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Sabres @ Canadiens

Shots 1 2 3 OT FN
Sabres 5 17 9 3 34
Canadiens 9 9 2 0 20
Goals 1 2 3 OT FN
Sabres 2 0 3 0 5
Canadiens 3 1 1 0 5

Scoring Summary

Period 1
1. CANADIENS, SELANNE 15 (CHARA, LECLAIR), 00:12
2. SABRES, SULLIVAN 15 (RICHARDS, BOYNTON), 11:11
3. CANADIENS, THOMAS 7 (DACKELL, ARKHIPOV), 12:03
4. SABRES, SULLIVAN 16 (ERSKINE, BOYLE), 18:18
5. CANADIENS, LANG 9 (LIDSTROM), 19:16

PENALTIES: T. DOMI BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 03:05, D. ARKHIPOV MON (ELBOWING, Minor) 12:16, B. MARCHMENT MON (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:05

Period 2
6. CANADIENS, SELANNE 16 (LIDSTROM, CHARA), 02:45

PENALTIES: J. ERSKINE BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 06:47, N. BOYNTON BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 17:28, N. LIDSTROM MON (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 17:57, J. LECLAIR MON (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:50

Period 3
7. SABRES, BOYLE 4 (RICHARDS, FROLOV) (PP), 07:30
8. SABRES, FROLOV 7 (RICHARDS, BOYLE), 07:31
9. CANADIENS, LANG 10 (LIDSTROM, MCAMMOND), 14:32
10. SABRES, YELLE 5 (RICHARDS, FROLOV) (PP), 19:13

PENALTIES: B. LUKOWICH BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 00:53, S. THOMAS MON (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 00:53 (Served by Robert Lang), E. MOREAU BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 04:11, S. ROBIDAS MON (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 04:11, Z. CHARA MON (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:45

Overtime
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: N. BOYNTON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:40, Z. CHARA MON (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Misconduct) 01:40, G. WESLEY BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 02:07

Goalie Statistics

Marty Turco (BUF), 1 saves out of 1 shots, T, 16-20-3
Fred Brathwaite (BUF), 14 saves out of 19 shots
Sean Burke (MON), 26 saves out of 31 shots, T, 19-11-8
Jussi Markkanen (MON), 3 saves out of 3 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 2 for 6
Canadiens 0 for 4

Game Stars

1 – Steve Sullivan (BUF)
2 – Brad Richards (BUF)
3 – Nicklas Lidstrom (MON)

Sabres Pos G A Pts +/- Pim S H IT
Brad Richards C 0 4 4 0 0 5 2 27
Dan Boyle D 1 2 3 1 0 2 4 25
Alexander Frolov LW 1 2 3 1 0 3 3 20
Steve Sullivan RW 2 0 2 1 0 7 3 25
Stephane Yelle C 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 16
John Erskine D 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 10
Nick Boynton D 0 1 1 -1 4 1 2 30
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16
Niklas Hagman RW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ethan Moreau LW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 19
Tie Domi RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 12
Oleg Saprykin LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12
Lasse Pirjeta LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 9
Brad Bombardir D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 29
Brad Lukowich D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 26
Glen Wesley D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 21
Ivan Huml RW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 18

Lines

Canadiens Pos G A Pts +/- Pim S H IT
Nicklas Lidstrom D 0 3 3 4 2 1 0 25
Robert Lang C 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 25
Teemu Selanne RW 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 24
Zdeno Chara D 0 2 2 3 14 2 5 23
Steve Thomas LW 1 0 1 1 12 3 0 9
John LeClair LW 0 1 1 3 2 3 1 28
Denis Arkhipov C 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 16
Andreas Dackell RW 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16
Dean McAmmond LW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 24
Stephane Robidas D 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 14
Sean Hill D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 14
Joe Juneau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
Theo Fleury RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 19
Chris Gratton C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17
Bryan Marchment D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16
Murray Baron D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 6
Jaroslav Bednar RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 6
Greg deVries D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 22

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Financial

Attendance: 18000
Net Profit: $1,209,600.00

Game Notes

Oleg Saprykin injured at 00:53 of the 3rd Period
Steve Thomas ejected at 00:53 of the 3rd Period
Marty Turco enters game at 14:32 of 3rd period
Jussi Markkanen enters game at 19:13 of 3rd period