Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, April 3, 2008 · Centre Bell

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1–3

Final

SOG 28–25

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 28-25.

Bryan Smolinski scored twice. Chris Higgins and Ales Kotalik also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	28
MTL	2	1	0	3	25

Scoring

1st period

Chris Higgins (25)Mark Streit (48), Roman Hamrlik (21)0–111:28 MTL · PPG
Bryan Smolinski (7)Steve Begin (5), Ryan O'Byrne (5)0–212:08 MTL

2nd period

Bryan Smolinski (8)Unassisted0–314:28 MTL

3rd period

Ales Kotalik (23)Derek Roy (47), Jaroslav Spacek (23)1–311:30 BUF · PPG

Team stats

BUFMTL

28Shots on goal25

55%Faceoff %45%

1/5Power play1/4

14Penalty minutes14

19Hits29

13Blocked shots18

10Giveaways14

9Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 02:31Matt D'Agostini · tripping2 min
1st 10:03Ales Kotalik · hooking2 min
1st 16:13Mark Streit · holding2 min
2nd 11:45Jochen Hecht · roughing2 min
2nd 19:01Adam Mair · tripping2 min
3rd 05:28Sergei Kostitsyn · tripping2 min
3rd 07:49Patrick Kaleta · diving2 min
3rd 07:49Maxim Lapierre · slashing2 min
3rd 09:54Andrei Kostitsyn · interference2 min
3rd 10:45Drew Stafford · hooking2 min
3rd 11:21Patrice Brisebois · tripping2 min
3rd 18:42Andrej Sekera · tripping2 min
3rd 19:18Paul Gaustad · roughing2 min
3rd 19:18Alex Kovalev · roughing2 min

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