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14/9/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 1 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 16 - 34
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:61/76=80 %, Challenges:23/44=51 %
PP: 1 of 4 (14 shots), Passing:67/86=77 %, Challenges:40/58=67 %
Attendance: 7438 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 349586 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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13:41 0-1
Alex Kovalev [3] (Saku Koivu, Andrei Kostitsyn)PP
19:01 1-1
Craig Rivet [1] (Jason Pominville, Henrik Tallinder)
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33:15 1-2
Chris Higgins [3] (Alex Kovalev, Georges Laraque)
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58:58 1-3
Alex Kovalev [4] (Chris Higgins, Tomas Plekanec) EN
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Penalty summary:
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13:08
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for hooking)
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21:57
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for boarding)
33:22
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for hooking)
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42:29
Steve Bégin (2 min for elbowing)
54:41
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
54:41
Ales Kotalik (2 min for roughing)
54:54
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 6.30 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 -1 13.40 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 16.40 5
R Jason Pominville 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 16.20 6
C Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.50 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 18.20 5
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 6
L Adam Mair 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7.40 5
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -1 13.40 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 5
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 22.40 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 14.00 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 19.00 4
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 27.40 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -1 14.00 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
D Craig Rivet 1 0 2 4 0 5 0 0 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 31 0 0 59.00 9
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 9.00 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 20.00 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 10.40 6
R Alex Kovalev 2 1 5 2 1 2 0 2 20.20 10
C Steve Bégin 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 8.00 6
C Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 5
C Saku Koivu 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 7
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.20 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 3 2 2 5 0 0 20.00 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 -1 15.20 6
L Chris Higgins 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 2 15.40 9
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 18.50 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 11.20 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 23.40 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 19.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 -1 18.30 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Other notes: