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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |