BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick scored a power-play goal with 2:47 remaining in the third period Friday night as Buffalo downed Ottawa, 3-2.
The Sabres scored all of their goals with the man advantage while ending the Senators' 11-game unbeaten streak.
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The Senators had gone 9
2 since a home loss to Boston on Dec. 13 and entered as the NHL's second-best penalty-killing unit. But facing the NHL's 26th-ranked power play, Ottawa fell one game shy of stretching its run to a club-record 12 games.
With just two goals in its previous 193 1/2 minutes, Buffalo finally cashed in when J.P. Dumont netted a power-play tally late in the second period.
Daniel Briere doubled the lead 4:51 into the third, but the Senators stormed back as Martin Havlat and Todd White scored 25 seconds apart later in the period.
