Montreal Canadiens 4 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 39 - 11
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:78/83=93 %, Challenges:28/49=56 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:57/73=78 %, Challenges:36/53=66 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:35 0-1
Tim Connolly [12] (Kimmo Puurunen, Bobby Sanguinetti)
17:52 1-1
Luke Schenn [1] (Michael Ryder, James Van Riemsdyk)
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23:41 2-1
Michael Ryder [7] (Rob Niedermayer, Patrick Thomas)
30:42 3-1
Simon Gagné [16] (Eric Staal)
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41:48 4-1
Tom Bateman [10] (Brandon Bochenski, Danny Markov)
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Penalty summary:
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04:02
Tristan Pagé (2 min for hooking)
06:49
James Sheppard (5 min for fighting)
06:49
Darcy Tucker (5 min for fighting)
13:09
James Van Riemsdyk (2 min for roughing)
13:09
Joe Thornton (2 min for roughing)
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25:11
Darcy Tucker (5 min for fighting)
25:11
James Sheppard (5 min for fighting)
28:36
Kyle Beach (2 min for slashing)
37:27
Tom Bateman (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:55
Joe Thornton (5 min for fighting)
42:55
Eric Staal (5 min for fighting)
53:06
Tristan Pagé (2 min for holding the stick)
55:44
Kyle Beach (2 min for tripping)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Bateman 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 11.40 7
R Derick Brassard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11.10 6
R Rob Niedermayer 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 14.40 7
R Patrick Thomas 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 20.30 8
C Brandon Bochenski 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 10.00 6
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
C Eric Staal 0 1 4 7 2 3 5 1 21.00 10
L Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 13.40 4
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 2 0 1 0 10 0 13.10 6
L Michael Ryder 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 15.00 8
L Simon Gagné 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
D Adam Carver 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
D Luke Schenn 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 16.10 8
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 1 9 4 5 0 1 29.20 9
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
D Danny Markov 0 1 2 4 1 3 0 3 17.50 8
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Curtis McElhinney 1 0 10 0 0 60.00 7
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Kyle Beach 0 0 2 1 3 0 4 -1 8.20 4
R Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -1 21.00 7
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 15.30 7
R Jason Spezza 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 -3 19.40 7
C Tristan Pagé 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 -1 8.20 7
L Nikita Filatov 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 17.40 6
C Tim Connolly 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 15.10 6
C Joe Thornton 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 -2 10.20 7
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 10.20 4
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 3 4 1 4 0 0 18.20 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 0 3 2 2 10 1 12.00 6
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.10 5
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 24.30 6
D Jakub Kindl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 6
D Anton Myllari 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 -3 21.50 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 24.30 5
D Kimmo Puurunen 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 -2 19.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 4 0 35 0 0 60.00 7
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Ryder
2nd star: Tom Bateman
3rd star: Patrick Thomas
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Tom Bateman scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Luke Schenn finally ended his 27 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Spezza had his 11 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-James Sheppard fought Darcy Tucker in a fight.
-Darcy Tucker fought James Sheppard in a fight.
-Eric Staal beat Joe Thornton in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 5( 32) , Portland Pirates 2( 9)
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0-1 POR Dmitri Zyuzin (Robert Nyholm, Daryl Boyle)
0-2 POR Dmitri Zyuzin (Trevor Lewis, Justin McCrae)
1-2 HAM Dale Mitchell (Jean-François Jacques)
2-2 HAM Nico Sacchetti (Jean-François Jacques)
3-2 HAM Justin Jokinen (Nick Tarnasky, Jake Gardiner)
4-2 HAM Dale Mitchell (Jean-François Jacques)
5-2 HAM Sergei Ogorodnikov (Cody Almond)
Goalies: Thomas McCollum - Mika Noronen