Montreal at Buffalo

Shots
123OTT
Montreal 13 9 9 0 31
Buffalo 11 6 7 0 24
Goals
123OTT
Montreal 2 2 0 0 4
Buffalo 0 0 2 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. MONTREAL, HORTON 12 (CROSBY, NASLUND), 09:46
2. MONTREAL, NASLUND 9 (MEZEI, BULIS) (SH), 13:08

PENALTIES: J. WARD MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:39, A. SUTTON MTL (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 01:17, A. ASHAM MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:05, P. GAUSTAD BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 13:31, R. IVANANS BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:57

Period 2
3. MONTREAL, ASHAM 4 (CROSBY, GREEN), 01:46
4. MONTREAL, SATAN 9 (TKACHUK, BULIS) (PP), 12:53

PENALTIES: M. KOMISAREK MTL (, ) 00:07, P. GAUSTAD BUF (, ) 00:07, J. MELICHAR MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 06:21, J. NIINIMAA BUF (CHARGING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 11:19 (Served by Richard Zednik)

Period 3
5. BUFFALO, REINPRECHT 10 (POTI, BATTAGLIA), 15:28
6. BUFFALO, JANIK 3 (UNASSISTED), 16:43

PENALTIES: K. TKACHUK MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 10:25

Goalie Statistics

Robert Esche (MTL), 22 saves out of 24 shots, W, 6-6-2
Ryan Miller (BUF), 27 saves out of 31 shots, L, 9-18-3

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 1 for 3
Buffalo 0 for 5

Game Stars

1 - Nathan Horton (MTL)
2 - Markus Naslund (MTL)
3 - Sidney Crosby (MTL)

Player Statistics

Montreal

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Andy Sutton           0  0  0    +2   4  2   5 23
Arron Asham           1  0  1    +1   2  1   0  7
Branislav Mezei       0  1  1    -2   0  2   2 22
Ole-Kristian Tollefson0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 13
Markus Naslund        1  1  2    +1   0  2   3 21
David Krejci          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  6
Josef Melichar        0  0  0  Even   2  1   0 17
Nathan Horton         1  0  1    +1   0  6   0 16
Jan Bulis             0  2  2    -2   0  3   3 26
Jason Ward            0  0  0  Even   2  1   0  8
Keith Tkachuk         0  1  1    -2   2  2   2 19
Mike Komisarek        0  0  0    +1   5  3   3 23
Bryan Berard          0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 18
Geoff Sanderson       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 10
Mike Green            0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  5
Sidney Crosby         0  2  2    +2   0  1   8 29
Miroslav Satan        1  0  1    -2   0  5   0 20
Clarke MacArthur      0  0  0    +1   0  0   0  5
   
Buffalo

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Jason Pominville      0  0  0  Even   0  3   4 21
Tom Poti              0  1  1    -1   0  1   3 28
Nigel Dawes           0  0  0    +1   0  2   1 23
Bates Battaglia       0  1  1  Even   0  2   1 21
Matt Ellison          0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  3
Thomas Pock           0  0  0    +1   0  0   0 26
Richard Zednik        0  0  0    +1   0  2   0 22
Doug Janik            1  0  1    +1   0  1   3 20
Colin Fraser          0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 11
Janne Niinimaa        0  0  0  Even  12  1   1  9
Raitis Ivanans        0  0  0  Even   2  0   1 12
Troy Brouwer          0  0  0  Even   0  0   2  8
Rory Fitzpatrick      0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 15
Tyler Bouck           0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Steve Reinprecht      1  0  1  Even   0  3   0 21
Zbynek Michalek       0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 21
Paul Gaustad          0  0  0    +1   7  4   4 20
Jiri Novotny          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  9
   

Financial

Attendance: 11740
Net Profit: $739 620,00

Game Notes

Mike Komisarek and Paul Gaustad fight to a draw
David Krejci injured at 11:19 of the 2nd Period
Janne Niinimaa ejected at 11:19 of the 2nd Period
Matt Ellison injured at 08:47 of the 3rd Period
Janne Niinimaa receives 5 game suspension

Minor League Box Score

Hamilton       0
Rochester      2
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Justin Papineau 8 (unknown, Tomas Fleischmann)
Tomas Mojzis 8 (Branko Radivojevic, Kyle Cumiskey)

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Goalies
Hamilton: Jimmy Howard
Rochester: unknown
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