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31/3/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 21 - 25
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:66/79=83 %, Challenges:32/50=62 %
PP: 0 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:80/91=87 %, Challenges:35/59=58 %
Attendance: 16009 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 714002 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:18 0-1
Maxim Afinogenov [29] (Andrej Sekera)
19:22 0-2
Andrej Sekera [8] (Samuel Påhlsson, Paul Gaustad)
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33:48 0-3
Ladislav Nagy [13] (Dan Paillé, Paul Gaustad)
37:42 1-3
Patrick Marleau [27] (Mike Cammalleri, Alex Tanguay)
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55:55 2-3
Patrick Marleau [28] (Alex Tanguay, Mike Cammalleri)
58:04 3-3
Guillaume Latendresse [21] (Andrei Kostitsyn, David Fischer) WG
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Penalty summary:
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01:24
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for cross-checking)
11:24
Chris Higgins (2 min for tripping)
15:27
Mark Mancari (2 min for elbowing)
19:09
Michal Handzus (2 min for roughing)
19:09
Kyle Chipchura (2 min for roughing)
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20:37
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
20:37
Samuel Påhlsson (2 min for roughing)
27:32
Chris Higgins (2 min for high-sticking)
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46:03
Curtis Murphy (2 min for boarding)
59:56
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Bernier 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12.00 5
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 15.20 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 18.30 6
R Mike Cammalleri 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 18.40 8
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 15.40 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 16.00 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 0 3 4 0 4 -1 15.30 6
C Patrick Marleau 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 18.40 9
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 4
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 16.00 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 20.40 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 4 1 2 4 0 27.10 7
D Curtis Murphy 0 0 1 3 0 4 2 0 17.30 7
D David Fischer 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16.30 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 22 0 0 65.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 9.00 6
R Tim Kennedy 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 1 15.40 7
R Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 4 2 3 0 -2 20.00 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 20.30 5
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 10.10 4
C Dan Paillé 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 18.30 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 2 1 5 2 1 0 -1 14.00 7
C Michal Handzus 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 20.30 5
L Jan Mursak 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 5
L Ladislav Nagy 1 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 22.10 7
L Yanic Perreault 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 16.30 5
L Samuel Påhlsson 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 17.30 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 20.30 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.30 4
D Andrej Sekera 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 25.40 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 16.00 5
D Kyle Quincey 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 -2 22.00 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 29.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 3 0 18 0 0 65.00 6
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Marleau
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Mike Cammalleri
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-David Fischer notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Paul Gaustad has marked a new career high in assists with 16 assists.
-Paul Gaustad finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Samuel Påhlsson finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Andrej Sekera finally ended his 23 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 4( 25) , Rochester Americans 1( 13)
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1-0 QUE Michaël Lambert (Mathieu Dandenault)
1-1 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Mike Weber)
2-1 QUE Mathieu Roy (Tom Kostopoulos)
3-1 QUE Mathieu Dandenault (Jonathan Ferland)
4-1 QUE Tom Kostopoulos (Mathieu Roy, Ben Maxwell)
Goalies: Christopher Heino-Lindberg - Mikael Tellqvist