Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, February 7, 2013 · First Niagara Center
TSN-HABS · RDS · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-4 in a shootout on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 40-32.
Tomas Plekanec scored twice and Thomas Vanek scored twice. Steve Ott, Brendan Gallagher, Tyler Ennis and P.K. Subban also scored.
Ryan Miller made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 36 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Plekanec (1)Rene Bourque (1), Alexei Emelin (1)1–004:11 MTL
Steve Ott (1)Jochen Hecht (1)1–104:26 BUF
2nd period
Brendan Gallagher (1)Brandon Prust (1), Raphael Diaz (1)2–112:31 MTL
Tyler Ennis (1)Marcus Foligno (1)2–213:06 BUF
P.K. Subban (1)Andrei Markov (1), Max Pacioretty (1)3–218:32 MTL · PPG
3rd period
- Tomas Plekanec (2)Brian Gionta (1), Rene Bourque (2)4–200:45 MTL
Thomas Vanek (1)Tyler Ennis (1), Marcus Foligno (2)4–307:57 BUF · PPG- Thomas Vanek (2)Steve Ott (1), Tyler Ennis (2)4–419:58 BUF
SO period
Jason PominvilleUnassisted4–600:00 BUF
Team stats
MTLBUF
32Shots on goal40
46%Faceoff %54%
1/4Power play1/7
16Penalty minutes10
20Hits15
12Blocked shots11
6Giveaways8
5Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 07:15
Thomas Vanek · interference2 min - 1st 14:48TJ Brennan · roughing2 min
- 1st 14:48
Brendan Gallagher · boarding2 min - 1st 14:48Brendan Gallagher · roughing2 min
- 2nd 02:50Colby Armstrong · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 04:04Rene Bourque · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:16Erik Cole · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 14:57Brian Gionta · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:06Cody Hodgson · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:39Steve Ott · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 07:32Ryan White · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:32Ryan White · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:37Jochen Hecht · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 23:11 |
| 17Rene BourqueR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 19:33 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:27 |
| 21Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 73Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:44 |
| 61Raphael DiazD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:37 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 21:02 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:00 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:03 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 53Ryan WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:43 |
| 72Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:55 |
| 55Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter BudajG | O | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 64:50 |
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 22:14 |
| 9Steve OttC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:27 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 8 | 23:56 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 20:57 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:14 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 20:02 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:26 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:34 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:30 |
| 32John ScottL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:16 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:04 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:23 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:23 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 27:40 |
| 33TJ BrennanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:47 |
| 52Alexander SulzerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 63:31 |