Canadiens at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Canadiens 12 9 13 3 37
Sabres 5 11 13 2 31
Goals
123OTT
Canadiens 2 1 0 1 4
Sabres 1 2 0 0 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CANADIENS, BROWN 28 (GRETZKY, HATCHER), 03:40
2. CANADIENS, GRETZKY 44 (ADAMS) (PP), 06:21
3. SABRES, WALKER 15 (BUREAU), 08:57

PENALTIES: S. KONOWALCHUK BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 06:09, D. HATCHER MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 09:17, T. FLEURY BUF (CHECKING-FROM-BEHIND, Major) 09:17, S. LEACH BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:06, M. PELUSO MTL (BOARDING, Minor, Misconduct) 16:58, S. KONOWALCHUK BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 16:58, D. HATCHER MTL (FIGHTING) 18:00, T. FLEURY BUF (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 18:00

Period 2
4. SABRES, TKACHUK 30 (BRIND'AMOUR, GALLEY), 00:24
5. CANADIENS, LEEMAN 32 (GRETZKY, STAIOS) (PP), 06:24
6. SABRES, OATES 28 (CIGER, MACINNIS), 16:17

PENALTIES: P. RANHEIM MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 04:07, C. LUDWIG BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 04:07, C. LUDWIG BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 06:38, A. CREIGHTON MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 10:15, R. HAMRLIK BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 19:06

Period 3
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: A. MACINNIS BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 03:09, A. OATES BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 05:50, T. TILLEY MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:32, M. BUREAU BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 11:20, D. HUNTER MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 17:02, G. GALLEY BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:02

Overtime
7. CANADIENS, GRETZKY 45 (ADAMS, MALAKHOV) (PP), 04:07

PENALTIES: S. CORSON MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 00:37, S. KONOWALCHUK BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:59

Goalie Statistics

Nikolai Khabibulin (MTL), 28 saves out of 31 shots, W, 28-26-3
Jim Hrivnak (BUF), 33 saves out of 37 shots, L, 17-6-1

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 3 for 10
Sabres 0 for 3

Game Stars

1 - Wayne Gretzky (MTL)
2 - Greg Adams (MTL)
3 - Keith Tkachuk (BUF)

Player Statistics

Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Tom Tilley            0  0  0    -1   2  2   2 17
Jim Dowd              0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 15
Greg Adams            0  2  2    -1   0  5   1 23
Paul Ranheim          0  0  0    -2   2  2   2 13
Doug Brown            1  0  1    +1   0  1   2 22
Wayne Gretzky         2  2  4    -1   0  8   5 28
Shayne Corson         0  0  0    -1   2  2   1 26
Jim Paek              0  0  0  Even   0  3   4 22
Steve Staios          0  1  1    -2   0  2   0 13
Dale Hunter           0  0  0    -1   2  0   2 12
Gary Leeman           1  0  1    -1   0  4   2 21
Mike Donnelly         0  0  0  Even   0  4   3 23
Philippe Bozon        0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  3
Adam Creighton        0  0  0  Even   2  0   1  6
Mike Peluso           0  0  0  Even  12  1   2 19
Derian Hatcher        0  1  1  Even   7  1   0 20
Rob Niedermayer       0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 10
Vladimir Malakhov     0  1  1  Even   0  0   0 21
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Keith Tkachuk         1  0  1    +1   0  4   1 26
Scott Walker          1  0  1    +1   0  2   1 11
Theoren Fleury        0  0  0    -1  20  0   0  3
Dave Andreychuk       0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 12
Roman Hamrlik         0  0  0    +1   2  3   2 18
Keith Carney          0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 26
Steve Konowalchuk     0  0  0    +1   6  0   1 12
Garry Galley          0  1  1    +1   2  3   1 28
Darryl Sydor          0  0  0    +1   0  2   2 22
Ray Sheppard          0  0  0    +1   0  2   1 21
Adam Oates            1  0  1    +1   2  2   2 23
Rod Brind'Amour       0  1  1  Even   0  4   2 25
Craig Ludwig          0  0  0    -1   6  1   1 14
Marc Bureau           0  1  1    +1   2  1   3 16
Zdeno Ciger           0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  3
Steve Leach           0  0  0    +1   2  0   0  5
Greg Hawgood          0  0  0    +1   0  1   2 14
Al MacInnis           0  1  1  Even   2  3   0 25
   

Financial

Attendance: 14812
Net Profit: $657 653,00

Game Notes

Derian Hatcher and Theoren Fleury fight to a draw
Theoren Fleury ejected at 18:00 of the 1st Period
Zdeno Ciger injured at 03:09 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Fredericto     2
Rochester      6
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Matt Hervey 12 (Gerard Gallant, Patrik Carnback)
Patrik Augusta 18 (Steve Tuttle, Steve Larouche)

Brad Jones 16 (Scott Metcalfe, Don McSween)
Mike Tomlak 16 (Mike Hurlbut, Mike Leclerc)
Alan Kerr 24 (Troy Loney, Brad Miller)
Valeri Karpov 22 (Alan May, Stéphane Guérard)
Alan May 10 (Nevin Markwart, Mike McKee)
Mike Tomlak 17 (Darcy Loewen, Scott Thomas)

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Goalies
Fredericto: Les Kuntar
Rochester: Wade Flaherty
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