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3/1/2015
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 30 - 28
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:43/49=86 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/77=85 %, Challenges:34/45=73 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:34 0-1
Ville Leino [5] (Cody McCormick, Christian Ehrhoff)
08:55 1-1
Nathan Beaulieu [4] (Nikita Nikitin, Alex Galchenyuk)
15:36 1-2
Thomas Vanek [19] (Éric Bélanger)
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27:22 1-3
Tyler Ennis [4] (Andrej Sekera, Brayden McNabb)
30:09 2-3
Erik Cole [14] (David Desharnais, Jarred Tinordi)
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45:34 3-3
David Desharnais [19] (Erik Cole, Jarred Tinordi)
49:57 4-3
Jarome Iginla [5] (Erik Cole, Dion Phaneuf)
50:32 5-3
David Desharnais [20] (Erik Cole)
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Penalty summary:
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04:31
Cody McCormick (2 min for hooking)
11:27
Travis Moen (5 min for fighting)
11:27
Riley Boychuk (5 min for fighting)
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31:01
Steve Ott (2 min for hooking)
36:41
Riley Boychuk (2 min for high-sticking)
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59:42
Travis Moen (5 min for fighting)
59:42
Darcy Hordichuk (5 min for fighting)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Blunden 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.50 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
R Joe Spiegel 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 20.30 6
R Erik Cole 1 3 3 3 1 2 0 3 21.00 10
C Louis Leblanc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
C Mikael Backlund 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 9.50 7
C Alex Galchenyuk 0 1 4 3 0 2 0 -1 20.30 8
C David Desharnais 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 21.00 9
L Travis Moen 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 7.40 6
C Samuel Pahlsson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 11.10 6
L Brian Gionta 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
R Jarome Iginla 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 3 21.20 9
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.20 6
D Nathan Beaulieu 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 17.30 8
D Jarred Tinordi 0 2 1 5 0 1 0 3 29.00 10
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 13.20 7
D Nikita Nikitin 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 8
D Dion Phaneuf 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ville Leino 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 12.30 7
R Tyler Ennis 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 11.50 8
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.50 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -2 19.40 7
C Cody McCormick 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 8.30 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
C Matt Ellis 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 6
C Cody Hodgson 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 19.50 7
L Darcy Hordichuk 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 10.10 5
L Riley Boychuk 0 0 4 1 0 0 7 -1 10.40 7
L Steve Ott 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 17.20 8
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 -1 19.20 7
D Adam Pardy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
D Alexander Sulzer 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 23.50 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 5
D Brayden McNabb 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 18.20 7
D Tyler Myers 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 -3 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jhonas Enroth 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Erik Cole
2nd star: David Desharnais
3rd star: Jarome Iginla
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-David Desharnais scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Nathan Beaulieu finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Ville Leino finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Ville Leino finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Tyler Ennis ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Riley Boychuk beat Travis Moen in a fight.
-Darcy Hordichuk beat Travis Moen in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 17) , Rochester Americans 2( 14)
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0-1 ROC T.J. Brennan (Daniel Catenacci, Jonathan Parker)
1-1
Steve Quailer (Dalton Thrower, Philippe Lefebvre)
2-1
Mark MacMillan (Joonas Nattinen, Patrick Holland)
2-2 ROC Jake McCabe (Joel Armia, Zemgus Girgensons)
3-2
Charles Hudon (Chase Polacek)
Goalies: Cédrick Desjardins - Andrey Makarov