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3/11/2007
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Montreal Canadiens 6
Shots: 31 - 27
PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:67/79=84 %, Challenges:19/40=46 %
PP: 2 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:28/44=62 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 853511 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:03 1-0
Tim Connolly [2] (Maxim Afinogenov)
15:42 2-0
Ales Kotalik [7] (Chris Higgins, Toni Lydman)PP
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25:57 2-1
Andrei Kostitsyn [2] (Phil Kessel, Andrew Cogliano)
30:03 2-2
Andrew Cogliano [1] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Phil Kessel)
33:18 2-3
Andrei Markov [1])PP
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43:14 3-3
Tim Connolly [3] (Maxim Afinogenov, Thomas Vanek)
45:19 3-4
Andrei Markov [2] (Saku Koivu, Andrei Kostitsyn)PP
48:58 4-4
Maxim Afinogenov [5] (Mark Mancari, Kyle Chipchura)
50:53 4-5
Jeff Friesen [4] (Mikhail Grabovski, Maxim Lapierre)
59:18 4-6
Saku Koivu [6] (Phil Kessel) EN
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Penalty summary:
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08:03
Mark Mancari (2 min for roughing)
08:03
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for roughing)
14:46
Alex Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
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22:59
Chris Clark (2 min for slashing)
27:37
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for boarding)
32:27
Adam Mair (2 min for elbowing)
34:07
Kyle Chipchura (2 min for slashing)
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44:28
Toni Lydman (2 min for hooking)
51:56
Alex Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -1 8.40 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 -1 11.40 5
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 14.00 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 2 5 0 1 0 2 3 20.00 9
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 -1 14.20 5
C Chris Higgins 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -1 15.20 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 11.20 6
C Tim Connolly 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 3 19.00 7
L Kyle Chipchura 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 -1 8.40 7
L Adam Mair 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 11.50 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -2 19.40 5
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 20.00 7
D Mark Streit 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 -2 19.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 14.50 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 27.30 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 13.10 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -2 16.30 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 2 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 6 0 21 0 0 59.30 4
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 8.00 6
R Andrew Cogliano 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 13.40 8
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 -2 17.20 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 3 1 1 0 4 1 20.50 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Phil Kessel 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 13.50 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -2 18.00 6
C Saku Koivu 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 21.20 9
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 6.50 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 2 18.00 8
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -2 11.50 5
L Jeff Friesen 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 18.00 8
D P.K. Subban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14.40 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 5
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 28.10 8
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 16.30 4
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 15.20 5
D Andrei Markov 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 1 29.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Leland Irving 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrei Kostitsyn
2nd star: Andrei Markov
3rd star: Andrew Cogliano
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Derek Roy had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Jochen Hecht had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrew Cogliano finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Maxim Lapierre finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Phil Kessel finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Guillaume Latendresse had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jeff Friesen ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Andrei Markov finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 0( 31) , Quebec Citadelles 3( 16)
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0-1 QUE Bryan Smolinski (Corey Locke)
0-2 QUE Tom Kostopoulos (Bryan Smolinski, Francis Bouillon)
0-3 QUE Jonathan Ferland (Jean-Philippe Côté)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Cédrick Desjardins