Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 2–0 on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Team Goals 2010-2011 record
Buffalo Sabres 2 43-29-10
at Montreal Canadiens 0 44-30-8

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Buffalo Sabres 8 10 6 24
Montreal Canadiens 12 10 9 31

Three stars

  1. R. Miller, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
  2. C. Price, Montreal Canadiens (goaltender)
  3. N. Gerbe, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 08:56 Buffalo Sabres Nathan Gerbe (1) Tyler Myers (1), Andrej Sekera (1) Even strength BUF 1, MTL 0
3rd 19:38 Buffalo Sabres Nathan Gerbe (2) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net BUF 2, MTL 0

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

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Stat Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 24 31
Power play 0 of 5 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 10
Hits 14 23
Blocked shots 12 17
Giveaways 9 11
Takeaways 9 9
Faceoffs won 23/44 (52.3%) 21/44 (47.7%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 C. McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 07:44
Number 12 M. Mancari R 0 0 0 +1 0 4 0 0 13:54
Number 19 T. Connolly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 53.8% 17:34
Number 20 R. Niedermayer C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50% 09:17
Number 21 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 16:37
Number 22 B. Boyes R 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 37.5% 15:23
Number 25 M. Grier R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 50% 11:48
Number 26 T. Vanek L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 100% 19:57
Number 28 P. Gaustad C 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 1 53.3% 15:18
Number 29 J. Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 20:16
Number 42 N. Gerbe C 2 0 2 +2 0 3 0 2 13:06
Number 63 T. Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 15:25
Number 3 J. Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 24:19
Number 6 M. Weber D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 2 17:46
Number 27 S. Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:08
Number 34 C. Butler D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 20:02
Number 44 A. Sekera D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 18:58
Number 57 T. Myers D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 0 21:47
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 R. Miller 31 31 0 1.000 59:41 Win

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 S. Gomez C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 61.5% 21:27
Number 13 M. Cammalleri L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 100% 20:34
Number 21 B. Gionta R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 1 21:05
Number 32 T. Moen L 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 19:29
Number 34 N. Dawes L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 04:27
Number 46 A. Kostitsyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 17:32
Number 53 R. White C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 10:21
Number 57 B. Pouliot L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 1 10:31
Number 58 D. Desharnais C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 2 41.7% 16:20
Number 63 A. Engqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 05:26
Number 81 L. Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 14:31
Number 94 T. Pyatt L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 08:35
Number 20 J. Wisniewski D 0 0 0 -1 2 4 3 1 23:18
Number 22 P. Mara D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 2 13:52
Number 44 R. Hamrlik D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 23:15
Number 45 A. Picard D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 2 15:31
Number 75 H. Gill D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 20:28
Number 76 P. Subban D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 3 24:20
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 C. Price 23 22 1 .957 58:58 Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:10 Buffalo Sabres Brad Boyes Tripping 2
1st 07:50 Montreal Canadiens Hal Gill Tripping 2
1st 11:53 Montreal Canadiens P.K. Subban Interference 2
2nd 02:09 Montreal Canadiens Paul Mara Cross checking 2
2nd 03:13 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 06:00 Montreal Canadiens Alexandre Picard Tripping 2
3rd 07:53 Montreal Canadiens James Wisniewski Hooking 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Jacques Martin
Referees
Wes McCauley, Marc Joannette
Linesmen
Steve Barton, Michel Cormier
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Patrick Lalime, Jochen Hecht, Steve Montador, Patrick Kaleta
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Brent Sopel, Jeff Halpern, Tomas Plekanec, Yannick Weber

2010-2011 season series

Other NHL games on Mar 22

Sources and further reading

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