Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, December 9, 2006 · Centre Bell

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3–2

33–33

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RDS · MSG

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 in a shootout on Saturday, December 9, 2006 at Centre Bell.

Goals came from Jiri Novotny, Michael Ryder, Derek Roy and Sheldon Souray.

Ryan Miller made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 31 of 33.

Goals
BUF	0	2	0	0	0	3	33
MTL	0	1	1	0	0	2	33

Scoring

2nd period

Jiri Novotny (6)Maxim Afinogenov (21)1–006:12 BUF
Michael Ryder (8)Saku Koivu (18), Sheldon Souray (13)1–109:11 MTL ·
Derek Roy (5)Thomas Vanek (17), Nathan Paetsch (6)2–117:45 BUF

3rd period

Sheldon Souray (11)Tomas Plekanec (5), Mark Streit (9)2–202:52 MTL ·

Team stats

BUFMTL

3333

62%38%

0/52/4

1012

1832

2417

1714

1914

Penalties

4:02 into the first periodMathieu Dandenault · delaying game puck over glass2 min
9:51 into the first periodAdam Mair · high sticking2 min
9:51 into the first periodAdam Mair · high sticking2 min
19:58 into the first periodMike Komisarek · hooking2 min
2:12 into the second periodMike Komisarek · holding2 min
4:44 into the second periodDaniel Brière · diving2 min
4:44 into the second periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
9:01 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min
15:14 into the second periodMichael Ryder · hooking2 min
1:39 into the third periodAndrej Sekera · hooking2 min
7:30 into the third periodCraig Rivet · cross checking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	1	0	1	+1	3	2	2	0	69	22:23
13Jiri NovotnyC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	40	13:51
26Thomas VanekL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	16:52
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	1	1	+2	7	0	0	2	–	18:49
38Nathan PaetschD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0	–	11:58
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	100	14:37
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	100	04:02
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	62	17:54
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	75	10:57
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	–	19:36
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	53	21:30
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	–	22:50
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:03
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	–	24:15
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	–	26:10
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	06:10
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	26:55
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	–	30:21

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	W	33	31	2	.939	64:58
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

44Sheldon SourayD	1	1	2	−2	3	2	0	0	–	17:29
11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	−1	3	1	2	0	53	19:16
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	40	17:21
73Michael RyderR	1	0	1	−2	2	2	0	2	–	18:21
32Mark StreitD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:45
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	35	18:33
15Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:20
20Mike JohnsonR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	18:00
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	30	10:45
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	2	–	17:43
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:46
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	12:55
47Aaron DowneyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	04:37
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	14:12
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	1	8	2	4	–	19:40
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	23:02
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	4	–	24:14
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	22:35

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30David AebischerG		0	0	0	–	–
39Cristobal HuetG	O	33	31	2	.939	65:00