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Montreal Canadiens 2 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 28 - 20
PP: 0 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:62/83=74 %, Challenges:25/34=71 %
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:63/80=78 %, Challenges:27/53=50 %
Attendance: 19464 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 903130 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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13:18 1-0
Kyle Chipchura [1] (Steve Ott, Maxim Lapierre)
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27:43 1-1
Tim Connolly [3] (Jochen Hecht)PP
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47:27 1-2
Jochen Hecht [3] (Marian Hossa, Dmitri Kalinin)SH
49:56 2-2
Alexander Semin [4] (Mike Ribeiro, Jere Lehtinen)
59:31 2-3
Maxim Afinogenov [1] (Tim Connolly, Andrew Peters)
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Penalty summary:
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00:17
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for high-sticking)
05:15
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for tripping)
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21:13
Alexander Semin (2 min for hooking)
23:31
Phillip Gogulla (2 min for elbowing)
26:52
Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
32:35
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for holding the stick)
35:45
Benjamin Breault (2 min for hooking)
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40:22
Ryan Whitney (2 min for tripping)
46:01
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for hooking)
52:26
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for boarding)
59:46
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Ott 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 -1 10.40 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 20.20 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 8.50 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 -1 15.00 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 16.20 8
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Kyle Chipchura 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 8.50 8
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 3 1 4 2 -1 11.00 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
L Alexander Semin 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 19.30 7
D Trevor Daley 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 12.30 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 27.50 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 -1 20.10 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 13.30 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 17 0 0 60.00 5
G Yann Danis 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 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.40 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 10.30 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 3 3 1 0 6 1 15.00 9
R Marian Hossa 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 22.50 7
C Benjamin Breault 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4.30 5
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1 10.30 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 13.20 6
C Tim Connolly 1 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 21.10 7
L Phillip Gogulla 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.30 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 11.00 5
L Andrew Peters 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 21.30 7
L Jochen Hecht 1 1 4 0 3 0 0 1 22.50 9
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 21.50 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 25.40 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 19.10 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.10 5
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 26.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 26 0 0 60.00 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tim Connolly
2nd star: Jochen Hecht
3rd star: Ryan Miller
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Steve Ott ended his 6 game point drought.
-Kyle Chipchura ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Kyle Chipchura ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jochen Hecht scored the 300th point of his career.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 7( 33) , Rochester Americans 0( 7)
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1-0 QUE Adam Hall (Mathieu Aubin, Mark Streit)
2-0 QUE Mathieu Aubin (Eric Manlow, Danny Groulx)
3-0 QUE Adam Hall (Mathieu Aubin, Eric Manlow)
4-0 QUE Gregory Stewart (Francis Lemieux)
5-0 QUE Olivier Legault (Duncan Milroy, Olivier Latendresse)
6-0 QUE Jamie Rivers (Gregory Stewart)
7-0 QUE Eric Manlow (Adam Hall)
Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Adam Dennis