Canadiens at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Canadiens 10 8 13 0 31
Sabres 13 9 17 0 39
Goals
123OTT
Canadiens 1 0 7 0 8
Sabres 4 0 2 0 6


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, PURINTON 1 (AVERY, LING), 06:45
2. SABRES, WIEMER 6 (RUUTU, JOHNSON), 10:12
3. SABRES, WIEMER 7 (RUUTU), 14:28
4. SABRES, KESLER 10 (AVERY, LING), 14:53
5. CANADIENS, TURGEON 4 (MILLER, DELMORE) (PP), 15:27

PENALTIES: B. MORROW MTL (FIGHTING) 01:39, S. HELENIUS BUF (FIGHTING) 01:39, M. JOHNSON BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 04:02, S. HARTNELL MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 04:08, D. PURINTON BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 04:08, K. BIEKSA MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 04:26, G. PARROS BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 04:26, P. MARA MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 10:17, R. KESLER BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:39, S. HELENIUS BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:41, B. MORROW MTL (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 13:41, S. HELENIUS BUF (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 13:41, J. DOIG BUF (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 14:56

Period 2
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: T. SIMPSON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 04:22, T. SIMPSON BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 08:28, J. RUUTU BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 14:21, J. WIEMER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:53, L. SOROCHAN BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 17:05, J. DOIG BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:23

Period 3
6. CANADIENS, BARNES 6 (MILLER, TURGEON), 00:32
7. CANADIENS, HOLMSTROM 3 (UNASSISTED), 02:48
8. CANADIENS, HARTNELL 2 (TURGEON, GAUTHIER), 03:01
9. CANADIENS, DUPUIS 9 (GIONTA, BIEKSA) (PP), 04:27
10. CANADIENS, RICCI 7 (DUPUIS, BREWER) (PP), 04:36
11. SABRES, RUUTU 6 (WHITE, JOHNSON), 05:13
12. CANADIENS, VERMETTE 4 (HOLMSTROM, BREWER), 12:39
13. SABRES, RUUTU 7 (JOHNSON, WIEMER), 13:45
14. CANADIENS, MILLER 3 (VRBATA, RICCI), 14:27

PENALTIES: M. JOHNSON BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 03:51, C. DINGMAN BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 04:02, T. SIMPSON BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:02, S. HARTNELL MTL (FIGHTING) 08:08, L. SOROCHAN BUF (FIGHTING) 08:08, P. BERGERON MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 09:34, J. WIEMER BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 09:34, S. HARTNELL MTL (, , Game Misconduct) 13:36, G. PARROS BUF (, , Game Misconduct) 13:36, K. BIEKSA MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 14:33, C. DINGMAN BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 14:33

Goalie Statistics

Dan Blackburn (MTL), 19 saves out of 24 shots, W, 2-1-1
Scott Bailey (MTL), 14 saves out of 15 shots
Patrick Labrecque (BUF), 5 saves out of 8 shots
Jean-Francois Damphous (BUF), 18 saves out of 23 shots, L, 0-5-2

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 3 for 13
Sabres 0 for 1

Game Stars

1 - Jarko Ruutu (BUF)
2 - Jason Wiemer (BUF)
3 - Drew Miller (MTL)

Player Statistics

Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brian Gionta          0  1  1    -2   0  4   2 23
Kevin Bieksa          0  1  1  Even   4  0   1 17
Patrice Bergeron      0  0  0    -2   2  2   2 20
Antoine Vermette      1  0  1  Even   0  4   0 10
Eric Brewer           0  2  2    -2   0  4   0 26
Stu Barnes            1  0  1    -1   0  2   1 21
Brendan Morrow        0  0  0  Even  20  0   0  4
Denis Gauthier        0  1  1    +1   0  3   4 24
Pascal Dupuis         1  1  2    -3   0  2   1 25
Brian Leetch          0  0  0    -2   0  0   0 18
Andy Delmore          0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 25
Paul Mara             0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 10
Radim Vrbata          0  1  1  Even   0  0   0  6
Scott Hartnell        1  0  1  Even  22  2   2 14
Drew Miller           1  2  3    +1   0  3   1 18
Pierre Turgeon        1  2  3    +1   0  2   2 24
Thomas Holmstrom      1  1  2    +3   0  2   0  5
Mike Ricci            1  1  2  Even   0  1   1  6
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Colin White           0  1  1    +2   0  1   3 20
David Backes          0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 11
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  8
Todd Simpson          0  0  0    -1   6  2   0 12
Sami Helenius         0  0  0  Even  22  0   0  2
Sean Avery            0  2  2  Even   0  6   0 15
Mark Smith            0  0  0    -1   0  0   4 18
Jason Doig            0  0  0  Even  14  2   3 23
Dale Purinton         1  0  1    -1   2  3   3 23
Jarko Ruutu           2  2  4    +2   2  5   2 15
Chris Dingman         0  0  0  Even   4  1   3 19
Jason Wiemer          2  1  3    +2   4  6   1 20
Matt Johnson          0  3  3    +2   4  2   2 26
Steve Ott             0  0  0  Even   0  2   0  6
Georges Parros        0  0  0  Even  12  1   1 12
Ryan Kesler           1  0  1  Even   2  3   2 16
Lee Sorochan          0  0  0    +1   7  1   3 16
David Ling            0  2  2  Even   0  2   1 14
   

Financial

Attendance: 8163
Net Profit: $391 824,00

Game Notes

Brendan Morrow and Sami Helenius fight to a draw
Brendan Morrow and Sami Helenius fight to a draw
Brendan Morrow ejected at 13:41 of the 1st Period
Sami Helenius ejected at 13:41 of the 1st Period
Patrick Labrecque enters game at 04:27 of 3rd period
Scott Bailey enters game at 05:13 of 3rd period
Scott Hartnell beats up Lee Sorochan
Georges Parros beats up Scott Hartnell
Scott Hartnell injured at 13:36 of the 3rd Period
Scott Hartnell ejected at 13:36 of the 3rd Period
Georges Parros ejected at 13:36 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Lunatic        6
Bombers        4
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Boyd Devereaux 4 (Alexander Radulov, Alexei Semenov)
Johnny Oduya 2 (Jason Ward, David Booth)
David Booth 7 (Patrick O'Sullivan, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
Alexander Svitov 5 (Simon Gamache, Gino Odjick)
Boyd Devereaux 5 (Pierre Dagenais, Robert Dome)
Gino Odjick 2 (Maxime Talbot, Pavel Brendl)

Tony Salmelainen 5 (Dave Roche, Colton Orr)
Zdenek Blatny 7 (Ronald Petrovicky, Nathan LaFayette)
Jussi Jokinen 5 (Steve Eminger, Drew Stafford)
Drew Stafford 7 (Eric Manlow, Jonathan Girard)

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Goalies
Lunatic: Jean-Marc Pelletier
Bombers: Sebastien Charpentier
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