Canadiens at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Canadiens 7 14 3 7 31
Sabres 7 14 5 2 28
Goals
123OTT
Canadiens 3 1 0 0 4
Sabres 1 2 1 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CANADIENS, BUCHBERGER 6 (TWIST, DIRK), 10:18
2. CANADIENS, RIDLEY 6 (DAY, EWEN), 13:51
3. SABRES, ELIAS 10 (DOAN, VRIES), 14:33
4. CANADIENS, CORSON 9 (THOMSON, VANBIESBROUCK), 18:33

PENALTIES: B. BOUGHNER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:39, J. BLACK BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 07:52, K. BUCHBERGER MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 10:48, J. CHYCHRUN MTL (, ) 13:28, C. CHELIOS BUF (, ) 13:28

Period 2
5. SABRES, VRIES 1 (MORRIS, BLACK) (PP), 03:29
6. SABRES, BOUGHNER 4 (GRETZKY) (PP), 05:38
7. CANADIENS, THOMSON 6 (UNASSISTED), 07:23

PENALTIES: R. DIRK MTL (CHARGING, Major) 01:14, P. HOUSLEY BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:14, Y. RACINE MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 03:41, C. CHELIOS BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:41, D. RUMBLE MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 03:54, T. EWEN MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 08:39, G. VRIES BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 08:39, T. TWIST MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:50, D. KASPARAITIS BUF (ELBOWING, Major, Game Misconduct) 13:06 (Served by Jimmy Carson), M. JANSSENS MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 16:12, T. EWEN MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 19:53

Period 3
8. SABRES, COURTNALL 12 (HOUSLEY) (PP), 00:44

PENALTIES: Y. RACINE MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 02:01, M. JANSSENS MTL (BOARDING, Double Minor) 02:33, J. CARSON BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 06:44, T. EWEN MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 07:19, D. RUMBLE MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:53, M. JANSSENS MTL (, ) 12:14, B. BOUGHNER BUF (, ) 12:14, S. CORSON MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:47, D. KING BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 12:47, T. CROWDER MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 12:54, C. CHELIOS BUF (CHECKING-FROM-BEHIND, Major, Game Misconduct) 16:37 (Served by Mike Knuble), G. VRIES BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 19:15

Overtime
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: B. BOUGHNER BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 02:41

Goalie Statistics

John Vanbiesbrouck (MTL), 24 saves out of 28 shots, T, 8-10-2
Roberto Luongo (BUF), 27 saves out of 31 shots, T, 8-11-3

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 0 for 7
Sabres 3 for 11

Game Stars

1 - Jim Thomson (MTL)
2 - Joe Day (MTL)
3 - Greg De Vries (BUF)

Player Statistics

Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Shayne Corson         1  0  1    +2   2  3   6 23
Todd Ewen             0  1  1    +1   9  1   2 18
Jeff Chychrun         0  0  0    +1   5  3   4 27
Tony Twist            0  1  1  Even   2  0   4 13
Darren Rumble         0  0  0    -1   4  1   1 25
Marc Potvin           0  0  0  Even   0  0   2  6
Geoff Smith           0  0  0    +1   0  2   4 25
Troy Crowder          0  0  0  Even   2  1   1  8
Randy Moller          0  0  0    +1   0  3   1 14
Kelly Buchberger      1  0  1  Even   2  2   6 18
Jim Thomson           1  1  2    +2   0  2   0 13
Robert Dirk           0  1  1    +3   5  1   3 18
Mark Janssens         0  0  0  Even  11  0   1 14
Mike Ridley           1  0  1    +1   0  3   0 24
Yves Racine           0  0  0    +1   4  2   1 23
Dave Gagner           0  0  0    +2   0  1   0 13
Joe Day               0  1  1    +1   0  6   1 16
Troy Mallette         0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  4
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Darius Kasparaitis    0  0  0    -2  15  2   0 11
Derek King            0  0  0    +1   2  4   4 23
Tie Domi              0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 11
Phil Housley          0  1  1    -2   2  3   1 29
Wayne Gretzky         0  1  1  Even   0  3   4 24
Jimmy Carson          0  0  0    -3   2  0   0  8
Geoff Courtnall       1  0  1    -1   0  2   3 19
Uwe Krupp             0  0  0    -2   0  1   2 29
Mike Knuble           0  0  0    -3   0  0   0  4
Dmitri Khristich      0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 12
Jocelyn Lemieux       0  0  0    -3   0  0   2  6
Shane Doan            0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 16
Bob Boughner          1  0  1    +1   9  3   2 23
Patrick Elias         1  0  1  Even   0  2   1 23
James Black           0  1  1    -1   2  0   1 14
Greg De Vries         1  1  2  Even   4  3   4 24
Jon Morris            0  1  1  Even   0  2   3 11
Chris Chelios         0  0  0    -1  22  0   1 17
   

Financial

Attendance: 9468
Net Profit: $715 781,00

Game Notes

Jeff Chychrun and Chris Chelios fight to a draw
Darius Kasparaitis ejected at 13:06 of the 2nd Period
Mark Janssens beats up Bob Boughner
Chris Chelios ejected at 16:37 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

NovaScotia     9
Rochester      1
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Roger Belanger 4 (Steve Webb, Brian Wesenberg)
Brent Hughes 5 (Jesse Belanger, Mario Laroque)
Daniel Lacroix 5 (Jean-Yves Leroux, Sebastien Bordeleau)
Jesse Belanger 5 (Tom Tiley, Eric Lacroix)
Doug Zmolek 3 (John Kordic, Patrick Traverse)
Jiri Latal 1 (Scott Lachance, Steve Maltais)
Brent Hughes 6 (P.J. Stock, Grant Marshall)
Brent Hughes 7 (Rob Zettler, Sylvain Blouin)
Jiri Latal 2 (Paul Guay, Chris McAlpine)

Niklas Sundstrom 9 (Marty Murray, John McIntyre)

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Goalies
NovaScotia: Frederic Chabot
Rochester: Fred Brathwaite
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