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20/9/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 6 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 24 - 32
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:56/66=84 %, Challenges:43/49=86 %
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:47/51=90 %
Attendance: 12763 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 390548 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:11 1-0
Guillaume Latendresse [3] (Saku Koivu)
13:18 2-0
Saku Koivu [4] (Alex Tanguay, Guillaume Latendresse)PP
14:25 2-1
Jaroslav Spacek [1] (Toni Lydman, Maxim Afinogenov)
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32:54 3-1
Saku Koivu [5] (Guillaume Latendresse, Dion Phaneuf)
34:28 3-2
Nathan Paetsch [1] (Maxim Afinogenov, Thomas Vanek)PP
38:27 3-3
Jason Pominville [2] (Daniel Paillé, Andrej Sekera)
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43:59 4-3
Guillaume Latendresse [4] (Mathieu Dandenault, Saku Koivu)
49:05 5-3
Georges Laraque [2] (Shawn Belle, Maxim Lapierre)
59:28 6-3
Guillaume Latendresse [5] (Alex Kovalev, Mike Komisarek)
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Penalty summary:
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09:54
Daniel Paillé (2 min for high-sticking)
10:12
Paul Gaustad (2 min for boarding)
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22:09
Ales Kotalik (2 min for tripping)
28:41
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
32:12
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
32:12
Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
33:23
Alex Tanguay (2 min for slashing)
38:38
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
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46:21
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for tripping)
52:45
Mark Streit (2 min for tripping)
55:33
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 8
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 3 2 6 0 1 0 0 3 18.20 10
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 6.10 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.50 7
C Saku Koivu 2 2 6 2 1 0 0 3 18.50 10
C Robert Lang 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
L Shawn Belle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 10.20 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 15.30 7
L Chris Higgins 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
D Mark Streit 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 16.50 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.20 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 28.00 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 13.20 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 18.10 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.10 6
R Jason Pominville 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 10.10 8
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 -3 20.00 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 -1 19.50 7
C Adam Mair 0 0 2 3 0 0 5 0 7.20 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 14.10 5
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 18.30 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 20.00 6
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.10 5
L Daniel Paillé 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 10.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 -4 22.10 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.30 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 11.00 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 17.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 29.00 8
D Nathan Paetsch 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 18.50 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -2 21.10 8
D Toni Lydman 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 22.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 6 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Georges Laraque
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jaroslav Spacek ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Nathan Paetsch ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Maxim Lapierre beat Adam Mair in a fight.