Canadiens at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Canadiens 11 9 5 0 25
Sabres 6 10 10 0 26
Goals
123OTT
Canadiens 2 0 2 0 4
Sabres 1 1 0 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, PURCELL 1 (WEINHANDL, JOHNSON), 12:39
2. CANADIENS, DELMORE 4 (GAGNE, LEGWAND), 14:58
3. CANADIENS, MCLAREN 2 (NIINIMAA, DUPUIS), 16:07

PENALTIES: S. OTT BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 01:06, D. MILLER MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 03:31, D. BYFUGLIEN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 11:10, A. ZHITNIK MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 12:02, M. JOHNSON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:43

Period 2
4. SABRES, PURCELL 2 (EDLER, DOUGHTY) (SH), 07:41

PENALTIES: D. MILLER MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 04:15, J. WIEMER BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 07:15, P. WORRELL BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 10:02, J. NIINIMAA MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:54, J. POMINVILLE MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 11:17, A. LADD BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 12:20

Period 3
5. CANADIENS, WARD 7 (DUPUIS, BERGERON) (PP), 04:17
6. CANADIENS, MILLER 9 (BELANGER, ZHITNIK), 08:03

PENALTIES: M. JOHNSON BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 03:46, A. ZHITNIK MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 14:23, A. VERMETTE MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 17:57

Goalie Statistics

Roberto Luongo (MTL), 24 saves out of 26 shots, W, 13-5-2
Jimmy Howard (BUF), 13 saves out of 15 shots, L, 9-13-1
Ondrej Pavelec (BUF), 8 saves out of 10 shots

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 1 for 7
Sabres 0 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Pascal Dupuis (MTL)
2 - Teddy Purcell (BUF)
3 - Roberto Luongo (MTL)

Player Statistics

Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brent Burns           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 26
Janne Niinimaa        0  1  1    +2   2  1   2 21
Simon Gagne           0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 20
Patrice Bergeron      0  1  1    -1   0  2   2 25
Antoine Vermette      0  0  0    -1   2  1   1 11
Jason Pominville      0  0  0    +2   2  1   0 21
Joel Ward             1  0  1  Even   0  2   3 24
Jason Ward            0  0  0    -1   0  2   1  7
Drew Miller           1  0  1    +1   4  1   2 13
Pascal Dupuis         0  2  2    +1   0  6   2 17
Anton Volchenkov      0  0  0  Even   0  0   4 19
Andy Delmore          1  0  1    +2   0  2   0 14
Pierre Dagenais       0  0  0    -1   0  1   1  7
Kyle McLaren          1  0  1  Even   0  4   6 19
Eric Belanger         0  1  1    +1   0  0   2 13
Alexei Zhitnik        0  1  1    +1   4  1   2 13
David Legwand         0  1  1    +2   0  1   1 15
Tuomo Ruutu           0  0  0    +1   0  0   1  6
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  3
Peter Worrell         0  0  0  Even   2  1   3 12
Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0  Even   0  2   4 23
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0    -1   2  2   1 20
Mattias Weinhandl     0  1  1    +1   0  1   0 12
Keith Yandle          0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 22
Jack Johnson          0  1  1  Even   0  0   0 15
Alexander Edler       0  1  1  Even   0  0   3 17
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0    -1   2  0   1 16
Teddy Purcell         2  0  2    -1   0  4   0 16
Jarko Ruutu           0  0  0    -1   0  3   4 18
Jason Wiemer          0  0  0  Even   2  2   2 21
Matt Johnson          0  0  0    -2   4  0   7 18
Steve Ott             0  0  0    +1   2  1   0  9
Patrick Kane          0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 18
Drew Doughty          0  1  1    -2   0  2   1 26
Ryan Kesler           0  0  0    -2   0  4   3 21
   

Financial

Attendance: 11949
Net Profit: $731 279,00

Game Notes

Nicklas Backstrom injured at 10:04 of the 1st Period
Ondrej Pavelec enters game at 11:02 of 2nd period
Jimmy Howard injured at 11:02 of the 2nd Period

Minor League Box Score

Laval          0
Rochester      3
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James Neal 14 (Ronald Petrovicky, Mike Brown)
Eric Manlow 8 (Luke Schenn, Radovan Somik)
Erik Rasmussen 5 (Roman Polak, Zdenek Blatny)

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Goalies
Laval: Brian Elliot
Rochester: Pasi Nurminen
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