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17/9/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 29 - 37
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:64/80=80 %, Challenges:39/45=84 %
PP: 1 of 6 (17 shots), Passing:79/90=87 %, Challenges:38/51=73 %
Attendance: 11214 of 18690 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 514723 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:07 0-1
Andrei Kostitsyn [3] (Danny Markov, Chris Higgins)
10:31 0-2
Guillaume Latendresse [3] (Danny Markov, Mathieu Dandenault)
14:29 0-3
Nicklas Bäckström [1] (Alex Tanguay, Guillaume Latendresse)PP
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28:22 1-3
Jason Pominville [3] (Antoine Vermette, Paul Gaustad)
31:52 2-3
Milan Lucic [1] (Paul Gaustad, Derek Roy)
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47:59 3-3
Paul Gaustad [2])SH
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Penalty summary:
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02:01
Brent Sopel (2 min for slashing)
05:18
Garnet Exelby (2 min for boarding)
12:59
Garnet Exelby (2 min for slashing)
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21:19
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for elbowing)
25:49
Dale Mitchell (2 min for high-sticking)
32:08
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
37:41
Brent Sopel (2 min for tripping)
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41:39
Dale Mitchell (2 min for cross-checking)
45:07
Tom Kostopoulos (5 min for fighting)
45:07
Milan Lucic (5 min for fighting)
47:14
Garnet Exelby (2 min for tripping)
50:09
Daniel Paillé (2 min for roughing)
50:09
Alex Tanguay (2 min for roughing)
54:41
Sheldon Souray (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nigel Dawes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 5
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 11.20 6
R Justin Williams 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19.30 6
R Jason Pominville 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 21.50 8
C Paul Gaustad 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 12.40 8
C Derek Roy 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 11.20 7
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 21.20 7
L Milan Lucic 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 8.10 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 9.50 7
L Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 -1 21.00 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 3 0 5 6 1 11.30 8
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 21.40 8
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 28.10 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 15.50 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 23.10 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 3 0 34 0 0 65.00 9
G Adam Dennis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 5.20 6
R Phil Kessel 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.50 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 21.20 9
R Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 -1 24.40 8
C Max Pacioretty 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
C Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
C Chris Higgins 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 18.40 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 25.00 7
L Olivier Latendresse 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 7
L Dale Mitchell 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 11.40 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 22.00 9
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 -2 22.10 7
D David Fischer 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 21.30 5
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 -1 30.50 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 12.20 5
D Danny Markov 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 15.20 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 30.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 26 0 0 65.00 7
G Loïc LaCasse 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Paul Gaustad
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Justin Williams had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Tomas Kaberle had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Tom Kostopoulos fought Milan Lucic in a fight.