Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, October 3, 2009 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in overtime on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 35-17.
Goals came from Tim Connolly, Travis Moen and Brian Gionta.
Carey Price made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 15 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tim Connolly (1)Craig Rivet (1), Derek Roy (1)0–102:40 BUF · PPG
2nd period
Travis Moen (1)Roman Hamrlik (1), Jaroslav Spacek (1)1–112:33 MTL · SHG
OT period
Brian Gionta (1)Scott Gomez (1)2–102:42 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
17Shots on goal35
47%Faceoff %53%
0/6Power play1/7
20Penalty minutes18
12Hits17
12Blocked shots12
9Giveaways9
3Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 02:34
Glen Metropolit · hooking2 min - 1st 13:23
Craig Rivet · cross checking2 min - 1st 17:19Ryan O'Byrne · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:50Tim Kennedy · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:50Chris Butler · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:50Scott Gomez · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:50Hal Gill · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:50Hal Gill · roughing2 min
- 2nd 05:01Derek Roy · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:14Gregory Stewart · tripping2 min
- 2nd 10:26Paul Gaustad · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:26Maxim Lapierre · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:26Paul Gaustad · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:53Brian Gionta · interference2 min
- 2nd 14:21Maxim Lapierre · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:35Henrik Tallinder · interference2 min
- 3rd 00:55Andrej Sekera · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:11Steve Montador · boarding2 min
- 3rd 12:17Andrei Kostitsyn · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 21Brian GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:13 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 91Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:05 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 26:18 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:58 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:33 |
| 15Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:37 |
| 17Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:02 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:13 |
| 70Gregory StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:24 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:52 |
| 22Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:27 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 25:14 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 35 | 34 | 1 | .971 | 62:42 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 23:24 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:14 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:05 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:23 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 15:55 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:49 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:57 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:54 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | O | 17 | 15 | 2 | .882 | 62:42 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |