Montreal at Buffalo

Shots
123OTT
Montreal 6 10 7 0 23
Buffalo 6 10 9 0 25
Goals
123OTT
Montreal 1 1 0 0 2
Buffalo 1 2 2 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. BUFFALO, SAMSONOV 7 (PISANI, BRIERE), 03:48
2. MONTREAL, SJOSTROM 5 (UNASSISTED), 14:39

PENALTIES: S. DOAN Mon (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:41, T. SELANNE Buf (BOARDING, Minor) 00:41, E. DAZE Mon (BOARDING, Minor) 00:54, T. SELANNE Buf (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:21, M. HEJDUK Mon (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:44, J. THORNTON Mon (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 15:13

Period 2
3. BUFFALO, SAMSONOV 8 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 03:39
4. BUFFALO, ALLEN 3 (AMONTE, VANDERMEER), 12:55
5. MONTREAL, THORNTON 8 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 14:38

PENALTIES: H. ZETTERBERG Mon (BOARDING, Minor) 01:51, R. SUCHY Mon (HOOKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 02:55 (Served by Sean Hill), N. ZHERDEV Mon (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:56, D. BRIERE Buf (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 07:23, J. VANDERMEER Buf (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:15, A. KOTALIK Buf (ELBOWING, Minor) 14:27

Period 3
6. BUFFALO, SAMSONOV 9 (JOHNSSON, KOTALIK) (PP), 10:23
7. BUFFALO, KAPANEN 11 (ROBIDAS, VANDERMEER), 18:51

PENALTIES: R. WHITNEY Buf (ROUGHING, Minor) 04:24, J. THORNTON Mon (BOARDING, Minor) 09:27, D. BRIERE Buf (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 19:58

Goalie Statistics

Sean Burke (Mon), 0 saves out of 0 shots
Andrew Raycroft (Mon), 20 saves out of 25 shots, L, 10-9-1
Chris Osgood (Buf), 21 saves out of 23 shots, W, 9-9-3

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 1 for 6
Buffalo 2 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Sergei Samsonov (Buf)
2 - Fredrik Sjostrom (Mon)
3 - Jim Vandermeer (Buf)

Player Statistics

Montreal

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brent Sopel           0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 22
Sean Hill             0  0  0    -2   0  1   3 24
Jason Wiemer          0  0  0  Even   0  1   4 18
Eric Daze             0  0  0  Even   2  2   0 19
Joe Thornton          1  0  1    -2   4  3   2 27
Nikolai Zherdev       0  0  0    -2   2  2   1 14
Milan Hejduk          0  0  0    -2   2  0   3 22
Derek Morris          0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 23
Mike Leclerc          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
Shane Doan            0  0  0    -2   2  4   5 18
Fredrik Sjostrom      1  0  1    +1   0  4   4  8
John-Michael Liles    0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 18
Alexei Zhamnov        0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 17
Nolan Baumgartner     0  0  0    +1   0  1   0  7
Radoslav Suchy        0  0  0    +1  12  0   1  8
Henrik Zetterberg     0  0  0  Even   2  0   2 17
Robert Reichel        0  0  0    +1   0  0   0 11
J-P Vigier            0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  8
   
Buffalo

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Ales Kotalik          0  1  1    +1   2  1   0 19
Derek Armstrong       0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 23
Daniel Briere         0  1  1    +1   4  3   0 20
Sami Kapanen          1  0  1    +2   0  2   0 14
Tony Amonte           0  1  1    +1   0  1   2 19
Kim Johnsson          0  1  1    -1   0  2   0 28
Colin White           0  0  0    +1   0  2   2 22
Dmitri Kalinin        0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 24
Teemu Selanne         0  0  0  Even   4  2   1  6
Scott Stevens         0  0  0  Even   0  3   3 21
Sergei Samsonov       3  0  3    +1   0  4   0 20
Stephane Robidas      0  1  1    +2   0  0   2 14
Oleg Petrov           0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  4
Vaclav Nedorost       0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  5
Ray Whitney           0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 18
Fernando Pisani       0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 10
Jim Vandermeer        0  2  2    +2   2  1   0 12
Shaun Van Allen       1  0  1    +2   0  1   0 12
   

Financial

Attendance: 14152
Net Profit: $840 629,00

Game Notes

Teemu Selanne injured at 02:55 of the 2nd Period
Radoslav Suchy ejected at 02:55 of the 2nd Period
Sean Burke enters game at 18:51 of 3rd period
Sergei Samsonov scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Montreal       1
Buffalo        10
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David Morisset 5 (Michal Sivek, Jean-Guy Trudel)

Yuri Butsayev 6 (Toby Petersen, Justin Mapletoft)
Brad Leeb 5 (Michael Farrell, Mats Lindgren)
Brad Chartrand 9 (Tommy Westlund, Kirill Safronov)
Ossi Vaananen 4 (Jeremy Stevenson, Ivan Majesky)
Bob Boughner 3 (Mike Danton, Randy Jones)
Tommy Westlund 2 (Darren Van Impe, Ladislav Kohn)
Yuri Butsayev 7 (Maxim Kuznetsov, J-Luc Grand-Pierre)
Justin Mapletoft 6 (Aris Brimanis, Brad Leeb)
Jeremy Stevenson 9 (Ladislav Kohn, Brad Chartrand)
Brad Chartrand 10 (Jeremy Stevenson, Ladislav Kohn)

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Goalies
Montreal: Steve Shields
Buffalo: Norm Maracle
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