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On November 4th, the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres by a score of 3-2.  Yann Danis got the win for the Habs, while Martin Biron suffered the loss for the Sabres.  Radek Bonk (groin), Raitis Ivanans (eye), and Mark Streit (healthy) were scratches for Montreal.  The 2 teams meet again Saturday night in Montreal.









Scoring Summary

1) BUF: Fitzpatrick [3] (Vanek, Afinogenov) 2:53 1st PP
2) MTL: Perezhogin [4] (Markov, Higgins) 9:59 1st
3) BUF: Mair [1] (Kotalik, Gaustad) 0:49 2nd
4) MTL: Ryder [7] (Ribeiro, Bouillon) 5:06 3rd
5) MTL: Sundstrom [3] (Begin, Dandenault) 17:08 3rd









Penalty Summary

1) BUF: Afinogenov (Holding) 0:35 1st
2) MTL: Markov (Hooking) 0:54 1st
3) BUF: Drury (Boarding) 3:55 1st
4) BUF: Roy (Tripping) 6:42 1st
5) MTL: Begin (Tripping) 11:50 1st
6) MTL: Ryder (Hooking) 14:20 1st
7) BUF: Vanek (Hooking) 15:30 1st
8) BUF: Biron (Delay of Game-Restricted Zone) 7:09 2nd
9) MTL: Dandenault (Hooking) 14:52 2nd
10) BUF: Hecht (Cross Checking) 7:52 3rd
11) MTL: Bulis (Hooking) 10:41 3rd
12) BUF: Bench Minor (Too many men), served by Dumont 12:02 3rd
13) MTL: Kovalev (Hooking) 18:59 3rd
14) BUF: Briere (Hooking) 18:59 3rd











Shots on Goal



























Period Montreal Buffalo
1st  6  6
2nd  7  10
3rd  18   9 
OT  –   – 
Total  31  25







Powerplays



























Period Montreal Buffalo
1st  0/4 1/3 
2nd  0/1 0/1 
3rd   0/2  0/1 
OT  –   – 
Total  0/7 1/5 









LINEUP

Zednik-Koivu-Kovalev
Dagenais-Ribeiro-Ryder
Bulis-Begin-Sundstrom
Higgins-Plekanec-Perezhogin

Markov-Rivet
Bouillon-Dandenault
Souray-Komisarek

Danis

















3 Stars

1st: Niklas Sundstrom (GWG)
2nd: Rory Fitzpatrick (1 G)
3rd: Michael Ryder (1 G)









Canadiens Stats Leaders

Ice Time:  D-Markov: 22:37, F-Koivu: 21:30
Shots on Goal:  Kovalev: 5
Hits:  Bulis: 2
Blocks:  Markov: 3
Faceoff %:  Begin 10/20 (50%) (minimum 10 faceoffs)