Buffalo Sabres 6 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 34 - 24
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:66/68=97 %, Challenges:37/50=72 %
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:62/82=75 %, Challenges:52/52=98 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:29 0-1
Chris Higgins [14] (Michael Ryder, Mathieu Dandenault)PP
07:13 1-1
Teemu Selänne [15] (Brian Gionta, Dan Boyle)
10:48 2-1
Mike Ribeiro [5] (Clarke MacArthur, Alexandre Daigle)
16:12 3-1
Chris Drury [6] (Richard Zednik)
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25:45 4-1
Thomas Vanek [20] (Darcy Tucker, Jochen Hecht)
30:58 4-2
Tomas Plekanec [4] (Francis Bouillon, Mathieu Dandenault)
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42:15 5-2
Chris Drury [7] (Richard Zednik, Karel Rachunek)
42:43 6-2
Richard Zednik [12] (Chris Drury, Karel Rachunek)
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Penalty summary:
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04:48
Joni Pitkänen (2 min for slashing)
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54:56
Andrei Markov (2 min for slashing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexandre Daigle 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 12.00 6
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 12.50 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 7
R Teemu Selänne 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
C Mike Ribeiro 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 12.00 7
C Chris Drury 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 3 13.30 9
C Jochen Hecht 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
C Brian Gionta 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12.00 5
L Richard Zednik 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 12.50 9
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 15.00 8
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
D Dan Boyle 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 26.20 7
D Karel Rachunek 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 14.30 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 18.10 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 2 6 2 0 2 0 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 10.50 6
L Mike Johnson 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -3 17.40 7
R Michael Ryder 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 7
C Radek Bonk 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.50 5
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 -3 15.40 6
C Jason Allison 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
C Chris Higgins 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 14.10 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 10.50 8
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 -3 15.10 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 14.50 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -3 16.20 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 8
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 29.30 5
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 17.50 4
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 20.10 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 20.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 6 0 28 0 0 60.00 4
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Drury
2nd star: Richard Zednik
3rd star: Thomas Vanek
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Teemu Selänne scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Thomas Vanek scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Richard Zednik notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Chris Drury notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike Ribeiro finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Chris Drury finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Tomas Plekanec ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Francis Bouillon ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 28) , Quebec Citadelles 2( 20)
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1-0 ROC Dan Paillé (Reid Cashman, Mark Mancari)
1-1 QUE Michaël Lambert (Eric Manlow, Matt D'Agostini)
1-2 QUE Matt D'Agostini (Danny Groulx)
2-2 ROC Dan Paillé
Goalies: Danny Battochio - Yann Danis