Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, April 15, 2006 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-2 on Saturday, April 15, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 45-30.
Goals came from Maxim Afinogenov, Michael Ryder, Mike Komisarek, Chris Drury, J-P Dumont and Teppo Numminen.
Ryan Miller made 43 saves on 45 shots for the win; David Aebischer stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Maxim Afinogenov (22)J-P Dumont (19), Henrik Tallinder (15)1–010:20 BUF
2nd period
Michael Ryder (30)Sheldon Souray (27), Saku Koivu (44)1–117:52 MTL · PPG
Mike Komisarek (2)Tomas Plekanec (20)1–218:37 MTL
3rd period
Chris Drury (27)Mike Grier (15), Jay McKee (11)2–204:37 BUF · SHG
J-P Dumont (18)Daniel Brière (30), Jason Pominville (12)3–206:48 BUF
Teppo Numminen (2)Chris Drury (36)4–219:23 BUF · EN
Team stats
BUFMTL
30Shots on goal45
47%Faceoff %53%
0/2Power play1/6
12Penalty minutes4
13Hits14
27Blocked shots8
12Giveaways13
18Takeaways21
Penalties
- 2nd 06:01
Dmitri Kalinin · tripping2 min - 2nd 12:00Toni Lydman · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:29Dmitri Kalinin · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:08Henrik Tallinder · holding2 min
- 3rd 00:39
Saku Koivu · hooking2 min - 3rd 01:30Sheldon Souray · slashing2 min
- 3rd 04:23Henrik Tallinder · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:01Derek Roy · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:54 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:53 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 16:58 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:12 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:59 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 18:29 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:08 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:43 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:02 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:10 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 45 | 43 | 2 | .956 | 60:00 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:59 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:17 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 18:48 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 6 | 25:45 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 08:17 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:45 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:19 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 19:26 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 07:14 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:31 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 12:05 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:19 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:51 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:33 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:01 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 59:38 |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |