Montreal at Buffalo

Shots
123OTT
Montreal 15 10 8 1 34
Buffalo 5 9 17 2 33
Goals
123OTT
Montreal 2 0 2 0 4
Buffalo 0 0 4 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. MONTREAL, KOVALCHUK 24 (KOIVU, LEHTINEN), 03:23
2. MONTREAL, LINDROS 12 (ROBIDAS, BREWER) (PP), 11:00

PENALTIES: M. RAGNARSSON BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 09:42, J. LECLAIR BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 13:33

Period 2
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: S. ROBIDAS MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 00:34, S. KOIVU MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 01:17, S. THOMAS BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 06:20, Y. PERREAULT MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 08:56, B. SMOLINSKI BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 08:56

Period 3
3. MONTREAL, O'NEILL 33 (LINDROS, BRIERE) (PP), 00:54
4. MONTREAL, KOVALCHUK 25 (KOIVU), 07:42
5. BUFFALO, YZERMAN 28 (JAGR, LECLAIR), 07:51
6. BUFFALO, MARCHANT 21 (THOMAS, RAGNARSSON), 08:01
7. BUFFALO, MARCHANT 22 (UNASSISTED), 10:39
8. BUFFALO, JAGR 47 (DONATO, CHELIOS) (PP), 16:07

PENALTIES: B. HOLIK BUF (BOARDING, Major, Game Misconduct) 00:44 (Served by Robert Svehla), E. LINDROS MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 11:22, M. BUREAU MTL (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 14:53

Overtime
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: S. THOMAS BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 00:30

Goalie Statistics

Jose Theodore (MTL), 29 saves out of 33 shots, T, 33-22-6
Patrick Roy (BUF), 30 saves out of 34 shots, T, 44-17-3

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 2 for 5
Buffalo 1 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Todd Marchant (BUF)
2 - Ilja Kovalchuk (MTL)
3 - Jaromir Jagr (BUF)

Player Statistics

Montreal

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
-------------------------------------------------
Jeff O'Neill          1  0  1    -1   0  2   5 24
Daniel Briere         0  1  1    -1   0  1   1 21
Stephane Robidas      0  1  1  Even   2  0   0 22
Yanic Perreault       0  0  0  Even   2  4   3 17
Eric Lindros          1  1  2    -1   2  4   3 26
Rostislav Klesla      0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 21
Ilja Kovalchuk        2  0  2  Even   0  4   2 20
Jan Bulis             0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  7
Denis Gauthier        0  0  0  Even   0  1   4 15
Eric Brewer           0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 27
Olli Jokinen          0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 10
Jere Lehtinen         0  1  1  Even   0  3   3 20
Saku Koivu            0  2  2  Even   2  2   0 22
Andrei Markov         0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 21
Phil Housley          0  0  0  Even   0  4   0 23
Marian Gaborik        0  0  0  Even   0  3   0 10
Marc Bureau           0  0  0  Even  12  1   1  5
Mike Keane            0  0  0  Even   0  2   1  7
   
Buffalo

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
-------------------------------------------------
Bobby Holik           0  0  0  Even  15  0   1 16
Marcus Ragnarsson     0  1  1    +2   5  3   3 22
Bryan Smolinski       0  0  0    +2   2  4   0 14
Darren McCarty        0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 13
Robert Svehla         0  0  0    +2   0  1   4 19
Brian Rafalski        0  0  0    -1   0  3   1 25
Jaromir Jagr          1  1  2    -1   0  5   3 31
John LeClair          0  1  1    -1   2  1   2 25
James Patrick         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 13
Lyle Odelein          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 16
Ted Donato            0  1  1  Even   0  1   0  6
Scott Pellerin        0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  9
Chris Chelios         0  1  1    -1   0  1   2 23
Richard Smehlik       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  6
Todd Marchant         2  0  2    +2   0  6   1 24
Curtis Leschyshyn     0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  5
Steve Thomas          0  1  1    +2   4  1   0 16
Steve Yzerman         1  0  1    -1   0  3   1 23
   

Financial

Attendance: 18595
Net Profit: $976,238.00

Game Notes

Bobby Holik ejected at 00:44 of the 3rd Period
Saku Koivu injured at 14:53 of the 3rd Period