National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 4, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 20, 2007
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Stephane Auger, Dennis LaRue
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 21273
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0202
Montreal 1124
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:34 - Canadiens Bryan Smolinski (PP) Assists: Roman Hamrlik , Mikhail Grabovski
Penalties
0:40 - Sabres Henrik Tallinder (2) Hooking
 6:46 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Goaltender interference
 8:11 - Canadiens Saku Koivu (2) Tripping
 10:14 - Sabres Nathan Paetsch (2) Holding
 10:14 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (2) Goaltender interference
2nd Period
Scoring
4:12 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (PP) Assists: Tim Connolly , Brian Campbell
4:21 - Sabres Derek Roy (EV) Assists: Thomas Vanek
7:10 - Canadiens Kyle Chipchura (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
3:35 - Canadiens Steve Begin (2) Roughing
 10:32 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Slashing
 14:42 - Canadiens Patrice Brisebois (4) High sticking
 14:57 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Interference
 15:20 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
12:38 - Canadiens Roman Hamrlik (PP) Assists: Mark Streit , Chris Higgins
19:35 - Canadiens Chris Higgins (EV) (EN) Assists: Roman Hamrlik
Penalties
9:52 - Canadiens Roman Hamrlik (2) Tripping
 10:56 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) High sticking
 11:44 - Sabres Brian Campbell (2) Hooking
 16:44 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (2) Hooking
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 59:32 44:50 5:21 9:21 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 25 22:00 16:53 0:56 4:11 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 1 0 1 -1 2 4 24 19:52 13:50 3:21 2:41 0 0 - - 14 7 67
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 23 20:49 15:35 0:13 5:01 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 15:53 12:51 2:25 0:37 0 0 - - 3 7 30
Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 E 0 3 24 17:44 12:29 1:48 3:27 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 8:44 7:03 0:00 1:41 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 E 2 2 14 11:32 10:28 1:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 10 7:35 7:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 5 0
Thomas Vanek LW 0 1 1 E 2 1 22 16:11 12:21 3:25 0:25 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 E 0 3 19 15:11 10:49 2:23 1:59 1 0 - - 9 7 56
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 15:05 10:36 2:37 1:52 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryan C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 9 7:46 7:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 19 15:21 11:05 1:59 2:17 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 10:42 10:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 23:59 18:35 1:53 3:31 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Campbell D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 29 24:08 18:06 2:20 3:42 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 18 15:16 11:22 0:00 3:54 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 18 15:44 13:23 2:21 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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cristobal Huet G 0 0 0 0 0 59:43 45:01 9:21 5:21 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 19 10:35 9:09 0:04 1:22 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Komisarek D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 26 22:18 18:42 0:00 3:36 0 0 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 0 0 0 E 2 0 20 16:16 11:49 4:27 0:00 0 0 - - 10 8 56
Tomas Plekanec LW 0 0 0 E 2 2 25 18:41 13:11 4:31 0:59 0 0 - - 9 9 50
Bryan Smolinski C 1 0 1 E 0 5 22 13:55 10:47 0:29 2:39 1 0 - - 8 7 53
Chris Higgins C 1 1 2 E 0 4 22 16:35 12:27 3:25 0:43 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Steve Begin C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 17 11:04 8:38 0:00 2:26 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Mathieu Dandenault D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 9:30 7:49 0:09 1:32 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 0 0 0 +1 2 2 21 20:54 15:19 5:20 0:15 0 0 - - - - -
Kyle Chipchura C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 16 11:28 10:42 0:00 0:46 0 0 - - 3 3 50
Mark Streit D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 16 13:02 8:24 4:23 0:15 0 0 - - - - -
Roman Hamrlik D 1 2 3 +1 2 2 30 26:56 20:39 4:47 1:30 1 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 15:00 13:05 0:10 1:45 0 0 - - - - -
Mikhail Grabovski C 0 1 1 E 0 1 11 9:15 9:06 0:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrice Brisebois D 0 0 0 E 4 1 22 18:53 14:59 3:54 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryder RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 14:29 9:22 5:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 28 21:54 14:23 3:55 3:36 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 16:52 12:45 4:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (36-27-10) 26 23 3 .885 0 59:32
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cristobal Huet W (32-14-6) 27 25 2 .926 0 59:43