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Canadiens @ Sabres

Shots 1 2 3 OT FN
Canadiens 12 17 6 0 35
Sabres 8 3 9 0 20
Goals 1 2 3 OT FN
Canadiens 2 4 2 0 8
Sabres 1 0 1 0 2

Scoring Summary

Period 1
1. CANADIENS, BURE 20 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 08:12
2. CANADIENS, KOIVU 30 (KABERLE, RAY), 17:11
3. SABRES, MADDEN 18 (MODIN, IGINLA) (PP), 18:49

PENALTIES: J. MADDEN BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 03:57, V. KOZLOV MON (CHARGING, Minor) 06:41, D. ZUBRUS BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 06:41, C. SIMON BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor, Misconduct) 07:29, B. MARCHMENT MON (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:00, B. MARCHMENT MON (, ) 11:05, J. IGINLA BUF (, ) 11:05, N. HAGMAN BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 14:11, E. MOREAU MON (, ) 15:18, T. GREEN BUF (, ) 15:18, R. RAY MON (HOOKING, Minor) 17:15, G. WESLEY BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:28

Period 2
4. CANADIENS, KOZLOV 16 (MOROZOV, CAJANEK), 05:07
5. CANADIENS, MOROZOV 22 (MCDONALD, KOIVU) (PP), 09:10
6. CANADIENS, MARCHMENT 4 (MOREAU, KABERLE), 11:58
7. CANADIENS, KOZLOV 17 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 15:29

PENALTIES: D. ZUBRUS BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:13, J. LUPUL BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 08:19, C. SIMON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 10:46, R. REICHEL MON (BOARDING, Minor) 11:30, T. RUUTU BUF (BOARDING, Double Minor) 13:29, H. GILL BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:05

Period 3
8. CANADIENS, EATON 9 (KOIVU, KABERLE) (SH), 10:52
9. SABRES, SAUER 2 (RUUTU, REGEHR), 13:59
10. CANADIENS, BURE 21 (REICHEL, DWYER), 18:07

PENALTIES: R. RAY MON (ELBOWING, Minor) 00:37, S. KOIVU MON (BOARDING, Minor) 02:21, J. IGINLA BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:46, J. IGINLA BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:00, V. VISHNEVSKI MON (BOARDING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 09:31 (Served by Robert Reichel), E. MOREAU MON (HOOKING, Minor) 11:45, G. WESLEY BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 11:45, H. GILL BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:55

Goalie Statistics

Pasi Nurminen (MON), 18 saves out of 20 shots, W, 29-24-6
Marty Turco (BUF), 16 saves out of 21 shots, L, 31-30-8
Steve Shields (BUF), 11 saves out of 14 shots

Power Play Conversions

Canadiens 3 for 12
Sabres 1 for 6

Game Stars

1 – Saku Koivu (MON)
2 – Valeri Bure (MON)
3 – Tomas Kaberle (MON)

Canadiens Pos G A Pts +/- Pim S H IT
Saku Koivu C 1 2 3 2 2 4 1 24
Tomas Kaberle D 0 3 3 3 0 2 4 29
Valeri Bure RW 2 0 2 1 0 5 2 22
Viktor Kozlov RW 2 0 2 1 2 4 0 14
Aleksey Morozov LW 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 22
Mark Eaton D 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 22
Bryan Marchment D 1 0 1 1 7 2 1 17
Gordie Dwyer LW 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 13
Robert Reichel C 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 21
Ethan Moreau LW 0 1 1 1 7 3 3 18
Rob Ray RW 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 13
Petr Cajanek C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16
Andy McDonald RW 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Jason Strudwick D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17
Andreas Lilja D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22
Vitaly Vishnevski D 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 13
P.J. Axelsson LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Lines

Sabres Pos G A Pts +/- Pim S H IT
Kurt Sauer D 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
John Madden C 1 0 1 -2 2 1 0 24
Robyn Regehr D 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 30
Fredrik Modin LW 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 27
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 1 1 0 4 1 4 18
Jarome Iginla RW 0 1 1 -1 9 1 0 18
Joffrey Lupul RW 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15
Lasse Pirjeta C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Lowry LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Gill D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 3 25
Travis Green C 0 0 0 -1 5 3 2 18
Glen Wesley D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 3 17
Jonathan Cheechoo RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 9
Chris Simon LW 0 0 0 -1 14 1 0 9
Niklas Hagman RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 5
Bryan Berard D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 22
Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 21
Dainius Zubrus LW 0 0 0 -2 4 1 0 18

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Financial

Attendance: 13504
Net Profit: $1,020,902.00

Game Notes

Bryan Marchment and Jarome Iginla fight to a draw
Ethan Moreau and Travis Green fight to a draw
Steve Shields enters game at 11:58 of 2nd period
Scott Hannan injured at 09:31 of the 3rd Period
Vitaly Vishnevski ejected at 09:31 of the 3rd Period
Andreas Lilja injured at 17:35 of the 3rd Period