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1/1/2012
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Buffalo Sabres 6 , Montreal Canadiens 5
Shots: 35 - 27
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:70/85=82 %, Challenges:45/49=90 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:78/99=78 %, Challenges:38/45=82 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:34 0-1
David Desharnais [5] (Teddy Purcell, Max Pacioretty)
10:06 0-2
Mark Mancari [1] (Mathieu Darche, Alexei Yemelin)
16:11 1-2
Tyler Ennis [3] (Ales Kotalik, Jochen Hecht)
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24:45 1-3
Brian Gionta [22] (Erik Cole, Martin St. Louis)
32:02 2-3
Andrej Sekera [4] (Jochen Hecht, Tyler Ennis)
37:42 3-3
Tyler Ennis [4] (Ales Kotalik, Andrej Sekera)
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41:18 3-4
Brian Gionta [23] (Scott Gomez, Erik Cole)
43:03 3-5
Darren Helm [2] (Alexei Yemelin, Mark Mancari)
45:53 4-5
Derek Roy [17] (Tyler Myers, Andrej Sekera)
58:25 5-5
Tyler Ennis [5] (Ales Kotalik, Shaone Morrisonn) WG
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64:48 6-5
Ville Leino [10] (Mike Weber, Robyn Regehr)
Penalty summary:
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03:32
Brad Boyes (2 min for roughing)
13:38
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for holding the stick)
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26:38
Alexei Yemelin (2 min for hooking)
29:26
Mike Weber (2 min for hooking)
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49:56
Erik Cole (2 min for high-sticking)
59:27
Scott Gomez (2 min for cross-checking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 12.20 8
R Brad Boyes 0 0 5 1 1 0 2 -1 15.30 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 22.50 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.30 5
C Tyler Ennis 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 4 12.20 10
C Nathan Gerbe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 7
C Derek Roy 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 -2 22.50 9
L Patrick Kaleta 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10.30 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 4 16.00 8
L Ville Leino 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 22.50 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 16.00 7
D Mike Weber 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 -1 27.10 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 -2 25.20 7
D Andrej Sekera 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 22.10 9
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
D Tyler Myers 0 1 1 5 0 2 0 -2 22.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 22 0 0 64.10 4
G David Leggio 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 8
R Teddy Purcell 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
R Brian Gionta 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 16.20 7
R Mats Zuccarello 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 19.20 5
C Darren Helm 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.10 6
C David Desharnais 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 10.40 7
C Scott Gomez 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 20.20 7
C Andreas Engqvist 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 22.00 6
L Mathieu Darche 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 7.20 6
L Max Pacioretty 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 10.40 7
L Erik Cole 0 2 2 4 2 1 2 1 22.20 7
L Martin St. Louis 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 -3 22.10 7
D Alexei Yemelin 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 12.00 7
D Rafael Diaz 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.30 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -5 33.20 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 17.30 7
D Kevin Shattenkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 25.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 6 0 29 0 0 64.40 4
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tyler Ennis
2nd star: Andrej Sekera
3rd star: Ales Kotalik
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jochen Hecht notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Andrej Sekera has marked a new career high in points with 20 points.
-Andrej Sekera has marked a new career high in assists with 17 assists.
-Ville Leino scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Thomas Vanek had his 12 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Max Pacioretty has marked a new career high in points with 12 points.
-Darren Helm finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-David Desharnais finally ended his 22 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 6( 40) , Quebec Citadelles 3( 9)
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0-1 QUE Konstantin Korneev (Aaron Palushaj, Casey Cizikas)
1-1 ROC Ryan Carter (Derek Dorsett, Justin McCrae)
1-2 QUE Alex Henry (Gabriel Dumont, Danny Kristo)
2-2 ROC Derek Dorsett (Ryan Carter, Justin McCrae)
3-2 ROC Ryan Carter (Derek Dorsett, Justin McCrae)
4-2 ROC Maxime Legault (Miika Lahti)
5-2 ROC Maxime Legault (Patrick Davis, Miika Lahti)
5-3 QUE Alexander Avtsin (Joonas Nattinen)
6-3 ROC Corey Tropp