Buffalo Sabres 4 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 28 - 23
PP: 2 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:60/70=85 %, Challenges:32/39=80 %
PP: 0 of 5 (4 shots), Passing:69/95=72 %, Challenges:40/46=85 %
Attendance: 3997 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 193054 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:37 0-1
Roman Hamrlik [1] (Chris Higgins)
13:24 1-1
Dmitri Kalinin [2] (Clarke MacArthur, Adam Mair)
13:41 1-2
Andrei Kostitsyn [3] (Francis Bouillon, Michael Ryder)
19:58 1-3
Tomas Plekanec [2] (Michael Ryder, Alex Kovalev)
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28:54 2-3
Thomas Vanek [4] (Maxim Afinogenov, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
33:44 3-3
Thomas Vanek [5] (Teppo Numminen, Derek Roy)PP
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47:52 4-3
Ales Kotalik [2] (Thomas Vanek, Jochen Hecht)
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Penalty summary:
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06:04
Michael Ryder (2 min for hooking)
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20:45
Michael Ryder (2 min for hooking)
20:54
Mike Komisarek (2 min for roughing)
20:54
Jochen Hecht (2 min for roughing)
21:03
Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
21:03
Teppo Numminen (2 min for roughing)
23:04
Nathan Paetsch (2 min for slashing)
27:19
Corey Locke (2 min for roughing)
32:07
Mike Komisarek (2 min for cross-checking)
33:54
Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
33:54
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
34:37
Adam Mair (2 min for slashing)
37:56
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
39:46
Paul Gaustad (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:58
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
44:09
Thomas Vanek (2 min for boarding)
58:17
Tomas Plekanec (2 min for high-sticking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Bernier 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6.40 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 10.40 6
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 -1 19.40 7
C Adam Mair 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 8.50 8
C Derek Roy 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 -1 13.00 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 18.30 8
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 13.20 6
L Thomas Vanek 2 1 5 1 0 1 2 -1 19.40 9
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 -1 20.20 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 12.30 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 2 4 2 1 2 -1 29.30 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 22.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 4
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
R Michael Ryder 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 20.30 9
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 -1 19.20 7
C Corey Locke 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.10 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 2 18.50 9
C Chris Higgins 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -1 19.20 7
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 5 1 2 7 1 20.00 9
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.50 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 18.30 6
D Roman Hamrlik 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 -1 25.40 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.00 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 26.20 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Ales Kotalik
3rd star: Michael Ryder
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Adam Mair ended his 7 game point drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Roman Hamrlik ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Andrew Peters beat Steve Bégin in a fight.