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31/10/2007
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Montreal Canadiens 2 , Buffalo Sabres 7
Shots: 19 - 37
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:60/80=75 %, Challenges:32/39=80 %
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:65/76=85 %, Challenges:51/56=89 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:21 1-0
Alex Kovalev [8] (Roman Hamrlik, Brendan Morrison)
11:02 1-1
Thomas Vanek [7] (Alexander Ovechkin)
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27:22 1-2
Alexander Ovechkin [13] (Tim Connolly, Teppo Numminen)
30:17 1-3
Thomas Vanek [8] (Alexander Ovechkin, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
33:25 2-3
Michael Ryder [9] (Aaron Miller, Tomas Plekanec)
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43:32 2-4
Jochen Hecht [9] (Toni Lydman, Jason Pominville)
45:58 2-5
Chris Higgins [8] (Jochen Hecht, Clarke MacArthur)
47:07 2-6
Alexander Ovechkin [14] (Tim Connolly, Dmitri Kalinin)
56:01 2-7
Ales Kotalik [5] (Derek Roy, Tim Connolly)
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Penalty summary:
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14:32
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for cross-checking)
19:36
Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
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23:44
Wade Redden (2 min for hooking)
29:37
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for slashing)
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40:54
Guillaume Latendresse (5 min for fighting)
40:54
Drew Stafford (5 min for fighting)
40:54
Guillaume Latendresse (10 min game misconduct)
40:54
Drew Stafford (10 min game misconduct)
40:54
Paul Gaustad (5 min for fighting)
40:54
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
40:54
Paul Gaustad (10 min game misconduct)
40:54
Adam Mair (10 min game misconduct)
40:54
Alex Henry (5 min for fighting)
40:54
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
40:54
Alex Henry (10 min game misconduct)
40:54
Andrew Peters (10 min game misconduct)
40:54
Mark Streit (5 min for fighting)
40:54
Teppo Numminen (5 min for fighting)
40:54
Mark Streit (10 min game misconduct)
40:54
Teppo Numminen (10 min game misconduct)
40:54
Francis Bouillon (2 min for roughing)
40:54
Dmitri Kalinin (2 min for roughing)
40:54
Ryan Miller (2 min for goalie leaving crease)
40:54
Jaroslav Halak (2 min for goalie leaving crease)
40:54
Jaroslav Halak (5 min for fighting)
40:54
Ryan Miller (5 min for fighting)
40:54
Jaroslav Halak (10 min game misconduct)
40:54
Ryan Miller (10 min game misconduct)
49:37
Michael Ryder (2 min for tripping)
57:45
Chris Higgins (2 min for hooking)
58:52
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -2 10.20 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 1 0 1 15 -1 10.00 6
R Michael Ryder 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 17.00 8
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 -1 17.50 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -2 11.10 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 -1 14.00 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Brendan Morrison 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 6
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 11.30 5
L Alex Henry 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 -1 10.00 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18.00 6
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 20.10 5
D Mark Streit 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 -1 10.00 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 -2 25.20 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 13.20 5
D Aaron Miller 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -1 21.50 7
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 -1 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 3 0 18 17 0 41.00 6
G Carey Price 4 0 12 0 0 19.00 4
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 -1 6.40 5
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 8
R Jason Pominville 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
R Alexander Ovechkin 2 2 6 1 0 1 0 3 20.00 10
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 2 0 1 15 -1 7.10 7
C Derek Roy 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 7
C Chris Higgins 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 2 20.30 9
C Tim Connolly 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.00 9
L Andrew Peters 0 0 2 1 0 1 15 -1 6.40 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 12.40 8
L Jochen Hecht 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 20.50 9
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 14.50 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 20.20 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 3 0 0 0 15 0 17.20 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 13.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 -1 24.50 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 14 17 0 41.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 3 0 0 19.00 5
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Tim Connolly
3rd star: Thomas Vanek
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Roman Hamrlik notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jochen Hecht scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Tim Connolly notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Thomas Vanek ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Guillaume Latendresse beat Drew Stafford in a fight.
-Paul Gaustad fought Adam Mair in a fight.
-Alex Henry beat Andrew Peters in a fight.
-Teppo Numminen beat Mark Streit in a fight.
-Ryan Miller beat Jaroslav Halak in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 20) , Rochester Americans 1( 16)
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1-0 QUE Dmitri Utkin (Tom Kostopoulos)
1-1 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Martin Richter)
2-1 QUE Mathieu Aubin (Jonathan Ferland)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Mike Morrison