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Senators surge past Sabres 5-3

OTTAWA (AP) Brian Elliott found a way to keep the Senators on their winning streak.

The Senators' backup goalie replaced injured starter Pascal Leclaire to start the third period and made 16 saves to pick up the win and Ottawa topped the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Saturday night.

"I don't know how fast my heart was going when I got in there," Elliott said. "The guys played really well in front of me. I felt I played pretty good and obviously they spotted me that lead and that helped as well." (MORE)

Sabres Headlines

Final	1	2	3	Tot
Buffalo	1	0	2	3
Ottawa	0	2	3	5

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Final Boxscore

Three Stars
1:	Filip Kuba, Ott (1G, 3A)
2:	Daniel Alfredsson, Ott (2G, 1A)
3:	Mike Fisher, Ott (1A)

Standings
Northeast Division
	W	L	OTL	Pts
Buffalo	12	6	2	26
Ottawa	11	6	3	25
Boston	10	8	4	24
Montreal	11	11	1	23
Toronto	4	11	6	14

Leaders
Points:	T. Connolly	17
Plus/Minus:	P. Kaleta	7
Shots on Goal:	J. Hecht	57
PIM:	P. Kaleta	37
Win:	R. Miller	12
Shutouts:	R. Miller	2

Offense (Rank)
Goals:	52 (26)
Shots:	668 (13)
PP%:	19.4% (17)
Penalty Minutes:	294 (18)
Assists:	93 (24)
SH Goals:	0 (28)

Defense (Rank)
Goals Against:	50 (27)
Shots Against:	583 (27)
PK%:	82.4% (7)
Penalty Minutes:	333 (6)
Shutouts:	2 (5)
Sv%:	0.914 (7)

Next 5
Date	Opp	Previous
11/25	@ Was	-
11/27	@ Phi	W 3-2 11/14
11/28	vs. Car	-
11/30	@ Tor	W 3-2 10/30
12/3	vs. Mon	L 1-2 10/3
Full Schedule

Last 10
Date	Opp	Final
11/21	@ Ott	L 3-5
11/20	vs. Bos	L 1-2
11/18	vs. Fla	L 2-6
11/14	@ Phi	W 3-2
11/13	vs. Cgy	W 2-1
11/11	vs. Edm	W 3-1
11/7	@ Bos	L 2-4
11/6	vs. Phi	L 2-5
11/4	vs. NYI	W 3-0
10/31	@ NYI	L 0-5

Injuries
Date	Player	Status
11/21/2009	D. Stafford	Bruised hip (day-to-day)
11/13/2009	M. Grier	Groin (day-to-day)

Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
11/15/2009	T. Ennis	Sent to minors Portland-AHL
11/14/2009	T. Ennis	Called up from minors from Portland-AHL
11/12/2009	J. Enroth	Sent to minors Portland-AHL
11/9/2009	A. Mair	Waived Placed on waivers
11/4/2009	J. Enroth	Called up from minors from Portland-AHL
9/30/2009	N. Gerbe	Sent to minors Portland-AHL
9/30/2009	M. Weber	Sent to minors Portland-AHL
9/29/2009	C. McCormick	Sent to minors Portland-AHL
9/26/2009	M. Mancari	Re-Signed
9/26/2009	M. Mancari	Sent to minors Portland-AHL

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