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17/9/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 34 - 24
PP: 1 of 9 (17 shots), Passing:64/80=80 %, Challenges:29/37=76 %
BUF PP: 1 of 3 (10 shots), Passing:60/87=68 %, Challenges:34/42=79 %
Attendance: 7711 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 356248 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:34 0-1 BUF Tim Connolly [3] (Maxim Afinogenov)PP
15:19 0-2 BUF Thomas Vanek [2] (Henrik Tallinder, Jaroslav Spacek)
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26:22 1-2
Georges Laraque [2] (Sidney Crosby, Francis Bouillon)
28:36 2-2
Andrei Kostitsyn [1] (Sidney Crosby, Roman Hamrlik)PP
34:02 2-3 BUF Maxim Afinogenov [2] (Drew Stafford, Mathieu Darche)
39:26 3-3
Sidney Crosby [2] (Georges Laraque)
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47:14 3-4 BUF Maxim Afinogenov [3] (Toni Lydman, Henrik Tallinder)
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Penalty summary:
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01:49
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
10:33
Eric Fehr (2 min for slashing)
17:26
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for roughing)
19:34 BUF Mathieu Darche (2 min for hooking)
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22:37 BUF Drew Stafford (2 min for roughing)
26:49 BUF Mathieu Darche (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:46 BUF Paul Gaustad (2 min for hooking)
44:16 BUF Mathieu Darche (2 min for cross-checking)
48:38
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
48:38 BUF Henrik Tallinder (2 min for roughing)
49:16 BUF Toni Lydman (2 min for roughing)
52:26 BUF Andrej Sekera (2 min for tripping)
54:43 BUF Paul Gaustad (2 min for hooking)
59:34 BUF Adam Mair (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 13.20 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 -1 20.50 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.20 6
R Georges Laraque 1 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 15.30 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 6.10 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.40 5
C Robert Lang 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 23.00 9
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 -1 20.50 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 5
L Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.20 5
D Shawn Belle 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 -2 19.00 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 30.20 7
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.10 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 5 1 1 1 4 0 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 20 0 0 59.00 5
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 8.10 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 18.40 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 13.20 9
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15.20 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 -1 20.40 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 7
C Tim Connolly 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 14.40 7
L Mathieu Darche 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 8.10 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 11.00 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 8
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 21.40 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 -1 13.30 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 22.30 7
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 20.00 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 17.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 16.40 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 29.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Ryan Miller
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Other notes: