Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, December 3, 2009 · HSBC Arena

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2–6

Final

SOG 23–37

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-2 on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 37-23.

Goals came from Clarke MacArthur, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy, Tim Kennedy, Scott Gomez, Josh Gorges, Andrej Sekera and Mike Grier.

Ryan Miller made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 31 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	1	1	2	23
BUF	3	1	2	6	37

Scoring

1st period

Clarke MacArthur (1)Drew Stafford (1), Henrik Tallinder (1)0–102:28 BUF
Jason Pominville (1)Derek Roy (1), Tyler Myers (1)0–206:16 BUF
Derek Roy (1)Jason Pominville (1), Jochen Hecht (1)0–308:20 BUF

2nd period

Tim Kennedy (1)Thomas Vanek (1), Mike Grier (1)0–404:31 BUF
Scott Gomez (1)Sergei Kostitsyn (1), Max Pacioretty (1)1–416:50 MTL

3rd period

Josh Gorges (1)Maxim Lapierre (1), Matt D'Agostini (1)2–411:27 MTL
Andrej Sekera (1)Thomas Vanek (2)2–513:12 BUF
Mike Grier (1)Thomas Vanek (3), Andrej Sekera (1)2–619:35 BUF

Team stats

MTLBUF

23Shots on goal37

57%Faceoff %43%

0/1Power play0/2

9Penalty minutes7

19Hits16

10Blocked shots14

8Giveaways8

2Takeaways2

Penalties

2nd 13:26Ryan O'Byrne · holding2 min
3rd 02:19Tom Pyatt · tripping2 min
3rd 08:50Jochen Hecht · holding2 min
3rd 17:02Paul Mara · fighting5 min
3rd 17:02Patrick Kaleta · fighting5 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

36Matt D'AgostiniR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:11
40Maxim LapierreC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	86	12:37
67Max PaciorettyL	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	–	13:42
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:13
91Scott GomezC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	65	19:18
26Josh GorgesD	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	–	17:40
13Michael CammalleriL	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	–	18:57
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0	31	15:43
15Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	43	13:32
32Travis MoenL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	14:38
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	–	18:20
53Ryan WhiteC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	12:52
94Tom PyattC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	12:40
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	–	17:40
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	2	0	–	25:16
22Paul MaraD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	5	–	16:50
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	–	25:39
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	17:14

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Jaroslav HalakG	L	37	31	6	.838	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

26Thomas VanekL	0	3	3	+2	2	1	0	0	–	19:40
9Derek RoyC	1	1	2	+2	6	0	1	0	44	22:46
25Mike GrierR	1	1	2	+1	4	2	0	0	33	16:21
29Jason PominvilleR	1	1	2	+2	4	0	2	0	–	19:14
44Andrej SekeraD	1	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	–	16:52
13Tim KennedyL	1	0	1	+2	2	2	1	0	25	17:08
21Drew StaffordR	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	67	15:46
41Clarke MacArthurL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	40	16:50
55Jochen HechtC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	19:41
10Henrik TallinderD	0	1	1	+3	3	1	2	0	–	21:45
57Tyler MyersD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	1	0	–	23:06
19Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	16:42
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	67	08:18
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	–	07:14
4Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:34
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0	–	17:41
34Chris ButlerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:56
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	18:26

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jhonas EnrothG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Ryan MillerG	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00