Sabres at Canadiens

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 9 9 9 0 27
Canadiens 9 10 12 0 31
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 2 3 2 0 7
Canadiens 2 1 2 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CANADIENS, POMINVILLE 19 (GAGNE, MCLAREN), 03:27
2. SABRES, BACKSTROM 22 (DOUGHTY, YANDLE), 04:55
3. CANADIENS, GAGNE 30 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 10:53
4. SABRES, NEAL 22 (BACKSTROM, KANE), 18:59

PENALTIES: D. BYFUGLIEN BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 09:41

Period 2
5. SABRES, KURRI 23 (LADD, KESLER), 06:09
6. CANADIENS, GAGNE 31 (BURNS, POMINVILLE), 07:06
7. SABRES, KANE 21 (BACKSTROM, NEAL), 11:13
8. SABRES, KESLER 29 (JOHNSON, SEIDENBERG), 19:46

PENALTIES: D. DOUGHTY BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 17:27

Period 3
9. SABRES, BACKSTROM 23 (NEAL, KANE), 02:20
10. CANADIENS, BERGERON 25 (GAGNE, POMINVILLE), 04:38
11. SABRES, LADD 19 (SEIDENBERG) (PP), 07:12
12. CANADIENS, STURM 30 (DUMONT, TANGUAY), 18:19

PENALTIES: J. WARD MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 06:23, D. BACKES BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 14:27, J. JOHNSON BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:06

Goalie Statistics

Jimmy Howard (BUF), 26 saves out of 31 shots, W, 23-28-5
Ondrej Pavelec (BUF), 0 saves out of 0 shots
Roberto Luongo (MTL), 13 saves out of 18 shots, L, 34-19-5
Brian Elliot (MTL), 7 saves out of 9 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 1 for 1
Canadiens 1 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Simon Gagne (MTL)
2 - Nicklas Backstrom (BUF)
3 - James Neal (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     2  2  4    +3   0  4   1 18
Dennis Seidenberg     0  2  2  Even   0  4   1 24
David Backes          0  0  0    -2   2  0   0 12
Andrew Ladd           1  1  2    +2   0  1   1 18
Steve Begin           0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 10
James Neal            1  2  3    +3   0  2   0 19
Keith Yandle          0  1  1    +1   0  2   0 21
Jack Johnson          0  1  1    +2   2  2   5 22
Jari Kurri            1  0  1    +2   0  1   1 19
Alexander Edler       0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 17
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0    -2   2  0   2 16
Tyler Kennedy         0  0  0    -1   0  2   1  8
Teddy Purcell         0  0  0    -2   0  1   1 14
Glenn Anderson        0  0  0    -2   0  0   3 11
Eric Manlow           0  0  0    -1   0  1   0  7
Patrick Kane          1  2  3    +3   0  2   1 18
Drew Doughty          0  1  1    +3   2  1   0 20
Ryan Kesler           1  1  2    +2   0  3   2 17
   
Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brent Burns           0  1  1    +2   0  1   2 14
Stephane Robidas      0  0  0    +1   0  0   1  6
Simon Gagne           2  2  4    +3   0  6   3 23
Patrice Bergeron      1  0  1    +3   0  1   0 21
Antoine Vermette      0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  8
Jason Pominville      1  2  3    +3   0  1   2 21
Joel Ward             0  0  0    -1   2  2   0 12
Pascal Dupuis         0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 16
Adrian Aucoin         0  0  0    -2   0  3   1 18
Alex Tanguay          0  1  1    -4   0  5   4 27
Jean-Pierre Dumont    0  1  1    -3   0  0   0 19
Anton Volchenkov      0  0  0    -3   0  1   1 17
Kyle McLaren          0  1  1    +2   0  3   2 25
Eric Belanger         0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 11
Marco Sturm           1  0  1    -3   0  4   3 19
Kent Huskins          0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 15
Jonathan Cheechoo     0  0  0    -1   0  1   0  6
Christian Ehrhoff     0  0  0    -3   0  1   0 19
   

Financial

Attendance: 12364
Net Profit: $801 187,00

Game Notes

Stephane Robidas injured at 14:35 of the 1st Period
Brian Elliot enters game at 19:46 of 2nd period
Ondrej Pavelec enters game at 18:19 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      1
Laval          2
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Bill Gardner 20 (Lee goren, Ronald Petrovicky)

Jean-Yves Leroux 15 (Denis Cyr, Derick Brassard)
Mark Fistric 3 (Daniel Tkaczuk, Chris Butler)

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Goalies
Rochester: Al Montoya
Laval: Reinhard Divis
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