5/12/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 7 , Buffalo Sabres 5
Shots: 28 - 24
PP: 0 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:65/77=84 %, Challenges:31/37=81 %
PP: 5 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:74/91=81 %, Challenges:40/52=75 %
Attendance: 20091 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 938249 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:59 1-0
Guillaume Latendresse [11] (Jaroslav Spacek)
06:08 1-1
Thomas Vanek [7] (Tim Connolly, Craig Rivet)PP
10:04 1-2
Craig Rivet [4] (Thomas Vanek, Tim Connolly)PP
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23:48 2-2
Roman Hamrlik [3] (Karl Alzner, Carey Price)
26:14 2-3
Thomas Vanek [8] (Craig Rivet, Tim Connolly)PP
38:12 3-3
Maxim Lapierre [2] (Travis Moen)
39:35 4-3
Simon Gagné [8] (Scott Gomez)
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44:24 4-4
Tim Connolly [8] (Jason Pominville, Thomas Vanek)PP
46:04 4-5
Jason Pominville [5] (Thomas Vanek)PP
56:07 5-5
Roman Hamrlik [4] (Scott Gomez)
58:08 6-5
Tomas Plekanec [6] (Scott Gomez, Karl Alzner)
59:11 7-5
Sergei Fedorov [4] (Josh Gorges, Jaroslav Spacek) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:33
Matt D'Agostini (2 min for hooking)
09:41
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for tripping)
10:42
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for tripping)
12:35
Jason Pominville (2 min for hooking)
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25:32
Matt D'Agostini (2 min for tripping)
33:47
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for hooking)
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43:22
Mathieu Darche (2 min for roughing)
45:33
Karl Alzner (2 min for slashing)
46:47
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for hooking)
54:04
Marek Zagrapan (2 min for tripping)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mathieu Darche 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6.30 6
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 13.30 5
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 19.30 8
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 19.40 7
C Maxim Lapierre 1 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 7.30 8
C Sergei Fedorov 1 0 3 1 2 2 2 1 14.30 6
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 15.50 8
C Scott Gomez 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 8
L Travis Moen 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 10.40 7
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 6
L Simon Gagné 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 5 17.40 9
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 20.50 6
D Roman Hamrlik 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 17.50 8
D Karl Alzner 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 19.00 8
D Josh Gorges 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 16.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 19.20 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 6 1 3 0 3 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 1 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 9.10 7
R Clarke MacArthur 0 0 2 2 1 2 4 0 14.10 7
R Matt Ellis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -4 10.50 4
R Jason Pominville 1 1 6 2 0 0 2 -2 19.50 8
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 9.10 6
C Drew Stafford 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 14.10 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -5 16.10 7
C Tim Connolly 1 3 3 1 3 0 0 -2 17.00 7
L Tim Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 4
L Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -4 15.50 7
L Thomas Vanek 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 -3 21.00 9
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4 15.30 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 25.10 5
D Joe DiPenta 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 18.50 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -5 18.50 5
D Craig Rivet 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 -3 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 7 0 21 0 0 59.00 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st
: Thomas Vanek
2nd
: Roman Hamrlik
3rd
: Scott Gomez
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Maxim Lapierre finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
-Simon Gagné finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Pominville ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 17) , Rochester Americans 1( 9)
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1-0 QUE Glen Metropolit (Mike Glumac)
2-0 QUE Mike Glumac (Glen Metropolit, Kyle Chipchura)
2-1 ROC Dylan Hunter (Stephen Gionta, Felix Schütz)
Goalies: Loïc LaCasse - Mikael Tellqvist