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26/9/2007
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 39 - 20
PP: 1 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:65/80=81 %, Challenges:40/50=78 %
PP: 1 of 3 (11 shots), Passing:62/83=74 %, Challenges:20/29=66 %
Attendance: 11157 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 507643 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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06:04 1-0
Maxim Afinogenov [3] (Brian Campbell, Teppo Numminen)
10:17 2-0
Drew Stafford [1] (Adam Mair, Derek Roy)
17:39 3-0
Jason Pominville [3] (Jochen Hecht, Paul Gaustad)
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27:47 3-1
Mikhail Grabovski [1] (Chris Higgins, Mark Streit)
35:38 4-1
Tim Connolly [3] (Dmitri Kalinin, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
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48:13 4-2
Saku Koivu [5] (Bryan Smolinski, Andrei Markov)PP
49:56 5-2
Andrew Peters [1] (Drew Stafford, Jaroslav Spacek)
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Penalty summary:
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02:35
Steve Bégin (2 min for elbowing)
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21:49
Jochen Hecht (2 min for tripping)
24:18
Andrei Markov (2 min for cross-checking)
26:52
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
26:52
Garth Murray (5 min for fighting)
28:58
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
34:06
Steve Bégin (2 min for high-sticking)
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40:42
Michael Ryder (2 min for high-sticking)
43:54
Jaroslav Spacek (5 min for attempt to injury)
54:49
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for cross-checking)
55:34
Michael Ryder (2 min for roughing)
58:41
Steve Bégin (2 min for slashing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 5.10 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 6.30 6
R Jason Pominville 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 6 0 1 0 2 1 21.10 7
C Adam Mair 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 7.10 7
C Derek Roy 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 12.50 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
C Tim Connolly 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
L Andrew Peters 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 4.20 5
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 23.20 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 16.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 2 3 1 0 1 5 2 24.00 9
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.30 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 21.10 7
D Brian Campbell 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 2 32.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 18 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 Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 7.30 7
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 19.50 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -4 20.40 6
C Garth Murray 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 5.00 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Chris Higgins 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.30 6
C Saku Koivu 1 0 6 1 3 0 0 -4 21.30 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 -1 20.20 8
L Bryan Smolinski 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 -3 24.10 7
D Mark Streit 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 6.40 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 24.50 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -4 28.30 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 21.40 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 12.20 6
D Andrei Markov 0 1 2 4 0 0 2 -3 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 34 0 0 60.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Drew Stafford
2nd star: Jaroslav Spacek
3rd star: Jason Pominville
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Andrew Peters ended his 7 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Mikhail Grabovski ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Garth Murray beat Andrew Peters in a fight.