Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, April 12, 2006 · HSBC Arena

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28–34

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 34–28.

Goals came from Taylor Pyatt, Tim Connolly, Sheldon Souray and Daniel Brière.

Ryan Miller made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 31 of 34.

Goals
MTL	0	1	0	1	28
BUF	2	0	1	3	34

Scoring

1st period

Taylor Pyatt (6)Henrik Tallinder (14), Maxim Afinogenov (47)0–102:51 BUF
Tim Connolly (16)Toni Lydman (16), Maxim Afinogenov (48)0–218:26 BUF

2nd period

Sheldon Souray (12)Unassisted1–205:34 MTL

3rd period

Daniel Brière (25)Tim Connolly (37), Ryan Miller (2)1–302:02 BUF ·

Team stats

MTLBUF

2834

57%43%

0/61/2

1220

1517

1114

1510

37

Penalties

14:38 into the first periodJay McKee · roughing2 min
14:38 into the first periodGarth Murray · roughing2 min
15:44 into the first periodSaku Koivu · hooking2 min
17:42 into the first periodJ-P Dumont · roughing2 min
17:42 into the first periodAndrei Markov · roughing2 min
8:47 into the second periodToni Lydman · hooking2 min
12:19 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
16:26 into the second periodDerek Roy · hooking2 min
20:00 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · holding2 min
1:13 into the third periodCraig Rivet · tripping2 min
12:34 into the third periodThomas Vanek · tripping2 min
12:34 into the third periodRadek Bonk · hooking2 min
13:41 into the third periodMaxim Afinogenov · roughing2 min
13:41 into the third periodMaxim Afinogenov · roughing2 min
13:41 into the third periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
19:16 into the third periodTaylor Pyatt · hooking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

44Sheldon SourayD	1	0	1	0	5	1	2	0	–	22:50
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	75	17:29
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	40	14:25
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	–	13:58
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	100	15:42
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	17:10
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	20:27
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	10:48
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:03
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	100	11:09
47Aaron DowneyR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	08:06
57Garth MurrayC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	2	–	12:15
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	50	18:27
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	14:58
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	15:58
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	21:03
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	–	18:29
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	–	23:50

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30David AebischerG		0	0	0	–	–
39Cristobal HuetG	L	34	31	3	.912	58:52

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

19Tim ConnollyC	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	43	15:12
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	6	–	14:05
24Taylor PyattL	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	2	100	09:52
48Daniel BrièreC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	36	14:42
5Toni LydmanD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	5	2	–	24:58
10Henrik TallinderD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	25:19
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	50	17:12
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	13:35
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	–	11:33
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	36	18:07
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	18:22
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	08:18
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	64	12:06
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	11:35
27Teppo NumminenD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	16:35
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	–	13:44
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:38
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	–	20:23

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	W	28	27	1	.964	60:00
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–