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28/1/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 26 - 19
PP: 1 of 9 (14 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:39/53=72 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:67/92=72 %, Challenges:26/40=63 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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16:25 1-0
Brooks Orpik [2] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Brenden Morrow)PP
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38:04 1-1
Jason Spezza [15] (Maxim Afinogenov, Jordin Tootoo)
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50:06 2-1
Jere Lehtinen [22] (Brad Richards, Andrei Markov)
54:25 3-1
Jeremy Roenick [2] (Mike Komisarek, Peter Forsberg)
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Penalty summary:
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05:46
Mathieu Darche (2 min for tripping)
07:18
Paul Gaustad (2 min for tripping)
11:46
Markus Näslund (2 min for hooking)
12:38
Henrik Tallinder (2 min for roughing)
15:43
Blair Betts (2 min for hooking)
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21:36
Brad Richards (2 min for diving)
23:51
Daniel Paillé (2 min for roughing)
32:18
Corey Trivino (2 min for tripping)
38:31
Ryan McDonagh (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:04
Jason Pominville (2 min for diving)
48:04
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
51:24
Jamal Mayers (2 min for roughing)
51:24
Ryan McDonagh (2 min for roughing)
52:22
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Corey Trivino 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 5.40 6
R Michael Frolík 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 12.50 6
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
R Jere Lehtinen 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
C Anthony Stewart 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 10.20 6
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 18.50 8
C Brad Richards 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 20.50 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
L Jeremy Roenick 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 6
L Peter Mueller 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 12.10 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 20.30 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 12.10 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 27.00 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 19.20 7
D Ryan McDonagh 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15.40 6
D Brooks Orpik 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 -1 17.10 7
D Andrei Markov 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 28.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 -1 18.00 7
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 12.00 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 12.40 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 12.50 7
C Blair Betts 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 12.20 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -1 20.10 5
C Derek Roy 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Jason Spezza 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 17.50 8
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 11.10 4
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 10.50 6
L Markus Näslund 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 19.40 6
D Mike Funk 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 12.30 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 13.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 -1 25.30 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 25.40 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 29.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jere Lehtinen
2nd star: Jeremy Roenick
3rd star: Brooks Orpik
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Kostitsyn notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Andrei Kostitsyn had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Brooks Orpik ended his 7 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Spezza scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jordin Tootoo ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 5( 43) , Portland Pirates 2( 19)
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1-0 HAM Ryan Carter (Max Pacioretty)
2-0 HAM Ryan Carter (Matt D'Agostini, Pavel Valentenko)
2-1 POR Mark Mancari (Patrick Kaleta, Felix Schütz)
3-1 HAM Yanick Lehoux (James Wyman, Alexei Emelin)
4-1 HAM Vladimir Nikiforov (Brock Trotter)
4-2 POR Chris Butler (Nathan Gerbe)
5-2 HAM Matt D'Agostini (Max Pacioretty)
Goalies: Cédrick Desjardins - Patrick Lalime