Montreal at Buffalo

Shots

	1	2	3	OT	T
Montreal	6	7	10	0	23
Buffalo	15	4	11	0	30

Goals

	1	2	3	OT	T
Montreal	2	3	2	0	7
Buffalo	3	1	0	0	4

Scoring Summary

Period 1
1. BUFFALO, DUMONT 14 (PITKANEN, NYLANDER), 07:09
2. BUFFALO, HILL 8 (DRURY, BARNABY) (PP), 09:08
3. BUFFALO, YASHIN 19 (GABORIK, HILL) (PP), 10:30
4. MONTREAL, PALFFY 21 (DEMITRA, THEODORE), 15:25
5. MONTREAL, BEGIN 4 (FROLOV, WHITE), 17:27

PENALTIES: S. ROBIDAS MTL (CHARGING, Double Minor) 01:14, S. SOURAY MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 07:15, M. KOMISAREK MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 09:45

Period 2
6. MONTREAL, STURM 12 (ROBIDAS, JOHANSSON), 06:02
7. BUFFALO, BARNABY 7 (GRIER, SCATCHARD), 09:44
8. MONTREAL, STURM 13 (MODANO) (PP), 12:48
9. MONTREAL, LANGDON 5 (MODANO), 16:05

PENALTIES: B. JACKMAN MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 07:43, B. LAICH BUF (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 11:39 (Served by Derek Morris), T. WHITE MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 13:59, D. MORRIS BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 16:25, A. JOHANSSON MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 17:27

Period 3
10. MONTREAL, PALFFY 22 (SOURAY, TAYLOR), 00:15
11. MONTREAL, PALFFY 23 (TAYLOR, NAGY) (PP), 18:51

PENALTIES: S. AVERY BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Misconduct) 01:24, C. DRURY BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 02:18, B. JACKMAN MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 03:58, S. HILL BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:02, J. MCKEE BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 18:36

Goalie Statistics

Jose Theodore (MTL), 26 saves out of 30 shots, W, 24-15-2
Cristobal Huet (BUF), 11 saves out of 13 shots
JS Giguere (BUF), 5 saves out of 10 shots, L, 14-17-6

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 2 for 6
Buffalo 2 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Zigmund Palffy (MTL)
2 - Marco Sturm (MTL)
3 - Matthew Barnaby (BUF)

Player Statistics

Montreal

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Barret Jackman 0 0 0 +1 4 1 2 18 Darren Langdon 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 9 Andreas Johansson 0 1 1 Even 2 2 0 16 Tim Taylor 0 2 2 Even 0 1 0 15 Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 +1 2 1 1 18 Ladislav Nagy 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 16 Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 10 Mike Modano 0 2 2 Even 0 1 1 22 Alexander Frolov 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 18 Stephane Robidas 0 1 1 Even 4 0 1 17 Bryan Helmer 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 6 Sheldon Souray 0 1 1 +2 4 0 2 17 Keith Carney 0 0 0 Even 0 1 4 23 Marco Sturm 2 0 2 Even 0 4 1 18 Todd White 0 1 1 +2 2 1 0 13 Steve Begin 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 10 Pavol Demitra 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 14 Zigmund Palffy 3 0 3 +2 0 5 2 25

Buffalo

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Mike Grier 0 1 1 Even 0 1 1 11 Alexei Yashin 1 0 1 -2 0 5 2 22 Derek Morris 0 0 0 -1 2 6 2 23 Chris Drury 0 1 1 -2 2 5 2 22 Daniel Briere 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 22 Marian Gaborik 0 1 1 -2 0 0 2 23 Dave Scatchard 0 1 1 +1 0 1 3 7 Dimitri Kalinin 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 24 JP Dumont 1 0 1 Even 0 1 0 9 Joni Pitkanen 0 1 1 -1 0 1 5 16 Matthew Barnaby 1 1 2 -1 0 3 2 21 Sean Avery 0 0 0 Even 12 1 1 4 Jay McKee 0 0 0 Even 2 0 3 14 Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18 Sean Hill 1 1 2 -2 2 2 3 24 Michael Nylander 0 1 1 Even 0 1 0 8 Brooks Laich 0 0 0 -1 12 0 1 7 Thomas Vanek 0 0 0 Even 0 1 2 13

Financial

Attendance: 13045
Net Profit: $1 252 320,00

Game Notes

Pavol Demitra injured at 11:39 of the 2nd Period
Brooks Laich ejected at 11:39 of the 2nd Period
Cristobal Huet enters game at 16:05 of 2nd period
Zigmund Palffy scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Hamilton       2
Rochester      1
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Chris Kelly 1 (Derek Roy, unknown)

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Goalies
Hamilton: unknown
Rochester: Jani Hurme
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