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OTTAWA - Derek Roy  snapped a shot past Craig Anderson on Buffalo's sixth shootout attempt, giving the Sabres a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.

Both teams had failed to score before Roy's winner after each converted their first two attempts. Thomas Vanek and Brad Boyes also scored in the shootout for Buffalo, which went beyond regulation for the first time in 13 games.

Jhonas Enroth stopped Erik Karlsson, Nick Foligno, Kaspars Daugavins and Bobby Butler to set up Roy's winner. Enroth, who improved to 4-0, made 25 saves in his second start in as many nights. He stopped 29 shots in a 2-1 win over Calgary on Friday.

Sabres No. 1 goalie Ryan Miller has lost his last four starts, including a 3-2 loss to Philadelphia on Wednesday night when he was pulled in favor of Enroth after allowing three goals in the first 6:23.Roy and Jordan Leopold scored 2:16 apart midway through the second for the Sabres, who won their second in a row.

Milan Michalek and Erik Condra scored for Ottawa, which has lost three in a row (0-2-1) after a six-game winning streak. Anderson stopped 31 shots.

"I thought Andy played really well," Foligno said. "He stopped some of their big shooters and they just seemed to be able to get that last one."

Roy drew Buffalo even at 1-1 midway through the second. He redirected Ville Leino's shot past Anderson from the slot at 10:39.

Leopold made it 2-1 with his second goal at 12:55. Nathan Gerbe outplayed Ottawa's Stephane Da Costa for the puck behind the net and came out front to take a pair of shots at Anderson before Leopold put away the second rebound from the slot.

Condra scored on a breakaway at 14:13 to tie it at 2-2.

Michalek opened the scoring during 4-on-4 play 15:41 in. Senators defenceman Chris Phillips sent a lead pass to Michalek at centre ice and the Czech left wing drove past Tyler Myers before putting a backhand past Enroth.

The Senators had a couple of great scoring opportunities to add to their one-goal lead before the midway mark of the second. Jesse Winchester hit the top corner of the right post after he was sent in by Kaspars Daugavins. Moments later Daugavins nearly tucked in a rebound off the end boards.

NOTES: Miller is 4-5 with a 2.49 goals-against-avearage and .922 save percentage in nine games ... Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson missed his fourth straigth game because of a concussion ... Anderson drew the secondary assist on Michalek's goal ... Ottawa coach Paul MacLean used his timeout with 6.7 seconds left in the third before a faceoff in the Senators' zone.


Three star selections
1st:   DEREK ROY
2nd:   CRAIG ANDERSON
3rd:   MILAN MICHALEK
Winning Goaltender
Jhonas Enroth

Losing Goaltender
Craig Anderson

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EASTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 z - PIT 48 36 12 0 165 119 72
2 y - MTL 48 29 14 5 149 126 63
3 y - WSH 48 27 18 3 149 130 57
4 x - BOS 48 28 14 6 131 109 62
5 x - TOR 48 26 17 5 145 133 57
6 x - NYR 48 26 18 4 130 112 56
7 x - OTT 48 25 17 6 116 104 56
8 x - NYI 48 24 17 7 139 139 55
9 WPG 48 24 21 3 128 144 51
10 PHI 48 23 22 3 133 141 49
11 NJD 48 19 19 10 112 129 48
12 BUF 48 21 21 6 125 143 48
13 CAR 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 TBL 48 18 26 4 148 150 40
15 FLA 48 15 27 6 112 171 36

STATS

2012-2013 PLAYOFFS
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
D. Alfredsson 9 4 6 4 10
E. Karlsson 9 1 7 1 8
K. Turris 9 5 2 1 7
E. Condra 9 1 6 1 7
J. Pageau 9 4 2 6 6
S. Gonchar 9 0 6 -1 6
M. Methot 9 1 4 1 5
M. Michalek 9 2 2 2 4
J. Silfverberg 9 2 2 0 4
M. Zibanejad 9 1 3 -2 4
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
R. Lehner 0 1 0 .920 2.45
C. Anderson 5 3 0 .928 2.66
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