Canadiens at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Canadiens 7 5 13 2 27
Sabres 9 14 8 0 31
Goals
123OTT
Canadiens 1 1 2 1 5
Sabres 2 2 0 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, LEMIEUX 6 (HOUSLEY, GRETZKY), 04:52
2. SABRES, DOAN 5 (BOUGHNER, ELIAS) (PP), 09:16
3. CANADIENS, BRUNET 2 (RACINE), 18:11

PENALTIES: K. BUCHBERGER MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:52, T. CROWDER MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 07:51, T. TWIST MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 10:05, T. EWEN MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:47, K. BUCHBERGER MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 15:24, T. TWIST MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 19:37

Period 2
4. SABRES, CARSON 1 (COURTNALL, KRUPP), 04:45
5. SABRES, ELIAS 7 (KING, DOAN), 09:17
6. CANADIENS, THOMSON 3 (RIDLEY, GAGNER), 15:28

PENALTIES: J. CHYCHRUN MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 02:41, D. GAGNER MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 10:58, K. BUCHBERGER MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 16:46, T. DOMI BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:46, T. DOMI BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 19:36

Period 3
7. CANADIENS, BUCHBERGER 5 (POTVIN) (PP), 01:44
8. CANADIENS, DAY 6 (EWEN, RIDLEY) (PP), 10:28

PENALTIES: G. COURTNALL BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 01:57, C. CHELIOS BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 04:37, G. VRIES BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:23, Y. RACINE MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 11:36, G. COURTNALL BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 11:56, G. JENNINGS MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 17:16, T. TWIST MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 18:19, B. BOUGHNER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:19

Overtime
9. CANADIENS, THOMSON 4 (GAGNER, RACINE), 03:53



Goalie Statistics

John Vanbiesbrouck (MTL), 27 saves out of 31 shots, W, 8-7-1
Roberto Luongo (BUF), 22 saves out of 27 shots, L, 7-9-2

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 2 for 5
Sabres 1 for 10

Game Stars

1 - Jim Thomson (MTL)
2 - Dave Gagner (MTL)
3 - Patrick Elias (BUF)

Player Statistics

Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
-------------------------------------------------
Benoit Brunet         1  0  1  Even   0  4   3 22
Todd Ewen             0  1  1  Even   2  1   2 17
Jeff Chychrun         0  0  0  Even   2  0   3 22
Tony Twist            0  0  0    -1   6  1   3 16
Marc Potvin           0  1  1  Even   0  1   1  7
Geoff Smith           0  0  0    +1   0  0   4 23
Troy Crowder          0  0  0  Even   2  1   1 11
Marc Bureau           0  0  0  Even   0  3   0 16
Randy Moller          0  0  0    -2   0  1   2 21
Kelly Buchberger      1  0  1    -2   6  1   3 17
Grant Jennings        0  0  0    -1   2  0   1 23
Jim Thomson           2  0  2    +2   0  3   0 11
Dave Ellett           0  0  0    -1   0  3   0 21
Mike Ridley           0  2  2  Even   0  3   1 23
Yves Racine           0  2  2    +2   2  1   0 17
Dave Gagner           0  2  2    +2   2  2   1 12
Joe Day               1  0  1  Even   0  1   2 17
Troy Mallette         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  5
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
-------------------------------------------------
Darius Kasparaitis    0  0  0    -1   0  1   4 21
Derek King            0  1  1  Even   0  3   0 22
Tie Domi              0  0  0    +1   7  2   5 12
Phil Housley          0  1  1  Even   0  4   0 27
Wayne Gretzky         0  1  1  Even   0  3   1 23
Jimmy Carson          1  0  1    +1   0  4   1  9
Geoff Courtnall       0  1  1  Even   4  1   1 21
Uwe Krupp             0  1  1  Even   0  1   6 24
Mike Knuble           0  0  0  Even   0  0   2  5
Dmitri Khristich      0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 16
Jocelyn Lemieux       1  0  1    +1   0  2   2  7
Shane Doan            1  1  2  Even   0  3   3 20
Bob Boughner          0  1  1    +2   2  1   0 20
Patrick Elias         1  1  2  Even   0  4   2 22
James Black           0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 11
Greg De Vries         0  0  0    -1   2  0   1 16
Jon Morris            0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  9
Chris Chelios         0  0  0  Even   2  2   0 20
   

Financial

Attendance: 10305
Net Profit: $779 058,00

Game Notes


Minor League Box Score

NovaScotia     2
Rochester      2
-------------------------------------
Tom Tiley 3 (Roger Belanger, Eric Lacroix)
Grant Marshall 5 (Jesse Belanger, P.J. Stock)

Steve Graves 5 (Hans Jonsson, Simon Gagne)
Juha Ylonen 3 (John McIntyre, Marty Murray)

-------------------------------------
Goalies
NovaScotia: Frederic Chabot
Rochester: Norm Maracle
-------------------------------------