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November 23,2007  (Friday) in Buffalo,New York - HSBC Arena	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot MON 0 1 1 2 BUF 1 1 2 4	Shots 1 2 3 Tot MON 12 10 10 32 BUF 9 13 10 32	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season MON 1 / 6 30 / 110 (27.3%) 79 / 97 (81.4%) BUF 2 / 3 20 / 93 (21.5%) 75 / 90 (83.3%)
Start: 7:30pm Attendance: 18,690 Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Dan Marouelli Officials: David Brisebois, Michel Cormier	Montreal Canadiens Game #22 12-8-2 26 Pts Prev Game at NYI Next Game vs BUF Buffalo Sabres Game #20 9-10-1 19 Pts Prev Game at OTT Next Game vs MON Three Stars: (1) Ryan Miller  (BUF)  (2) Daniel Paille (BUF)  (3) Tomas Plekanec (MON)

Goals 1st Period 1. BUF Derek Roy    [8]  [c56]   (Powerplay)   ( Maxim Afinogenov [4],  Jason Pominville [9] ) 8:56 2nd Period 2. BUF Tim Connolly    [2]  [c65]   ( Brian Campbell [12],  Paul Gaustad [5] ) 7:39 3. MON Christopher Higgins    [9]  [c54]   (Powerplay)   ( Mark Streit [10],  Saku Koivu [14] ) 9:45 3rd Period 4. MON Tomas Plekanec    [7]  [c36]   ( Andrei Kostitsyn [5] ) 4:56 5. BUF Thomas Vanek    [5]  [c73]   (Powerplay)   (GW)   ( Nathan Paetsch [3],  Jason Pominville [10] ) 11:27 6. BUF Daniel Paille    [5]  [c9]   (Empty Net)   ( Maxim Afinogenov [5],  Tim Connolly [12] ) 19:46 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Carey Price Career MON L 59 3 31 28 5-2-1 2.70 Ryan Miller Career BUF W 60 2 32 30 8-9-1 2.60

Penalties 1st Period 1. BUF Michael Ryan [1] Holding 2 3:33 2. MON Tom Kostopoulos [1] Slashing 2 7:36 3. BUF Henrik Tallinder [1] High Sticking 4 9:41 4. BUF Thomas Vanek [4] Slashing 2 18:16 2nd Period 5. MON Alexei Kovalev [2] Slashing 2 5:26 6. BUF Ales Kotalik [2] Tripping 2 9:26 3rd Period 7. BUF Maxim Afinogenov [2] Hooking 2 5:06 8. MON Mike Komisarek [2] Tripping 2 10:11

Faceoffs
Montreal Canadiens   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Saku Koivu 11 10 52.4% 223 188 54.3% Tomas Plekanec 5 11 31.3% 170 194 46.7% Bryan Smolinski 9 4 69.2% 131 144 47.6% Kyle Chipchura 3 5 37.5% 76 97 43.9% Steve Begin 0 2 .0% 8 23 25.8% Michael Ryder 0 1 .0% 3 3 50.0% Alexei Kovalev 0 1 .0% 8 9 47.1%   28 34 45.2% 633 691 47.8%	Buffalo Sabres   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Derek Roy 13 7 65.0% 191 179 51.6% Jochen Hecht 8 9 47.1% 106 129 45.1% Paul Gaustad 10 6 62.5% 156 134 53.8% Tim Connolly 3 5 37.5% 63 68 48.1% Jason Pominville 0 1 .0% 6 10 37.5%   34 28 54.8% 571 598 48.8%

Montreal Canadiens Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 6 Tom Kostopoulos RW 252 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11:35 0:18 1:17 8 Mike Komisarek D 242 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 1 19:14 0:34 2:37 11 Saku Koivu C 672 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 0 19:36 5:10 0:32 14 Tomas Plekanec C 172 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 17:46 4:38 0:12 20 Bryan Smolinski C 1015 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10:32 0:00 1:39 21 Christopher Higgins LW-C 165 1 0 1 -2 0 5 0 0 20:16 5:19 1:31 22 Steve Begin LW-C 323 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 10:27 0:00 1:36 25 Mathieu Dandenault D-RW 788 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10:21 0:00 1:08 27 Alexei Kovalev RW 1013 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 1 17:59 4:51 0:00 28 Kyle Chipchura C 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:16 0:31 1:17 32 Mark Streit D-LW 146 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 19:57 5:27 0:48 44 Roman Hamrlik D 1021 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25:14 4:20 1:22 46 Andrei Kostitsyn LW 52 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 16:39 4:29 0:00 51 Francis Bouillon D 375 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:54 0:00 1:11 71 Patrice Brisebois D 923 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 19:38 4:18 0:00 73 Michael Ryder RW 266 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 3 18:44 5:10 0:00 79 Andrei Markov D 433 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 3 22:03 5:59 3:14 84 Guillaume Latendresse LW 100 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11:07 0:31 0:00   8142 2 3 5 -6 6 32 18 19

Buffalo Sabres Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 4 Nolan Pratt D 542 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:32 0:00 1:40 5 Toni Lydman D 450 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 24:53 0:00 5:51 6 Jaroslav Spacek D 573 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 21:25 2:33 4:28 9 Derek Roy C 214 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 19:56 2:15 3:46 10 Henrik Tallinder D 269 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 22:39 0:00 4:11 12 Ales Kotalik RW 309 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 13:16 1:56 0:00 19 Tim Connolly C 405 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 0 12:21 2:10 1:57 20 Daniel Paille LW-C 63 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 17:56 0:00 2:28 26 Thomas Vanek LW 183 1 0 1 0 2 5 1 0 16:23 2:08 0:00 28 Paul Gaustad C 153 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 14:54 2:10 2:32 29 Jason Pominville RW 160 0 2 2 -1 0 0 1 0 19:30 2:03 4:08 37 Michael Ryan C 33 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 2 7:59 0:00 1:13 38 Nathan Paetsch D 84 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 11:26 0:19 0:00 41 Clarke MacArthur LW-C 26 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12:19 2:21 0:00 51 Brian Campbell D 348 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 22:52 2:39 4:28 55 Jochen Hecht C 493 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 21:29 0:00 4:34 61 Maxim Afinogenov RW 485 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 15:41 2:26 0:00 76 Andrew Peters LW 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1:26 0:00 0:00   5252 4 8 12 5 12 32 16 13

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