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17/9/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 28 - 32
PP: 2 of 6 (18 shots), Passing:63/75=84 %, Challenges:29/40=70 %
PP: 1 of 6 (17 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:47/57=81 %
Attendance: 9297 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 434170 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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17:21 0-1
Roman Hamrlik [1] (Chris Higgins, Vincent Lecavalier)
19:37 1-1
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [1] (Tim Connolly)PP
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29:59 1-2
Chris Higgins [3] (Patrice Brisebois, Saku Koivu)
32:52 2-2
Patrice Bergeron [4] (Andrew Brunette, Maxim Afinogenov)PP
38:21 2-3
Vincent Lecavalier [3] (Alex Kovalev, Chris Higgins)PP
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48:13 3-3
Maxim Afinogenov [3] (Mark Mancari, Dominic Moore)
49:21 4-3
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [2] (Jochen Hecht, Andrew Brunette)
59:18 5-3
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [3] (Jochen Hecht, Tim Connolly) EN
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Penalty summary:
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06:34
Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for slashing)
10:11
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for hooking)
12:34
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
18:29
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for tripping)
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22:26
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
31:07
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for hooking)
33:09
Mathieu Dandenault (2 min for boarding)
34:58
Mike Komisarek (2 min for hooking)
37:29
Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for tripping)
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41:04
Dominic Moore (2 min for tripping)
43:03
Robert Lang (2 min for tripping)
51:34
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for cross-checking)
56:51
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
56:51
Tom Kostopoulos (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.30 7
R Andrew Peters 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 0 11.40 6
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 13.20 9
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 17.00 8
C Dominic Moore 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 11.20 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 18.20 7
C Tim Connolly 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 7
C Patrice Bergeron 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1 13.20 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 19.40 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 7 4 2 2 4 1 20.00 8
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 27.50 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 20.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 4 0 1 4 0 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4.50 7
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 14.20 6
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 12.10 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 12.40 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 11.10 6
C Saku Koivu 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 20.50 8
L Georges Laraque 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.40 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 -1 14.20 7
L Chris Higgins 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 8
L Robert Lang 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 -1 20.20 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 4 1 4 2 -1 17.50 8
D François Beauchemin 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 7
D Roman Hamrlik 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 20.30 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 15.50 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 19.40 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 23 0 0 58.30 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
2nd star: Maxim Afinogenov
3rd star: Chris Higgins
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Other notes:
-Andrew Peters beat Tom Kostopoulos in a fight.