Canadiens at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Canadiens 6 16 8 0 30
Sabres 9 11 6 0 26
Goals
123OTT
Canadiens 1 3 1 0 5
Sabres 2 3 1 0 6


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CANADIENS, KEITH 8 (LAPIERRE, PRUST), 02:10
2. SABRES, SEIDENBERG 7 (NEAL, ROY) (PP), 11:23
3. SABRES, SMITH 2 (ABDELKADER), 13:00

PENALTIES: B. SKRUDLAND MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 01:37, R. KESLER BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 01:37, D. CARCILLO MTL (FIGHTING) 05:25, S. SMITH BUF (FIGHTING) 05:25, D. DOUGHTY BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 05:27, G. LEFEBVRE MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 10:25, S. MELLANBY MTL (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 12:52, G. ANDERSON BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 12:52, C. THORBURN MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 15:45, A. EDLER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:45, M. MCSORLEY MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:20

Period 2
4. SABRES, BACKES 8 (KESLER, ABDELKADER), 04:07
5. SABRES, BACKSTROM 29 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 04:40
6. CANADIENS, LEFEBVRE 1 (LACROIX, THORBURN), 07:57
7. SABRES, ROY 13 (EDLER, ANDERSON), 09:31
8. CANADIENS, AVERY 7 (PETIT, LEFEBVRE), 13:32
9. CANADIENS, MELLANBY 2 (EMELIN, PRUST), 18:23

PENALTIES: M. MCSORLEY MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 04:33, S. SMITH BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:56

Period 3
10. CANADIENS, PRUST 21 (EMELIN, MCSORLEY), 07:08
11. SABRES, BACKES 9 (YANDLE, ABDELKADER) (PP), 18:24

PENALTIES: K. YANDLE BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 01:52, R. HOLLWEG MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 08:20, S. MELLANBY MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 16:28, D. CARCILLO MTL (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 18:37, S. SMITH BUF (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 18:37

Goalie Statistics

Michael Garnett (MTL), 9 saves out of 10 shots, L, 0-9-1
Mario Gosselin (MTL), 11 saves out of 16 shots
Marc-Andre Fleury (BUF), 21 saves out of 26 shots
Ondrej Pavelec (BUF), 4 saves out of 4 shots, W, 7-3-0

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 0 for 3
Sabres 3 for 6

Game Stars

1 - Brandon Prust (MTL)
2 - Guillaume Lefebvre (MTL)
3 - David Backes (BUF)

Player Statistics

Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Guillaume Lefebvre    1  1  2    +1   2  4   1 24
Uwe Krupp             0  0  0    -2   0  1   1 15
Brandon Prust         1  2  3    +1   0  2   1 20
Brian Skrudland       0  0  0  Even   4  0   1 14
Alexei Emelin         0  2  2    +2   0  3   0 19
Scott Mellanby        1  0  1    +1  14  1   1 12
Maxim Lapierre        0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 15
Chris Thorburn        0  1  1    +1   2  4   1 22
Michel Petit          0  1  1    +2   0  2   3 19
Cody McLeod           0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 10
Marty McSorley        0  1  1    +2   4  4   2 21
Matt Keith            1  0  1  Even   0  2   5 14
Daniel Carcillo       0  0  0  Even  20  0   1 12
Sean Avery            1  0  1    +2   0  2   0 21
Robert Bortuzzo       0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 15
Pierre Lacroix        0  1  1    +2   0  1   1 25
Vincent Damphousse    0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Ryan Hollweg          0  0  0    -1   2  3   4 11
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     1  0  1    -2   0  2   0 17
Dennis Seidenberg     1  0  1    -1   0  2   2 24
David Backes          2  0  2    +1   0  2   0 14
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0    -2   0  0   1 17
Steve Smith           1  0  1    +1  22  1   0 14
James Neal            0  1  1    -1   0  4   2 19
Keith Yandle          0  1  1    -2   2  1   1 26
Justin Abdelkader     0  3  3    +1   0  1   4 17
Scott Parse           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Dave Andreychuk       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  6
Alexander Edler       0  1  1    -1   2  1   1 22
Anton Volchenkov      0  0  0    +1   0  0   0 13
Derek Roy             1  1  2    -1   0  2   2 19
Glenn Anderson        0  1  1    -1   2  5   0 17
Jarret Stoll          0  0  0  Even   0  1   2  5
Patrick Kane          0  0  0    -2   0  1   1 16
Drew Doughty          0  0  0    -2   2  2   2 27
Ryan Kesler           0  1  1    +1   2  1   3 14
   

Financial

Attendance: 13168
Net Profit: $876 989,00

Game Notes

Daniel Carcillo and Steve Smith fight to a draw
Michael Garnett enters game at 09:31 of 2nd period
Ondrej Pavelec enters game at 07:08 of 3rd period
Daniel Carcillo and Steve Smith fight to a draw
Daniel Carcillo ejected at 18:37 of the 3rd Period
Steve Smith ejected at 18:37 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

NovaScotia     3
Rochester      0
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Larry DePalma 15 (Doug Smith, Anthony Peluso)
Andrei Loktionov 6 (Todd Ewen, Jean-Francois Sauve)
Dave Lowry 8 (Gerard Gallant, Joey Kocur)


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Goalies
NovaScotia: Nick Ricci
Rochester: Bill Ranford
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