Sabres at Canadiens

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 12 6 13 0 31
Canadiens 8 6 7 0 21
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 2 3 3 0 8
Canadiens 0 2 0 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, NEAL 20 (BYFUGLIEN, KESLER) (PP), 06:44
2. SABRES, YANDLE 13 (KESLER, NEAL), 13:55

PENALTIES: J. PATERSON MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 01:04, G. ANDERSON BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 01:06, N. BACKSTROM BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 02:56, S. O’BRIEN MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:56, C. MCLEOD MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 06:16, B. PRUST MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 08:25, S. SMITH BUF (FIGHTING) 11:44, R. HOLLWEG MTL (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 11:44, G. ANDERSON BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 15:00, D. CARCILLO MTL (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 15:00 (Served by Sean Avery)

Period 2
3. SABRES, BYFUGLIEN 17 (KANE, KESLER) (PP), 04:16
4. CANADIENS, WEIR 3 (CLARKSON, PRUST), 10:04
5. SABRES, DOUGHTY 15 (YANDLE, NEAL), 10:28
6. CANADIENS, O’BRIEN 5 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 15:21
7. SABRES, DOUGHTY 16 (KANE, BACKSTROM), 15:49

PENALTIES: D. DOUGHTY BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 00:11, S. AVERY MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 00:41, W. WEIR MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:27, Z. CHARA MTL (CHARGING, Minor, Misconduct) 02:22, C. MCLEOD MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:57, D. DOUGHTY BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 12:09, A. LADD BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 14:31

Period 3
8. SABRES, BYFUGLIEN 18 (KANE, BACKSTROM), 00:52
9. SABRES, KESLER 20 (NEAL, ANDERSON), 11:40
10. SABRES, BACKSTROM 25 (KANE, YANDLE), 12:54

PENALTIES: G. ANDERSON BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 03:14, C. THORBURN MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 03:14, J. PATERSON MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 04:22, G. ANDERSON BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 08:53, S. AVERY MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 08:53, S. AVERY MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 15:12, N. BACKSTROM BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 15:30

Goalie Statistics

Marc-Andre Fleury (BUF), 19 saves out of 21 shots, W, 32-16-3
Nick Ricci (MTL), 10 saves out of 13 shots
Mario Gosselin (MTL), 13 saves out of 18 shots, L, 8-22-2

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 2 for 9
Canadiens 1 for 6

Game Stars

1 - Ryan Kesler (BUF)
2 - James Neal (BUF)
3 - Dustin Byfuglien (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     1  2  3    +2   4  1   3 17
Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0    +1   0  1   4 30
David Backes          0  0  0  Even   0  0   2  9
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0    +2   2  2   2 18
Steve Smith           0  0  0  Even   5  0   0  4
James Neal            1  3  4    +3   0  2   0 20
Keith Yandle          1  2  3    +4   0  2   1 27
Justin Abdelkader     0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 13
Dustin Byfuglien      2  1  3    +2   0  4   3 29
Anton Volchenkov      0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  5
Boyd Gordon           0  0  0  Even   0  0   2  5
Teddy Purcell         0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 10
Glenn Anderson        0  1  1    +3  11  3   0 17
Jarret Stoll          0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 12
Patrick Kane          0  4  4    +2   0  0   1 17
Drew Doughty          2  0  2    +3   4  4   2 29
Ryan Kesler           1  3  4    +3   0  5   2 22
Viktor Stalberg       0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  9
   
Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Joe Paterson          0  0  0    -1   4  1   3 17
Barret Jackman        0  0  0    -2   0  1   2 20
Brandon Prust         0  1  1    -2   2  3   4 26
Maxim Lapierre        0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 16
Chris Thorburn        0  0  0  Even   2  0   1  6
David Clarkson        0  1  1    -3   0  1   3 16
Aaron Johnson         0  0  0    -2   0  1   2 20
Cody McLeod           0  0  0    -2   6  1   2 19
Shane O’Brien         1  0  1    -2   2  4   3 23
Cal Clutterbuck       0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  8
Wally Weir            1  0  1    -1   2  2   3 23
Daniel Carcillo       0  0  0    -1  12  0   2  5
Marc-Andre Bergeron   0  0  0    -1   0  3   3 20
Jordin Tootoo         0  0  0    -1   0  1   3 17
Sean Avery            0  0  0    -2  10  1   0 17
Tom Sestito           0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 16
Ryan Hollweg          0  0  0  Even  10  0   1  3
Zdeno Chara           0  0  0    -2  12  1   0 14
   

Financial

Attendance: 8717
Net Profit: $517 790,00

Game Notes

Ryan Hollweg beats up Steve Smith
Steve Smith injured at 11:44 of the 1st Period
Ryan Hollweg ejected at 11:44 of the 1st Period
Anton Volchenkov injured at 15:00 of the 1st Period
Daniel Carcillo ejected at 15:00 of the 1st Period
Nick Ricci enters game at 15:49 of 2nd period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      4
NovaScotia     1
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Mikhail Yakubov 4 (T.J. Brodie, Bill Root)
Murray Craven 12 (Larry Melnyk, Scott Parse)
Alfie Turcotte 13 (Herb Raglan, Trevor Stienburg)
Mikhail Yakubov 5 (Mikael Andersson, Doug Wickenheiser)

Adam Burish 1 (Dave Lowry, Andrei Loktionov)

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Goalies
Rochester: Ondrej Pavelec
NovaScotia: Mike Moffat
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