Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens

Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 7:30 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 3–1 on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2011-2012 record
Buffalo Sabres	3	39-32-11
at Montreal Canadiens	1	31-35-16

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	15:31	Buffalo Sabres	Jason Pominville (1)	Christian Ehrhoff (1), Derek Roy (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, MTL 0
2nd	18:36	Montreal Canadiens	P.K. Subban (1)	Nathan Beaulieu (1), Brendan Gallagher (1)	Power play	BUF 1, MTL 1
3rd	06:07	Buffalo Sabres	Christian Ehrhoff (1)	Marc-Andre Gragnani (1), Thomas Vanek (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, MTL 1
3rd	19:57	Buffalo Sabres	Tyler Ennis (1)	Ville Leino (1)	Even strength, Empty net	BUF 3, MTL 1

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	25	24
Power play	0 of 3	1 of 6
Penalty minutes	12	6
Hits	15	20
Blocked shots	16	6
Giveaways	12	10
Takeaways	4	8
Faceoffs won	28/49 (57.1%)	21/49 (42.9%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Roy	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	55.6%	17:35
Number 21 D. Stafford	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	66.7%	18:42
Number 22 B. Boyes	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50%	13:12
Number 23 V. Leino	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	62.5%	16:03
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	1	100%	16:26
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	1	0	1	+2	0	5	0	0	50%	17:03
Number 37 M. Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	54.5%	09:28
Number 42 N. Gerbe	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50%	14:15
Number 54 Z. Kassian	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		08:49
Number 63 T. Ennis	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		15:46
Number 72 L. Adam	C	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	50%	11:58
Number 82 M. Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3		09:44
Number 10 C. Ehrhoff	D	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	1		22:41
Number 17 M. Gragnani	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0		19:17
Number 24 R. Regehr	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	4	1		19:06
Number 57 T. Myers	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2		23:17
Number 67 D. Persson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		17:36
Number 73 D. Schiestel	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		18:21

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice
Number 1 J. Enroth	13	1	.923	27:07
Number 30 R. Miller	11	0	1.000	32:46

Montreal Canadiens

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 21 B. Gionta	R	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	0	0	25%	21:14
Number 32 T. Moen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:30
Number 36 A. Avtsin	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		11:29
Number 37 G. Dumont	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	25%	10:00
Number 38 H. Bishop	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		03:48
Number 48 P. Desimone	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28.6%	08:43
Number 51 D. Desharnais	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	62.5%	21:15
Number 52 M. Darche	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0		16:33
Number 60 A. Palushaj	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		11:59
Number 63 A. Engqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	60%	14:41
Number 67 M. Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	-3	0	6	3	0	0		23:16
Number 73 B. Gallagher	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	100%	17:00
Number 6 J. Spacek	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		19:38
Number 24 A. Henry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		13:07
Number 26 J. Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	0		22:40
Number 40 N. Beaulieu	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	2	1	0		27:15
Number 62 F. St-Denis	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		15:45
Number 76 P. Subban	D	1	0	1	-2	2	4	1	0	1		22:13

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice
Number 30 P. Budaj	15	1	.933	29:57
Number 65 R. Mayer	9	1	.889	28:57

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:54	Montreal Canadiens	P.K. Subban	Roughing	2
1st	12:13	Buffalo Sabres	Matt Ellis	Boarding	2
1st	17:06	Buffalo Sabres	Marcus Foligno	Holding	2
2nd	00:50	Buffalo Sabres	Luke Adam	Hooking	2
2nd	03:29	Montreal Canadiens	Jaroslav Spacek	Hooking	2
2nd	07:04	Montreal Canadiens	Hunter Bishop	Holding the stick	2
2nd	10:01	Buffalo Sabres	Robyn Regehr	High sticking	2
2nd	17:48	Buffalo Sabres	Luke Adam	Hooking	2
3rd	10:00	Buffalo Sabres	Zack Kassian	Boarding	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Jacques Martin
Referees: Stephane Auger, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Michel Cormier
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Jochen Hecht, Ales Kotalik, Michael Ryan, Jordan Leopold, Artem Kriukov, Denis Denisov, Vasily Bizyayev, Paul Gaustad, Shaone Morrisonn, Drew MacIntyre, Colin Stuart, Cody McCormick, Maxim Sheviev, Denis Ezhov, Pavel Voroshnin, Andrej Sekera, Patrick Kaleta, Joe Finley, Vjateslav Buravchikov, Alex Biega, Mike Weber, Paul Szczechura, Drew MacKenzie, Nick Eno, TJ Brennan, Bradley Eidsness, Corey Tropp, Jeffrey Jakaitis, Derek Whitmore, David Leggio, Corey Fienhage, Justin Jokinen, Jacob Lagace, Nick Crawford, Travis Turnbull, Brayden McNabb, Mark Adams, Connor Knapp, Phil Varone, Maxime Legault, Kevin Sundher, Jerome Leduc, Mark Pysyk, Matt MacKenzie, Steven Shipley, Gregg Sutch, Cedrick Henley, Christian Isackson, Riley Boychuk, Shawn Szydlowski, Mark Voakes, Brad Navin, Nathan Lieuwen, Colin Jacobs, Alex Lepkowski, Daniel Catenacci, Joel Armia, Jonathan Parker
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Hal Gill, Brian Willsie, Andrei Sidyakin, Scott Gomez, Erik Cole, Andrei Kruchinin, Andrei Markov, Jeff Woywitka, Michael Cammalleri, Tomas Plekanec, Konstantin Korneev, Andrei Kostitsyn, Zack Fitzgerald, Alexei Emelin, Mike Blunden, Carey Price, Ryan White, Mark Mitera, Joe Stejskal, Olivier Fortier, Yannick Weber, Andrew Conboy, Scott Kishel, Ben Winnett, Lars Eller, Brock Trotter, Danny Kristo, Peter Delmas, Steve Quailer, Ian Schultz, Jordon Southorn, Greg Pateryn, Maxim Trunev, Patrick Johnson, Tony Dehart, Nathan Lawson, Dany Mass, Louis Leblanc, Joonas Nattinen, Mac Bennett, Dustin Walsh, Michael Cichy, Philippe Lefebvre, Brendon Nash, Michael Bournival, Mark MacMillan, Morgan Ellis, Jarred Tinordi, John Westin, Alain Berger, Raphael Diaz, Olivier Dame-Malka, Colin Sullivan, Daniel Pribyl, Olivier Archambault, Magnus Nygren, Darren Dietz, Josiah Didier, Joshua McFadden

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