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26/9/2001
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Montreal Canadiens 6
Shots: 36 - 25
PP: 1 of 8 (19 shots), Passing:64/77=83 %, Challenges:38/48=77 %
PP: 2 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:64/89=71 %, Challenges:36/41=85 %
Attendance: 9297 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 290996 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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12:06 1-0
Adam Mair [2] (Ales Kotalik)SH
14:12 2-0
Tim Connolly [4] (Thomas Vanek, Maxim Afinogenov)PP
15:42 2-1
Alex Kovalev [3] (Roman Hamrlik, Tom Poti)
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25:07 3-1
Derek Roy [3] (Jason Pominville, Henrik Tallinder)
26:46 3-2
Alex Tanguay [3] (Roman Hamrlik, Alex Kovalev)PP
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41:21 3-3
Alex Kovalev [4] (Tomas Plekanec, Ben Maxwell)
41:51 4-3
Maxim Afinogenov [2] (Craig Rivet, Jochen Hecht)
42:22 4-4
Tomas Plekanec [3] (Alex Tanguay, Roman Hamrlik)
57:33 4-5
Roman Hamrlik [1] (Tomas Plekanec, Alex Tanguay)PP
59:36 4-6
Alex Kovalev [5] (Tom Poti, Roman Hamrlik) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:52
Alex Kovalev (2 min for slashing)
06:26
Francis Bouillon (2 min for elbowing)
10:49
Toni Lydman (2 min for slashing)
13:12
Tom Poti (2 min for tripping)
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26:07
Paul Gaustad (2 min for hooking)
32:13
Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
32:13
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
34:55
Thomas Vanek (2 min for slashing)
37:12
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for roughing)
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42:48
Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
47:22
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for cross-checking)
49:05
Georges Laraque (2 min for hooking)
53:37
Ben Maxwell (2 min for boarding)
56:03
Paul Gaustad (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 14.20 7
R Jason Pominville 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 11.40 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 22.00 8
C Adam Mair 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 11.20 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 0 11.00 7
C Derek Roy 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 16.00 8
C Tim Connolly 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 22.10 7
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.20 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 4
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 -1 20.50 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 21.00 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 -1 15.20 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 6 2 2 2 -1 20.00 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 24.40 6
D Craig Rivet 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 6 0 19 0 0 58.30 4
G Patrick Lalime 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 0 1 0 0 2 0 10.00 6
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 14.10 6
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 0 19.20 6
R Alex Kovalev 3 1 6 2 0 1 2 2 14.40 10
C Ben Maxwell 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 4.50 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 -1 13.30 6
C Steve Bégin 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 19.00 7
C Tomas Plekanec 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 9
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 7.00 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 3 4 1 3 0 0 18.30 8
L Chris Higgins 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
L Alex Tanguay 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 16.50 8
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 12.20 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24.50 8
D Tom Poti 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 18.50 8
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 18.50 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 -1 25.10 7
D Roman Hamrlik 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 20.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 32 0 0 60.00 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Roman Hamrlik
3rd star: Tomas Plekanec
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Ben Maxwell ended his 7 game point drought.
-Roman Hamrlik ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Maxim Lapierre beat Adam Mair in a fight.