National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 2, Montreal 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Kevin Pollock, Marc Joannette
Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 16606
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 0011
Buffalo 0202
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
1:22 - Canadiens Sheldon Souray (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
6:07 - Sabres J.P. Dumont (EV) Assists: Daniel Briere , Miroslav Satan
9:47 - Sabres Adam Mair (EV) Assists: Jeff Jillson , Chris Taylor
Penalties
1:27 - Canadiens Jan Bulis (2) Cross checking
12:30 - Canadiens Francis Bouillon (2) Hooking
16:42 - Canadiens Bench (2) Too many men on ice
19:25 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
14:38 - Canadiens Michael Ryder (EV) Assists: Mike Ribeiro , Stephane Quintal
Penalties
7:36 - Sabres Daniel Briere (2) Holding the stick
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mathieu Garon G 0 0 0 0 0 59:06 47:06 4:00 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jose Theodore G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Stephane Quintal D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 25 21:26 17:24 0:00 4:02 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Komisarek D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 14:05 11:47 0:00 2:18 0 0 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 23:26 18:31 3:12 1:43 0 0 - - 10 8 56
Darren Langdon LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 6 4:02 4:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Ward RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 11:00 7:03 0:00 3:57 0 0 - - - - -
Richard Zednik LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 20 20:58 17:46 3:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pierre Dagenais RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 10:52 10:16 0:35 0:01 0 0 - - 2 3 40
Alex Kovalev RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 17:12 16:59 0:13 0:00 0 0 - - 1 - 100
Jim Dowd C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 14:15 10:55 0:00 3:20 0 0 - - 8 7 53
Niklas Sundstrom RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 18 13:43 10:28 0:00 3:15 0 0 - - - - -
Jan Bulis LW 0 0 0 -1 2 4 19 13:54 10:48 0:24 2:42 0 0 - - - - -
Sheldon Souray D 0 0 0 E 2 0 9 6:14 6:14 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 E 2 0 29 21:27 18:24 0:24 2:39 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 28 23:59 20:22 0:59 2:38 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Ribeiro C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 21 17:15 13:39 3:36 0:00 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Michael Ryder RW 1 0 1 +1 0 5 21 15:58 12:21 3:36 0:01 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 E 0 3 30 28:49 21:12 3:36 4:01 0 0 - - - - -
Yanic Perreault C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 19 13:34 12:42 0:13 0:39 0 0 - - 7 5 58
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mika Noronen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Biron G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 48:00 8:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Patrick D 0 0 0 E 0 2 26 20:03 16:15 0:33 3:15 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Brown D 0 0 0 E 0 0 28 19:43 18:58 0:00 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 0 0 E 2 2 20 11:40 10:55 0:00 0:45 0 0 - - 4 10 29
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16 13:48 11:02 2:46 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Milan Bartovic RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 20 13:53 12:23 0:00 1:30 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Taylor C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 11 6:46 6:11 0:00 0:35 0 0 - - 7 4 64
J.P. Dumont RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 22 19:59 15:50 4:09 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Adam Mair C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 13 7:57 7:48 0:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Drury C 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 20:12 15:24 3:29 1:19 0 0 - - 7 9 44
Mike Grier RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 21:03 16:00 3:42 1:21 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Jeff Jillson D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 17 17:11 12:44 4:27 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 E 0 2 29 24:46 17:37 3:54 3:15 0 0 - - - - -
Daniel Briere C 0 1 1 E 2 3 20 18:57 14:56 4:01 0:00 0 0 - - 8 6 57
Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 E 0 4 28 23:37 17:44 4:17 1:36 0 0 - - - 2 0
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 18 13:57 9:44 4:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jay McKee D 0 0 0 E 0 0 28 20:03 19:18 0:00 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 2:18 2:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Miroslav Satan RW 0 1 1 E 0 3 20 20:07 14:53 4:20 0:54 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mathieu Garon L (8-5-1) 33 31 2 .939 0 59:06
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Biron W (26-15-3) 25 24 1 .960 0 60:00