Sabres at Canadiens

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 8 11 7 0 26
Canadiens 14 8 11 0 33
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 0 1 1 0 2
Canadiens 4 0 3 0 7


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CANADIENS, GAGNE 2 (BURNS, ZHITNIK) (PP), 04:36
2. CANADIENS, DUPUIS 7 (POMINVILLE, LEGWAND), 06:59
3. CANADIENS, DUPUIS 8 (POMINVILLE, LEGWAND), 16:35
4. CANADIENS, WARD 4 (GAGNE, LEGWAND) (PP), 17:50

PENALTIES: J. RUUTU BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:25, M. JOHNSON BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 04:22, J. JOHNSON BUF (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 07:10, E. BELANGER MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:05, C. DINGMAN BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 13:14, D. BYFUGLIEN BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 16:32

Period 2
5. SABRES, LADD 4 (BACKES, RUUTU), 03:54

PENALTIES: C. DINGMAN BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 00:28, J. JOHNSON BUF (SPEARING, Major, Game Misconduct) 07:05 (Served by Alexander Edler), T. RUUTU MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 07:05, J. NIINIMAA MTL (HOOKING, Minor, Misconduct) 15:19, J. WARD MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 17:56

Period 3
6. CANADIENS, GAGNE 3 (BERGERON, ZHITNIK), 02:24
7. SABRES, KANE 1 (UNASSISTED), 07:53
8. CANADIENS, BURNS 1 (BELANGER, STAAL), 09:44
9. CANADIENS, LEGWAND 7 (NIINIMAA, POMINVILLE), 10:52

PENALTIES: S. GAGNE MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 05:20, D. BYFUGLIEN BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 10:51, P. DUPUIS MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 10:56, D. MILLER MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 12:04, D. STAFFORD MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Misconduct) 15:25

Goalie Statistics

Jimmy Howard (BUF), 21 saves out of 26 shots, L, 4-6-1
Ondrej Pavelec (BUF), 5 saves out of 7 shots
Roberto Luongo (MTL), 24 saves out of 26 shots, W, 9-1-2

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 0 for 7
Canadiens 2 for 8

Game Stars

1 - David Legwand (MTL)
2 - Simon Gagne (MTL)
3 - Pascal Dupuis (MTL)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     0  0  0    -1   0  3   1 13
Peter Worrell         0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 13
Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0  Even   0  3   4 28
David Backes          0  1  1    +1   0  0   2 25
Andrew Ladd           1  0  1    +1   0  3   1 20
Mattias Weinhandl     0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  7
Keith Yandle          0  0  0    -1   0  3   2 22
Jack Johnson          0  0  0    -1  17  1   1  4
Alexander Edler       0  0  0    -2   0  1   1 21
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0  Even   4  2   0 21
Jarko Ruutu           0  1  1  Even   2  1   0 19
Chris Dingman         0  0  0    -2   4  0   2 12
Jason Wiemer          0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 15
Matt Johnson          0  0  0    -1   2  1   4 14
Patrick Kane          1  0  1    -1   0  2   0 14
Georges Parros        0  0  0    -2   0  1   1  7
Drew Doughty          0  0  0    -2   0  2   3 25
Ryan Kesler           0  0  0    -2   0  0   3  7
   
Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brent Burns           1  1  2  Even   0  3   1 25
Janne Niinimaa        0  1  1    +1  12  0   2 18
Simon Gagne           2  1  3    +1   2  4   0 19
Patrice Bergeron      0  1  1    -1   0  4   3 24
Antoine Vermette      0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 10
Jason Pominville      0  3  3    +3   0  1   6 25
Joel Ward             1  0  1    +1   2  3   3 24
Drew Miller           0  0  0  Even   2  3   1 14
Pascal Dupuis         2  0  2    +2   2  4   2 16
Marc Staal            0  1  1    +2   0  1   0 12
Anton Volchenkov      0  0  0    +2   0  0   4 16
Andy Delmore          0  0  0    +1   0  0   2  8
Pierre Dagenais       0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Drew Stafford         0  0  0    -1  12  0   1  7
Eric Belanger         0  1  1    +1   2  1   3 13
Alexei Zhitnik        0  2  2    +1   0  2   3 27
David Legwand         1  3  4    +2   0  5   1 18
Tuomo Ruutu           0  0  0    +1   2  1   1  6
   

Financial

Attendance: 15659
Net Profit: $986 517,00

Game Notes

Jack Johnson ejected at 07:05 of the 2nd Period
Andy Delmore injured at 12:39 of the 2nd Period
Ondrej Pavelec enters game at 02:24 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      2
Laval          1
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James Neal 7 (Ronald Petrovicky, Alexandre Giroux)
James Neal 8 (Ben Eager, Radovan Somik)

Patrick O'Sullivan 2 (Robert Dome, Alexander Radulov)

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Goalies
Rochester: Stefan Liv
Laval: Brian Elliot
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