Complex sentence: Bass played his first game in the NHL for the Ottawa Senators against the Atlanta Thrashers on December 15,2007, and scored his first NHL goal against the Buffalo Sabres on January 4,2008.
Split into simpler sentences: Bass played his first game in the NHL for the Ottawa Senators against the Atlanta Thrashers on December 15,2007. He scored his first NHL goal against the Buffalo Sabres on January 4,2008.