National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Montreal 2
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, November 23, 2007
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Dan Marouelli
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Michel Cormier
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 0112
Buffalo 1124
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
8:56 - Sabres Derek Roy (PP) Assists: Maxim Afinogenov , Jason Pominville
Penalties
3:33 - Sabres Michael Ryan (2) Holding
 7:36 - Canadiens Tom Kostopoulos (2) Slashing
 9:41 - Sabres Henrik Tallinder (4) High sticking
 18:16 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
7:39 - Sabres Tim Connolly (EV) Assists: Brian Campbell , Paul Gaustad
9:45 - Canadiens Chris Higgins (PP) Assists: Mark Streit , Saku Koivu
Penalties
5:26 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (2) Slashing
 9:26 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
4:56 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (EV) Assists: Andrei Kostitsyn
11:27 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (PP) Assists: Nathan Paetsch , Jason Pominville
19:46 - Sabres Daniel Paille (EV) (EN) Assists: Maxim Afinogenov , Tim Connolly
Penalties
5:06 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Hooking
 10:11 - Canadiens Michael Komisarek (2) Tripping
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Carey Price G 0 0 0 0 0 59:06 44:11 10:19 4:36 0 0 - - - - -
Cristobal Huet G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 16 11:35 10:00 0:18 1:17 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Komisarek D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 23 19:14 16:03 0:34 2:37 0 0 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 24 19:36 13:54 5:10 0:32 0 0 - - 11 10 52
Tomas Plekanec LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 22 17:46 12:56 4:38 0:12 0 0 - - 5 11 31
Bryan Smolinski C 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 10:32 8:53 0:00 1:39 0 0 - - 9 4 69
Chris Higgins C 1 0 1 -2 0 5 25 20:16 13:26 5:19 1:31 1 0 - - - - -
Steve Begin C 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 10:27 8:51 0:00 1:36 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Mathieu Dandenault D 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 10:21 9:13 0:00 1:08 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 0 0 0 -1 2 4 20 17:59 13:08 4:51 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Kyle Chipchura C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 11:16 9:28 0:31 1:17 0 0 - - 3 5 38
Mark Streit D 0 1 1 E 0 5 19 19:57 13:42 5:27 0:48 0 0 - - - - -
Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 25:14 19:32 4:20 1:22 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 19 16:39 12:10 4:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 13:54 12:43 0:00 1:11 0 0 - - - - -
Patrice Brisebois D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 19:38 15:20 4:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryder RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 22 18:44 13:34 5:10 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 22:03 12:50 5:59 3:14 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 11:07 10:36 0:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 59:44 44:49 4:36 10:19 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 13:32 11:52 0:00 1:40 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 27 24:53 19:02 0:00 5:51 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 E 0 3 28 21:25 14:24 2:33 4:28 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 1 0 1 E 0 3 25 19:56 13:55 2:15 3:46 1 0 - - 13 7 65
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 +1 4 3 25 22:39 18:28 0:00 4:11 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 17 13:16 11:20 1:56 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Connolly C 1 1 2 +2 0 4 21 12:21 8:14 2:10 1:57 0 0 - - 3 5 38
Daniel Paille LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 20 17:56 15:28 0:00 2:28 0 0 - - - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 E 2 5 18 16:23 14:15 2:08 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 E 0 1 20 14:54 10:12 2:10 2:32 0 0 - - 10 6 62
Jason Pominville RW 0 2 2 -1 0 0 24 19:30 13:19 2:03 4:08 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Michael Ryan C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 11 7:59 6:46 0:00 1:13 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 1 1 E 0 1 15 11:26 11:07 0:19 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Clarke MacArthur LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16 12:19 9:58 2:21 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Campbell D 0 1 1 E 0 1 28 22:52 15:45 2:39 4:28 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 25 21:29 16:55 0:00 4:34 0 0 - - 8 9 47
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 2 2 +1 2 2 19 15:41 13:15 2:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 2 1:26 1:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Carey Price L (24-12-3) 31 28 3 .903 0 59:06
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (36-27-10) 32 30 2 .938 0 59:44