Montreal Canadiens 4 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 26 - 32
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:87/96=90 %, Challenges:28/58=47 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/82=81 %, Challenges:26/39=65 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:12 1-0
Patrick Thomas [10] (Eric Staal)
14:52 2-0
James Van Riemsdyk [6] (Derick Brassard, Luke Schenn)
18:39 2-1
Alexandre Picard [2] (Nikita Filatov, Shane O'Brien)
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28:29 3-1
Michael Ryder [6] (Rob Niedermayer, Steven Stamkos)
30:46 3-2
Tim Connolly [8] (Jakub Kindl, Anton Myllari)
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44:44 3-3
Joe Thornton [14] (Anton Myllari, Jason Spezza)
48:54 4-3
Eric Staal [12] (Patrick Thomas, Nick Petrecki)
49:56 4-4
Jason Spezza [15] (Ladislav Nagy, Kimmo Puurunen)
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Penalty summary:
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20:06
Kyle Beach (2 min for boarding)
31:12
Ladislav Smid (2 min for roughing)
31:12
James Sheppard (2 min for roughing)
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40:06
Tom Bateman (5 min for fighting)
40:06
Ales Hemsky (5 min for fighting)
40:06
Tom Bateman (10 min game misconduct)
40:06
Ales Hemsky (10 min game misconduct)
40:06
Brandon Bochenski (5 min for fighting)
40:06
Tim Connolly (5 min for fighting)
40:06
Brandon Bochenski (10 min game misconduct)
40:06
Tim Connolly (10 min game misconduct)
40:06
Derick Brassard (5 min for fighting)
40:06
James Sheppard (5 min for fighting)
40:06
Derick Brassard (10 min game misconduct)
40:06
James Sheppard (10 min game misconduct)
40:06
Ladislav Smid (5 min for fighting)
40:06
Jakub Kindl (5 min for fighting)
40:06
Ladislav Smid (10 min game misconduct)
40:06
Jakub Kindl (10 min game misconduct)
40:06
Nick Petrecki (2 min for roughing)
40:06
Nikita Filatov (2 min for roughing)
40:06
Mark Guggenberger (2 min for goalie leaving crease)
40:06
Curtis McElhinney (2 min for goalie leaving crease)
40:06
Curtis McElhinney (5 min for fighting)
40:06
Mark Guggenberger (5 min for fighting)
40:06
Curtis McElhinney (10 min game misconduct)
40:06
Mark Guggenberger (10 min game misconduct)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Bateman 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 -1 6.00 5
R Derick Brassard 0 1 0 1 1 0 15 1 8.50 6
R Rob Niedermayer 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 1 22.10 7
R Patrick Thomas 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 -1 28.10 8
C Brandon Bochenski 0 0 2 2 2 0 15 -1 6.00 5
C James Van Riemsdyk 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 14.50 5
C Steven Stamkos 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 22.10 7
C Eric Staal 1 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 22.10 8
L Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 9.30 4
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 5
L Michael Ryder 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 18.40 7
L Simon Gagné 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 22.10 7
D Adam Carver 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -2 15.20 5
D Luke Schenn 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 2 31.40 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 3 1 2 17 0 18.10 7
D Nick Petrecki 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 15.50 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19.10 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 -2 30.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Curtis McElhinney 2 0 16 17 0 40.00 6
G Brian Boucher 2 0 12 0 0 25.00 4
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Kyle Beach 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -2 8.50 5
R Alexandre Picard 1 0 2 7 2 6 0 1 22.00 10
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 2 0 1 0 15 1 10.30 6
R Jason Spezza 1 1 4 8 0 5 0 0 25.00 10
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -2 8.50 5
L Nikita Filatov 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 19.40 5
C Tim Connolly 1 0 2 1 1 0 15 1 9.40 7
C Joe Thornton 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 25.50 9
L Freddy Rozkine 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -2 8.50 4
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 3 5 1 5 0 1 18.40 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 1 1 0 1 17 1 9.40 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 25.50 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 1 21.50 8
D Jakub Kindl 0 1 0 4 0 0 15 1 10.10 8
D Anton Myllari 0 2 2 5 0 4 0 -2 33.10 9
D Shane O'Brien 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 21.20 6
D Kimmo Puurunen 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 17.30 7
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -3 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mark Guggenberger 3 0 12 17 0 40.00 5
G Jimmy Howard 1 0 10 0 0 25.00 7
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Alexandre Picard
3rd star: Patrick Thomas
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Patrick Thomas scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Eric Staal notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Patrick Thomas notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Simon Gagné had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Anton Myllari notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Spezza scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Alexandre Picard finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Tim Connolly ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Bobby Sanguinetti had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Tom Bateman beat Ales Hemsky in a fight.
-Brandon Bochenski beat Tim Connolly in a fight.
-Derick Brassard beat James Sheppard in a fight.
-Ladislav Smid fought Jakub Kindl in a fight.
-Mark Guggenberger beat Curtis McElhinney in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 15) , Rochester Americans 3( 13)
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1-0 QUE Jeff Tambellini (Alexander Svitov, Mark Katic)
2-0 QUE Anton Gustafsson (Jeff Tambellini, Jamie Fraser)
2-1 ROC Ville Leino (Brandon Reid, Micki Dupont)
2-2 ROC Juraj Kolnik (Ville Leino, Kurt Sauer)