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14/9/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 8 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 36 - 25
PP: 2 of 8 (15 shots), Passing:65/76=85 %, Challenges:39/43=88 %
PP: 0 of 6 (14 shots), Passing:64/84=76 %, Challenges:35/42=81 %
Attendance: 8509 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 260376 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:58 1-0
Ryan Craig [1] (Vaclav Prospal, Robert Lang)
10:41 2-0
Guillaume Latendresse [2] (Chris Higgins, Andrej Meszaros)PP
17:19 3-0
Justin Williams [3] (Robert Lang)
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29:13 3-1
Jaroslav Spacek [1] (Craig Rivet, Tim Connolly)
32:21 4-1
Saku Koivu [2] (Robert Lang)
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41:24 5-1
Chris Higgins [2] (Tomas Plekanec, Tom Kostopoulos)
41:54 6-1
Justin Williams [4] (Robert Lang, Roman Hamrlik)
44:59 7-1
Robert Lang [2] (Justin Williams, Saku Koivu)PP
47:53 8-1
Robert Lang [3] (Roman Hamrlik, Justin Williams)
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Penalty summary:
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03:21
Mike Mottau (2 min for hooking)
06:22
Daniel Paillé (2 min for high-sticking)
09:32
Drew Stafford (2 min for cross-checking)
11:33
Michal Handzus (2 min for tripping)
15:09
Adam Mair (2 min for boarding)
18:42
Andrej Meszaros (2 min for hooking)
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24:29
Saku Koivu (2 min for high-sticking)
30:22
Derek Roy (2 min for tripping)
35:01
Andrej Meszaros (2 min for tripping)
37:12
Thomas Vanek (2 min for hooking)
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43:06
Paul Gaustad (2 min for tripping)
50:14
Adam Mair (2 min for high-sticking)
55:15
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for high-sticking)
57:11
Andrei Markov (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.40 7
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.20 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
R Justin Williams 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 21.10 9
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.00 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 3 3 1 1 2 0 19.40 8
C Ryan Craig 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 7
C Saku Koivu 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 4 20.20 9
L Chris Higgins 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.10 7
L Kyle Calder 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 18.30 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 7
L Robert Lang 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 4 19.50 10
D Mike Mottau 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 13.40 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 5 28.30 9
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 2 3 0 1 4 0 16.20 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 4 24.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mathieu Darche 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.20 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 8.50 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 18.50 7
C Dominic Moore 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -1 14.10 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -1 17.10 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 13.20 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8.10 7
L Adam Mair 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 10.30 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 -2 18.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 20.00 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -4 21.50 6
D Craig Rivet 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -3 27.50 5
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 12.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 -1 29.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 8 0 28 0 0 60.00 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Robert Lang
2nd star: Justin Williams
3rd star: Saku Koivu
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Other notes: