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8/9/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 30 - 25
PP: 1 of 5 (4 shots), Passing:75/90=83 %, Challenges:33/42=76 %
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:58/74=78 %, Challenges:31/40=75 %
Attendance: 10636 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 504147 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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16:15 1-0
Andrei Kostitsyn [1] (Eric Boguniecki, Tomas Plekanec)PP
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23:41 2-0
Tomas Plekanec [1] (Francis Bouillon, Roman Hamrlik)
30:31 2-1
Jason Pominville [2] (Toni Lydman, Dion Phaneuf)
35:36 2-2
Ales Kotalik [1] (Andrej Sekera, Daniel Paillé)
38:41 2-3
Tim Connolly [2] (Thomas Vanek, Maxim Afinogenov)
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42:01 3-3
Eric Boguniecki [1] (Alex Tanguay, Tomas Plekanec)
47:36 4-3
Alex Tanguay [1] (Tomas Plekanec, Eric Boguniecki)
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Penalty summary:
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03:04
Paul Gaustad (2 min for tripping)
04:11
Jim Vandermeer (2 min for high-sticking)
07:22
Drew Stafford (2 min for hooking)
11:22
Max Pacioretty (2 min for slashing)
12:34
Georges Laraque (2 min for roughing)
12:34
Thomas Vanek (2 min for roughing)
14:31
Mathieu Darche (2 min for tripping)
17:17
Nathan Paetsch (2 min for tripping)
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25:28
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for hooking)
31:34
Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
31:34
Andrej Sekera (2 min for roughing)
34:08
Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
34:08
Jim Vandermeer (5 min for fighting)
36:34
Mathieu Dandenault (2 min for diving)
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50:16
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 8.00 5
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 -2 18.10 7
R Eric Boguniecki 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 6.30 7
C Steve Bégin 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 -2 20.20 6
C Tomas Plekanec 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 16.10 10
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 8
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 7.50 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 16.10 7
L Alex Tanguay 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 8
L Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 12.00 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 23.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 25.00 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 13.00 6
D François Beauchemin 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 22.50 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 7.00 7
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 8
R Jason Pominville 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 11.20 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 21.50 8
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 10.40 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 12.30 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 6
C Tim Connolly 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.50 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 18.50 8
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.00 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.30 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 19.30 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 25.40 7
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 1 2 1 1 7 -1 15.00 7
D Toni Lydman 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 23.30 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 1 3 6 1 2 0 1 28.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 26 0 0 58.30 6
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tomas Plekanec
2nd star: Eric Boguniecki
3rd star: Alex Tanguay
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Other notes:
-Jim Vandermeer beat Maxim Lapierre in a fight.