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Sabres @ Canadiens

Shots 1 2 3 OT FN
Sabres 9 11 10 0 30
Canadiens 8 6 15 0 29
Goals 1 2 3 OT FN
Sabres 1 4 2 0 7
Canadiens 0 2 3 0 5

Scoring Summary

Period 1
1. SABRES, NASH 2 (LECAVALIER, PHANEUF), 03:40

PENALTIES: R. NASH BUF (FIGHTING) 04:27, A. ZHITNIK MON (FIGHTING) 04:27

Period 2
2. SABRES, FEDOROV 1 (NASH) (PP), 03:13
3. CANADIENS, HAINSEY 1 (BONK, HULL) (PP), 07:01
4. CANADIENS, HULL 2 (WESTCOTT, BONK), 07:23
5. SABRES, NASH 3 (RUUTU, TJARNQVIST), 08:10
6. SABRES, FEDOROV 2 (REGEHR, KUNITZ) (PP), 10:01
7. SABRES, FEDOROV 3 (NASH, KUNITZ) (PP), 11:27

PENALTIES: S. BEGIN MON (HOOKING, Minor) 02:01, R. NASH BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 05:48, J. MODRY MON (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 08:37, K. SKRASTINS MON (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 08:54, S. FEDOROV BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 12:08

Period 3
8. SABRES, SYKORA 1 (KUNITZ, REGEHR) (PP), 01:53
9. SABRES, RUUTU 2 (REGEHR, KUNITZ), 04:42
10. CANADIENS, KARIYA 1 (ZHITNIK, MODRY) (PP), 08:08
11. CANADIENS, CZERKAWSKI 1 (HULL, BONK), 14:40
12. CANADIENS, CZERKAWSKI 2 (SKRASTINS, HULL), 17:36

PENALTIES: J. MODRY MON (BOARDING, Minor) 01:16, C. KUNITZ BUF (, ) 04:45, S. BEGIN MON (, ) 04:45, R. NASH BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 07:53, D. WESTCOTT MON (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 07:53, D. TJARNQVIST BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 07:56

Goalie Statistics

Marty Turco (BUF), 24 saves out of 29 shots, W, 2-1-0
Tim Thomas (BUF), 0 saves out of 0 shots
Martin Biron (MON), 11 saves out of 16 shots, L, 1-2-0
Brian Boucher (MON), 12 saves out of 14 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 4 for 4
Canadiens 2 for 3

Game Stars

1 – Rick Nash (BUF)
2 – Sergei Fedorov (BUF)
3 – Brett Hull (MON)

Sabres Pos G A Pts +/- Pim S H IT
Rick Nash LW 2 2 4 2 9 5 1 25
Chris Kunitz LW 0 4 4 -1 5 0 1 21
Sergei Fedorov C 3 0 3 0 2 4 1 20
Robyn Regehr D 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 29
Tuomo Ruutu RW 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 10
Petr Sykora RW 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 20
Vincent Lecavalier C 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 22
Daniel Tjarnqvist D 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 21
Dion Phaneuf D 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 24
Steve Bernier RW 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16
Scott Parker RW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Lasse Pirjeta C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Filip Kuba D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 25
Glen Wesley D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20
Niklas Hagman LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18
Marty Reasoner C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18

Lines

Canadiens Pos G A Pts +/- Pim S H IT
Brett Hull RW 1 3 4 1 0 2 0 19
Radek Bonk C 0 3 3 1 0 3 1 19
Mariusz Czerkawski LW 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 21
Ron Hainsey D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 16
Paul Kariya LW 1 0 1 -2 0 5 4 26
Jaroslav Modry D 0 1 1 1 6 0 1 21
Karlis Skrastins D 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 16
Duvie Westcott D 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 20
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 1 1 -1 5 1 2 20
Steve Begin C 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 15
Trevor Letowski RW 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13
Cory Cross D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Brad Isbister LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Matthew Barnaby RW 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Todd White C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 26
Colby Armstrong RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 7 22
Aaron Ward D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22

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Financial

Attendance: 15875
Net Profit: $857,250.00

Game Notes

Rick Nash and Alexei Zhitnik fight to a draw
Brian Boucher enters game at 11:27 of 2nd period
Chris Kunitz and Steve Begin fight to a draw
Tim Thomas enters game at 17:36 of 3rd period
Sergei Fedorov scores a hat trick