National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 6, Buffalo 2
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, February 29, 2008
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Michael McGeough
Linesmen: Mark Pare, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 2226
Buffalo 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:24 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (PP) Assists: Alex Kovalev , Roman Hamrlik
10:15 - Canadiens Mark Streit (EV) Assists: Mikhail Grabovski , Michael Ryder
Penalties
0:20 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Tripping
 11:57 - Canadiens Maxim Lapierre (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
3:56 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (PP) Assists: Jason Pominville , Derek Roy
5:34 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (PP) Assists: Alex Kovalev , Mark Streit
16:50 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (PP) Assists: Mark Streit , Alex Kovalev
Penalties
3:48 - Canadiens Saku Koivu (2) Tripping
 4:28 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Boarding
 9:40 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (2) Interference
 13:44 - Canadiens Mikhail Grabovski (2) Hooking
 16:21 - Sabres Adam Mair (2) Interference
 16:21 - Sabres Nolan Pratt (5) Fighting
 16:21 - Canadiens Guillaume Latendresse (5) Fighting
3rd Period
Scoring
2:39 - Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn (EV) Assists: Alex Kovalev , Tomas Plekanec
11:03 - Sabres Tim Connolly (PP) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Derek Roy
17:32 - Canadiens Sergei Kostitsyn (EV) Assists: Mikhail Grabovski
Penalties
4:38 - Canadiens Ryan O'Byrne (2) Interference
 10:21 - Canadiens Michael Komisarek (2) Interference
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Carey Price G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 48:31 2:39 8:50 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan O'Byrne D 0 0 0 +2 2 0 17 14:41 14:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Komisarek D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 26 21:25 16:10 0:00 5:15 0 0 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 0 0 0 E 2 2 22 16:27 13:06 0:55 2:26 0 0 - - 11 10 52
Tomas Plekanec LW 3 1 4 +1 2 3 20 13:57 9:13 1:44 3:00 3 0 - - 8 8 50
Bryan Smolinski C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 14:54 12:57 0:00 1:57 0 0 - - 8 3 73
Chris Higgins C 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 16:19 13:22 0:55 2:02 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 16:51 15:42 0:00 1:09 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 0 4 4 +1 0 1 20 15:57 10:19 1:44 3:54 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Streit D 1 2 3 +1 0 2 17 15:16 11:14 2:30 1:32 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 E 2 4 20 14:41 13:23 0:00 1:18 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Roman Hamrlik D 0 1 1 +2 0 3 27 22:01 17:54 0:09 3:58 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 1 0 1 +2 0 4 17 13:12 11:28 1:44 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 19:47 16:12 0:00 3:35 0 0 - - - - -
Mikhail Grabovski C 0 2 2 +2 2 1 15 12:21 12:21 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 5 4 56
Michael Ryder RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 15 12:16 11:21 0:55 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Sergei Kostitsyn RW 1 0 1 +1 0 6 19 16:14 14:34 0:09 1:31 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 27 22:56 16:43 2:30 3:43 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 0 0 0 E 5 1 16 11:55 11:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 48:31 8:50 2:39 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 0 E 5 0 18 12:16 12:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 29 22:13 18:32 1:11 2:30 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 20:47 15:43 4:55 0:09 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 2 2 -1 0 7 26 20:44 14:04 4:40 2:00 0 0 - - 10 10 50
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 28 21:49 19:19 0:00 2:30 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 E 2 2 25 18:26 14:47 3:39 0:00 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Tim Connolly C 1 0 1 E 0 1 25 18:01 12:51 4:40 0:30 1 0 - - 7 9 44
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 22 13:21 11:49 0:17 1:15 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 10:25 10:19 0:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 15 10:24 9:46 0:38 0:00 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Thomas Vanek LW 1 1 2 -1 0 3 23 18:37 14:25 4:12 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Steve Bernier RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 23 18:48 14:40 4:08 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -2 2 3 21 13:16 11:50 1:17 0:09 0 0 - - 3 10 23
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 25 20:06 13:53 4:49 1:24 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13 8:29 8:18 0:11 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 23 15:43 12:59 2:44 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 22:23 18:13 4:01 0:09 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 11:33 8:51 2:42 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Carey Price W (24-12-3) 33 31 2 .939 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (36-27-10) 33 27 6 .818 0 60:00