Montreal at Buffalo

Shots
123OTT
Montreal 9 9 15 0 33
Buffalo 10 10 4 0 24
Goals
123OTT
Montreal 1 3 3 0 7
Buffalo 1 0 1 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. BUFFALO, KOTALIK 8 (MARCHANT, HARKINS), 01:17
2. MONTREAL, ARVEDSON 1 (UNASSISTED), 06:10



Period 2
3. MONTREAL, KOVALCHUK 10 (KOIVU, HEJDUK), 03:02
4. MONTREAL, KOVALCHUK 11 (KOIVU, HAMRLIK), 11:16
5. MONTREAL, KOIVU 6 (KOVALCHUK, HEJDUK), 13:19



Period 3
6. MONTREAL, HEATLEY 16 (MARKOV, BREWER), 00:56
7. BUFFALO, JOHANSSON 11 (THOMAS), 03:21
8. MONTREAL, HEATLEY 17 (BONK, BERG), 04:07
9. MONTREAL, HEATLEY 18 (JOKINEN, ZEDNIK), 17:17

PENALTIES: M. MALHOTRA BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 07:18, S. KOIVU MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 07:42, J. HOLLAND BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 10:33

Goalie Statistics

Jose Theodore (MTL), 22 saves out of 24 shots, W, 22-12-3
Ryan Miller (BUF), 14 saves out of 19 shots, L, 1-3-0
Martin Biron (BUF), 12 saves out of 14 shots

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 0 for 2
Buffalo 0 for 1

Game Stars

1 - Dany Heatley (MTL)
2 - Ilya Kovalchuk (MTL)
3 - Saku Koivu (MTL)

Player Statistics

Montreal

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Aki Berg              0  1  1    +1   0  1   1 17
Pavel Datsyuk         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Martin Skoula         0  0  0    +1   0  0   2 14
Ales Hemsky           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  2
Tuomu Ruutu           0  0  0  Even   0  0   2  6
Andrei Markov         0  1  1    +2   0  3   2 21
Ilya Kovalchuk        2  1  3    +3   0  5   0 31
Dany Heatley          3  0  3    +2   0  8   1 28
Milan Hejduk          0  2  2    +2   0  1   3 19
Saku Koivu            1  2  3    +2   2  3   2 20
Richard Zednik        0  1  1    +2   0  1   2 20
Radek Bonk            0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 19
Roman Hamrlik         0  1  1    +2   0  2   0 22
Olli Jokinen          0  1  1    +2   0  3   0 16
Magnus Arvedson       1  0  1  Even   0  1   0  2
Jere Lehtinen         0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 13
Eric Brewer           0  1  1    +2   0  3   2 25
Aaron Miller          0  0  0    +2   0  1   3 20
   
Buffalo

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Andreas Johansson     1  0  1    -1   0  2   0 22
Brett Harkins         0  1  1  Even   0  0   3 21
Denis Hamel           0  0  0    -3   0  0   3 12
Ales Kotalik          1  0  1  Even   0  1   0 21
Philippe Boucher      0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 25
Michal Rozsival       0  0  0    -3   0  1   1 16
Todd Marchant         0  1  1    -1   0  3   0 26
Artem Chubarov        0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 21
Steve Thomas          0  1  1    -1   0  5   4 21
Igor Radulov          0  0  0    -1   0  1   0  5
Mats Lindgren         0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  7
Marcus Ragnarsson     0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 24
Lyle Odelein          0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 21
Drake Berehowsky      0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 21
Jason Holland         0  0  0    -4   2  1   1 12
Niko Dimitrakos       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Manny Malhotra        0  0  0    -3   2  1   3 11
Darren McCarty        0  0  0    -3   0  3   0 11
   

Financial

Attendance: 13121
Net Profit: $826,623.00

Game Notes

Magnus Arvedson injured at 12:24 of the 1st Period
Pavel Datsyuk injured at 13:18 of the 1st Period
Martin Biron enters game at 00:56 of 3rd period
Dany Heatley scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Hamilton       4
Rochester      0
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Ilkka Mikkola 2 (Tomas Plekanec, Tony Salmelainen)
Pavel Brendl 8 (Teemu Laine, Petr Hubacek)
Stephen Webb 5 (Mikko Koivu, unknown)
unknown (unknown, unknown)


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Goalies
Hamilton: Olivier Michaud
Rochester: unknown
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