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28/11/2007
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 34 - 17
MTL PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:81/97=83 %, Challenges:56/70=78 %
BUF PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:29/52=54 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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13:18 1-0 MTL Johan Franzén [3] (Travis Zajac, Guillaume Latendresse)
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23:45 2-0 MTL Grant Stevenson [2])
25:14 3-0 MTL Patrik Elias [10] (Guillaume Latendresse, Rob Blake)
26:14 3-1 BUF Chris Drury [11] (Erik Cole, Maxim Afinogenov)
35:55 3-2 BUF Toni Lydman [1] (Maxim Afinogenov, Thomas Vanek)PP
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56:57 3-3 BUF Erik Cole [7] (Toni Lydman, Henrik Tallinder)
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Penalty summary:
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07:46 MTL Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
07:46 BUF Paul Gaustad (5 min for fighting)
16:05 BUF Erik Cole (2 min for roughing)
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20:26 BUF Toni Lydman (2 min for elbowing)
30:23 BUF Paul Gaustad (5 min for fighting)
30:23 MTL Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
34:41 MTL Bobby Holik (2 min for cross-checking)
38:56 BUF Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
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44:58 BUF Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
48:21 MTL Rob Blake (2 min for cross-checking)
50:16 MTL Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
59:09 BUF Paul Gaustad (5 min for fighting)
59:09 MTL Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
59:09 BUF Paul Gaustad (10 min game misconduct)
59:09 MTL Steve Bégin (10 min game misconduct)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jonathan Ferland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
R Grant Stevenson 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 16.50 7
R Travis Zajac 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 -1 19.40 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 21.30 8
C Kris Beech 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 5
C Johan Franzén 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 18.30 6
C Todd White 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 -2 19.30 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 19.10 9
L Rico Fata 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 12.20 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 1 0 1 27 2 14.10 7
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -2 14.20 7
L Patrik Elias 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 22.10 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 3 3 4 0 1 17.40 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 14.30 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 26.40 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 17.50 7
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 27.10 7
D Rob Blake 0 1 3 3 1 3 2 1 26.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mikael Tellqvist 3 0 14 0 0 65.00 5
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 -1 5.30 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 10.00 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 2 2 0 2 0 4 2 17.50 8
R Daniel Brière 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 22.00 7
C Dan Paillé 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 5.30 5
C Derek Roy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 10.00 6
C Chris Drury 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 22.20 8
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 19.50 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 5.30 7
L Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 3 3 2 25 0 14.10 7
L Erik Cole 1 1 5 5 3 1 2 2 24.40 10
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 -2 28.20 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.20 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 19.10 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 -2 30.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 17.20 6
D Toni Lydman 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 23.00 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 -2 30.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 31 0 0 65.00 9
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Erik Cole
2nd star: Toni Lydman
3rd star: Ryan Miller
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Patrik Elias scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Toni Lydman finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Paul Gaustad beat Steve Bégin in a fight.
-Paul Gaustad beat Steve Bégin in a fight.
-Paul Gaustad beat Steve Bégin in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 8( 29) , Rochester Americans 1(
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1-0 HAM Mike Zigomanis (Travis Fuller)
1-1 ROC Mark Mancari (Michael Ryan, Mike Card)
2-1 HAM Chris Collins (Scott Polaski)
3-1 HAM Chris Collins (Matt D'Agostini)
4-1 HAM Travis Fuller (Mark Streit, Andrei Kostitsyn)
5-1 HAM Mark Streit (Andrei Kostitsyn, Michaël Lambert)
6-1 HAM Michaël Lambert (Matt D'Agostini)
7-1 HAM Matt D'Agostini (Dean McAmmond)
8-1 HAM Scott Polaski (Garth Murray)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Danny Battochio