Buffalo Sabres 5 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 31 - 26
PP: 2 of 3 (11 shots), Passing:75/86=87 %, Challenges:47/48=95 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:54/70=77 %, Challenges:39/44=86 %
Attendance: 10227 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 499077 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:08 1-0
Jason Pominville [2] (Jochen Hecht, Paul Gaustad)
07:51 2-0
Ales Kotalik [2] (Andrew Peters, Derek Roy)PP
10:02 3-0
Tim Connolly [2] (Maxim Afinogenov, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
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25:39 4-0
Maxim Afinogenov [1] (Steve Bernier)
26:43 5-0
Paul Gaustad [1] (Jason Pominville, Maxim Afinogenov)
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48:23 5-1
Alex Kovalev [4] (Bryan Smolinski, Saku Koivu)
49:41 5-2
Tomas Plekanec [1] (Chris Higgins, Francis Bouillon)
54:36 5-3
Michael Ryder [3] (Chris Higgins, Saku Koivu)
55:43 5-4
Alexander Perezhogin [1] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Steve Bégin)
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Penalty summary:
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04:45
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for holding the stick)
07:22
Saku Koivu (5 min for boarding)
19:59
Dan Paillé (2 min for high-sticking)
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32:23
Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for tripping)
36:06
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
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42:52
Garth Murray (5 min for fighting)
42:52
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Bernier 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.40 7
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13.20 6
R Jason Pominville 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.20 9
C Dan Paillé 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 6.40 6
C Derek Roy 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 8
C Paul Gaustad 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 16.10 8
C Tim Connolly 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 -1 18.50 9
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 8.10 6
L Andrew Peters 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 0 11.50 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 19.30 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14.30 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -1 21.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 21.50 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 28.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 22 0 0 60.00 5
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 6
R Alexander Perezhogin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 14.20 5
R Michael Ryder 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 18.40 8
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 8
C Garth Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 5.00 6
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 11.40 8
C Chris Higgins 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 -2 16.20 6
C Saku Koivu 0 2 5 1 0 0 5 1 18.30 9
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5.50 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 16.00 7
L Steve Bégin 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 -2 20.50 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
D David Fischer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 15.00 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 -2 25.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 27.20 8
D Andre Benoit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11.40 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 15.20 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 14 0 0 26.40 4
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 12 0 0 33.00 7
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Jason Pominville
3rd star: Paul Gaustad
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Other notes:
-Andrew Peters beat Garth Murray in a fight.