Canadiens at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Canadiens 8 7 8 0 23
Sabres 10 10 11 0 31
Goals
123OTT
Canadiens 2 0 4 0 6
Sabres 0 2 0 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CANADIENS, NYLUND 4 (STEVENS, KORDIC), 06:28
2. CANADIENS, HUGHES 4 (UNASSISTED), 10:04

PENALTIES: T. MARTIN MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 01:10, B. HUGHES MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 04:14, G. NYLUND MTL (, ) 07:12, R. DIRK BUF (, ) 07:12, B. ROUSE MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 08:24, D. MACKEY BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:24, J. MAZUR BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 12:38 (Served by Patrick Elias), D. MACKEY BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 14:17

Period 2
3. SABRES, ELIAS 17 (CHELIOS, KING), 04:01
4. SABRES, ZETTLER 2 (MORRIS, DOMI), 13:51

PENALTIES: K. DINEEN MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 01:23, J. CARSON BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 04:51, K. DINEEN MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 05:23, D. RUMBLE MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 08:27, B. ROUSE MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 11:22, E. TIKKANEN MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 11:54, J. KORDIC MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 14:53, D. KASPARAITIS BUF (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 17:11, T. DOMI BUF (CHARGING, Minor, Misconduct) 17:18

Period 3
5. CANADIENS, TIKKANEN 5 (GOTAAS, CHARBONNEAU) (PP), 01:36
6. CANADIENS, GOTAAS 3 (WOLANIN), 02:30
7. CANADIENS, NYLUND 5 (TIKKANEN, RICCI), 10:10
8. CANADIENS, CHARBONNEAU 5 (GOTAAS, RUMBLE) (PP), 18:08

PENALTIES: D. MACKEY BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:20, K. DINEEN MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 03:53, R. ZETTLER BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 07:00, G. NYLUND MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 13:49, J. MORRIS BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 13:49, S. DOAN BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:53, S. STEVENS MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 19:02, T. DOMI BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 19:02

Goalie Statistics

Jeff Hackett (MTL), 29 saves out of 31 shots, W, 5-8-0
Andre Racicot (BUF), 17 saves out of 22 shots, L, 9-8-1
Vincent Riendeau (BUF), 0 saves out of 1 shots

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 2 for 8
Sabres 0 for 9

Game Stars

1 - Gary Nylund (MTL)
2 - Jeff Hackett (MTL)
3 - Steve Gotaas (MTL)

Player Statistics

Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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John Kordic           0  1  1    +1   4  1   2  8
Tom Tiley             0  0  0    -1   0  2   5 25
Brent Hughes          1  0  1    -1   2  2   4 17
Todd Ewen             0  0  0  Even   0  0   2  6
Mike Ricci            0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 19
Darren Rumble         0  1  1    -1   2  1   1 23
Esa Tikkanen          1  1  2    +1   2  2   3 21
Jose Charbonneau      1  1  2    +2   0  2   5 17
Iain Duncan           0  0  0    +1   0  0   0  3
Scott Stevens         0  1  1    +2   2  2   4 28
Marc Bureau           0  0  0    +1   0  0   0  5
Bob Rouse             0  0  0    +1   4  0   0 19
Steve Gotaas          1  2  3  Even   0  3   0 20
Craig Wolanin         0  1  1    +1   0  1   2 14
Kevin Dineen          0  0  0  Even   8  0   1 17
Tom Martin            0  0  0  Even   2  0   1  6
Gary Nylund           2  0  2    +2   7  5   2 17
Joe Day               0  0  0    +1   0  1   6 16
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Rob Zettler           1  0  1    -3   2  4   1 23
Darius Kasparaitis    0  0  0    +1   5  4   2 17
Derek King            0  1  1  Even   0  2   3 22
Tie Domi              0  1  1  Even  14  2   0 17
Robert Dirk           0  0  0  Even   5  1   4 24
Jimmy Carson          0  0  0    -1   2  4   2 26
Dave Babych           0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  4
Jay Mazur             0  0  0    -1  12  0   0  5
David Mackey          0  0  0    -1   6  1   1 13
Dmitri Khristich      0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Glenn Anderson        0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 16
Jocelyn Lemieux       0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  6
Shane Doan            0  0  0  Even   2  1   1 16
Bob Boughner          0  0  0    -3   0  3   1 20
Patrick Elias         1  0  1  Even   0  4   1 22
Jon Morris            0  1  1    -2   2  0   2 17
Chris Chelios         0  1  1    +2   0  3   1 28
Jim Thomson           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  8
   

Financial

Attendance: 9755
Net Profit: $737 478,00

Game Notes

Dmitri Khristich injured at 00:07 of the 1st Period
Robert Dirk beats up Gary Nylund
Dave Babych injured at 12:05 of the 1st Period
Marc Bureau injured at 12:38 of the 1st Period
Jay Mazur ejected at 12:38 of the 1st Period
Vincent Riendeau enters game at 10:10 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

NovaScotia     2
Rochester      1
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Steve Webb 2 (Roger Belanger, Paul Guay)
Herb Raglan 8 (Alain Lemieux, P.J. Stock)

John McIntyre 4 (Simon Gagne, Mark Morrison)

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Goalies
NovaScotia: Tyler Moss
Rochester: Fred Brathwaite
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