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25/3/2007
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Montreal Canadiens 7 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 26 - 28
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:69/81=85 %, Challenges:47/51=90 %
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:62/70=88 %, Challenges:31/44=68 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:24 0-1
Kyle Calder [35] (Brian Campbell)
10:28 1-1
Glen Murray [35] (Bryan Smolinski, Saku Koivu)
16:01 2-1
Andrei Kostitsyn [26] (Chris Higgins, Michal Rozsival)
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21:41 2-2
Sheldon Souray [10])
29:16 3-2
Maxime Talbot [8] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Andrei Kostitsyn)
34:23 4-2
Jean-Pierre Dumont [32] (Chris Higgins, Andrei Kostitsyn)
36:01 4-3
Paul Gaustad [11] (Tony Amonte, Alexander Perezhogin)
36:38 5-3
Bryan Smolinski [29] (Glen Murray)
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42:38 5-4
Anze Kopitar [30] (Kyle Calder, Tony Amonte)PP
50:58 6-4
Saku Koivu [29] (Glen Murray, Bryan Smolinski)
58:48 7-4
Saku Koivu [30] (Glen Murray, Michal Rozsival)
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Penalty summary:
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07:41
Sean Avery (2 min for roughing)
07:41
Henrik Tallinder (2 min for roughing)
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40:52
Darby Hendrickson (2 min for high-sticking)
46:04
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for cross-checking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 9.40 7
L Maxime Talbot 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 15.50 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 14.20 8
R Glen Murray 1 3 7 2 2 0 0 3 19.30 10
C Darby Hendrickson 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 7.40 5
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
C Chris Higgins 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 15.10 8
C Saku Koivu 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 20.10 9
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -2 11.00 7
L Sean Avery 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 15.10 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 14.20 9
L Bryan Smolinski 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 9
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 24.40 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 14.30 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 21.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 16.40 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Ed Belfour 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.00 5
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 14.10 5
R Tony Amonte 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 -3 18.20 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 18.10 5
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.00 4
C Dan Paillé 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 7
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 -3 19.40 6
C Anze Kopitar 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 20.10 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 15.10 5
L Mike Leclerc 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -3 17.30 5
L Kyle Calder 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 -2 19.00 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16.30 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 -3 19.00 5
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 23.40 5
D Sheldon Souray 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 18.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -3 18.20 4
D Brian Campbell 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -2 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 4 0 10 0 0 34.30 4
G Ray Emery 3 0 9 0 0 25.30 4
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Glen Murray
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Glen Murray scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Bryan Smolinski notched his 50th assist of the season.
-Saku Koivu scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Michal Rozsival notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Maxime Talbot finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
-Maxime Talbot finally ended his 16 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Kyle Calder scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Sheldon Souray scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Paul Gaustad has marked a new career high in points with 25 points.
-Anze Kopitar scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Kyle Calder notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Sheldon Souray finally ended his 33 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 29) , Rochester Americans 1( 6)
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0-1 ROC Adam Mair (Sean Bergenheim, Andrew Peters)
1-1 QUE Matt D'Agostini (Francis Lemieux)
2-1 QUE Josh Gorges (Jean-Philippe Fortin)
Goalies: Cédrick Desjardins - Adam Dennis