Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2008 · Centre Bell

BuffaloSabresAway

3–4

Final/OT

SOG 34–46

MontréalCanadiensHome

XM 204 · RDS (HD) · MSG-B

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 46-34.

Sergei Kostitsyn scored twice. Derek Roy, Clarke MacArthur, Alex Tanguay, Andrej Sekera and Alex Kovalev also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	0	3	34
MTL	0	1	2	1	4	46

Scoring

1st period

Derek Roy (11)Clarke MacArthur (8), Teppo Numminen (8)1–009:10 BUF

2nd period

Sergei Kostitsyn (5)Andrei Markov (20), Alex Tanguay (14)1–105:17 MTL · PPG
Clarke MacArthur (8)Jason Pominville (17), Jaroslav Spacek (16)2–115:21 BUF

3rd period

Alex Tanguay (10)Roman Hamrlik (7)2–203:26 MTL
Andrej Sekera (1)Clarke MacArthur (9), Teppo Numminen (9)3–213:20 BUF · PPG
Sergei Kostitsyn (6)Alex Kovalev (18)3–315:06 MTL

OT period

Alex Kovalev (8)Andrei Markov (21), Matt D'Agostini (2)3–404:35 MTL · PPG

Team stats

BUFMTL

34Shots on goal46

38%Faceoff %62%

1/3Power play2/7

21Penalty minutes13

19Hits28

24Blocked shots20

21Giveaways23

11Takeaways10

Penalties

1st 01:52Andrew Peters · fighting5 min
1st 01:52Georges Laraque · fighting5 min
1st 12:08Mike Komisarek · high sticking2 min
2nd 03:49Adam Mair · hooking2 min
2nd 04:26Toni Lydman · holding2 min
2nd 08:38Clarke MacArthur · tripping2 min
2nd 12:28Adam Mair · slashing2 min
2nd 13:21Alex Kovalev · holding2 min
2nd 18:03Matt Ellis · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 10:32Jochen Hecht · slashing2 min
3rd 10:32Mike Komisarek · roughing2 min
3rd 11:46Alex Kovalev · holding2 min
OT 00:25Andrej Sekera · tripping2 min
OT 04:23Jochen Hecht · holding2 min

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