Canadiens at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Canadiens 12 7 12 0 31
Sabres 11 7 7 0 25
Goals
123OTT
Canadiens 1 1 4 0 6
Sabres 0 1 1 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CANADIENS, VERMETTE 5 (HOLMSTROM, BREWER), 09:08

PENALTIES: B. MORROW MTL (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 02:08, M. SMITH BUF (FIGHTING) 02:08, S. HARTNELL MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:27, S. OTT BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 11:27, S. BARNES MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 12:41, M. JOHNSON BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 12:41, J. DOIG BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 14:46

Period 2
2. SABRES, WIEMER 8 (JOHNSON, RUUTU) (PP), 06:18
3. CANADIENS, LEETCH 2 (TURGEON, BARNES) (PP), 12:37

PENALTIES: B. GIONTA MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 01:31, K. BIEKSA MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 04:14, L. SOROCHAN BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 04:14, C. DINGMAN BUF (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 08:01, B. GIONTA MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 10:01, D. BACKES BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 12:18, S. HARTNELL MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 15:11, J. DOIG BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:11, S. BARNES MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 16:19, E. BREWER MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 19:35, C. DINGMAN BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:35

Period 3
4. CANADIENS, GIONTA 11 (BERGERON, DUPUIS) (PP), 04:25
5. SABRES, RUUTU 9 (WHITE), 05:23
6. CANADIENS, BREWER 2 (DUPUIS, BERGERON) (PP), 06:49
7. CANADIENS, GIONTA 12 (BREWER, VERMETTE) (PP), 12:52
8. CANADIENS, GIONTA 13 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 16:51

PENALTIES: J. RUUTU BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 00:24, S. AVERY BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 03:23, L. SOROCHAN BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:47, M. JOHNSON BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 08:03, C. DINGMAN BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 10:28, J. DOIG BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 12:01, S. BARNES MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 13:13, D. BACKES BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 13:13, M. JOHNSON BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 15:56

Goalie Statistics

Dan Blackburn (MTL), 23 saves out of 25 shots, W, 3-2-1
Patrick Labrecque (BUF), 3 saves out of 4 shots
Jean-Francois Damphous (BUF), 22 saves out of 27 shots, L, 0-7-2

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 5 for 10
Sabres 1 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Brian Gionta (MTL)
2 - Jason Wiemer (BUF)
3 - Jarko Ruutu (BUF)

Player Statistics

Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brian Gionta          3  0  3    -1   4  9   1 19
Kevin Bieksa          0  0  0  Even   5  0   0 19
Patrice Bergeron      0  2  2    -1   0  1   1 21
Antoine Vermette      1  1  2    +1   0  1   1 10
Eric Brewer           1  2  3  Even   2  2   1 24
Stu Barnes            0  1  1  Even   6  1   3 17
Brendan Morrow        0  0  0  Even  10  0   0  1
Denis Gauthier        0  0  0    +1   0  2   3 21
Pascal Dupuis         0  2  2    -1   0  4   4 25
Johnny Oduya          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 17
Brian Leetch          1  0  1    -1   0  2   2 21
Andy Delmore          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 19
Radim Vrbata          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 11
Scott Hartnell        0  0  0    +1   4  3   0 16
Drew Miller           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 18
Pierre Turgeon        0  1  1  Even   0  4   1 19
Thomas Holmstrom      0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  6
Mike Ricci            0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 11
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Colin White           0  1  1    +1   0  1   1 16
David Backes          0  0  0  Even   4  0   0 12
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 10
Todd Simpson          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 13
Sami Helenius         0  0  0  Even   0  1   3 11
Sean Avery            0  0  0    -1   2  0   1 18
Mark Smith            0  0  0  Even   5  0   0  1
Jason Doig            0  0  0    -1   6  5   3 23
Dale Purinton         0  0  0    -1   0  0   3 16
Jarko Ruutu           1  1  2    +1   2  3   5 14
Chris Dingman         0  0  0  Even   8  2   4 18
Jason Wiemer          1  0  1    +1   0  6   2 23
Matt Johnson          0  1  1    +1   6  0   6 24
Steve Ott             0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 14
Georges Parros        0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 14
Ryan Kesler           0  0  0    -1   0  3   0 22
Lee Sorochan          0  0  0    +1   4  0   3 19
David Ling            0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 16
   

Financial

Attendance: 8422
Net Profit: $404 256,00

Game Notes

Brendan Morrow beats up Mark Smith
Mark Smith injured at 02:08 of the 1st Period
Brendan Morrow ejected at 02:08 of the 1st Period
Dale Purinton injured at 08:03 of the 3rd Period
Patrick Labrecque enters game at 12:52 of 3rd period
Brian Gionta scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Lunatic        1
Bombers        4
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Alexander Radulov 3 (Maxime Talbot, Ossi Vaananen)

Drew Stafford 8 (Tony Salmelainen, Jussi Jokinen)
Drew Stafford 9 (Ronald Petrovicky, Colton Orr)
Dave Roche 6 (Eric Manlow, Dominic Auger)
Colton Orr 4 (Jonathan Girard, Radovan Somik)

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Goalies
Lunatic: Jean-Marc Pelletier
Bombers: Sebastien Charpentier
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