games and 10-5-0 in games decided by three or more goals but just 2-5-0 in two-goal games. Buffalo had allowed just 18 power-play goals before surrendering two (in two tries) in the third period in the loss to Washington.
ndash; The Senators lost their captain during Wednesday’s loss in Pittsburgh when Daniel Alfredsson went down with a shoulder injury that he expects to keep him out for a few weeks. The Sens did get goaltender Pascal Leclaire and forwards Chris Neil and Shean Donovan back on Wednesday. No. 1 center Jason Spezza (knee) likely won’t return until after the Olympics. … For the Sabres, Thomas Vanek (abdomen), Patrick Kaleta (neck), Chris Butler (ankle) and Nathan Gerbe (groin) all are banged up We will post information about results of this match, as soon as posible.. stay tuned.