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17/10/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 3
, Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 36 - 27
MTL PP: 2 of 9 (16 shots), Passing:73/83=87 %, Challenges:37/46=78 %
BUF PP: 1 of 3 (10 shots), Passing:63/75=84 %, Challenges:32/53=59 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 972177 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:42 1-0 MTL Alex Tanguay [2] (Sergei Fedorov)PP
07:17 1-1 BUF Drew Stafford [2])
14:59 2-1 MTL Chris Higgins [3] (Steve Bégin, Patrice Brisebois)PP
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34:25 3-1 MTL Tom Kostopoulos [1] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Andrei Markov)
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46:57 3-2 BUF Thomas Vanek [2] (Maxim Afinogenov, Tim Connolly)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:16 BUF Craig Rivet (2 min for tripping)
05:27 BUF Nathan Paetsch (2 min for high-sticking)
09:14 BUF Ales Kotalik (2 min for slashing)
11:25 BUF Jochen Hecht (2 min for hooking)
14:01 BUF Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
15:32 BUF Daniel Paillé (2 min for tripping)
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20:01 MTL Chris Higgins (2 min for tripping)
21:34 MTL Francis Bouillon (2 min for high-sticking)
26:12 BUF Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for cross-checking)
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41:56 BUF Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
46:02 MTL Alex Tanguay (2 min for hooking)
54:04 BUF Ales Kotalik (2 min for tripping)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 7
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 5
R Mark Parrish 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 19.00 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 4.50 7
C Steve Bégin 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 13.40 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 12.00 7
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.40 7
L Chris Higgins 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 12.10 7
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 20.20 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 12.50 6
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13.40 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 29.10 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 5 3 6 2 -1 12.20 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 23.10 8
D Andrei Markov 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 5.50 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 -1 11.20 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16.00 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 1 1 2 0 6 0 16.20 6
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 12.10 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 -1 19.40 4
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
C Tim Connolly 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.50 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 -1 6.30 4
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 21.40 8
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 21.00 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 -1 13.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.50 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 26.40 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 21.50 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 19.40 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 33 0 0 60.00 9
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tom Kostopoulos
2nd star: Sergei Fedorov
3rd star: Chris Higgins
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Tom Kostopoulos ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Tom Kostopoulos ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 20) , Rochester Americans 1( 9)
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1-0 QUE Yanick Lehoux (Max Pacioretty, Sergei Kostitsyn)
2-0 QUE Sergei Kostitsyn (Ben Maxwell)
3-0 QUE Matt D'Agostini (Ryan White)
3-1 ROC Phillip Gogulla (Nathan Gerbe)
Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Adam Dennis