Canadiens at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Canadiens 8 2 9 0 19
Sabres 16 8 11 0 35
Goals
123OTT
Canadiens 0 1 2 0 3
Sabres 7 2 4 0 13


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, BACKSTROM 25 (KANE, YANDLE), 02:35
2. SABRES, SEIDENBERG 6 (ANDERSON, ROY), 04:00
3. SABRES, ANDERSON 16 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 06:53
4. SABRES, EDLER 7 (KANE, BACKSTROM), 09:57
5. SABRES, BACKSTROM 26 (LADD, KANE), 16:15
6. SABRES, EDLER 8 (KANE, BACKSTROM), 16:31
7. SABRES, EDLER 9 (YANDLE, LADD), 18:28

PENALTIES: S. AVERY MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 05:05, R. KESLER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:32, M. PETIT MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 15:51, B. SKRUDLAND MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 19:06, S. SMITH BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 19:22

Period 2
8. SABRES, YANDLE 8 (KANE, LADD), 04:50
9. SABRES, NEAL 21 (ROY, SEIDENBERG), 13:48
10. CANADIENS, PRUST 19 (MCLEOD, EMELIN) (SH), 14:21

PENALTIES: B. SKRUDLAND MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 08:06, C. THORBURN MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:14, J. ABDELKADER BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 17:15

Period 3
11. CANADIENS, PETIT 3 (THORBURN) (PP), 03:25
12. CANADIENS, KRUPP 1 (THORBURN, AVERY), 03:34
13. SABRES, YANDLE 9 (BACKSTROM, KANE), 09:13
14. SABRES, NEAL 22 (ANDERSON, ROY), 11:52
15. SABRES, BACKSTROM 27 (KANE) (PP), 13:20
16. SABRES, BACKSTROM 28 (LADD, KANE) (PP), 15:16

PENALTIES: R. KESLER BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 02:43, C. THORBURN MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 04:59, C. THORBURN MTL (FIGHTING) 09:04, S. SMITH BUF (FIGHTING) 09:04, B. PRUST MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 13:11, B. PRUST MTL (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 15:04, S. AVERY MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 19:49

Goalie Statistics

Michael Garnett (MTL), 14 saves out of 22 shots
Mario Gosselin (MTL), 8 saves out of 13 shots, L, 5-23-0
Marc-Andre Fleury (BUF), 16 saves out of 19 shots, W, 19-11-0

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 1 for 4
Sabres 3 for 9

Game Stars

1 - Nicklas Backstrom (BUF)
2 - Patrick Kane (BUF)
3 - Keith Yandle (BUF)

Player Statistics

Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Guillaume Lefebvre    0  0  0    -5   0  4   2 27
Uwe Krupp             1  0  1    -4   0  3   0 25
Brandon Prust         1  0  1    -2  14  1   2 25
Brian Skrudland       0  0  0    -2   4  2   1 18
Alexei Emelin         0  1  1    -3   0  0   2 21
Scott Mellanby        0  0  0    -3   0  1   3 15
Maxim Lapierre        0  0  0  Even   0  2   5 20
Chris Thorburn        0  2  2    -5  11  0   2 16
Michel Petit          1  0  1    -3   2  3   2 23
Cody McLeod           0  1  1    -2   0  1   2 13
Matt Keith            0  0  0    -1   0  1   2 14
Jean-Francois Sauve   0  0  0    -2   0  0   1  9
Daniel Carcillo       0  0  0    -2   0  0   5 15
Sean Avery            0  1  1    -5   4  0   0 14
Robert Bortuzzo       0  0  0    -6   0  1   0 25
Vincent Damphousse    0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     4  3  7    +7   0  8   3 24
Dennis Seidenberg     1  1  2    +2   0  2   4 23
David Backes          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 12
Andrew Ladd           0  4  4    +7   0  1   2 20
Steve Smith           0  0  0    +1   7  1   3 19
James Neal            2  0  2    +3   0  7   2 22
Keith Yandle          2  2  4    +7   0  4   1 24
Justin Abdelkader     0  0  0    -1   2  1   0 13
Scott Parse           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Dave Andreychuk       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Alexander Edler       3  0  3    +8   0  3   3 24
Anton Volchenkov      0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 11
Derek Roy             0  3  3    +2   0  1   1 22
Glenn Anderson        1  2  3    +3   0  4   2 21
T.J. Brodie           0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 19
Jarret Stoll          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  4
Patrick Kane          0  8  8    +7   0  1   1 18
Ryan Kesler           0  0  0  Even   4  0   0 10
   

Financial

Attendance: 12148
Net Profit: $809 057,00

Game Notes

Michael Garnett enters game at 16:15 of 1st period
Chris Thorburn beats up Steve Smith
Nicklas Backstrom scores a hat trick
Alexander Edler scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

NovaScotia     0
Rochester      0
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Goalies
NovaScotia: Nick Ricci
Rochester: Roland Melanson
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