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Buffalo 4, Montreal 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	SO	T
BUF(41-32-9)	1	1	1	1	4
MON(41-30-11)	0	3	0	0	3

Final

SO

7:00 PM ET, March 28, 2009

Bell Centre

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

THREE STARS

A. Kovalev
Canadiens (RW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

T. Connolly
Sabres (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

C. Higgins
Canadiens (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Bell Centre Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Referees: Mike Leggo, Justin St. Pierre Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Scott Driscoll
Attendance: 21,273 (100.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Buffalo

Montreal

Total Shots
	37
	35

PIM
	17
	15

Hits
	20
	35

Giveaways
	26
	22

Takeaways
	9
	10

Faceoffs Won
	40
	35

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
17:35		Adam Mair (8) Assists: Jochen Hecht, Toni Lydman	Buffalo 1-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:52		Maxim Lapierre: 2 Minutes for Boarding Patrick Kaleta
10:16		Craig Rivet: 5 Minutes for Fighting Tom Kostopoulos
10:16		Tom Kostopoulos: 5 Minutes for Fighting Craig Rivet
10:16		Maxim Lapierre: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct of Patrick Kaleta
10:16		Patrick Kaleta: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
10:56		Tomas Plekanec: 2 Minutes for Roughing Dominic Moore
10:56		Dominic Moore: 2 Minutes for Roughing Tomas Plekanec
15:30		Alexei Kovalev: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game
18:36		Toni Lydman: 2 Minutes for Slashing Sergei Kostitsyn

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:36		Tim Connolly (17) (Power Play) Unassisted	Buffalo 2-0
7:58		Christopher Higgins (10) Assists: Mathieu Dandenault, Josh Gorges	Buffalo 2-1
12:33		Alexei Kovalev (22) Assists: Saku Koivu, Alex Tanguay	Game tied 2-2
15:14		Alexei Kovalev (21) (Power Play) Assists: Mathieu Schneider, Alex Tanguay	Montreal 3-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:53		Roman Hamrlik: 2 Minutes for Interference of Jason Pominville
13:30		Andrej Sekera: 2 Minutes for Holding Christopher Higgins
15:04		Jochen Hecht: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Andrei Markov

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
3:58		Clarke MacArthur (15) Assists: Jason Pominville, Tim Connolly	Game tied 3-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
6:07		Jochen Hecht: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
No penalties this period

Shootout Summary
TEAM	DETAIL
	Tim Connolly shootout attempt against Carey Price with a Wristshot results in a SAVE.
	Alexei Kovalev shootout attempt against Ryan Miller with a Backhand results in a SAVE.
	Drew Stafford shootout attempt against Carey Price with a Backhand results in a SAVE.
	Alex Tanguay shootout attempt against Ryan Miller with a Wristshot results in a SAVE.
	Jason Pominville shootout attempt against Carey Price with a Hit Crossbar results in a MISS.
	Saku Koivu shootout attempt against Ryan Miller with a Backhand results in a SAVE.
	Derek Roy shootout attempt against Carey Price with a Wristshot results in a SAVE.
	Andrei Markov shootout attempt against Ryan Miller with a Wristshot results in a SAVE.
	Thomas Vanek shootout attempt against Carey Price with a Wristshot results in a SAVE.
	Tomas Plekanec shootout attempt against Ryan Miller with a Wide of Net results in a MISS.
	Toni Lydman shootout attempt against Carey Price with a Wristshot results in a GOAL.
	Maxim Lapierre shootout attempt against Ryan Miller with a Wristshot results in a SAVE.

Player Summary

Buffalo Sabres												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
C. Butler D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	16:04	0:09	1:27	14:28	0	0	00.0
T. Connolly C	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	31	22:07	2:10	4:08	15:49	6	11	35.3
P. Gaustad C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	17:13	1:27	2:13	13:33	15	7	68.2
J. Hecht C	0	1	1	5	1	0	2	4	3	0	3	31	20:31	0:37	1:28	18:22	1	1	50.0
P. Kaleta RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	2:52	0:00	0:00	2:52	0	0	00.0
T. Lydman D	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	2	1	1	1	42	26:17	1:46	3:14	21:17	0	0	00.0
C. MacArthur LW	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	23	16:09	0:28	0:00	15:37	0	0	00.0
A. Mair C	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	21	13:13	0:37	0:00	12:36	2	0	100.0
D. Moore C	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	27	15:53	1:56	3:55	10:02	11	10	52.4
D. Paille LW	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	6:40	0:09	0:00	6:31	0	0	00.0
J. Pominville RW	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	30	20:23	2:42	1:20	16:21	0	0	00.0
C. Rivet D	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	5	1	0	6	38	25:09	1:37	3:05	20:27	0	0	00.0
D. Roy C	0	0	-1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	26	15:47	2:39	1:22	11:46	5	6	45.5
A. Sekera D	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	16	12:42	0:49	0:00	11:49	0	0	00.0
J. Spacek D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	1	35	25:08	2:23	2:53	19:48	0	0	00.0
D. Stafford RW	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	27	17:11	1:27	0:05	15:39	0	0	00.0
H. Tallinder D	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	5	35	22:12	0:00	4:29	17:43	0	0	00.0
T. Vanek LW	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	25	14:47	2:39	0:27	11:41	0	0	00.0
Buffalo Sabres Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
T Numminen									Ankle Injury
M Afinogenov									Healthy
M Tellqvist									Healthy
N Paetsch									Healthy
A Peters									Healthy
M Ellis									Healthy

Montreal Canadiens												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
P. Brisebois D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	24	16:40	1:56	0:00	14:44	0	0	00.0
M. D'Agostini RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	4:53	0:52	0:00	4:01	0	0	00.0
M. Dandenault RW	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	11:19	0:00	1:23	9:56	0	0	00.0
J. Gorges D	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	33	19:22	0:00	1:58	17:24	0	0	00.0
R. Hamrlik D	0	0	-1	4	2	4	1	2	2	2	2	36	23:47	2:23	2:01	19:23	0	0	00.0
C. Higgins LW	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	28	17:01	0:56	2:47	13:18	0	0	00.0
S. Koivu C	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	29	19:03	3:50	0:13	15:00	18	9	66.7
M. Komisarek D	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	4	1	3	31	18:37	0:00	2:45	15:52	0	0	00.0
S. Kostitsyn LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	12:03	2:36	0:00	9:27	0	0	00.0
T. Kostopoulos RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	23	14:37	0:09	1:30	12:58	0	0	00.0
A. Kovalev RW	2	0	-1	5	2	0	1	2	2	0	1	31	24:05	4:50	0:03	19:12	0	0	00.0
M. Lapierre C	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	26	17:21	0:03	0:23	16:55	4	13	23.5
G. Latendresse LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	21	14:04	0:56	0:00	13:08	0	0	00.0
A. Markov D	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	1	5	38	28:50	5:11	2:42	20:57	0	0	00.0
G. Metropolit C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	23	14:47	0:16	3:07	11:24	7	12	36.8
T. Plekanec C	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	22	13:57	3:25	0:00	10:32	6	6	50.0
M. Schneider D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	28	22:44	5:38	0:00	17:06	0	0	00.0
A. Tanguay LW	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	27	20:27	4:52	0:00	15:35	0	0	00.0
Montreal Canadiens Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
G Laraque									Healthy
R O'byrne									Healthy
G Stewart									Healthy
A Kostitsyn									Flu

Goaltending Summary

Buffalo Sabres Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
R. Miller	35	3	32	.914	64:59	0

Montreal Canadiens Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
C. Price	37	3	34	.919	64:44	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Buffalo	8	13	16	0	37
Montreal	12	15	7	1	35

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Buffalo	1 of 0
Montreal	1 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Saturday, March 28th

NY Rangers	3	Final
Pittsburgh	4

Los Angeles	3	Final
Nashville	4	OT

Buffalo	4	Final
Montreal	3	SO

Carolina	2	Final
New Jersey	1

Philadelphia	4	Final
NY Islanders	3	SO

Boston	7	Final
Toronto	5

Ottawa	3	Final
Atlanta	6

Florida	6	Final
Dallas	3

Columbus	3	Final
St. Louis	4	SO

Minnesota	2	Final
Calgary	3

Phoenix	2	Final
San Jose	3

ESPN NHL

Buffalo 4, Montreal 3

Final

SO

NHL Scores

Saturday, March 28th