SABRES at CANADIENS

Shots
123OTT
SABRES 6 5 13 0 24
CANADIENS 6 8 12 0 26
Goals
123OTT
SABRES 2 0 0 0 2
CANADIENS 0 2 1 0 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, GODARD 1 (GONCHAR, FORSBERG), 13:14
2. SABRES, FORSBERG 24 (GONCHAR), 16:47



Period 2
3. CANADIENS, MICHALEK 19 (COMMODORE, YASHIN), 05:14
4. CANADIENS, HEJDUK 20 (UNASSISTED), 07:46

PENALTIES: A. KOSTSITSYN MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 09:38

Period 3
5. CANADIENS, YASHIN 18 (HARTNELL, MICHALEK), 16:02

PENALTIES: M. COMMODORE MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 12:17

Goalie Statistics

Nikolai Khabibulin (BUF), 23 saves out of 26 shots, L, 26-26-1
Ray Emery (MTL), 22 saves out of 24 shots, W, 21-33-3

Power Play Conversions

SABRES 0 for 2
CANADIENS 0 for 0

Game Stars

1 - Alexei Yashin (MTL)
2 - Milan Michalek (MTL)
3 - Peter Forsberg (BUF)

Player Statistics

SABRES

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Denis Gauthier        0  0  0    -1   0  1   3 15
Peter Forsberg        1  1  2    +1   0  2   1 22
Sheldon Souray        0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 20
Anton Volchenkov      0  0  0    +1   0  2   1 23
Evgeni Malkin         0  0  0    -1   0  3   1 25
Alexei Mikhnov        0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  7
Stanislav Chistov     0  0  0    +1   0  6   2 21
T.J. Oshie            0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 13
Sergei Gonchar        0  2  2    +1   0  1   3 23
Denis Grebeshkov      0  0  0    -1   0  1   2 20
Owen Nolan            0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 26
Daniel Corso          0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 17
Timofei Shishkanov    0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 15
Jochen Hecht          0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 22
James Sheppard        0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  5
Eric Godard           1  0  1    +1   0  2   1 12
Patrice Brisebois     0  0  0    -1   0  1   2 14
   
CANADIENS

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Milan Michalek        1  1  2    +2   0  2   1 20
David Legwand         0  0  0    -1   0  3   0 15
Maxime Talbot         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  6
Andrei Kostsitsyn     0  0  0  Even   2  0   1  6
James Wisniewski      0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 21
R.J. Umberger         0  0  0    -1   0  3   2 13
Ryan O'marra          0  0  0  Even   0  3   3 18
Mike Komisarek        0  0  0  Even   0  0   3 23
Andy Rogers           0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 17
Mike Commodore        0  1  1    +2   2  2   0 21
Chris Higgins         0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 19
Brian Campbell        0  0  0    +2   0  1   2 25
Milan Hejduk          1  0  1  Even   0  4   2 17
Marcel Goc            0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 13
Tomas Kloucek         0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 14
Alexei Yashin         1  1  2    +2   0  2   0 20
Scott Hartnell        0  1  1    +2   0  0   2 22
Rob Niedermayer       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  6
   

Financial

Attendance: 14451
Net Profit: $1 170 531,00

Game Notes


Minor League Box Score

AMERICANS      2
BULLDOGS       3
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Ian Laperriere 29 (Bruno St-Jacques, Tomas Holmstrom)
Ian Laperriere 30 (Jamie Allison, Mattias Norstrom)

Siarhei Kostsitsyn 26 (Zbynek Mchalek, Mikhail Grabovsky)
Blake Geaffrion 27 (unknown, Joe Finley)
Siarhei Kostsitsyn 27 (A.J. Thelen, unknown)

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Goalies
AMERICANS: Brian Finley
BULLDOGS: Olivier Michaud
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