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17/10/2007
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 41 - 29
PP: 4 of 9 (16 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:48/55=85 %
PP: 1 of 5 (2 shots), Passing:64/79=81 %, Challenges:28/35=77 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 868386 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:09 1-0
Tim Connolly [1] (Derek Roy, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
08:21 2-0
Jaroslav Spacek [2] (Nathan Paetsch, Derek Roy)PP
15:02 2-1
Andrei Markov [1] (Alex Tanguay, Alex Kovalev)PP
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22:06 2-2
Andrei Kostitsyn [1] (Francis Bouillon, Maxim Lapierre)
22:34 3-2
Nathan Paetsch [1] (Andrej Sekera, Adam Mair)
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41:09 3-3
Alex Kovalev [3] (Alex Tanguay)
44:31 4-3
Derek Roy [2] (Tim Connolly, Maxim Afinogenov)PP
45:16 4-4
Maxim Lapierre [1] (Tom Kostopoulos, Andrei Markov)
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62:36 5-4
Maxim Afinogenov [4] (Tim Connolly, Nathan Paetsch)PP
Penalty summary:
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03:32
Chris Higgins (2 min for hooking)
06:02
Daniel Paillé (2 min for high-sticking)
08:03
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for roughing)
13:12
Jason Pominville (2 min for roughing)
18:55
Mathieu Dandenault (2 min for cross-checking)
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31:28
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for tripping)
33:44
Toni Lydman (2 min for holding the stick)
36:38
Glen Metropolit (2 min for slashing)
38:45
Dominic Moore (2 min for high-sticking)
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43:28
Alex Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
49:24
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for roughing)
56:46
Andrej Sekera (2 min for holding the stick)
58:59
Alex Tanguay (2 min for holding the stick)
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61:09
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 8.40 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 8
R Thomas Vanek 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Dominic Moore 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.10 5
C Adam Mair 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 22.00 7
C Derek Roy 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 9.50 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 22.00 7
L Tim Connolly 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -1 10.50 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 18.40 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 4 2 0 1 2 0 24.00 8
D Nathan Paetsch 1 2 4 1 1 1 0 -1 18.20 9
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 -1 29.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 24.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 25 0 0 62.30 6
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 3 1 1 0 4 2 10.30 8
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 18.40 7
R Georges Laraque 0 0 4 3 2 3 0 0 20.30 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 19.00 8
C Maxim Lapierre 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6.50 7
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.40 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Robert Lang 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 7.50 7
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
L Chris Higgins 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 9.20 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 19.40 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 20.20 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 18.30 8
D Andrei Markov 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 29.40 9
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 21.20 8
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 36 0 0 62.30 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Derek Roy
2nd star: Tim Connolly
3rd star: Nathan Paetsch
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Nathan Paetsch finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Maxim Lapierre ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Andrei Kostitsyn ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Chris Higgins had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Andrei Markov finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 3( 23) , Quebec Citadelles 4( 31)
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0-1 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Matt D'Agostini)
1-1 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Felix Schütz)
1-2 QUE Sergei Kostitsyn (Alex Henry)
1-3 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Ryan O'Byrne, Matt D'Agostini)
2-3 ROC Derek Whitmore (Mike Funk)
3-3 ROC Vladimir Nikiforov (Ondrej Fiala)
3-4 QUE Sergei Kostitsyn (Ryan Flinn, Ben Shutron)
Goalies: Jhonas Enroth - Jaroslav Halak