Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, December 26, 2001 · HSBC Arena

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16–34

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 34–16.

Curtis Brown scored twice. J-P Dumont and Arron Asham also scored.

Mika Noronen made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 31 of 33.

Goals
MTL	0	1	0	1	16
BUF	1	0	2	3	34

Scoring

1st period

J-P Dumont (15)Vyacheslav Kozlov (13), Tim Connolly (18)0–106:58 BUF

2nd period

Arron Asham (4)Richard Zednik (9), Yanic Perreault (13)1–107:30 MTL

3rd period

Curtis Brown (7)Taylor Pyatt (2), Vaclav Varada (9)1–214:50 BUF
Curtis Brown (8)Jay McKee (5)1–319:59 BUF · ·

Team stats

MTLBUF

1634

51%49%

0/41/5

2018

2322

1417

178

14

Penalties

4:34 into the first periodVyacheslav Kozlov · tripping2 min
10:39 into the first periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
10:39 into the first periodReid Simpson · fighting5 min
13:24 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
9:39 into the second periodRhett Warrener · fighting5 min
9:39 into the second periodArron Asham · fighting5 min
13:56 into the second periodRob Ray · high sticking2 min
0:37 into the third periodPatrick Poulin · interference goalkeeper2 min
3:44 into the third periodStu Barnes · interference obstruction2 min
7:30 into the third periodBenoit Gratton · holding2 min
9:45 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
19:01 into the third periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
19:01 into the third periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

20Richard ZednikR	0	1	1	+1	1	4	0	0	–	18:47
45Arron AshamR	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	5	–	12:04
94Yanic PerreaultC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	52	18:13
14Oleg PetrovR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	16:26
24Andreas DackellR	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	18:49
25Chad KilgerL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	13:45
37Patrick PoulinL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	15:08
39Reid SimpsonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	04:07
46Benoit GrattonC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	67	07:24
49Brian SavageL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	14:18
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	−2	0	2	0	0	40	13:18
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	52	21:45
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:31
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	20:19
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	24:20
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	–	20:39
56Stephane RobidasD	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	–	20:21
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	19:50

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Jeff HackettG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Jose TheodoreG	L	33	31	2	.939	59:08

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

37Curtis BrownC	2	0	2	+1	4	0	2	0	43	15:30
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	17:46
17J-P DumontR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	14:55
18Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	50	18:35
24Taylor PyattL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	13:38
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	16:49
74Jay McKeeD	0	1	1	+1	0	4	6	0	–	19:34
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	06:15
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	–	04:37
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	41	17:53
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	−1	6	0	0	0	–	15:17
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	−1	2	3	1	0	71	12:50
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	21:07
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	–	19:29
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	16:55
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	19:52
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	2	–	25:08
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:57

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG	W	16	15	1	.938	59:53
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	00:00