Montreal at Buffalo

Shots

	1	2	3	OT	T
Montreal	7	9	4	0	20
Buffalo	10	10	4	0	24

Goals

	1	2	3	OT	T
Montreal	0	1	1	0	2
Buffalo	3	3	0	0	6

Scoring Summary

Period 1
1. BUFFALO, BRIERE 6 (KOVALCHUK, PRONGER) (PP), 11:49
2. BUFFALO, HECHT 9 (TALLINDER, VANEK), 18:11
3. BUFFALO, KOVALCHUK 11 (BRIERE), 19:27

PENALTIES: E. BOULTON MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:06, D. BRIERE BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 13:00, A. FROLOV MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 13:16, J. MCKEE BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 13:16

Period 2
4. BUFFALO, PRONGER 6 (PITKANEN, ROY), 02:15
5. BUFFALO, KOVALCHUK 12 (GABORIK), 05:10
6. MONTREAL, MODANO 11 (FROLOV, MAYERS), 09:29
7. BUFFALO, KOVALCHUK 13 (PITKANEN, MILLER), 12:36

PENALTIES: D. KALININ BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 06:42, J. MCKEE BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 18:15

Period 3
8. MONTREAL, SOURAY 3 (RYDER, MODANO), 10:45

Goalie Statistics

Jose Theodore (MTL), 8 saves out of 9 shots
Jussi Markannen (MTL), 10 saves out of 15 shots, L, 2-3-0
Ryan Miller (BUF), 18 saves out of 20 shots, W, 12-13-0

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 0 for 3
Buffalo 1 for 1

Game Stars

1 - Ilya Kovalchuk (BUF)
2 - Chris Pronger (BUF)
3 - Daniel Briere (BUF)

Player Statistics

Montreal

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 19 Francois Beauchemin 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17 Tim Taylor 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 4 Jamal Mayers 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 7 Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 19 Ladislav Nagy 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 23 Mike Modano 1 1 2 -1 0 2 2 23 Alexander Frolov 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 20 Stephane Robidas 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 15 Sheldon Souray 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 26 Denis Hamel 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 5 Keith Carney 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 19 Michael Ryder 0 1 1 -2 0 2 3 21 Eric Boulton 0 0 0 Even 2 0 0 11 Todd White 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 11 Steve Begin 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 11 Scott Hannan 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 24 Pavol Demitra 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 22

Buffalo

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Jason Chimera 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13 Chris Drury 0 0 0 +2 0 1 1 29 Daniel Briere 1 1 2 +1 2 2 0 6 Derek Roy 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 6 Ilya Kovalchuk 3 1 4 +3 0 6 2 19 Marian Gaborik 0 1 1 +3 0 0 1 17 Henrik Tallinder 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 24 David Legwand 0 0 0 Even 0 1 3 25 Jochen Hecht 1 0 1 Even 0 1 0 22 Dimitri Kalinin 0 0 0 Even 2 0 1 12 Joni Pitkanen 0 2 2 +4 0 0 1 26 Matthew Barnaby 0 0 0 Even 0 1 0 11 Chris Pronger 1 1 2 +4 0 3 3 25 Jay McKee 0 0 0 -1 6 4 1 19 Rem Murray 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 0 Sean Hill 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 14 Jason Pomminville 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 5 Thomas Vanek 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 18

Financial

Attendance: 13759
Net Profit: $1 320 864,00

Game Notes

Daniel Briere injured at 19:57 of the 1st Period
Jose Theodore enters game at 05:10 of 2nd period
Ilya Kovalchuk scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Hamilton       5
Rochester      11
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unknown (unknown, unknown)
Maxim Lapierre 21 (unknown, unknown)
Maxim Lapierre 22 (unknown, unknown)
Maxim Lapierre 23 (unknown, unknown)
Maxim Lapierre 24 (unknown, unknown)

Ryan Ready 8 (Bill Thomas, Matt Ryan)
David Gove 9 (Brandon Bochenski, Trevor Gillies)
Matt Ryan 9 (Josh Gratton, Glen Wesley)
Jeff Giuliano 5 (Chris Thorburn, Keith Aucoin)
Keith Aucoin 14 (Patrick Fischer, Carsen Germyn)
Bill Thomas 13 (Jim Campbell, Mark Popovic)
Ryan Ready 9 (Andrew Alberts, Doug Janik)
Trevor Gillies 6 (Jay Leach, Louis Robitaille)
Bill Thomas 14 (Ryan Ready, Bill Thomas)
Keith Aucoin 15 (Bill Thomas, Bill Thomas)
Josh Gratton 9 (Chris Thorburn, Bill Thomas)

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Goalies
Hamilton: unknown
Rochester: Adam Hauser
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