Montreal Canadiens 1 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 19 - 29
PP: 0 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:67/83=80 %, Challenges:29/42=67 %
PP: 0 of 3 (11 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:22/48=44 %
Attendance: 16525 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 505665 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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19:07 1-0
Mikhail Grabovski [2] (Radek Bonk, Sheldon Souray)
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25:59 1-1
Jochen Hecht [7] (Maxim Afinogenov, Teppo Numminen)
26:54 1-2
Thomas Vanek [8] (Jaroslav Spacek)
27:56 1-3
Paul Gaustad [1] (Jason Pominville, Nathan Paetsch)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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00:39
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
08:41
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for holding the stick)
13:23
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
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21:49
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for elbowing)
30:34
Radek Bonk (2 min for high-sticking)
34:35
Andrei Markov (2 min for hooking)
38:45
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
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57:57
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for cross-checking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.40 6
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 16.40 4
R Marek Svatos 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -2 17.00 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 -1 12.00 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Radek Bonk 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 10.50 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.50 6
C Mike Comrie 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 5
L Steve Bégin 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 8.10 6
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.00 5
L Mikhail Grabovski 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 16.10 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 18.20 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 19.10 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -1 18.20 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 4 0 3 2 -1 24.30 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 10.40 5
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 1 4 1 4 0 -1 23.30 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 23.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
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 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 6
R Jason Pominville 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.20 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 10.30 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 5 2 3 0 10 1 20.00 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.50 5
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 11.50 6
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 12.40 7
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 18.00 4
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 19.40 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 13.40 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 1 29.20 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 17.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 16.20 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Paul Gaustad
2nd star: Thomas Vanek
3rd star: Jochen Hecht
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Chris Higgins had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Paul Gaustad finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 7( 31) , Rochester Americans 1( 18)
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1-0 QUE Mike Johnson (Janne Niinimaa, Kyle Chipchura)
2-0 QUE Mike Johnson (Janne Niinimaa)
3-0 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Mike Johnson)
4-0 QUE Markus Kink (Francis Lemieux)
5-0 QUE Eric Manlow
6-0 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Michaël Lambert)
6-1 ROC Dan Paillé (Patrik Valcak)
7-1 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Mike Johnson, Andre Benoit)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Danny Battochio