Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 31, 2007 · Centre Bell
RDS · MSG
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Centre Bell. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 25-19.
Goals came from Daniel Brière, Michael Ryder, Radek Bonk, Maxim Lapierre, Thomas Vanek, Saku Koivu and Dainius Zubrus.
Jaroslav Halak made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Ty Conklin stopped 15 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Daniel Brière (32)Jochen Hecht (35), Teppo Numminen (26)1–009:20 BUF
Michael Ryder (27)Francis Bouillon (11), Mark Streit (25)1–115:33 MTL
2nd period
Radek Bonk (13)Janne Niinimaa (3)1–206:39 MTL
Maxim Lapierre (6)Alex Kovalev (29), Andrei Markov (41)1–308:16 MTL
Thomas Vanek (39)Derek Roy (41), Drew Stafford (11)2–318:59 BUF
3rd period
Saku Koivu (20)Unassisted2–403:22 MTL
Dainius Zubrus (24)Daniel Paille (7), Chris Drury (30)3–407:15 BUF
Team stats
BUFMTL
25Shots on goal19
58%Faceoff %42%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
9Hits20
9Blocked shots18
12Giveaways15
14Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 05:59
Drew Stafford · tripping2 min - 1st 12:58
Andrei Markov · interference2 min - 2nd 04:18Drew Stafford · hooking2 min
- 2nd 16:29Mathieu Dandenault · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:53 |
| 15Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 16:40 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:50 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:05 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:40 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:58 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:13 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:03 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:07 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:00 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Ty ConklinG | L | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 59:30 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:06 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:03 |
| 6Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:53 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:10 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 27:27 |
| 20Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:04 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:38 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:48 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 59:56 |