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22/3/2009
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Buffalo Sabres 1 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 30 - 21
PP: 1 of 6 (16 shots), Passing:73/83=87 %, Challenges:36/49=72 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:38/53=70 %
Attendance: 17963 of 18690 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 829892 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:52 0-1
Mathieu Schneider [6] (Thomas Vanek, Chris Higgins)
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33:17 1-1
Jason Pominville [26] (Jochen Hecht, Maxim Afinogenov)PP
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46:44 1-2
Thomas Vanek [32] (Henrik Zetterberg, Maxim Lapierre)
47:48 1-3
Alex Tanguay [20] (Roman Hamrlik, Henrik Zetterberg)
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Penalty summary:
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02:06
Jochen Hecht (2 min for hooking)
06:27
Adrian Aucoin (2 min for tripping)
10:31
Alex Tanguay (2 min for boarding)
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28:57
Saku Koivu (2 min for cross-checking)
32:01
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for elbowing)
38:45
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for elbowing)
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40:56
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for boarding)
56:11
Drew Stafford (2 min for roughing)
56:11
Robert Lang (2 min for roughing)
56:44
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.10 5
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 10.20 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 14.20 7
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 -1 22.40 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 4
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.30 6
C Jason Pominville 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 20.10 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -1 21.00 6
L Dominic Moore 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 11.50 8
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 -1 18.40 7
L Tim Connolly 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 -2 20.50 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 12.10 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 -2 25.20 7
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 -1 26.00 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.20 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 17.10 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -1 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 7.00 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 12.40 5
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
R Thomas Vanek 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 16.00 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 14.50 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 13.50 6
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 13.40 7
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.10 7
L Gregory Stewart 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 20.10 6
L Chris Higgins 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 12.30 6
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 2 18.50 8
D Pavel Valentenko 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 21.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 28.40 8
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 12.40 6
D Mathieu Schneider 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.50 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 5 2 1 0 2 2 24.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 29 0 0 60.00 10
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Carey Price
2nd star: Thomas Vanek
3rd star: Henrik Zetterberg
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alex Tanguay scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Roman Hamrlik notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Maxim Lapierre finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Alex Tanguay ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 22) , Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 13)
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0-1 HAM James Wyman (Glen Metropolit)
0-2 HAM Janne Lahti (Ben Maxwell, Alexei Emelin)
1-2 POR Mathieu Darche (Matt Ellis, Tim Kennedy)
2-2 POR Mark Mancari (Marek Zagrapan, Patrick Lalime)
3-2 POR Bryce Swan (Mike Sgroi, Dylan Hunter)
Goalies: Patrick Lalime - Marc Denis