Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, January 6, 2004 · Centre Bell

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1–3

35–37

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 37–35.

Goals came from Pierre Dagenais, Saku Koivu, Alexei Zhitnik and Mike Ribeiro.

Jose Theodore made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 34 of 36.

Goals
BUF	0	0	1	1	35
MTL	2	0	1	3	37

Scoring

1st period

Pierre Dagenais (6)Richard Zednik (9), Craig Rivet (7)0–106:07 MTL
Saku Koivu (7)Michael Ryder (18)0–211:28 MTL

3rd period

Alexei Zhitnik (2)Derek Roy (3), Maxim Afinogenov (6)1–204:01 BUF
Mike Ribeiro (8)Sheldon Souray (13), Richard Zednik (10)1–319:25 MTL ·

Team stats

BUFMTL

3537

50%50%

0/40/2

913

1515

614

411

55

Penalties

6:20 into the first periodAndrew Peters · fighting5 min
6:20 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
7:50 into the first periodAles Kotalik · interference2 min
8:17 into the first periodSaku Koivu · tripping2 min
11:14 into the second periodSaku Koivu · hooking obstruction2 min
15:05 into the second periodChad Kilger · high sticking2 min
16:28 into the second periodFrancis Bouillon · slashing2 min
8:22 into the third periodBrian Campbell · cross checking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	0	1	1	−1	0	0	0	0	68	17:13
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	15:05
44Alexei ZhitnikD	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	23:17
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	2	–	14:26
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	–	19:23
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	10:09
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	42	17:21
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	04:07
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	29	18:12
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	44	22:34
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	33	18:09
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	05:00
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	17:43
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	−1	1	4	1	0	–	20:17
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	–	14:52
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	25:07
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	2	–	19:14
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	1	0	–	14:16

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG		0	0	0	–	–
43Martin BironG	L	36	34	2	.944	59:34

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

20Richard ZednikR	0	2	2	+2	5	0	0	0	–	16:49
11Saku KoivuC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	4	48	20:04
26Pierre DagenaisR	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	60	15:08
71Mike RibeiroC	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	9	17:28
73Michael RyderR	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0	–	15:14
44Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	3	0	–	26:44
52Craig RivetD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	18:03
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	5	–	04:32
17Jason WardR	0	0	0	−1	2	4	0	0	–	12:48
24Andreas DackellR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:10
25Chad KilgerL	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	64	17:48
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	50	18:12
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	05:13
94Yanic PerreaultC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	57	12:02
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	22:31
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	–	12:12
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	18:02
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	–	20:07

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30Mathieu GaronG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	W	35	34	1	.971	59:53