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Montreal 2, Buffalo 1

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	OT	T
MON(12-11-1)	0	1	0	1	2
BUF(12-6-2)	1	0	0	0	1

Final

OT

7:00 PM ET, October 3, 2009

HSBC Arena

Buffalo, New York

THREE STARS

C. Price
Canadiens (G )

Saves: 34
Save Pct.: .971

B. Gionta
Canadiens (RW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

T. Myers
Sabres (D )

Goals: 0
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: HSBC Arena Location: Buffalo, New York	Referees: Marc Joannette Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 18,690 (100.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Montreal

Buffalo

Total Shots
	17
	35

PIM
	20
	18

Hits
	12
	17

Giveaways
	9
	9

Takeaways
	3
	9

Faceoffs Won
	29
	33

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:40		Tim Connolly (1) (Power Play) Assists: Craig Rivet, Derek Roy	Buffalo 1-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:34		Glen Metropolit: 2 Minutes for Hooking Patrick Kaleta
13:23		Craig Rivet: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Maxim Lapierre
17:19		Ryan O'Byrne: 2 Minutes for Roughing Tim Kennedy

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
12:33		Travis Moen (2) (Shorthanded) Assists: Roman Hamrlik, Jaroslav Spacek	Game tied 1-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:50		Tim Kennedy: 2 Minutes for Roughing Hal Gill
3:50		Chris Butler: 2 Minutes for Roughing Scott Gomez
3:50		Scott Gomez: 2 Minutes for Roughing Tim Kennedy
3:50		Hal Gill: 2 Minutes for Roughing Tim Kennedy
3:50		Hal Gill: 2 Minutes for Roughing Tim Kennedy (Served by Georges Laraque)
5:01		Derek Roy: 2 Minutes for Roughing Maxim Lapierre
8:14		Gregory Stewart: 2 Minutes for Tripping Steve Montador
10:26		Paul Gaustad: 2 Minutes for Roughing Maxim Lapierre
10:26		Maxim Lapierre: 2 Minutes for Roughing Paul Gaustad
10:26		Paul Gaustad: 2 Minutes for Roughing Maxim Lapierre (Served by Drew Stafford)
10:53		Brian Gionta: 2 Minutes for Interference of Derek Roy
14:21		Maxim Lapierre: 2 Minutes for Hooking Tyler Myers
17:35		Henrik Tallinder: 2 Minutes for Interference of Scott Gomez

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:55		Andrej Sekera: 2 Minutes for Tripping Mike Cammalleri
9:11		Steve Montador: 2 Minutes for Boarding Maxim Lapierre
12:17		Andrei Kostitsyn: 2 Minutes for Tripping Tyler Myers

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:42		Brian Gionta (2) Assists: Scott Gomez	Montreal 2-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
No penalties this period

Player Summary

Montreal Canadiens												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
M. Cammalleri LW	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	20:37	4:58	0:12	15:27	5	3	62.5
H. Gill D	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	4	0	0	0	29	19:40	0:31	4:43	14:26	0	0	00.0
B. Gionta RW	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	1	2	29	23:13	5:30	4:10	13:33	0	1	00.0
S. Gomez C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	28	23:05	5:03	3:04	14:58	3	8	27.3
J. Gorges D	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	30	25:14	3:43	4:13	17:18	0	0	00.0
R. Hamrlik D	0	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	23:58	5:24	1:54	16:40	0	0	00.0
A. Kostitsyn LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	22	15:26	4:46	0:00	10:40	0	1	00.0
M. Lapierre C	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	25	14:21	0:13	1:57	12:11	9	5	64.3
G. Laraque RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	6:02	0:20	0:00	5:42	0	0	00.0
G. Latendresse LW	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	22	13:48	2:37	0:07	11:04	0	0	00.0
P. Mara D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	32	24:27	4:17	5:00	15:10	0	0	00.0
G. Metropolit C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	10	6:37	0:47	1:02	4:48	0	5	00.0
T. Moen LW	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	24	16:54	0:06	4:01	12:47	0	0	00.0
R. O'Byrne D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	8	5:52	0:00	0:00	5:52	0	0	00.0
M. Pacioretty LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	8:13	0:12	0:00	8:01	0	1	00.0
T. Plekanec C	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	32	21:33	4:22	4:55	12:16	12	8	60.0
J. Spacek D	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	33	26:18	5:21	3:38	17:19	0	0	00.0
G. Stewart LW	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	7	3:24	0:00	0:00	3:24	0	1	00.0
Montreal Canadiens Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M D'agostini									Healthy

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	-1	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	27	22:57	4:37	3:40	14:40	0	0	00.0
T. Connolly C	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	24	19:21	5:48	2:29	11:04	5	6	45.5
M. Ellis LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	14	10:12	0:27	0:53	8:52	6	6	50.0
P. Gaustad C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	17	11:37	0:06	1:32	9:59	8	5	61.5
M. Grier RW	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	13:03	0:06	2:33	10:24	0	0	00.0
J. Hecht C	0	0	-1	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	15:48	0:06	3:32	12:10	4	0	100.0
P. Kaleta RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	12	9:12	0:27	0:17	8:28	0	0	00.0
T. Kennedy LW	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	17	13:00	3:05	0:48	9:07	6	4	60.0
C. MacArthur LW	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	20	13:23	3:05	1:06	9:12	0	0	00.0
S. Montador D	0	0	-1	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	24	22:49	3:07	1:33	18:09	0	0	00.0
T. Myers D	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	22	16:13	0:06	4:02	12:05	0	0	00.0
J. Pominville RW	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	23	17:07	4:34	2:33	10:00	0	1	00.0
C. Rivet D	0	1	-1	5	5	2	1	2	1	0	0	30	23:24	5:41	4:03	13:40	0	0	00.0
D. Roy C	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	25	20:35	6:06	3:09	11:20	4	6	40.0
A. Sekera D	0	0	-1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	26	21:54	3:36	1:54	16:24	0	0	00.0
D. Stafford RW	0	0	-1	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	17	13:14	1:17	0:00	11:57	0	1	00.0
H. Tallinder D	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	23	17:17	0:20	4:04	12:53	0	0	00.0
T. Vanek LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	20	17:42	6:06	0:24	11:12	0	0	00.0
Buffalo Sabres Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
T Lydman									Hand
N Paetsch									Healthy
D Paille									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Montreal Canadiens Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
C. Price	35	1	34	.971	62:42	0

Buffalo Sabres Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
R. Miller	17	2	15	.882	62:42	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Montreal	5	9	1	2	17
Buffalo	12	11	11	1	35

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Montreal	0 of 6
Buffalo	1 of 7

* - 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, October 3rd

Chicago	4	Final
Florida	0

Vancouver	0	Final
Colorado	3

Detroit	3	Final
St. Louis	5

Carolina	2	Final
Boston	7

Montreal	2	Final
Buffalo	1	OT

Philadelphia	5	Final
New Jersey	2

Pittsburgh	4	Final
NY Islanders	3	SO

Ottawa	2	Final
NY Rangers	5

Toronto	4	Final
Washington	6

Tampa Bay	3	Final
Atlanta	6

Minnesota	1	Final
Columbus	2

Nashville	3	Final
Dallas	2	SO

Calgary	4	Final
Edmonton	3

San Jose	4	Final
Anaheim	1

Phoenix	6	Final
Los Angeles	3

ESPN NHL

Montreal 2, Buffalo 1

Final

OT

NHL Scores

Saturday, October 3rd