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» Montreal Canadiens 3 Buffalo Sabres 1

April 3,2008 (Thursday)
in Montreal,Quebec - Bell Center

Goals/Period	1	2	3	Tot
BUF	0	0	1	1
MON	2	1	0	3

Shots	1	2	3	Tot
BUF	10	4	14	28
MON	10	8	7	25

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
BUF	1 / 5	65 / 355 (18.3%)	273 / 330 (82.7%)
MON	1 / 4	90 / 367 (24.5%)	276 / 338 (81.7%)

Start: 7:30pm
Attendance: 21,273
Referees: Dave Jackson, Marc Joannette
Officials: Tony Sericolo, Brad Kovachik

Buffalo Sabres	Game #81	38-34-9	85 Pts	Prev Game at TOR	Next Game at BOS
Montreal Canadiens	Game #81	46-25-10	102 Pts	Prev Game vs OTT	Next Game at TOR

Three Stars: (1) Bryan Smolinski (MON) (2) Carey Price (MON) (3) Steve Begin (MON)

Goals

1st Period
1.	MON	Christopher Higgins [25] [c70] (Powerplay) ( Mark Streit [48], Roman Hamrlik [22] )	11:28
2.	MON	Bryan Smolinski [7] [c273] (GW) ( Steve Begin [5], Ryan O'Byrne [5] )	12:08
2nd Period
3.	MON	Bryan Smolinski [8] [c274] ( Unassisted )	14:28
3rd Period
4.	BUF	Ales Kotalik [23] [c101] (Powerplay) ( Derek Roy [47], Jaroslav Spacek [23] )	11:30

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Ryan Miller	Career	BUF	L	58	3	25	22	36-26-10	2.59
Carey Price	Career	MON	W	60	1	28	27	22-12-3	2.61

Penalties

1st Period
1.	MON	Matt D'Agostini	[1]	Tripping	2	2:31
2.	BUF	Ales Kotalik	[9]	Hooking	2	10:03
3.	MON	Mark Streit	[4]	Holding	2	16:13
2nd Period
4.	BUF	Jochen Hecht	[6]	Roughing	2	11:45
5.	BUF	Adam Mair	[1]	Tripping	2	19:01
3rd Period
6.	MON	Sergei Kostitsyn	[2]	Tripping	2	5:28
7.	BUF	Patrick Kaleta	[2]	Diving	2	7:49
8.	MON	Maxim Lapierre	[2]	Slashing	2	7:49
9.	MON	Andrei Kostitsyn	[1]	Interference	2	9:54
10.	BUF	Drew Stafford	[4]	Hooking	2	10:45
11.	MON	Patrice Brisebois	[1]	Tripping	2	11:21
12.	BUF	Andrej Sekera	[1]	Tripping	2	18:42
13.	BUF	Paul Gaustad	[6]	Roughing	2	19:18
14.	MON	Alexei Kovalev	[3]	Roughing	2	19:18

Faceoffs

Buffalo Sabres
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Derek Roy	13	11	54.2%	706	671	51.3%
Paul Gaustad	6	5	54.5%	629	520	54.7%
Adam Mair	5	1	83.3%	162	192	45.8%
Jochen Hecht	2	3	40.0%	379	518	42.3%
Ales Kotalik	0	1	.0%	98	123	44.3%

	26	21	55.3%	2257	2380	48.7%

Montreal Canadiens
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Tomas Plekanec	6	8	42.9%	671	685	49.5%
Bryan Smolinski	6	6	50.0%	377	355	51.5%
Maxim Lapierre	7	4	63.6%	253	262	49.1%
Christopher Higgins	2	8	20.0%	19	37	33.9%

	21	26	44.7%	2290	2388	49.0%

Buffalo Sabres Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
4	Nolan Pratt	D	592	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	12:08	0:00	1:11
5	Toni Lydman	D	511	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	22:40	0:00	5:10
6	Jaroslav Spacek	D	620	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	19:28	4:59	0:58
9	Derek Roy	C	271	0	1	1	-2	0	5	1	1	24:38	3:15	4:54
10	Henrik Tallinder	D	319	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	21:13	0:07	4:34
12	Ales Kotalik	RW	369	1	0	1	-1	2	6	1	2	15:38	4:59	0:00
20	Daniel Paille	LW-C	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:37	0:00	1:19
21	Drew Stafford	RW	105	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8:36	0:54	0:00
22	Adam Mair	C	405	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8:37	0:31	0:00
26	Thomas Vanek	LW	244	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	16:37	3:27	0:00
28	Paul Gaustad	C	214	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	18:28	3:43	1:34
29	Jason Pominville	RW	221	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	22:26	2:46	4:48
34	Mike Weber	D	15	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4	15:32	0:00	0:00
36	Patrick Kaleta	RW	47	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	6:32	0:00	0:00
44	Andrej Sekera	D	38	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	21:41	3:06	1:33
55	Jochen Hecht	C	547	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	17:39	2:47	1:51
56	Steve Bernier	RW	176	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11:23	2:42	0:00
61	Maxim Afinogenov	RW	520	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	16:18	4:44	0:00

			5569	1	2	3	-10	14	28	13	19

Montreal Canadiens Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
3	Ryan O'Byrne	D	32	0	1	1	2	0	1	5	6	19:35	0:00	4:10
6	Tom Kostopoulos	RW	297	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	13:16	0:00	3:16
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	230	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20:03	4:37	0:30
20	Bryan Smolinski	C	1056	2	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	13:37	1:18	2:35
21	Christopher Higgins	LW-C	224	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	16:06	2:48	2:32
22	Steve Begin	LW-C	346	0	1	1	2	0	5	2	8	12:43	0:00	2:18
25	Mathieu Dandenault	D-RW	826	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	10:33	0:00	1:41
26	Josh Gorges	D	164	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:10	0:42	2:19
27	Alexei Kovalev	RW	1072	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	19:44	4:09	0:30
32	Mark Streit	D-LW	204	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	17:17	5:08	0:03
36	Matt D'Agostini	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8:49	0:59	0:00
40	Maxim Lapierre	C-RW	99	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	13:03	0:00	1:50
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	1075	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	23:32	1:43	5:09
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	LW	111	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	17:29	3:18	0:00
71	Patrice Brisebois	D	946	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	16:28	0:53	0:43
74	Sergei Kostitsyn	RW	51	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	12:57	2:07	0:00
79	Andrei Markov	D	492	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	25:01	5:00	2:39
84	Guillaume Latendresse	LW	152	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	10:01	0:53	0:00

			8549	3	4	7	10	14	25	18	29

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Apr 02,2008 - Greg Stewart recalled from Hamilton
Apr 02,2008 - Matt D'Agostini recalled from Hamilton