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25/11/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 25 - 25
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:66/79=83 %, Challenges:63/70=88 %
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:67/84=79 %, Challenges:48/56=84 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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16:12 1-0
Yannick Weber [1] (Radim Vrbata, Louis Leblanc)
18:52 2-0
Josef Vasicek [5] (Mathieu Darche, Benoit Pouliot)
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27:59 2-1
Joe Thornton [8] (Craig Rivet, Tom Gilbert)
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41:31 3-1
Andrei Markov [2] (Mike Cammalleri, Brian Gionta)PP
57:39 3-2
Mike Grier [8] (Maxim Afinogenov, Andrej Sekera)
59:09 3-3
Joe Thornton [9] (Rob Niedermayer, Kris Versteeg) WG
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Penalty summary:
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07:14
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
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24:33
Kris Versteeg (2 min for hooking)
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41:01
Drew Stafford (2 min for diving)
52:16
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Avtsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Mathieu Darche 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 15.50 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
R Brian Gionta 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
C Louis Leblanc 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.10 5
C Josef Vasicek 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 18.40 8
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 19.50 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
L Radim Vrbata 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 16.50 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 20.10 8
L Mike Cammalleri 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.40 7
D Yannick Weber 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 17.30 8
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 21.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 26.40 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 16.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 19.40 7
D Andrei Markov 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 -2 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 22 0 0 65.00 6
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 4
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 -1 18.00 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 17.00 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.30 7
C Darren Helm 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.30 7
C Rob Niedermayer 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 -1 19.40 8
C Tim Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
C Joe Thornton 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 20.00 10
L Daniel Carcillo 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 8.00 7
L Kris Versteeg 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 -1 19.00 6
L Mike Grier 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 17.10 8
L Marco Sturm 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 18.30 7
D Chris Butler 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 -1 19.40 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 2 25.30 9
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 18.00 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 23.00 7
D Craig Rivet 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 22 0 0 64.40 6
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Thornton
2nd star: Maxim Afinogenov
3rd star: Josef Vasicek
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Louis Leblanc ended his 5 game point drought.
-Andrei Kostitsyn had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Andrei Kostitsyn had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Yannick Weber finally ended his 22 game goal drought.
-Yannick Weber finally ended his 11 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Tom Gilbert notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Maxim Afinogenov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Andrej Sekera notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Martin St. Louis had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Joe Thornton ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 28) , Rochester Americans 2( 20)
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0-1 ROC Nathan Gerbe (Joe DiPenta, Derek Whitmore)
1-1 QUE Greg Stewart (Maxim Lapierre)
2-1 QUE Rastislav Konecný (James Wyman, Lars Eller)
2-2 ROC Patrick Kaleta (Philippe Gogulla, Matt Ellis)
3-2 QUE James Wyman (Rastislav Konecný, Eric Doyle)
Goalies: Curtis Sanford - Jhonas Enroth