Sabres at Canadiens

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 12 8 7 0 27
Canadiens 15 16 16 0 47
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 5 1 2 0 8
Canadiens 1 1 2 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, WIEMER 19 (LADD, SOROCHAN), 00:20
2. SABRES, RUUTU 16 (SEIDENBERG, AVERY), 11:00
3. SABRES, JOHNSON 6 (RUUTU, WHITE) (PP), 11:40
4. SABRES, WIEMER 20 (RUUTU, WORRELL) (PP), 13:34
5. CANADIENS, RICCI 10 (FEDOROV, LEETCH) (PP), 15:35
6. SABRES, JOHNSON 7 (KESLER, RUUTU), 17:53

PENALTIES: B. BOUGHNER BUF (FIGHTING) 03:08, D. GAUTHIER MTL (FIGHTING) 03:08, L. SOROCHAN BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 04:42, T. SIMPSON BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 07:21, P. DUPUIS MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 11:12, D. GAUTHIER MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 12:41, D. SEIDENBERG BUF (HOOKING, Minor, Misconduct) 13:57, M. JOHNSON BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 14:11, B. BOUGHNER BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 15:12

Period 2
7. CANADIENS, DELMORE 14 (TURGEON, FEDOROV) (PP), 05:42
8. SABRES, SOROCHAN 12 (AVERY, BACKES), 07:48

PENALTIES: R. KESLER BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 00:31, P. DUPUIS MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:53, J. WIEMER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:53, D. PHANEUF MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:47, P. WORRELL BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 05:01, D. SEIDENBERG BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 08:33, P. BERGERON MTL (BOARDING, Minor, Misconduct) 12:43, A. LADD BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 15:54

Period 3
9. CANADIENS, GIONTA 28 (BERGERON, LEETCH) (PP), 08:14
10. SABRES, LING 12 (SMITH, WHITE), 12:53
11. CANADIENS, BARNES 15 (TURGEON, FEDOROV), 17:56
12. SABRES, SMITH 10 (WORRELL, LING), 18:08

PENALTIES: D. PURINTON BUF (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 02:20, D. BROWN MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 02:20, T. KOSTOPOLOUS BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 03:27, D. PHANEUF MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 03:27, M. SMITH BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 07:13, M. LAPOINTE MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 14:41, P. MARA MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 19:43

Goalie Statistics

Jean-Francois Damphous (BUF), 43 saves out of 47 shots, W, 4-20-2
Marc Denis (MTL), 15 saves out of 18 shots
Jim Carey (MTL), 4 saves out of 9 shots, L, 17-24-4

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 2 for 7
Canadiens 3 for 12

Game Stars

1 - Jarko Ruutu (BUF)
2 - Jean-Francois Damphous (BUF)
3 - Matt Johnson (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Colin White           0  2  2    +3   0  1   1 21
Peter Worrell         0  2  2    +1   2  2   2 16
Dennis Seidenberg     0  1  1  Even  14  0   1 19
David Backes          0  1  1    +2   0  2   1 11
Andrew Ladd           0  1  1  Even   2  1   1 19
Bob Boughner          0  0  0    +1   7  1   5 16
Todd Simpson          0  0  0    +2   2  1   2 16
Sean Avery            0  2  2    +4   0  3   0 13
Mark Smith            1  1  2    +2   5  1   4 21
Dale Purinton         0  0  0    +1   5  0   3 20
Jarko Ruutu           1  3  4    +2   0  3   1 14
Chris Dingman         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  3
Jason Wiemer          2  0  2    +2   2  2   4 21
Matt Johnson          2  0  2    +1   2  5   3 24
Tom Kostopolous       0  0  0    -1   2  0   1  6
Ryan Kesler           0  1  1    +1   2  2   2 18
Lee Sorochan          1  1  2    +2   2  2   0 12
David Ling            1  1  2    +2   0  1   1  6
   
Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brian Gionta          1  0  1    -1   0  5   2 13
Patrice Bergeron      0  1  1    -2  12  4   1 18
Eric Brewer           0  0  0    -2   0  3   2 27
Stu Barnes            1  0  1    -2   0  2   0 14
Denis Gauthier        0  0  0    -2   7  0   3 21
Pascal Dupuis         0  0  0    -2   4  2   0 22
Dion Phaneuf          0  0  0  Even   4  4   2 21
Brian Leetch          0  2  2    -3   0  5   3 18
Andy Delmore          1  0  1    -2   0  4   1 18
Paul Mara             0  0  0    -1   2  1   1 15
Martin Lapointe       0  0  0    -2   2  2   1 20
Drew Miller           0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  9
David Legwand         0  0  0    -1   0  5   0 13
Pierre Turgeon        0  2  2    -2   0  1   0 15
Dustin Brown          0  0  0    -1   2  2   0 10
Thomas Holmstrom      0  0  0  Even   0  2   0  4
Sergei Fedorov        0  3  3    -2   0  0   1 19
Mike Ricci            1  0  1  Even   0  4   2 14
   

Financial

Attendance: 11476
Net Profit: $481 992,00

Game Notes

Bob Boughner and Denis Gauthier fight to a draw
Chris Dingman injured at 16:42 of the 1st Period
Marc Denis enters game at 17:53 of 1st period

Minor League Box Score

Bombers        1
Lunatic        4
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Patrick Fischer 2 (Eric Manlow, Kristian Kudroc)

Pierre Dagenais 14 (Ian White, Jason Ward)
Kevin Bieksa 5 (Maxime Talbot, Simon Gamache)
Simon Gamache 14 (Johnny Oduya, David Booth)
Robert Dome 10 (Alexei Semenov, Patrick O'Sullivan)

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Goalies
Bombers: Sebastien Charpentier
Lunatic: Dan Blackburn
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