Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, December 14, 2009 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–3 on Monday, December 14, 2009 at Centre Bell. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 27–24.
Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice. Andrej Sekera, Patrick Kaleta, Tim Kennedy, Michael Cammalleri and Clarke MacArthur also scored.
Ryan Miller made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Andrei Kostitsyn (1)Tomas Plekanec (1), Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)0–116:03 MTL ·
2nd period
Andrej Sekera (1)Derek Roy (1), Jochen Hecht (1)1–112:58 BUF
Patrick Kaleta (1)Tim Connolly (1)2–119:01 BUF ·
3rd period
- Andrei Kostitsyn (2)Tomas Plekanec (2), Michael Cammalleri (1)2–202:36 MTL ·
Tim Kennedy (1)Jochen Hecht (2), Tyler Myers (1)3–212:33 BUF
Michael Cammalleri (1)Andrei Kostitsyn (1)3–312:51 MTL
Clarke MacArthur (1)Drew Stafford (1), Jason Pominville (1)4–314:41 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFMTL
2724
34%66%
1/62/4
1519
1013
1630
914
76
Penalties
- 3:18 into the first period
Ryan O'Byrne · hooking2 min - 15:44 into the first period
Craig Rivet · roughing2 min - 18:03 into the first periodGlen Metropolit · holding2 min
- 0:03 into the second periodAdam Mair · fighting5 min
- 0:03 into the second periodRyan O'Byrne · fighting5 min
- 10:55 into the second periodJosh Gorges · holding2 min
- 13:23 into the second periodScott Gomez · slashing2 min
- 17:48 into the second periodSteve Montador · slashing2 min
- 2:26 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:57 into the third periodGlen Metropolit · roughing2 min
- 12:57 into the third periodDerek Roy · roughing2 min
- 12:57 into the third periodGlen Metropolit · slashing2 min
- 13:34 into the third periodRyan O'Byrne · high sticking2 min
- 18:00 into the third periodToni Lydman · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:38 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:41 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:13 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:43 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:09 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 28:07 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:29 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:19 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:44 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 16:46 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:47 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:07 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:02 |
| 15Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 12:54 |
| 17Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:20 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:19 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:38 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 17:44 |
| 91Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 94Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:24 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:43 |
| 20Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:29 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:55 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |