Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, February 9, 2006 · HSBC Arena

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3–2

Final/OT

SOG 29–28

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, February 9, 2006 at HSBC Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 29-28.

Alex Kovalev scored twice. Jochen Hecht, Radek Bonk and Jason Pominville also scored.

Cristobal Huet made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 26 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
MTL	0	2	0	1	3	29
BUF	1	0	1	0	2	28

Scoring

1st period

Jochen Hecht (15)Thomas Vanek (18), Brian Campbell (21)0–111:59 BUF · PPG

2nd period

Alex Kovalev (13)Mike Ribeiro (24), Francis Bouillon (14)1–105:02 MTL
Radek Bonk (2)Steve Begin (9)2–117:34 MTL · SHG

3rd period

Jason Pominville (13)Ales Kotalik (21), Maxim Afinogenov (24)2–219:33 BUF

OT period

Alex Kovalev (14)Andrei Markov (25), Mike Ribeiro (25)3–200:39 MTL

Team stats

MTLBUF

29Shots on goal28

41%Faceoff %59%

0/3Power play1/4

10Penalty minutes8

13Hits11

16Blocked shots14

7Giveaways16

4Takeaways1

Penalties

1st 00:30Jochen Hecht · high sticking2 min
1st 03:23Francis Bouillon · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 11:19Saku Koivu · holding2 min
1st 17:12Francis Bouillon · delaying game2 min
2nd 02:51Jay McKee · interference2 min
2nd 13:52Taylor Pyatt · tripping2 min
2nd 17:06Tomas Plekanec · hooking2 min
3rd 07:57Paul Gaustad · roughing2 min
3rd 07:57Aaron Downey · interference2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

27Alex KovalevR	2	0	2	+2	6	0	0	0	–	18:27
71Mike RibeiroC	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	43	18:19
14Radek BonkC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	38	12:52
22Steve BeginL	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0	0	–	14:28
51Francis BouillonD	0	1	1	+2	3	1	2	4	–	16:23
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	23:32
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	45	17:39
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:54
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	–	16:59
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	33	12:22
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:24
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	100	13:26
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:56
47Aaron DowneyR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	08:14
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100	14:14
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	–	17:19
44Sheldon SourayD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	23:41
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	23:23

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Cristobal HuetG	W	28	26	2	.929	60:39
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Ales KotalikR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	33	15:18
26Thomas VanekL	0	1	1	-2	4	0	0	0	–	13:13
29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	-1	4	0	2	0	–	17:45
55Jochen HechtC	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	2	62	13:14
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	18:10
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	0	–	19:21
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	73	19:39
13Jiri NovotnyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	11:06
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	15:55
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	61	13:33
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	14:32
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	10:47
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	+1	3	3	1	2	59	16:28
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	24:47
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:54
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	–	23:50
27Teppo NumminenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	19:27
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	–	14:05

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	O	29	26	3	.897	60:11
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–