Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, February 29, 2008 · HSBC Arena

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6–2

33–33

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–2 on Friday, February 29, 2008 at HSBC Arena.

Tomas Plekanec scored a hat trick. Mark Streit, Thomas Vanek, Andrei Kostitsyn, Tim Connolly and Sergei Kostitsyn also scored.

Goals
MTL	2	2	2	6	33
BUF	0	1	1	2	33

Scoring

1st period

Tomas Plekanec (22)Alex Kovalev (35), Roman Hamrlik (17)1–001:24 MTL ·
Mark Streit (11)Mikhail Grabovski (2), Michael Ryder (13)2–010:15 MTL

2nd period

Thomas Vanek (27)Jason Pominville (40), Derek Roy (32)2–103:56 BUF ·
Tomas Plekanec (23)Alex Kovalev (36), Mark Streit (35)3–105:34 MTL ·
Tomas Plekanec (24)Mark Streit (36), Alex Kovalev (37)4–116:50 MTL ·

3rd period

Andrei Kostitsyn (19)Alex Kovalev (38), Tomas Plekanec (34)5–102:39 MTL
Tim Connolly (7)Thomas Vanek (25), Derek Roy (33)5–211:03 BUF ·
Sergei Kostitsyn (8)Mikhail Grabovski (3)6–217:32 MTL

Team stats

MTLBUF

3333

58%42%

3/32/6

1711

2522

153

613

03

Penalties

0:20 into the first periodAles Kotalik · tripping2 min
11:57 into the first periodMaxim Lapierre · interference2 min
3:48 into the second periodSaku Koivu · tripping2 min
4:28 into the second periodPaul Gaustad · boarding2 min
9:40 into the second periodTomas Plekanec · interference2 min
13:44 into the second periodMikhail Grabovski · hooking2 min
16:21 into the second periodNolan Pratt · fighting5 min
16:21 into the second periodAdam Mair · interference2 min
16:21 into the second periodGuillaume Latendresse · fighting5 min
4:38 into the third periodRyan O'Byrne · interference2 min
10:21 into the third periodMike Komisarek · interference2 min

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