SABRES at CANADIENS

Shots
123OTT
SABRES 5 9 8 0 22
CANADIENS 11 10 13 0 34
Goals
123OTT
SABRES 1 1 2 0 4
CANADIENS 3 1 3 0 7


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CANADIENS, O'MARRA 15 (HIGGINS), 00:49
2. SABRES, MALKIN 16 (NOLAN, GREBESHKOV), 02:43
3. CANADIENS, MICHALEK 16 (CAMPBELL, YASHIN), 03:07
4. CANADIENS, YASHIN 13 (HARTNELL, COMMODORE), 12:23

PENALTIES: A. ROGERS MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 16:52

Period 2
5. CANADIENS, WISNIEWSKI 8 (HEJDUK, O'MARRA), 05:19
6. SABRES, AFINOGENOV 22 (OSHIE, MIKHNOV) (PP), 07:15

PENALTIES: M. KOMISAREK MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 05:27, M. KOMISAREK MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 10:27

Period 3
7. CANADIENS, HIGGINS 17 (KOMISAREK), 05:44
8. SABRES, CHISTOV 28 (AFINOGENOV, GONCHAR), 15:10
9. SABRES, FORSBERG 20 (CHISTOV, GONCHAR), 15:28
10. CANADIENS, LEGWAND 22 (UMBERGER, KLOUCEK), 17:46
11. CANADIENS, GOC 12 (HEJDUK, O'MARRA), 19:09

PENALTIES: E. MALKIN BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 17:59, M. COMMODORE MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 18:50

Goalie Statistics

Nikolai Khabibulin (BUF), 22 saves out of 27 shots, L, 22-24-0
Semen Varlamov (BUF), 5 saves out of 7 shots
Ray Emery (MTL), 18 saves out of 22 shots, W, 16-31-3

Power Play Conversions

SABRES 1 for 4
CANADIENS 0 for 1

Game Stars

1 - Ryan O'marra (MTL)
2 - James Wisniewski (MTL)
3 - Milan Hejduk (MTL)

Player Statistics

SABRES

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Denis Gauthier        0  0  0    -3   0  0   0 14
Peter Forsberg        1  0  1    -1   0  2   3 23
Sheldon Souray        0  0  0    -1   0  2   6 20
Anton Volchenkov      0  0  0  Even   0  3   1 26
Evgeni Malkin         1  0  1    -1   2  3   1 23
Alexei Mikhnov        0  1  1    -1   0  0   1  8
Stanislav Chistov     1  1  2  Even   0  2   3 20
T.J. Oshie            0  1  1    -2   0  2   0 13
Sergei Gonchar        0  2  2  Even   0  1   1 24
Denis Grebeshkov      0  1  1    -1   0  0   1 18
Owen Nolan            0  1  1    -1   0  0   0 21
Daniel Corso          0  0  0    -2   0  1   2 11
Timofei Shishkanov    0  0  0    -2   0  2   0 10
Jochen Hecht          0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 21
James Sheppard        0  0  0    -1   0  0   2  5
Eric Godard           0  0  0    -1   0  1   0  5
Maxim Afinogenov      1  1  2  Even   0  2   3 22
Patrice Brisebois     0  0  0    -2   0  0   1 14
   
CANADIENS

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Milan Michalek        1  0  1    +1   0  4   0 17
David Legwand         1  0  1    +1   0  3   4 16
Maxime Talbot         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Andrei Kostsitsyn     0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  5
James Wisniewski      1  0  1    +2   0  4   3 23
R.J. Umberger         0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 13
Ryan O'marra          1  2  3    +2   0  2   1 22
Mike Komisarek        0  1  1    +2   4  1   5 22
Andy Rogers           0  0  0    +1   2  3   1 19
Mike Commodore        0  1  1    +1   2  0   1 19
Chris Higgins         1  1  2    +1   0  1   4 21
Brian Campbell        0  1  1    +1   0  2   2 24
Milan Hejduk          0  2  2    +2   0  2   3 18
Marcel Goc            1  0  1    +2   0  3   1 15
Tomas Kloucek         0  1  1    +1   0  1   2 14
Alexei Yashin         1  1  2    +1   0  1   1 17
Scott Hartnell        0  1  1    +1   0  5   0 18
Rob Niedermayer       0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  5
   

Financial

Attendance: 14587
Net Profit: $1 181 547,00

Game Notes

Semen Varlamov enters game at 05:44 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

AMERICANS      1
BULLDOGS       2
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Michal Rozsival 15 (Ian Laperriere, Bruno St-Jacques)

Blake Geaffrion 21 (Siarhei Kostsitsyn, A.J. Thelen)
Blake Geaffrion 22 (Mikhail Grabovsky, Joe Finley)

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Goalies
AMERICANS: Brian Finley
BULLDOGS: Olivier Michaud
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