Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, November 4, 2005 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Friday, November 4, 2005 at HSBC Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 31–26.
Goals came from Rory Fitzpatrick, Alexander Perezhogin, Adam Mair, Michael Ryder and Niklas Sundstrom.
Scoring
1st period
Rory Fitzpatrick (3)Thomas Vanek (9), Maxim Afinogenov (6)0–102:53 BUF · 
Alexander Perezhogin (4)Andrei Markov (5), Chris Higgins (2)1–109:59 MTL
2nd period
Adam Mair (1)Ales Kotalik (3), Paul Gaustad (4)1–200:49 BUF
3rd period
Michael Ryder (7)Mike Ribeiro (6), Francis Bouillon (5)2–205:06 MTL
Niklas Sundstrom (3)Steve Begin (4), Mathieu Dandenault (2)3–217:08 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
3126
49%51%
0/71/5
1216
811
1320
1112
22
Penalties
- 0:35 into the first period
Maxim Afinogenov · holding2 min - 0:54 into the first period
Andrei Markov · hooking2 min - 3:55 into the first periodChris Drury · boarding2 min
- 6:42 into the first periodDerek Roy · tripping2 min
- 11:50 into the first periodSteve Begin · tripping2 min
- 14:20 into the first periodMichael Ryder · hooking2 min
- 15:30 into the first periodThomas Vanek · hooking2 min
- 7:09 into the second periodMartin Biron · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodMathieu Dandenault · hooking2 min
- 7:52 into the third periodJochen Hecht · cross checking2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodJan Bulis · hooking2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodDaniel Brière · hooking2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.