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20/9/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 27 - 31
PP: 1 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:72/83=86 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
PP: 1 of 4 (13 shots), Passing:72/91=79 %, Challenges:29/39=72 %
Attendance: 12763 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 390548 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:31 0-1
Thomas Vanek [3] (Tim Connolly)PP
15:01 1-1
Andrei Kostitsyn [1] (Josh Gorges, Steve Bégin)
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32:05 2-1
Tomas Plekanec [2] (Alex Tanguay, Alex Kovalev)PP
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45:18 2-2
Tim Connolly [2] (Jochen Hecht, Maxim Afinogenov)
49:42 2-3
Jaroslav Spacek [1] (Jochen Hecht, Mathieu Darche)
51:23 3-3
Alexander Perezhogin [1] (Guillaume Latendresse, Kyle Chipchura)
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60:29 3-4
Nathan Paetsch [1] (Andrej Sekera, Adam Mair)
Penalty summary:
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02:22
Chris Higgins (2 min for tripping)
06:01
Drew Stafford (2 min for slashing)
08:43
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for boarding)
12:39
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for high-sticking)
15:12
Mark Parrish (2 min for hooking)
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29:16
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
29:16
Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
30:46
Tim Connolly (2 min for hooking)
34:02
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
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52:17
Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for diving)
54:15
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 11.20 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 11.20 7
R Mark Parrish 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 20.00 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 7
C Steve Bégin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.00 7
C Kyle Chipchura 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 3 1 1 0 5 -1 17.50 6
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 10.00 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 12.40 7
L Chris Higgins 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 15.20 5
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
D Josh Gorges 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 18.20 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 23.40 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 19.20 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 25.10 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 -1 24.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 27 0 0 60.30 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.30 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.20 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 4 3 0 0 6 2 17.10 8
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
C Adam Mair 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 0 16.50 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 18.30 7
C Tim Connolly 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 18.40 8
L Mathieu Darche 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 5
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 16.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.20 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 15.50 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 27.20 7
D Nathan Paetsch 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 17.10 8
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 2 29.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 24 0 0 60.30 7
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tim Connolly
2nd star: Jaroslav Spacek
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Adam Mair ended his 5 game point drought.
-Nathan Paetsch ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Jaroslav Spacek ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Adam Mair beat Maxim Lapierre in a fight.