Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, November 25, 2005 · HSBC Arena

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Final

SOG 41–31

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 on Friday, November 25, 2005 at HSBC Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 41-31.

Goals came from Ales Kotalik, Brian Campbell, Richard Zednik and Tim Connolly.

Martin Biron made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Yann Danis stopped 28 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	0	1	1	41
BUF	0	2	1	3	31

Scoring

2nd period

Ales Kotalik (12)Adam Mair (4), Tim Connolly (10)0–106:30 BUF
Brian Campbell (5)Chris Drury (9), Thomas Vanek (13)0–211:56 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Richard Zednik (7)Andrei Markov (9), Saku Koivu (18)1–203:38 MTL · PPG
Tim Connolly (6)Teppo Numminen (16), Brian Campbell (7)1–316:58 BUF · PPG

Team stats

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41Shots on goal31

44%Faceoff %56%

1/5Power play2/4

8Penalty minutes10

13Hits10

14Blocked shots16

8Giveaways17

9Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 07:11Toni Lydman · hooking2 min
1st 09:09Jan Bulis · holding2 min
2nd 07:02Henrik Tallinder · holding2 min
2nd 09:59Chris Higgins · holding2 min
2nd 19:07Henrik Tallinder · holding2 min
3rd 01:59Maxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min
3rd 12:10Jan Bulis · hooking2 min
3rd 13:31Maxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min
3rd 16:26Steve Begin · tripping2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	-1	3	0	2	0	43	18:25
20Richard ZednikR	1	0	1	-1	5	1	1	0	–	19:48
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	23:28
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	14:48
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	11:24
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	43	11:51
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	21:47
26Pierre DagenaisR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	09:25
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	78	09:36
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	12:05
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	4	–	16:37
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	07:22
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	43	21:46
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	–	22:08
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	14:34
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	16:14
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	21:09
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0	–	21:51

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–
75Yann DanisG	L	31	28	3	.903	58:33

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

19Tim ConnollyC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	0	37	20:42
51Brian CampbellD	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:40
12Ales KotalikR	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	19:20
22Adam MairC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	–	11:43
23Chris DruryC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	67	17:33
26Thomas VanekL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:38
27Teppo NumminenD	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	–	24:37
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	67	18:00
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:20
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:23
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	67	12:21
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	100	17:20
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	4	–	17:00
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	02:23
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	–	20:26
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	15:11
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	4	–	18:47
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	21:18

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
43Martin BironG	W	41	40	1	.976	59:39
50Michael LeightonG		0	0	0	–	–