Montreal Canadiens 5 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 25 - 24
PP: 3 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:65/78=83 %, Challenges:30/46=63 %
PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:33/44=73 %
Attendance: 6381 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 195258 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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12:38 0-1
Ales Kotalik [1] (Thomas Vanek, Chris Drury)PP
13:12 1-1
Janne Niinimaa [1] (Sheldon Souray, Sergei Samsonov)PP
14:36 2-1
Michael Ryder [2] (Chris Higgins, Andrei Kostitsyn)PP
17:16 3-1
Guillaume Latendresse [1] (Tomas Plekanec, Chris Higgins)
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no scoring
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41:48 3-2
Brian Campbell [1] (Dainius Zubrus, Thomas Vanek)
47:12 4-2
Chris Higgins [1] (Sergei Samsonov, Alex Kovalev)PP
49:53 4-3
Chris Drury [1] (Jochen Hecht, Maxim Afinogenov)
56:44 5-3
Michael Ryder [3] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Steve Bégin)
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Penalty summary:
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07:36
Tim Connolly (2 min for hooking)
12:07
Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for tripping)
13:06
Ales Kotalik (2 min for cross-checking)
14:01
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for roughing)
18:48
Andrei Markov (2 min for boarding)
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27:47
Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
30:38
Andrew Peters (2 min for hooking)
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42:16
Toni Lydman (2 min for high-sticking)
45:44
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for tripping)
50:51
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for hooking)
54:08
Sheldon Souray (2 min for holding the stick)
58:29
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 7.20 6
R Michael Ryder 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 13.20 8
R Mike Johnson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 6.20 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 6
C Chris Higgins 1 2 5 0 3 0 0 -1 20.30 8
C Radek Bonk 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 18.30 6
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6.30 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
L Steve Bégin 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 -1 15.20 8
L Sergei Samsonov 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 21.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 18.50 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 18.10 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 28.40 8
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12.00 6
D Janne Niinimaa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 -1 12.30 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 8.20 7
R Dainius Zubrus 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 18.40 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 19.00 8
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 9.00 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.20 6
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 6
C Chris Drury 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 18.40 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -1 8.00 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 11.10 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 20.20 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18.10 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 26.50 8
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 10.00 6
D Brian Campbell 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Ryder
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Guillaume Latendresse