Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, March 24, 2004 · HSBC Arena

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25–33

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–1 on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 33–25.

Goals came from J-P Dumont, Adam Mair and Michael Ryder.

Martin Biron made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mathieu Garon stopped 31 of 33.

Goals
MTL	0	0	1	1	25
BUF	0	2	0	2	33

Scoring

2nd period

J-P Dumont (20)Daniel Brière (34), Miroslav Satan (27)0–106:07 BUF
Adam Mair (6)Jeff Jillson (13), Chris Taylor (6)0–209:47 BUF

3rd period

Michael Ryder (24)Mike Ribeiro (42), Stephane Quintal (5)1–214:38 MTL

Team stats

MTLBUF

2533

53%47%

0/20/4

84

1218

911

1210

25

Penalties

1:22 into the first periodSheldon Souray · hooking2 min
1:27 into the second periodJan Bulis · cross checking2 min
12:30 into the second periodFrancis Bouillon · hooking2 min
16:42 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
19:25 into the second periodDerek Roy · tripping2 min
7:36 into the third periodDaniel Brière · holding the stick2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

71Mike RibeiroC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	45	17:15
73Michael RyderR	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	0	–	15:58
5Stephane QuintalD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	21:26
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	56	23:26
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	04:02
17Jason WardR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:00
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	20:58
26Pierre DagenaisR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40	10:52
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	17:12
34Jim DowdC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	53	14:15
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	13:43
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	−1	4	2	1	2	–	13:54
94Yanic PerreaultC	0	0	0	−2	0	2	2	0	58	13:34
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	14:05
44Sheldon SourayD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	06:14
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	–	21:27
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	−2	2	3	0	0	–	23:59
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	28:49

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30Mathieu GaronG	L	33	31	2	.939	59:06
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

16Chris TaylorC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	64	06:46
17J-P DumontR	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	50	19:59
22Adam MairC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	07:57
48Daniel BrièreC	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	57	18:57
81Miroslav SatanR	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	20:07
34Jeff JillsonD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	17:11
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	29	11:40
15Milan BartovicR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:53
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	44	20:12
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	21:03
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	23:37
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:57
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	02:18
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:03
4Brad BrownD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	19:43
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	13:48
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	24:46
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	–	20:03

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	–
43Martin BironG	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00