Canadiens at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Canadiens 10 7 5 0 22
Sabres 13 10 8 0 31
Goals
123OTT
Canadiens 0 1 1 0 2
Sabres 1 3 2 0 6


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, RIDLEY 24 (UNASSISTED), 06:22

PENALTIES: K. CHASE MTL (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 07:03, D. RUMBLE MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:28, D. MIRONOV MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 09:27

Period 2
2. SABRES, VRIES 4 (CHELIOS, GRETZKY), 03:05
3. SABRES, KING 27 (ELIAS, VRIES) (PP), 07:57
4. CANADIENS, SMITH 5 (MIRONOV, EWEN), 17:34
5. SABRES, HALL 16 (CHELIOS, GRETZKY), 19:22

PENALTIES: T. TWIST MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 00:23, T. TWIST MTL (HOOKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 06:43 (Served by Dmitri Mironov), S. CORSON MTL (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 08:49, K. DINEEN BUF (FIGHTING) 08:49, F. BOUILLON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 14:42, T. CROWDER MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 19:45

Period 3
6. SABRES, KHRISTICH 24 (ELIAS) (PP), 11:47
7. SABRES, DOAN 17 (CARSON, GAGNE), 14:33
8. CANADIENS, MIRONOV 9 (EWEN), 15:04

PENALTIES: G. VRIES BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 08:38, G. FEATHERSTONE MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 11:08

Goalie Statistics

Byron Dafoe (MTL), 3 saves out of 4 shots
Guy Hebert (MTL), 22 saves out of 27 shots, L, 5-14-4
Roberto Luongo (BUF), 20 saves out of 22 shots, W, 25-36-7

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 0 for 2
Sabres 2 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Greg De Vries (BUF)
2 - Chris Chelios (BUF)
3 - Shane Doan (BUF)

Player Statistics

Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Glen Featherstone     0  0  0    -3   2  3   2 23
Shayne Corson         0  0  0    -1  10  0   1  9
Todd Ewen             0  2  2  Even   0  2   1 20
Tony Twist            0  0  0  Even  14  0   2  5
Kelly Chase           0  0  0  Even   5  0   1  7
Darren Rumble         0  0  0  Even   2  2   3 23
Geoff Smith           1  0  1  Even   0  3   5 26
Troy Crowder          0  0  0  Even   2  0   0  7
Shaun Van Allen       0  0  0  Even   0  1   3 25
Kelly Buchberger      0  0  0  Even   0  4   1 14
Grant Jennings        0  0  0    +1   0  0   3 21
Jim Thomson           0  0  0    -2   0  0   1 13
Dmitri Mironov        1  1  2    -1   2  3   1 26
Mark Janssens         0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  8
Yves Racine           0  0  0    -2   0  0   4 22
Dave Gagner           0  0  0    -2   0  3   2 12
Troy Mallette         0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 22
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Kevin Dineen          0  0  0    +1   5  2   2  5
Darius Kasparaitis    0  0  0  Even   0  3   4 25
Derek King            1  0  1    -1   0  2   4 24
Mike Ridley           1  0  1    +1   0  2   0  9
Simon Gagne           0  1  1    +2   0  2   2 10
Phil Housley          0  0  0  Even   0  2   3 23
Wayne Gretzky         0  2  2    +1   0  1   2 20
Jimmy Carson          0  1  1    +1   0  2   0  9
Geoff Courtnall       0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 15
Uwe Krupp             0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  9
Dmitri Khristich      1  0  1    -1   0  1   0 22
Taylor Hall           1  0  1  Even   0  3   0 19
Nick Kypreos          0  0  0    +1   0  0   2 11
Shane Doan            1  0  1    +2   0  2   1 10
Patrick Elias         0  2  2    -1   0  1   2 22
Francis Bouillon      0  0  0    +1  12  1   1 17
Greg De Vries         1  1  2    +2   2  3   2 19
Chris Chelios         0  2  2    +1   0  2   2 26
   

Financial

Attendance: 9543
Net Profit: $721 451,00

Game Notes

Uwe Krupp injured at 06:43 of the 2nd Period
Tony Twist ejected at 06:43 of the 2nd Period
Shayne Corson beats up Kevin Dineen
Kevin Dineen injured at 08:49 of the 2nd Period
Shayne Corson ejected at 08:49 of the 2nd Period
Byron Dafoe enters game at 11:47 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

NovaScotia     1
Rochester      2
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Eric Lacroix 21 (Rob Zettler, Jesse Belanger)

Ryan VandenBussche 10 (Niklas Sundstrom, Michael Nylander)
Mark Morrison 22 (Mike Knuble, Hans Jonsson)

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Goalies
NovaScotia: Frederic Chabot
Rochester: Norm Maracle
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