Canadiens at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Canadiens 5 4 10 0 19
Sabres 12 15 14 0 41
Goals
123OTT
Canadiens 0 1 2 0 3
Sabres 3 3 2 0 8


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, BRODZIAK 4 (UNASSISTED), 08:35
2. SABRES, YANDLE 5 (KANE, BACKSTROM) (PP), 16:55
3. SABRES, EDLER 5 (COUTURE, PRICE), 18:54

PENALTIES: D. SHAW MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 16:47

Period 2
4. CANADIENS, MELLANBY 9 (SMITH), 03:15
5. SABRES, COUTURE 23 (YANDLE, BACKES) (SH), 04:48
6. SABRES, KANE 13 (LADD), 11:18
7. SABRES, BACKSTROM 11 (LADD, DOUGHTY), 15:11

PENALTIES: N. BACKSTROM BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 03:12, J. KOCUR MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 07:12, L. COUTURE BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:31

Period 3
8. CANADIENS, SHAW 4 (MCLEOD, GAGNER), 03:36
9. CANADIENS, UMBERGER 4 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 05:51
10. SABRES, EDLER 6 (KANE, DOUGHTY), 09:59
11. SABRES, BRODZIAK 5 (YANDLE, SKILLE), 19:35

PENALTIES: C. MCLEOD MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Misconduct) 04:22, D. BYFUGLIEN BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 04:22, D. DOUGHTY BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 04:35, J. KOCUR MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 06:48, S. MELLANBY MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 10:59, G. ANDERSON BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 12:18, D. BACKES BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 14:43

Goalie Statistics

Ken Ellacott (MTL), 15 saves out of 20 shots, L, 3-4-1
Mario Brunetta (MTL), 18 saves out of 21 shots
Carey Price (BUF), 16 saves out of 19 shots, W, 19-2-2

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 1 for 5
Sabres 1 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Alexander Edler (BUF)
2 - Patrick Kane (BUF)
3 - Nicklas Backstrom (BUF)

Player Statistics

Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Adam Pardy            0  0  0  Even   0  0   3 20
Brendan Smith         0  1  1  Even   0  0   0 21
Bob Sweeney           0  0  0    -2   0  1   0 16
Alexei Emelin         0  0  0    -1   0  0   3 24
Scott Mellanby        1  0  1  Even   2  3   0 22
Maxim Lapierre        0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 19
Joni Pitkanen         0  0  0    -2   0  0   0 18
R.J. Umberger         1  0  1    -1   0  3   4 28
Cody McLeod           0  1  1    -2  12  1   1 14
Doug Smith            0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  8
Kirk Muller           0  0  0    +1   0  4   0 24
Tony Granato          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  4
Dave Gagner           0  1  1    -2   0  1   1  9
Eric Gryba            0  0  0    -2   0  0   0 15
David Shaw            1  0  1    -3   2  3   1 16
Robert Bortuzzo       0  0  0  Even   0  0   3  5
Vincent Damphousse    0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 18
Joey Kocur            0  0  0    -2   4  0   1 10
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     1  1  2    +3   2  5   2 19
Logan Couture         1  1  2  Even   2  4   1 23
David Backes          0  1  1    +3   2  4   0 12
Andrew Ladd           0  2  2    +3   0  2   2 18
Kyle Brodziak         2  0  2    +2   0  2   1  8
Andrej Sekera         0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 13
Dustin Brown          0  0  0    -1   0  3   4 18
Steve Smith           0  0  0    +1   0  2   2 24
James Neal            0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 11
Keith Yandle          1  2  3    +1   0  1   2 25
Justin Abdelkader     0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 13
Alexander Edler       2  0  2    +4   0  5   2 23
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0    -1   2  0   0 14
Glenn Anderson        0  0  0    -1   2  1   1 18
Jack Skille           0  1  1    +2   0  1   0  6
Patrick Kane          1  2  3    +3   0  3   0 15
Drew Doughty          0  2  2    +4   2  2   1 24
Ryan Kesler           0  0  0    -1   0  2   0  8
   

Financial

Attendance: 17375
Net Profit: $1 251 000,00

Game Notes

Mario Brunetta enters game at 11:18 of 2nd period

Minor League Box Score

NovaScotia     0
Rochester      20
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Dan Daoust 10 (Jim Jackson, Bill Root)
Brad Malone 14 (Riley Nash, Ben Smith)
Dan Daoust 11 (Darren Turcotte, Ian Cole)
Jim Jackson 12 (Viktor Stalberg, Jocelyn Lemieux)
Matt Hunwick 3 (Matt D'Agostini, Stéphane Matteau)
Jim Jackson 13 (Andrew Gordon, Kaspars Daugavins)
Jim Jackson 14 (Mikael Andersson, Ray Sheppard)
Ray Sheppard 6 (Grant Jennings, Kari Eloranta)
Matt D'Agostini 16 (David Schlemko, Peter Andersson)
Darren Turcotte 8 (Mikhail Yakubov, Mikhail Yakubov)
Kaspars Daugavins 9 (Peter Andersson, Jari Gronstrand)
Ray Sheppard 7 (Jim Jackson, Matt D'Agostini)
Ben Smith 9 (Bill Root, Riley Nash)
Jocelyn Lemieux 9 (Brad Malone, Viktor Stalberg)
Darren Turcotte 9 (Matt D'Agostini, Jim Jackson)
Ray Sheppard 8 (Ben Smith, Brad Malone)
Stéphane Matteau 5 (Bill Root, Kaspars Daugavins)
Jari Gronstrand 5 (Mikael Andersson, Darren Turcotte)
Andrew Gordon 7 (Jari Gronstrand, Jim Jackson)
Andrew Gordon 8 (Ray Sheppard, David Schlemko)

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Goalies
NovaScotia: Mike Moffat
Rochester: Jarmo Myllys
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