Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, February 6, 2009 · HSBC Arena

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2–3

Final

SOG 37–22

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Friday, February 6, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 37-22.

Goals came from Jaroslav Spacek, Saku Koivu, Nathan Paetsch, Tim Connolly and Roman Hamrlik.

Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 19 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	1	1	2	37
BUF	0	2	1	3	22

Scoring

2nd period

Jaroslav Spacek (3)Jochen Hecht (11), Patrick Kaleta (2)0–100:27 BUF
Saku Koivu (9)Max Pacioretty (4), Josh Gorges (11)1–110:21 MTL · PPG
Nathan Paetsch (2)Adam Mair (8), Matt Ellis (2)1–212:16 BUF

3rd period

Tim Connolly (11)Unassisted1–304:55 BUF
Roman Hamrlik (4)Sergei Kostitsyn (14), Maxim Lapierre (8)2–316:34 MTL

Team stats

MTLBUF

37Shots on goal22

55%Faceoff %45%

1/3Power play0/4

10Penalty minutes8

16Hits13

14Blocked shots15

10Giveaways5

1Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 03:59Clarke MacArthur · roughing2 min
1st 03:59Saku Koivu · roughing2 min
1st 13:41Francis Bouillon · roughing2 min
2nd 01:24Chris Higgins · hooking2 min
2nd 09:28Adam Mair · tripping2 min
2nd 18:29Toni Lydman · high sticking2 min
3rd 06:51Craig Rivet · cross checking2 min
3rd 09:17Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
3rd 18:03Alex Kovalev · tripping2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	45	17:50
40Maxim LapierreC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	77	14:25
67Max PaciorettyL	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	09:42
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:24
26Josh GorgesD	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	20:43
44Roman HamrlikD	1	0	1	+1	3	1	4	0	–	20:34
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	100	11:28
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	54	17:37
17Georges LaraqueR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	08:34
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	–	18:11
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	33	10:56
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	100	18:02
36Matt D'AgostiniR	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	16:01
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	16:24
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:40
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	-2	3	0	4	0	–	23:29
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	2	–	15:40
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	-1	6	0	2	0	–	25:48

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	L	22	19	3	.864	59:35
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	–

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

19Tim ConnollyC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	46	17:08
22Adam MairC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	2	100	08:29
36Patrick KaletaR	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	13:49
37Matt EllisL	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	0	29	08:43
55Jochen HechtC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	47	17:53
6Jaroslav SpacekD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	24:45
38Nathan PaetschD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	07:20
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	47	19:39
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	15:12
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	–	15:30
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	15:34
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:55
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	16:55
4Mike WeberD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:04
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	2	–	22:56
27Teppo NumminenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	16:35
34Chris ButlerD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	17:25
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	2	–	20:40

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	37	35	2	.946	59:35
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	–