National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 3, Buffalo 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, April 3, 2008
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Dave Jackson, Marc Joannette
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 21273
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0011
Montreal 2103
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
11:28 - Canadiens Chris Higgins (PP) Assists: Mark Streit , Roman Hamrlik
12:08 - Canadiens Bryan Smolinski (EV) Assists: Steve Begin , Ryan O'Byrne
Penalties
2:31 - Canadiens Matt D'Agostini (2) Tripping
 10:03 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Hooking
 16:13 - Canadiens Mark Streit (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
14:28 - Canadiens Bryan Smolinski (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
11:45 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (2) Roughing
 19:01 - Sabres Adam Mair (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
11:30 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (PP) Assists: Derek Roy , Jaroslav Spacek
Penalties
5:28 - Canadiens Sergei Kostitsyn (2) Tripping
 7:49 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (2) Diving
 7:49 - Canadiens Maxim Lapierre (2) Slashing
 9:54 - Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn (2) Interference
 10:45 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) Hooking
 11:21 - Canadiens Patrice Brisebois (2) Tripping
 18:42 - Sabres Andrej Sekera (2) Tripping
 19:18 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Roughing
 19:18 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (2) Roughing
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 58:06 44:56 7:27 5:43 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 -1 0 0 17 12:08 10:57 0:00 1:11 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 22:40 17:30 0:00 5:10 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 1 1 E 0 1 22 19:28 13:31 4:59 0:58 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 -2 0 5 26 24:38 16:29 3:15 4:54 0 0 - - 13 11 54
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 21:13 16:32 0:07 4:34 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 1 0 1 -1 2 6 17 15:38 10:39 4:59 0:00 1 0 - - 0 1 0
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 11:37 10:18 0:00 1:19 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 11 8:36 7:42 0:54 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 14 8:37 8:06 0:31 0:00 0 0 - - 5 1 83
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 16:37 13:10 3:27 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Bernier RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 11:23 8:41 2:42 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 2 1 23 18:28 13:11 3:43 1:34 0 0 - - 6 5 55
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 22:26 14:52 2:46 4:48 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 15:32 15:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta C 0 0 0 E 2 1 11 6:32 6:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 E 2 3 26 21:41 17:02 3:06 1:33 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 E 2 3 19 17:39 13:01 2:47 1:51 0 0 - - 2 3 40
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 15 16:18 11:34 4:44 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
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 45:41 6:43 7:36 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt D'Agostini RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 13 8:49 7:50 0:59 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan O'Byrne D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 21 19:35 15:25 0:00 4:10 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 0 0 0 +2 0 2 17 13:16 10:00 0:00 3:16 0 0 - - - - -
Tomas Plekanec LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 20:03 14:56 4:37 0:30 0 0 - - 6 8 43
Bryan Smolinski C 2 0 2 +2 0 3 19 13:37 9:44 1:18 2:35 0 0 - - 6 6 50
Chris Higgins C 1 0 1 E 0 1 22 16:06 10:46 2:48 2:32 1 0 - - 2 8 20
Steve Begin C 0 1 1 +2 0 5 16 12:43 10:25 0:00 2:18 0 0 - - - - -
Mathieu Dandenault D 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 10:33 8:52 0:00 1:41 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 18:10 15:09 0:42 2:19 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 0 0 0 E 2 2 17 19:44 15:05 4:09 0:30 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Streit D 0 1 1 +1 2 3 20 17:17 12:06 5:08 0:03 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 E 2 0 16 13:03 11:13 0:00 1:50 0 0 - - 7 4 64
Roman Hamrlik D 0 1 1 E 0 2 24 23:32 16:40 1:43 5:09 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 16 17:29 14:11 3:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrice Brisebois D 0 0 0 E 2 0 19 16:28 14:52 0:53 0:43 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Kostitsyn RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 17 12:57 10:50 2:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 26 25:01 17:22 5:00 2:39 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 11 10:01 9:08 0:53 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (36-27-10) 25 22 3 .880 0 58:06
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Carey Price W (24-12-3) 28 27 1 .964 0 60:00