Sabres at Canadiens

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 10 10 9 0 29
Canadiens 9 12 8 0 29
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 3 2 1 0 6
Canadiens 0 3 0 0 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, BOUGHNER 2 (WIEMER, RUUTU), 00:13
2. SABRES, JOHNSON 4 (WHITE, PURINTON) (PP), 06:49
3. SABRES, WIEMER 16 (RUUTU, DINGMAN) (SH), 09:07

PENALTIES: S. BARNES MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 06:03, B. BOUGHNER BUF (FIGHTING) 06:10, D. GAUTHIER MTL (FIGHTING) 06:10, M. RICCI MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:06, J. DOIG BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 08:52, D. SEIDENBERG BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 09:53, J. RUUTU BUF (FIGHTING) 15:15, M. LAPOINTE MTL (FIGHTING) 15:15, A. ROY BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 15:30, P. MARA MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:30, C. DINGMAN BUF (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 15:54, S. FEDOROV MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 15:54, M. JOHNSON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:04, D. PURINTON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:08, D. PHANEUF MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 17:08

Period 2
4. CANADIENS, BARNES 14 (GAUTHIER, FEDOROV), 01:07
5. SABRES, RUUTU 14 (BOUGHNER, JOHNSON), 02:48
6. SABRES, RUUTU 15 (JOHNSON, BOUGHNER), 07:04
7. CANADIENS, DUPUIS 26 (LAPOINTE, BREWER), 09:45
8. CANADIENS, BERGERON 21 (BREWER, DELMORE) (PP), 15:25

PENALTIES: T. SIMPSON BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 06:44, P. MARA MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 06:44, T. SIMPSON BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 10:34, P. MARA MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 10:34, J. RUUTU BUF (, , Game Misconduct) 10:43, D. GAUTHIER MTL (, , Game Misconduct) 10:43, E. BREWER MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:57, J. WIEMER BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Major) 13:17, J. DOIG BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 14:24, M. SMITH BUF (, ) 17:10, M. LAPOINTE MTL (, , Game Misconduct) 17:10

Period 3
9. SABRES, SOMIK 1 (SOROCHAN, JOHNSON), 16:26

PENALTIES: A. ROY BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 01:20, J. WIEMER BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 05:18, A. DELMORE MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 05:18, C. DINGMAN BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 06:44, M. JOHNSON BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 09:03, S. AVERY BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 12:11, D. SEIDENBERG BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 16:24, P. MARA MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:24, D. PHANEUF MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 17:59

Goalie Statistics

Jean-Francois Damphous (BUF), 26 saves out of 29 shots, W, 2-19-2
Marc Denis (MTL), 11 saves out of 12 shots
Jim Carey (MTL), 12 saves out of 17 shots, L, 17-20-4

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 1 for 4
Canadiens 1 for 11

Game Stars

1 - Matt Johnson (BUF)
2 - Jarko Ruutu (BUF)
3 - Jason Wiemer (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Colin White           0  1  1    -2   0  1   3 17
Peter Worrell         0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 12
Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0  Even   6  2   1 12
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0  Even   0  1   3 14
Bob Boughner          1  2  3    +4   5  1   1 18
Andre Roy             0  0  0    -2   4  2   2 13
Todd Simpson          0  0  0  Even   4  1   2 18
Radovan Somik         1  0  1    +1   0  4   0 15
Sean Avery            0  0  0    -1   2  1   1 13
Mark Smith            0  0  0    -1   5  0   2 22
Jason Doig            0  0  0    -2   4  3   1 18
Dale Purinton         0  1  1  Even   2  0   0 13
Jarko Ruutu           2  2  4    +3  20  2   2  8
Chris Dingman         0  1  1  Even   6  1   3 16
Jason Wiemer          1  1  2    +4   7  5   3 21
Matt Johnson          1  3  4    +4   4  3   1 22
Ryan Kesler           0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 17
Lee Sorochan          0  1  1    +4   0  0   1 12
   
Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brian Gionta          0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 16
Patrice Bergeron      1  0  1  Even   0  3   1 23
Eric Brewer           0  2  2  Even   2  2   2 27
Stu Barnes            1  0  1    -2   2  2   2 17
Denis Gauthier        0  1  1    -1  20  0   2  9
Pascal Dupuis         1  0  1  Even   0  5   3 22
Dion Phaneuf          0  0  0    -1   6  2   4 22
Brian Leetch          0  0  0    -1   0  5   1 21
Andy Delmore          0  1  1    -2   2  1   0 23
Paul Mara             0  0  0    +1   8  0   0 19
Martin Lapointe       0  1  1    +1  20  1   1 10
Drew Miller           0  0  0  Even   0  0   3  8
David Legwand         0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 10
Pierre Turgeon        0  0  0    -2   0  1   0 17
Dustin Brown          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  8
Thomas Holmstrom      0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  6
Sergei Fedorov        0  1  1    -2   2  1   3 22
Mike Ricci            0  0  0  Even   2  2   3 10
   

Financial

Attendance: 11977
Net Profit: $503 034,00

Game Notes

Bob Boughner and Denis Gauthier fight to a draw
Jarko Ruutu and Martin Lapointe fight to a draw
Marc Denis enters game at 07:04 of 2nd period
Jarko Ruutu and Denis Gauthier fight to a draw
Jarko Ruutu ejected at 10:43 of the 2nd Period
Denis Gauthier ejected at 10:43 of the 2nd Period
Drew Miller injured at 17:10 of the 2nd Period
Mark Smith beats up Martin Lapointe
Martin Lapointe ejected at 17:10 of the 2nd Period

Minor League Box Score

Bombers        0
Lunatic        6
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Johnny Oduya 6 (Jason Ward, Simon Gamache)
David Booth 20 (Pavel Brendl, Maxime Talbot)
Boyd Devereaux 10 (Kevin Bieksa, unknown)
Simon Gamache 13 (Gino Odjick, Ian White)
Pavel Brendl 13 (Pierre Dagenais, Robert Dome)
Maxime Talbot 12 (Patrick O'Sullivan, Alexei Semenov)

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Goalies
Bombers: Neil Little
Lunatic: Dan Blackburn
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