Montreal at Buffalo

Shots
123OTT
Montreal 9 12 4 0 25
Buffalo 7 5 9 0 21
Goals
123OTT
Montreal 1 1 2 0 4
Buffalo 1 0 1 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. BUFFALO, BARNES 1 (POMINVILLE), 12:38
2. MONTREAL, BERGENHEIM 6 (PLEKANEC, WARD), 16:58

PENALTIES: A. ASHAM MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 03:30, M. SAMUELSSON BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 03:30, M. KEANE MTL (BOARDING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 08:45 (Served by Jozef Balej), S. BARNES BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 08:45

Period 2
3. MONTREAL, MELICHAR 7 (PLEKANEC, BERGENHEIM), 13:13

PENALTIES: Z. MICHALEK BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 02:32, J. GIRARD BUF (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 07:44, J. MELICHAR MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 08:59, B. MARCHMENT BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:59, D. BYFUGLIEN MTL (BOARDING, Minor, Misconduct) 13:41, M. SAMUELSSON BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 13:41, S. BARNES BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:35

Period 3
4. MONTREAL, CROSBY 28 (MARKOV, TOLLEFSON), 07:19
5. BUFFALO, SAMUELSSON 11 (GIRARD, MICHALEK), 08:40
6. MONTREAL, MARKOV 8 (ASHAM) (PP), 12:47

PENALTIES: C. RIVET MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:36, Z. MICHALEK BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 01:52, J. MELICHAR MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 02:11, J. BULIS MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 04:45, J. MELICHAR MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 09:27, B. MARCHMENT BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor, Misconduct) 09:27

Goalie Statistics

Kari Lehtonen (MTL), 19 saves out of 21 shots, W, 22-19-2
Jason Labarbera (BUF), 21 saves out of 25 shots, L, 2-8-3

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 1 for 5
Buffalo 0 for 3

Game Stars

1 - Andrei Markov (MTL)
2 - Sean Bergenheim (MTL)
3 - Sidney Crosby (MTL)

Player Statistics

Montreal

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Tomas Plekanec        0  2  2    +1   0  3   2 23
Andrei Markov         1  1  2    +1   0  3   0 25
Arron Asham           0  1  1    -1   2  0   3 20
Jozef Balej           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 12
Mike Keane            0  0  0  Even  12  0   0  3
Ole-Kristian Tollefson0  1  1    +1   0  0   2 15
Jim Slater            0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 11
Craig Rivet           0  0  0    -1   2  1   5 22
Josef Melichar        1  0  1    +1   6  4   1 20
Jan Bulis             0  0  0    -1   2  5   2 25
Jason Ward            0  1  1    +2   0  2   1 22
Mike Komisarek        0  0  0    +1   0  0   2 23
Sean Bergenheim       1  1  2    +1   0  2   2 24
Sidney Crosby         1  0  1    +1   0  5   1 22
Mikhail Yakubov       0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  3
Patrick Traverse      0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Jean-Francois Jacques 0  0  0    +1   0  0   1  8
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0  Even  12  0   2 10
   
Buffalo

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Jason Pominville      0  1  1    +1   0  1   1 11
Tom Poti              0  0  0    -2   0  0   4 29
Ales Kotalik          0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 17
Bryan Marchment       0  0  0    +1  16  1   3 16
John Erskine          0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 23
Brett Hull            0  0  0    -1   0  0   3 27
Alexandre Picard      0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 11
Mikael Samuelsson     1  0  1    +1   4  3   1 12
Jonathan Girard       0  1  1    +1   4  1   0 23
Pierre Dagenais       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  3
Rory Fitzpatrick      0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  9
Alexei Yashin         0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 25
Stu Barnes            1  0  1    +1   4  1   2 15
Brad Isbister         0  0  0    +1   0  2   0 19
Richard Park          0  0  0    -2   0  0   0  5
Steve Reinprecht      0  0  0    +1   0  4   1 16
Zbynek Michalek       0  1  1    -1   4  1   3 22
Paul Gaustad          0  0  0    -2   0  0   1  6
   

Financial

Attendance: 11636
Net Profit: $733 068,00

Game Notes

Pierre Dagenais injured at 08:45 of the 1st Period
Mike Keane ejected at 08:45 of the 1st Period

Minor League Box Score

Hamilton       10
Rochester      1
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Jason Jaspers 17 (Eric Chouinard, unknown)
Eric Chouinard 24 (unknown, Denis Hamel)
Eric Chouinard 25 (Joey Tetarenko, unknown)
Mike Green 10 (unknown, unknown)
unknown (unknown, unknown)
Denis Hamel 11 (unknown, unknown)
Mike Green 11 (unknown, unknown)
Joey Tetarenko 10 (unknown, unknown)
Eric Chouinard 26 (unknown, unknown)
Joey Tetarenko 11 (unknown, unknown)

Matt Ellison 14 (Jiri Novotny, Justin Papineau)

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Goalies
Hamilton: Garth Snow
Rochester: Sebastien Centomo
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