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1/1/2009
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Montreal Canadiens 1
Shots: 37 - 28
PP: 1 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:68/75=90 %, Challenges:36/42=83 %
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:55/70=78 %, Challenges:42/43=95 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 1050618 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:11 0-1
Saku Koivu [18] (Michael Ryder, Scott Hartnell)PP
15:33 1-1
Dustin Boyd [9] (Mike Komisarek, Claude Cadieux)
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22:09 2-1
Guillaume Latendresse [28] (Mike Sillinger, Shea Weber)
24:13 3-1
Jonathan Toews [15] (Gilbert Brulé)
25:07 4-1
Guillaume Latendresse [29] (Paul Stastny, Gilbert Brulé)PP
27:49 5-1
Guillaume Latendresse [30] (Vincent Lecavalier)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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01:54
Mathieu Roy (2 min for high-sticking)
13:59
Mike Sillinger (2 min for hooking)
19:03
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
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24:21
Francis Bouillon (2 min for roughing)
32:14
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for high-sticking)
36:56
Gilbert Brulé (2 min for slashing)
37:24
Scott Hartnell (2 min for roughing)
37:24
Kristopher Letang (2 min for roughing)
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43:28
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for elbowing)
58:28
Nicklas Bergfors (2 min for boarding)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Sillinger 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.50 5
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 1 17.10 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 2 18.50 10
C Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
C Dustin Boyd 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 6
C Jonathan Toews 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 2 20.40 9
L Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 4
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 16.50 7
L Gilbert Brulé 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 16.10 7
L Paul Stastny 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 19.50 8
D Claude Cadieux 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.30 7
D Scott Jackson 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 21.10 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 2 25.20 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 13.40 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 12.00 7
D Shea Weber 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 0 27 0 0 60.00 10
G Alexei Shmelev 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 19.40 5
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 11.30 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 -1 10.30 5
R Michael Ryder 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 18.20 7
C Steve Bégin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 19.40 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
C Alexander Semin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 5
C Saku Koivu 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 10.20 8
L Mathieu Roy 0 0 6 1 0 0 2 -2 20.00 8
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 12.30 8
L Scott Hartnell 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 8.30 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 20.00 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 4
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 21.30 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 -1 12.50 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 -1 24.30 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 22.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 14 0 0 27.40 4
G David LeNeveu 0 0 18 0 0 32.00 8
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Ryan Miller
3rd star: Dustin Boyd
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jonathan Toews has marked a new career high in goals with 15 tallies.
-Jonathan Toews scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Gilbert Brulé notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Vincent Lecavalier notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Vincent Lecavalier notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Jason Pominville had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Claude Cadieux ended his 7 game point drought.
-Mike Komisarek ended his 8 game point drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 26) , Quebec Citadelles 2( 11)
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1-0 ROC Marc-Antoine Pouliot (Cody Franson)
1-1 QUE Marcus Jonasén (Krys Barch, Mike Card)
2-1 ROC Jeff Corey (Sergei Kostitsyn, Olivier Legault)
2-2 QUE Ilkka Pikkarainen (Tom Kostopoulos)
Goalies: Danny Battochio - Loïc LaCasse
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Florida Panthers 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 5
Shots: 34 - 26
PP: 0 of 6 (16 shots), Passing:68/83=81 %, Challenges:26/31=81 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:65/81=80 %, Challenges:33/42=76 %
Attendance: 19252 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 843238 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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06:45 0-1
Todd White [14] (Vyacheslav Kozlov)
18:52 1-1
Ryan Craig [14] (Mike Fisher, Tuomo Ruutu)
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21:31 1-2
Ilya Kovalchuk [25] (Boris Valabik)
24:26 2-2
Jason Spezza [13])
28:23 3-2
Tuomo Ruutu [11] (Andrei Zyuzin, Mike Fisher)
35:41 3-3
Boris Valabik [4] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Nathan Horton)
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45:26 3-4
Nathan Horton [19] (Alexei Zhitnik)
46:27 3-5
Nathan Horton [20] (Ilya Kovalchuk)
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Penalty summary:
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16:59
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
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20:42
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for roughing)
20:42
Duncan Keith (2 min for roughing)
26:28
Garnet Exelby (2 min for hooking)
36:12
Boris Valabik (2 min for hooking)
38:57
Nick Foligno (2 min for elbowing)
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41:18
Joey Crabb (2 min for tripping)
49:41
Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for hooking)
51:51
Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for high-sticking)
56:35
Ken Klee (2 min for holding the stick)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 13.30 6
R Trent Hunter 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -2 16.50 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 2 19.00 8
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.10 5
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 13.30 6
C Drew Larman 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 15.20 5
C Ryan Craig 1 0 4 6 1 2 0 2 21.00 10
C Jason Spezza 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 10.10 7
L Nick Foligno 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 -2 13.30 7
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -2 15.50 7
L Richard Zednik 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8.40 5
L Mike Fisher 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 2 18.30 8
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 19.30 4
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 22.10 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 -1 19.10 9
D Duncan Keith 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 16.30 5
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Jussi Markkanen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 6.50 4
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 16.20 7
R Patrick Kane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.00 6
R Nathan Horton 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 2 20.30 9
C Brad Larsen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 6.50 5
C Jim Slater 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 20.10 6
C Todd White 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
C Brad Richards 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 19.50 7
L Brett Sterling 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.50 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 11.50 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 2 7 1 0 0 2 4 19.30 10
D Wes O'Neill 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 24.00 4
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 4 0 0 4 1 30.00 8
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 13.50 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 13.00 5
D Boris Valabik 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 24.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Ondrej Pavelec 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nathan Horton
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Boris Valabik
Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Mike Fisher notched his 20th assist of the season.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Nathan Horton scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Boris Valabik ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 2( 15) , Chicago Wolves 1( 11)
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0-1 CHW Jan Hejda (Joe Motzko, Alexandre Giroux)
1-1 LOU Jordan LaVallee (Martin Lojek)
2-1 LOU Yannic Seidenberg (Jordan LaVallee)
Goalies: Craig Anderson - Danny Turple