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23/9/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 2 , Buffalo Sabres 5
Shots: 22 - 23
PP: 2 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:73/82=89 %, Challenges:16/43=36 %
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:72/100=72 %, Challenges:31/39=77 %
Attendance: 12763 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 390548 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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06:28 0-1
Maxim Afinogenov [3])PP
08:29 1-1
Alex Kovalev [4] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Saku Koivu)PP
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34:32 1-2
Andrew Peters [1] (Drew Stafford, Andrej Sekera)
36:46 1-3
Craig Rivet [1] (Anton Volchenkov, Tim Connolly)
38:05 2-3
Alex Kovalev [5] (Andrei Markov, Saku Koivu)PP
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42:44 2-4
Derek Roy [2] (Henrik Tallinder, Anton Volchenkov)
53:28 2-5
Tim Connolly [4] (Maxim Afinogenov, Jochen Hecht)
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Penalty summary:
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05:19
Saku Koivu (2 min for elbowing)
08:03
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
15:06
Ryan Flinn (2 min for hooking)
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28:18
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
37:46
Jochen Hecht (2 min for hooking)
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49:19
Jason Pominville (2 min for slashing)
54:26
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for elbowing)
58:57
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for holding the stick)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.10 6
R Bill Guerin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -3 14.30 6
R Alex Kovalev 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 -1 20.20 7
C Andrew Cogliano 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 15.40 5
C Robert Lang 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 13.30 6
C Saku Koivu 0 2 5 1 0 0 2 -1 19.00 7
L Ryan Flinn 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7.00 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 1 4 0 2 0 18.30 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 11.20 6
L Chris Higgins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 18.00 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 19.30 6
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 19.00 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 23.30 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 13.40 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -3 17.40 4
D Andrei Markov 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 26.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 5 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.10 5
R Drew Stafford 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 20.40 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 9.20 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 2 0 1 1 6 2 20.00 8
C Dominic Moore 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 10.00 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 14.40 8
C Derek Roy 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 9.30 6
C Tim Connolly 1 1 5 0 0 1 0 2 20.30 8
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 9.10 6
L Andrew Peters 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 19.00 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 3 20.20 8
L Martin Erat 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11.30 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 22.20 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 21.50 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 22.30 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 11.10 7
D Craig Rivet 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Tim Connolly
3rd star: Alex Kovalev
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Derek Roy ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Andrew Peters ended his 6 game point drought.
-Henrik Tallinder ended his 6 game point drought.
-Andrej Sekera ended his 5 game point drought.
-Craig Rivet ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes: