Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens

Saturday, March 28, 2009, 7:00 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 4–3 in a shootout on Saturday, March 28, 2009 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Buffalo Sabres	4	41-32-9
at Montreal Canadiens	3	41-30-11

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Buffalo Sabres	1	1	1	0	0	4
Montreal Canadiens	0	3	0	0	0	3

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Buffalo Sabres	8	13	16	0	0	37
Montreal Canadiens	12	15	7	1	0	35

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	17:35	Buffalo Sabres	Adam Mair (8)	Jochen Hecht (15), Toni Lydman (17)	Even strength	BUF 1, MTL 0
2nd	02:36	Buffalo Sabres	Tim Connolly (17)	Unassisted	Power play	BUF 2, MTL 0
2nd	07:58	Montreal Canadiens	Chris Higgins (10)	Mathieu Dandenault (6), Josh Gorges (17)	Even strength	BUF 2, MTL 1
2nd	12:33	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev (21)	Saku Koivu (29), Alex Tanguay (24)	Even strength	BUF 2, MTL 2
2nd	15:14	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev (22)	Mathieu Schneider (21), Alex Tanguay (25)	Power play	BUF 2, MTL 3
3rd	03:58	Buffalo Sabres	Clarke MacArthur (15)	Jason Pominville (42), Tim Connolly (22)	Even strength	BUF 3, MTL 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout attempts in order
Round	Team	Shooter	Result
1	Buffalo Sabres	Tim Connolly	Saved
1	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev	Saved
2	Buffalo Sabres	Drew Stafford	Saved
2	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Tanguay	Saved
3	Buffalo Sabres	Jason Pominville	Saved
3	Montreal Canadiens	Saku Koivu	Saved
4	Buffalo Sabres	Derek Roy	Saved
4	Montreal Canadiens	Andrei Markov	Saved
5	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek	Saved
5	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Plekanec	Saved
6	Buffalo Sabres	Toni Lydman	Goal
6	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre	Saved

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Roy	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	2	0	45.5%	15:47
Number 17 D. Moore	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	52.4%	15:53
Number 19 T. Connolly	C	1	1	2	0	0	4	1	1	1	35.3%	22:07
Number 20 D. Paille	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	0		06:40
Number 21 D. Stafford	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0		17:11
Number 22 A. Mair	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	3	1	0	100%	13:13
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1	0		14:47
Number 28 P. Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	68.2%	17:13
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	0		20:23
Number 36 P. Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		02:52
Number 41 C. MacArthur	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0		16:09
Number 55 J. Hecht	C	0	1	1	+1	4	5	3	0	0	50%	20:31
Number 5 T. Lydman	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	4	0		26:17
Number 6 J. Spacek	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		25:08
Number 10 H. Tallinder	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	3	0		22:12
Number 34 C. Butler	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		16:04
Number 44 A. Sekera	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	0		12:42
Number 52 C. Rivet	D	0	0	0	+1	5	1	1	3	0		25:09

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 R. Miller	35	32	3	.914	64:59	Win

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 6 T. Kostopoulos	R	0	0	0	0	5	2	4	0	0		14:37
Number 11 S. Koivu	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	1	0	66.7%	19:03
Number 13 A. Tanguay	L	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0		20:27
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	50%	13:57
Number 15 G. Metropolit	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	36.8%	14:47
Number 21 C. Higgins	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	0		17:01
Number 25 M. Dandenault	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0		11:19
Number 27 A. Kovalev	R	2	0	2	-1	2	5	2	0	1		24:05
Number 36 M. D'Agostini	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		04:53
Number 40 M. Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	0	0	23.5%	17:21
Number 74 S. Kostitsyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		12:03
Number 84 G. Latendresse	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		14:04
Number 8 M. Komisarek	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	0		18:37
Number 24 M. Schneider	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		22:44
Number 26 J. Gorges	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0		19:22
Number 44 R. Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	-1	2	4	2	4	0		23:47
Number 71 P. Brisebois	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		16:40
Number 79 A. Markov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0		28:50

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Price	37	34	3	.919	64:44	OT loss

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:52	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre	Boarding	2
1st	10:16	Buffalo Sabres	Craig Rivet	Fighting (major)	5
1st	10:16	Buffalo Sabres	Patrick Kaleta	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	10:16	Montreal Canadiens	Tom Kostopoulos	Fighting (major)	5
1st	10:16	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	10:56	Buffalo Sabres	Dominic Moore	Roughing	2
1st	10:56	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Plekanec	Roughing	2
1st	15:30	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev	Delaying game	2
1st	18:36	Buffalo Sabres	Toni Lydman	Slashing	2
2nd	01:53	Montreal Canadiens	Roman Hamrlik	Interference	2
2nd	13:30	Buffalo Sabres	Andrej Sekera	Holding	2
2nd	15:04	Buffalo Sabres	Jochen Hecht	Cross checking	2
3rd	06:07	Buffalo Sabres	Jochen Hecht	Delaying game puck over glass	2

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Bob Gainey
Referees: Mike Leggo, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Derek Nansen
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Teppo Numminen, Maxim Afinogenov, Andrew Peters, Mikael Tellqvist, Nathan Paetsch, Matt Ellis, Mark Mancari, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Nathan Gerbe, Tim Kennedy, Mike Weber, Jhonas Enroth
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Robert Lang, Marc Denis, Georges Laraque, Francis Bouillon, Alex Henry, Andrei Kostitsyn, Ryan O'Byrne, Kyle Chipchura, Gregory Stewart, Ben Maxwell, Yannick Weber, Max Pacioretty

Every Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens game in the 2008-2009 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final/SO	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, Fri, Oct 10, 2008
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Nov 29, 2008
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final/OT	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, Fri, Feb 6, 2009
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Buffalo Sabres 5	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, Wed, Mar 4, 2009
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final/SO	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Mar 28, 2009

Other NHL games on Saturday, March 28, 2009
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Rangers 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Nashville Predators 4	Final/OT	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Nashville Predators, Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Boston Bruins 7 at Toronto Maple Leafs 5	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at New Jersey Devils 1	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at New Jersey Devils, Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Philadelphia Flyers 4 at New York Islanders 3	Final/SO	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at New York Islanders, Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Ottawa Senators 3 at Atlanta Thrashers 6	Final	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Atlanta Thrashers, Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Florida Panthers 6 at Dallas Stars 3	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Dallas Stars, Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at St. Louis Blues 4	Final/SO	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Minnesota Wild 2 at Calgary Flames 3	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Calgary Flames, Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Phoenix Coyotes 2 at San Jose Sharks 3	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Mar 28, 2009