Montreal Canadiens 3 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 30 - 22
PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:60/75=80 %, Challenges:26/41=61 %
PP: 0 of 6 (5 shots), Passing:72/88=81 %, Challenges:24/48=49 %
Attendance: 2552 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 78091 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:04 1-0
Alex Kovalev [1] (Sergei Samsonov, Sheldon Souray)
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30:04 2-0
Sergei Samsonov [1] (Alex Kovalev, Andrei Markov)
38:18 2-1
Thomas Vanek [2] (Ales Kotalik, Tim Connolly)
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45:18 3-1
Michael Ryder [1] (Chris Higgins, Andrei Kostitsyn)
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Penalty summary:
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00:24
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
00:24
Garth Murray (5 min for fighting)
07:09
Tim Connolly (2 min for hooking)
13:09
Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
17:57
Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for tripping)
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21:41
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for tripping)
26:28
Andrei Markov (2 min for high-sticking)
31:42
Chris Higgins (2 min for tripping)
39:45
Alex Kovalev (2 min for tripping)
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44:43
Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
44:43
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
48:08
Jochen Hecht (2 min for boarding)
50:53
Andrew Peters (2 min for high-sticking)
55:12
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 9.10 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 11.20 7
R Michael Ryder 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 18.10 8
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 6 1 1 1 2 2 13.20 8
C Garth Murray 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0 9.20 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 17.20 7
C Chris Higgins 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 12.10 6
C Radek Bonk 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 21.20 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 9.10 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 18.50 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 14.10 7
L Sergei Samsonov 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 12.30 8
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 11.20 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 21.40 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 2 27.00 9
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 4 1 6 0 -1 23.10 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 14.10 5
D Andrei Markov 0 1 4 4 0 4 2 2 22.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Yann Danis 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Bernier 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 13.40 8
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 10.00 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.10 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 -2 18.30 5
C Derek Roy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 17.10 7
C Tim Connolly 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 14.20 7
C Daniel Brière 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 20.20 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6.00 4
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 0 9.50 5
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 18.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 4 2 1 2 -2 20.00 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.10 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 22.30 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 29.50 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 13.20 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 5
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Sergei Samsonov
3rd star: Michael Ryder
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Other notes:
-Andrew Peters beat Garth Murray in a fight.
-Andrew Peters beat Steve Bégin in a fight.