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25/11/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 1 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 35 - 14
PP: 1 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:75/80=93 %, Challenges:48/62=76 %
PP: 1 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:55/73=75 %, Challenges:31/49=62 %
Attendance: 20241 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 945255 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:49 1-0
Andrei Kostitsyn [6] (Andrei Markov, Saku Koivu)PP
17:26 1-1
Nathan Paetsch [1] (Toni Lydman, Tim Connolly)PP
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no scoring
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46:49 1-2
Jochen Hecht [4] (Maxim Afinogenov, Jason Pominville)
59:22 1-3
Drew Stafford [2] (Derek Roy) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:08
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
05:26
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for roughing)
08:17
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for tripping)
15:44
Glen Metropolit (2 min for cross-checking)
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39:18
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
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41:41
Craig Rivet (2 min for hooking)
47:23
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 7
R Niklas Sundström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.50 6
R Brian Gionta 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 16.50 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 22.10 7
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.20 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.10 4
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 -1 19.40 8
C Saku Koivu 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 6
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 12.10 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 -1 19.20 7
L Henrik Sedin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 13.50 7
L Chris Higgins 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 10.40 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 19.40 6
D Andrei Markov 0 1 5 2 0 2 0 0 29.20 8
D Sean Hill 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 -1 11.50 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 -1 25.10 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 5 2 5 0 0 23.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 11 0 0 58.30 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 5.10 5
R Drew Stafford 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 12.40 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 0 1 2 0 6 1 15.00 6
R Jason Pominville 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 18.20 8
C Luke Adam 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 23.00 8
C Tim Connolly 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 14.10 9
C Derek Roy 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 16.50 8
L Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 5
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 13.00 6
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 18.30 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 19.50 8
D Nathan Paetsch 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 14.20 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 27.00 7
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 17.50 7
D Toni Lydman 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 0 34 0 0 60.00 10
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Miller
2nd star: Drew Stafford
3rd star: Jason Pominville
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alex Kovalev had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Nathan Paetsch finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 8( 41) , Rochester Americans 2( 11)
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1-0 QUE Mathieu Dandenault (Mike Glumac)
2-0 QUE Martin Rucinsky (Eric Manlow)
2-1 ROC Mark Mancari (Kyle Bailey, Mike Weber)
3-1 QUE Eric Manlow (Matt D'Agostini)
4-1 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Darin Olver)
5-1 QUE Alexei Emelin (Eric Manlow)
5-2 ROC Phillip Gogulla (Justin Aikins)
6-2 QUE Gregory Stewart
7-2 QUE Mike Glumac (Pavel Valentenko)
8-2 QUE Gregory Stewart (Johan Andersson)
Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Adam Dennis