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23/9/2007
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 28 - 23
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:56/64=87 %, Challenges:26/43=59 %
PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:73/87=83 %, Challenges:46/64=70 %
Attendance: 8509 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 397371 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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15:33 0-1
Toni Lydman [2] (Jason Pominville, Henrik Tallinder)
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27:42 1-1
Andrei Markov [1] (Maxim Lapierre, Chris Higgins)
36:34 1-2
Daniel Paillé [1] (Paul Gaustad, Nathan Paetsch)
38:03 2-2
Sergei Kostitsyn [1] (Francis Bouillon, Mike Komisarek)
39:55 3-2
Alex Kovalev [5] (Alex Tanguay, Roman Hamrlik)
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45:19 4-2
Alex Tanguay [4] (Alex Kovalev, Georges Laraque)
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Penalty summary:
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03:03
Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
09:35
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for cross-checking)
19:11
Adam Mair (2 min for boarding)
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30:58
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for cross-checking)
32:03
Toni Lydman (2 min for roughing)
32:03
Alex Kovalev (2 min for roughing)
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48:37
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for cross-checking)
53:27
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for hooking)
58:46
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
58:46
Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.40 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 15.20 8
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 -1 15.00 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 19.30 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6.00 5
C Chris Higgins 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 16.50 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 6
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.50 7
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 11.40 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 -2 17.20 6
L Alex Tanguay 1 1 6 0 3 0 0 2 20.50 8
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 13.30 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 17.30 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 26.30 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14.40 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 -1 20.50 8
D Andrei Markov 1 0 1 6 1 4 0 2 27.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 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 2 0 1 0 2 -1 7.20 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12.50 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 -1 15.00 6
R Jason Pominville 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 15.50 9
C Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.20 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 19.30 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 14.10 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17.40 6
L Adam Mair 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 -1 7.20 5
L Daniel Paillé 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 12.50 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 20.10 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 -1 21.00 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 -1 14.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 16.10 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 27.30 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 16.40 6
D Toni Lydman 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 16.20 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 28.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Alex Tanguay
3rd star: Andrei Markov
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Georges Laraque ended his 6 game point drought.
-Francis Bouillon ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Daniel Paillé ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes: