Sabres at Canadiens

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 6 10 4 0 20
Canadiens 9 7 16 0 32
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 0 0 1 0 1
Canadiens 3 1 4 0 8


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CANADIENS, RICHARDS 14 (ROBITAILLE, VRIES), 00:07
2. CANADIENS, ROBITAILLE 23 (RICHARDS), 08:40
3. CANADIENS, GRETZKY 18 (HEINZE, WESLEY) (PP), 15:52

PENALTIES: B. MILLER BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 05:44, D. ZUBRUS MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 05:44, S. HEINZE MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 11:39, É. CHARRON BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 15:18, W. CLARK BUF (CHECKING-FROM-BEHIND, Major) 16:07, G. VRIES MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 16:07, F. KUCERA BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 16:16, S. HEINZE MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 19:33

Period 2
4. CANADIENS, ROBITAILLE 24 (RICHARDS, BERARD) (PP), 18:01

PENALTIES: G. WESLEY MTL (CHARGING, Minor, Misconduct) 14:04, S. STEVENSON BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 17:49

Period 3
5. CANADIENS, CORVO 2 (BARON, ZUBRUS), 07:35
6. CANADIENS, ROBITAILLE 25 (RICHARDS) (PP), 08:13
7. CANADIENS, RICHARDS 15 (ROBITAILLE, BERARD), 08:22
8. CANADIENS, MORROW 10 (UNASSISTED), 12:40
9. SABRES, STEVENSON 6 (ERAT, AVERY), 13:20

PENALTIES: F. KUCERA BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 00:50, S. STEVENSON BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 05:10, T. HLUSHKO BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:40, W. GRETZKY MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 16:09

Goalie Statistics

Chris Mason (BUF), 19 saves out of 24 shots, L, 17-33-4
David Aebischer (BUF), 5 saves out of 8 shots
Garth Snow (MTL), 19 saves out of 20 shots, W, 6-4-0

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 0 for 4
Canadiens 3 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Brad Richards (MTL)
2 - Luc Robitaille (MTL)
3 - Joe Corvo (MTL)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Martin Erat           0  1  1  Even   0  1   0  8
Frantisek Kucera      0  0  0    -1   4  1   2 20
Wendel Clark          0  0  0    -2   5  2   2 22
Greg Hawgood          0  0  0    -4   0  2   4 24
Daniel Doré           0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 10
Sean Avery            0  1  1  Even   0  0   2 21
Scott Thomas          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Todd Hlushko          0  0  0    -1   2  1   0 18
Éric Charron          0  0  0    -3   2  1   3 18
Daniel Gauthier       0  0  0    -3   0  2   4 20
Roman Simicek         0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 16
Chris Snell           0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 23
Peter Fiorentino      0  0  0    +1   0  1   2 10
Gary Roberts          0  0  0    -3   0  0   0 21
Jarko Ruutu           0  0  0    -1   0  1   3 14
Shayne Stevenson      1  0  1    +1   4  1   1  6
Brad Miller           0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 15
Troy Mallette         0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 18
   
Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Valeri Karpov         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  8
Brad Richards         2  3  5    +3   0  6   1 23
Patrice Bergeron      0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 15
Jan Hrdina            0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  6
Murray Baron          0  1  1    +1   0  0   5 20
Joe Corvo             1  0  1    +2   0  3   2 23
Brendan Morrow        1  0  1    +1   0  1   3 20
Glen Wesley           0  1  1  Even  12  2   0 17
Paul Mara             0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 15
David Oliver          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 12
Luc Robitaille        3  2  5    +3   0  5   1 22
Alexander Mogilny     0  0  0    +3   0  3   0 17
Peter Cajanek         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  1
Steve Heinze          0  1  1  Even   4  3   2 19
Wayne Gretzky         1  0  1    +1   2  4   0 16
Bryan Berard          0  2  2    +3   0  0   2 21
Dainius Zubrus        0  1  1    +1   2  1   1 11
Greg De Vries         0  1  1    +2   2  2   1 24
   

Financial

Attendance: 11520
Net Profit: $552 960,00

Game Notes

Scott Thomas injured at 15:18 of the 1st Period
David Aebischer enters game at 07:35 of 3rd period
Luc Robitaille scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Bombers        5
Lunatic        3
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Steve Ott 8 (Andre Roy, Dennis Seidenberg)
Dave Roche 8 (Dan Currie, Joby Messier)
Dennis Seidenberg 2 (Matt Keith, Nick Stajduhar)
Ronald Petrovicky 7 (Peter Worrell, Radovan Somik)
Vladimir Tsyplakov 20 (Eric Manlow, Johnathan Aitken)

Guillaume Lefebvre 11 (Scott Hartnell, Frank Banham)
Robert Dome 8 (Zenith Komarniski, Steve Kelly)
Brian Savage 16 (Antoine Vermette, Niko Kapanen)

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Goalies
Bombers: Patrick Labrecque
Lunatic: Marc-Andre Fleury
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