Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, November 29, 2008 · Centre Bell

BuffaloSabresAway

2–3

Final

SOG 28–34

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Saturday, November 29, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 34-28.

Thomas Vanek scored twice. Andrei Kostitsyn, Steve Begin and Andrei Markov also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	0	2	28
MTL	0	3	0	3	34

Scoring

1st period

Thomas Vanek (17)Clarke MacArthur (5), Jaroslav Spacek (11)1–013:31 BUF · PPG

2nd period

Andrei Kostitsyn (4)Unassisted1–102:51 MTL
Thomas Vanek (18)Drew Stafford (5), Derek Roy (11)2–107:39 BUF
Steve Begin (3)Maxim Lapierre (1), Roman Hamrlik (5)2–213:40 MTL
Andrei Markov (3)Saku Koivu (12), Andrei Kostitsyn (5)2–318:30 MTL

Team stats

BUFMTL

28Shots on goal34

41%Faceoff %59%

1/5Power play0/5

12Penalty minutes12

14Hits28

24Blocked shots12

16Giveaways15

3Takeaways14

Penalties

1st 09:04Jochen Hecht · tripping2 min
1st 11:52Sergei Kostitsyn · slashing2 min
1st 16:54Paul Gaustad · tripping2 min
2nd 04:19Guillaume Latendresse · interference2 min
2nd 08:17Mark Mancari · tripping2 min
2nd 11:29Sergei Kostitsyn · tripping2 min
2nd 17:41Derek Roy · hooking2 min
2nd 17:41Matt D'Agostini · hooking2 min
3rd 02:59Sergei Kostitsyn · slashing2 min
3rd 05:58Adam Mair · elbowing2 min
3rd 05:58Jaroslav Spacek · holding2 min
3rd 12:25Steve Begin · high sticking2 min

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