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Tugnutt and Biron earn shutouts
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Ottawa's Ron Tugnutt and Buffalo's Martin Biron teamed up for a rare scoreless tie.
Tugnutt made 30 saves and Biron stopped 23 shots in the 162nd 0-0 tie in NHL history Wednesday night.
"My first professional shutout in Rochester was a scoreless tie," said Biron, who has two shutouts in his last seven starts. "It's always tough. One way, you've got a shutout and you've got a point. The way Tugnutt played, he deserved the point too."
"I would take a couple of goals against to get the win," said Tugnutt, who played in his first game after missing two contests with a strained knee.
"This was my first (0-0 tie)," said Tugnutt, who notched his 14th career shutout and third of the season. "I was involved in a 0-0 tie in the (1997) playoffs against Buffalo. But you play to an end there."
Tugnutt has blanked Buffalo in both of the teams' games this season. Ottawa defeated Buffalo 4-0 October 23.
"It's good to come into a game feeling good about your opponent, feeling like you've had success against them," said Tugnutt. "We match up pretty evenly and it makes our games pretty tight checking."
With the tie, the fifth in the last seven meetings between the clubs, Buffalo extended its winless streak to five games (0-3-2).
"We're playing well enough to win hockey games," said Sabres captain Michael Peca. "It's a case where we've got to get the power play a goal and find a way to generate some offense."
Buffalo's power-play was 0-of-3 and has scored just one power play goal in its last seven games.
"It was like a playoff performance and we deserved better," said Sabres coach Lindy Ruff. "When you are struggling, you don't get a lot of bounces but we worked hard to get the chances we got."
"The emphasis is on defense," said Senators coach Jacques Martin. "Right now both teams are searching for offense."
In overtime, Buffalo outshot Ottawa 4-1, with Miroslav Satan bouncing a shot off the post with about 15 seconds to go.
The Sabres also outshot Ottawa 10-5 in the third period, with its best chance coming with about 21/2 minutes to go. From beside the net, Satan bounced the puck off the goal post and Tugnutt was on his back trying to cover the puck. Michal Grosek slapped at the rebound only to have the sprawled goalie make the stop.
Prior to that, the Sabres' best chances came in the second period. Buffalo's Curtis Brown had a goal disallowed 2:20 into the frame, as officials ruled he batted the puck into the net with a high stick.
Summary
NHL FINAL IN OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
OTTAWA 0 0 0 0 0
BUFFALO 0 0 0 0 0 FINAL IN OT
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NONE
3RD PRD: NONE
OT: NONE
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: OTT - 0 OF 2, BUF - 0 OF 3.
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
OTT 6 11 5 1 23
BUF 6 10 10 4 30
GOALIES: OTT - RON TUGNUTT
BUF - MARTIN BIRON
OFFICIALS: REF - MAGUIRE, ROBERTS
LIN - MORIN, KOVACHIK
ATT: 16,789
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