Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, December 1, 2005 · Centre Bell

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3–2

Final/OT

SOG 30–20

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, December 1, 2005 at Centre Bell. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 30-20.

Goals came from Michael Ryder, Pierre Dagenais, Tim Connolly, Chris Drury and Brian Campbell.

Martin Biron made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 27 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	1	1	3	30
MTL	1	1	0	0	2	20

Scoring

1st period

Michael Ryder (11)Mike Ribeiro (12), Francis Bouillon (6)0–108:06 MTL

2nd period

Pierre Dagenais (2)Michael Ryder (8), Mark Streit (4)0–203:53 MTL · PPG
Tim Connolly (7)Brian Campbell (8), Jason Pominville (1)1–212:04 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Chris Drury (7)Tim Connolly (12), Brian Campbell (9)2–215:45 BUF · PPG

OT period

Brian Campbell (6)Tim Connolly (13), Jason Pominville (2)3–202:15 BUF

Team stats

BUFMTL

30Shots on goal20

58%Faceoff %42%

2/8Power play1/7

14Penalty minutes16

14Hits18

17Blocked shots14

14Giveaways10

11Takeaways14

Penalties

1st 09:35Sheldon Souray · roughing2 min
1st 17:16Maxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min
1st 19:43Chris Higgins · roughing2 min
2nd 02:33Henrik Tallinder · holding2 min
2nd 03:53Tim Connolly · high sticking2 min
2nd 07:13Alexander Perezhogin · interference2 min
2nd 09:19Mike Grier · hooking2 min
2nd 10:29Radek Bonk · holding the stick2 min
2nd 13:09Alexander Perezhogin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 01:47Michael Ryder · tripping2 min
3rd 06:15Mark Streit · hooking2 min
3rd 07:44Teppo Numminen · holding2 min
3rd 08:10Adam Mair · hooking2 min
3rd 13:12Jason Pominville · interference2 min
3rd 13:54Richard Zednik · holding2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

19Tim ConnollyC	1	2	3	+1	2	1	0	2	71	19:46
51Brian CampbellD	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:30
29Jason PominvilleR	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	2	–	13:59
23Chris DruryC	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	56	18:25
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	-1	4	1	3	0	80	22:16
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	–	17:58
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	10:25
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	2	–	12:31
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	17:13
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	56	12:15
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	50	19:12
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	–	18:14
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	20:33
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	04:52
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	21:15
27Teppo NumminenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	–	21:02
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	11:10
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	13:55

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	–
43Martin BironG	W	20	18	2	.900	62:15

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

73Michael RyderR	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	2	100	18:53
26Pierre DagenaisR	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	67	14:59
71Mike RibeiroC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50	19:20
32Mark StreitD	0	1	1	-1	1	2	0	2	–	16:29
51Francis BouillonD	0	1	1	-1	5	4	3	0	–	28:30
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	14:48
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	16:47
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	12:16
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	55	14:36
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	25:51
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	45	17:26
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:12
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	15:24
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	4	–	07:45
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:39
44Sheldon SourayD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	–	22:16
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	26:12
64Jean-Philippe CoteD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	05:36

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Cristobal HuetG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	O	30	27	3	.900	62:11