Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, March 24, 2010 · HSBC Arena

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2–3

Final/SO

SOG 28–42

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 in a shootout on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 42-28.

Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice. Tim Connolly and Steve Montador also scored.

Ryan Miller made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 40 of 42.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
MTL	1	1	0	0	0	2	28
BUF	0	0	2	0	0	3	42

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Andrei Kostitsyn (1)Tomas Plekanec (1), Roman Hamrlik (1)1–000:41 MTL

2nd period

Andrei Kostitsyn (2)Andrei Markov (1), Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)2–004:57 MTL · PPG

3rd period

Tim Connolly (1)Derek Roy (1), Tyler Myers (1)2–118:01 BUF · PPG
Steve Montador (1)Andrej Sekera (1), Jason Pominville (1)2–219:12 BUF

SO period

Jason PominvilleUnassisted2–400:00 BUF

Team stats

MTLBUF

28Shots on goal42

53%Faceoff %47%

1/4Power play1/6

12Penalty minutes8

17Hits10

18Blocked shots4

3Giveaways12

2Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 19:37Derek Roy · hooking2 min
2nd 02:31Adam Mair · cross checking2 min
2nd 04:43Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 05:35Jason Pominville · slashing2 min
2nd 13:13Carey Price · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
2nd 16:56Benoit Pouliot · high sticking2 min
2nd 16:56Benoit Pouliot · high sticking2 min
3rd 13:19Sergei Kostitsyn · hooking2 min
3rd 16:27Ryan O'Byrne · high sticking2 min
OT 00:38Andrei Markov · interference2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

46Andrei KostitsynL	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	–	17:39
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	47	17:19
44Roman HamrlikD	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	25:06
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	11:18
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	–	21:02
13Michael CammalleriL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	100	16:50
15Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:31
21Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	–	22:03
42Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	76	17:48
52Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	09:07
57Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	–	09:52
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	14:58
91Scott GomezC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	44	21:59
94Tom PyattC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	11:02
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	20:24
20Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	–	15:59
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	21:27
75Hal GillD	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	–	22:15

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	O	42	40	2	.952	64:57
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	0	1	1	-1	7	0	0	2	67	25:25
19Tim ConnollyC	1	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	43	22:06
29Jason PominvilleR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	22:45
4Steve MontadorD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:14
44Andrej SekeraD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:44
57Tyler MyersD	0	1	1	-1	3	0	1	0	–	25:22
13Tim KennedyL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	13:03
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	14:55
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	14	11:09
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	13:25
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	21:51
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	42	14:13
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	09:03
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100	09:18
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	67	18:15
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	26:50
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	18:14
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:26

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	28	26	2	.929	62:36
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	00:00