11/2/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 7 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 31 - 17
PP: 1 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:71/84=84 %, Challenges:56/61=90 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:56/82=68 %, Challenges:34/39=85 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 936012 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:56 1-0
Jussi Jokinen [17] (Pavel Kubina, Mike Komisarek)
13:23 2-0
Jussi Jokinen [18] (Sergei Kostitsyn, Jeff Halpern)PP
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30:09 3-0
Sergei Kostitsyn [16] (Josh Gorges, Mike Komisarek)
35:41 3-1
Ales Kotalik [15] (Adam Mair, Daniel Paillé)
37:31 4-1
Sergei Kostitsyn [17] (Dan Girardi, Pavel Kubina)
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40:16 5-1
Alex Tanguay [25] (Anze Kopitar)
49:58 6-1
Pavel Kubina [5] (Mike Komisarek, Matt D'Agostini)
52:04 7-1
Max Pacioretty [5] (Josh Gorges, Jeff Halpern)
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Penalty summary:
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04:37
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for roughing)
04:37
Ales Kotalik (2 min for roughing)
06:15
Marek Zagrapan (2 min for hooking)
07:29
Adam Mair (2 min for hooking)
10:25
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for slashing)
12:21
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for holding the stick)
18:09
Andrew Peters (2 min for roughing)
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31:41
Drew Stafford (2 min for hooking)
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56:57
Nathan Paetsch (2 min for cross-checking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
L Max Pacioretty 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 16.30 8
L Jussi Jokinen 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.50 8
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 5.50 5
R Jeff Halpern 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 19.30 9
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 15.20 8
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 17.50 7
C Steve Bégin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 19.20 9
L Matt D'Agostini 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 13.50 7
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 8
D Josh Gorges 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 15.30 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 2 20.30 9
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 24.10 7
D Dan Girardi 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 16.50 8
D Pavel Kubina 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 17.40 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 25.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 6.50 5
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 14.20 9
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -4 15.00 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -2 12.30 7
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6.50 5
C Adam Mair 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 19.50 9
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -4 15.40 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 18.20 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 10.20 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 14.40 8
L Raffi Torres 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -4 20.30 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 13.50 6
D Mike Funk 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 17.40 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -4 21.10 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -2 24.10 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 23.10 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 16.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 7 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sergei Kostitsyn
2nd star: Jussi Jokinen
3rd star: Mike Komisarek
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Mike Komisarek notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jussi Jokinen has marked a new career high in goals with 18 tallies.
-Anze Kopitar has marked a new career high in assists with 46 assists.
-Alex Tanguay scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Matt D'Agostini notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Max Pacioretty ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Max Pacioretty ended his 5 game point drought.
-Dan Girardi ended his 7 game point drought.
-Pavel Kubina finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Ales Kotalik scored his 15th goal of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 1( 22) , Rochester Americans 2( 13)
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0-1 ROC Derek Whitmore (Dylan Hunter, Kai Kantola)
0-2 ROC Michael Kostka (Nathan Gerbe)
1-2 QUE Gregory Stewart (Shawn Belle)
Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Adam Dennis