Montreal Canadiens 3 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 28 - 29
PP: 0 of 1 (5 shots), Passing:69/74=93 %, Challenges:30/58=50 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:80/90=88 %, Challenges:39/52=73 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:19 1-0
Simon Gagné [17] (Patrick Thomas)
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28:43 1-1
Joni Pitkänen [4] (James Sheppard, Paul Gaustad)
30:21 1-2
Joe Thornton [21] (Jason Spezza)
36:38 1-3
Anton Myllari [4] (Ronald Petrovicky, Tim Connolly)
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47:49 2-3
Michael Ryder [9] (James Van Riemsdyk, Adam Carver)
49:44 3-3
Ladislav Smid [9] (Patrick Thomas)
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Penalty summary:
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04:48
Jason Spezza (5 min for fighting)
04:48
Braydon Coburn (5 min for fighting)
09:46
Joni Pitkänen (5 min for fighting)
09:46
Tom Bateman (5 min for fighting)
13:47
Derick Brassard (2 min for roughing)
13:47
Kyle Beach (2 min for roughing)
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23:45
Steven Stamkos (2 min for roughing)
23:45
Paul Gaustad (2 min for roughing)
39:18
Luke Schenn (2 min for roughing)
39:18
Chad Kilger (2 min for roughing)
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50:51
James Sheppard (5 min for fighting)
50:51
Derick Brassard (5 min for fighting)
56:36
Tim Connolly (2 min for hooking)
57:32
Kyle McLaren (2 min for roughing)
57:32
Patrick Tyler (2 min for roughing)
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60:19
Ladislav Smid (5 min for fighting)
60:19
Joni Pitkänen (5 min for fighting)
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Bateman 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -1 11.30 6
R Derick Brassard 0 0 0 1 3 0 7 0 9.40 5
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 21.40 6
R Patrick Thomas 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 1 22.20 8
C Brandon Bochenski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 9.30 4
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 13.40 8
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 5 3 3 0 2 0 19.10 7
C Eric Staal 0 0 5 3 1 3 0 1 21.50 9
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.30 5
L Michael Ryder 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
L Patrick Tyler 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 21.00 5
L Simon Gagné 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 21.50 7
D Adam Carver 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Luke Schenn 0 0 1 6 0 3 2 0 24.00 8
D Ladislav Smid 1 0 1 4 0 2 5 0 26.10 8
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 16.30 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 20.10 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 1 5 5 2 5 0 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Curtis McElhinney 3 0 26 0 0 65.00 7
G Thomas McCollum 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Filatov 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.20 6
R Kyle Beach 0 0 2 3 1 3 2 -1 13.20 7
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 22.20 8
R Jason Spezza 0 1 3 8 1 8 5 1 23.30 10
C James Sheppard 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 6.20 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 3 2 1 2 2 -1 16.20 8
C Tim Connolly 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 19.20 8
C Joe Thornton 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 22.50 8
L Chad Kilger 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 6.00 4
C Nikita Nikiforovich 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 -1 12.20 4
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 21.30 6
L Ronald Petrovicky 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 1 23.10 6
D Kimmo Puurunen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.10 5
D Jared Cowen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.50 7
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 29.10 8
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 -1 14.20 7
D Anton Myllari 1 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 25.40 8
D Joni Pitkänen 1 0 1 1 1 1 10 1 25.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 3 0 25 0 0 65.00 7
G Mark Guggenberger 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Thomas
2nd star: Jason Spezza
3rd star: Tim Connolly
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Patrick Thomas notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Adam Carver notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Ronald Petrovicky notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Anton Myllari finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Joni Pitkänen finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Jason Spezza beat Braydon Coburn in a fight.
-Joni Pitkänen beat Tom Bateman in a fight.
-Derick Brassard beat James Sheppard in a fight.
-Joni Pitkänen beat Ladislav Smid in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 23) , Rochester Americans 2( 14)
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1-0 QUE Matt Beleskey (Perry Brundage)
1-1 ROC Warren Peters (Alexei Smirnov)
2-1 QUE Matt Beleskey (Josh Bailey, Jake Gardiner)
2-2 ROC Warren Peters (Alexei Smirnov)
3-2 QUE David Fischer (Perry Brundage, Josh Bailey)
Goalies: Justin Pogge - Jimmy Howard