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5/9/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 35 - 23
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:58/73=79 %, Challenges:45/53=83 %
PP: 1 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:72/79=91 %, Challenges:37/43=84 %
Attendance: 3676 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 164317 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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06:15 1-0
Derek Roy [1] (Tim Connolly, Craig Rivet)
10:31 2-0
Thomas Vanek [1] (Tim Connolly)
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30:12 3-0
Clarke MacArthur [1] (Ales Kotalik, Jason Pominville)
35:52 3-1
Guillaume Latendresse [1] (Alex Tanguay, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
38:52 3-2
Chris Higgins [1] (Georges Laraque, Tomas Plekanec)
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44:26 4-2
Tim Connolly [1] (Thomas Vanek, Craig Rivet)
48:35 5-2
Maxim Afinogenov [1] (Tim Connolly, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
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Penalty summary:
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01:11
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for hooking)
11:23
Ales Kotalik (2 min for elbowing)
19:36
Mike Komisarek (2 min for roughing)
19:36
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for roughing)
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27:17
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
27:17
Tom Kostopoulos (5 min for fighting)
33:03
Jochen Hecht (2 min for elbowing)
34:58
Derek Roy (2 min for hooking)
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41:05
Jeff Jillson (2 min for hooking)
45:22
Jochen Hecht (2 min for high-sticking)
47:51
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for hooking)
49:05
Kyle Chipchura (2 min for hooking)
58:38
Andrew Peters (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 13.10 6
R Jason Pominville 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 11.10 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
C Adam Mair 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 12.10 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 18.00 7
C Derek Roy 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 13.10 8
C Tim Connolly 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 9.20 7
L Clarke MacArthur 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 11.50 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 17.00 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 7 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 9
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 13.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
D Craig Rivet 0 2 2 7 0 2 0 1 26.40 10
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 19.00 8
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 19.00 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.00 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 15.20 7
R Georges Laraque 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -2 19.00 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 5 1 0 0 4 -1 21.40 7
C Olivier Latendresse 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.00 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.00 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -2 21.10 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 -1 19.50 7
L Kyle Chipchura 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.00 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 13.30 7
L Chris Higgins 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 20.30 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
D Mike Green 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -2 19.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 5 0 1 2 -1 26.40 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 13.50 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 22.50 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 30 0 0 60.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tim Connolly
2nd star: Thomas Vanek
3rd star: Craig Rivet
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Other notes:
-Adam Mair fought Tom Kostopoulos in a fight.