Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens

Sunday, September 15, 2013, 7:30 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 5–4 in overtime on Sunday, September 15, 2013 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2013-2014 record
Buffalo Sabres	5	21-51-10
at Montreal Canadiens	4	46-28-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Buffalo Sabres	0	3	1	0	1	5
Montreal Canadiens	1	2	1	0	0	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Buffalo Sabres	7	9	10	1	0	27
Montreal Canadiens	8	6	10	1	0	25

Three stars

M. Bournival, Montreal Canadiens (2 goals)
Z. Girgensons, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals)
M. St. Pierre, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	15:18	Montreal Canadiens	Michael Bournival (1)	Michael McCarron (1), Jarred Tinordi (1)	Even strength	BUF 0, MTL 1
2nd	00:58	Buffalo Sabres	Zemgus Girgensons (1)	Unassisted	Shorthanded	BUF 1, MTL 1
2nd	02:00	Montreal Canadiens	Michael Bournival (2)	Martin St. Pierre (1), Greg Pateryn (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, MTL 2
2nd	03:52	Buffalo Sabres	Jamie McBain (1)	Steve Ott (1), Ville Leino (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, MTL 2
2nd	09:37	Montreal Canadiens	Erik Nystrom (1)	Jarred Tinordi (2), Greg Pateryn (2)	Power play	BUF 2, MTL 3
2nd	11:51	Buffalo Sabres	Zemgus Girgensons (2)	Kevin Porter (1), Mark Pysyk (1)	Even strength	BUF 3, MTL 3
3rd	12:59	Montreal Canadiens	Martin St. Pierre (1)	Michael McCarron (2), Greg Pateryn (3)	Power play	BUF 3, MTL 4
3rd	15:36	Buffalo Sabres	Colton Gillies (1)	Rasmus Ristolainen (1), Cody McCormick (1)	Even strength	BUF 4, MTL 4

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

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Team	Shooter	Result
Montreal Canadiens	Alex Galchenyuk	Saved
Buffalo Sabres	Drew Stafford	Saved
Montreal Canadiens	Martin Reway	Saved
Buffalo Sabres	Mikhail Grigorenko	Goal
Montreal Canadiens	Brendan Gallagher	Saved

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal	27	25
Power play	0 of 4	2 of 7
Penalty minutes	40	24
Hits	24	22
Blocked shots	12	25
Giveaways	10	13
Takeaways	1	4
Faceoffs won	29/63 (46%)	34/63 (54%)

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 8 C. McCormick	C	0	1	1	+1	24	1	1	0	50%	05:22
Number 9 S. Ott	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	9	1	50%	20:36
Number 12 K. Porter	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	46.2%	16:38
Number 21 D. Stafford	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33.3%	18:33
Number 22 J. Larsson	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	45.5%	18:22
Number 23 V. Leino	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		16:45
Number 25 M. Grigorenko	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3%	15:55
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	2	0	2	+2	2	4	1	0	66.7%	19:20
Number 36 P. Kaleta	R	0	0	0	+1	6	3	2	0	50%	07:35
Number 65 B. Flynn	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	75%	15:41
Number 70 C. Gillies	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0		09:17
Number 72 L. Adam	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:07
Number 3 M. Pysyk	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		21:55
Number 4 J. McBain	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	2		23:21
Number 6 M. Weber	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	3		20:45
Number 20 H. Tallinder	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		19:08
Number 55 R. Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	3		23:22
Number 61 N. Zadorov	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	1	1		21:36

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 J. Enroth	13	10	3	.769	29:37
Number 31 M. Hackett	12	11	1	.917	35:23	Win

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 8 B. Prust	L	0	0	0	-3	2	0	3	0	0		16:42
Number 11 B. Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	1	0		17:16
Number 25 M. McCarron	C	0	2	2	+1	2	2	5	0	0		14:48
Number 27 A. Galchenyuk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	0	25%	18:13
Number 38 S. Collberg	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0		14:27
Number 49 M. Bournival	L	2	0	2	+2	0	2	3	1	0		16:39
Number 52 E. Nystrom	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1		11:06
Number 57 M. St. Pierre	C	1	1	2	+1	2	1	1	0	1	68.8%	16:00
Number 58 S. Andrighetto	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		09:03
Number 81 L. Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0	68.4%	18:06
Number 82 P. Holland	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	14.3%	11:06
Number 89 M. Reway	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	50%	14:16
Number 24 J. Tinordi	D	0	2	2	0	5	2	3	2	0		23:08
Number 36 M. Nygren	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	3	0		23:11
Number 44 D. Drewiske	D	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	0		16:51
Number 46 M. Lashoff	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4	0		16:50
Number 61 R. Diaz	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	3	0		27:24
Number 64 G. Pateryn	D	0	3	3	+1	0	3	1	3	0		22:54

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 P. Budaj	12	10	2	.833	29:37
Number 70 Z. Fucale	15	13	2	.867	35:23	OT loss

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	19:38	Montreal Canadiens	Jarred Tinordi	Fighting (major)	5
1st	19:38	Buffalo Sabres	Cody McCormick	Instigator	2
1st	19:38	Buffalo Sabres	Cody McCormick	Fighting (major)	5
1st	19:38	Buffalo Sabres	Cody McCormick	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	08:15	Buffalo Sabres	Zemgus Girgensons	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	12:45	Montreal Canadiens	Raphael Diaz	Holding	2
2nd	16:17	Montreal Canadiens	Michael McCarron	Hooking	2
3rd	01:29	Montreal Canadiens	Sebastian Collberg	Holding	2
3rd	05:13	Montreal Canadiens	Davis Drewiske	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	05:13	Buffalo Sabres	Cody McCormick	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	05:13	Buffalo Sabres	Cody McCormick	Roughing	2
3rd	08:53	Buffalo Sabres	Steve Ott	Roughing	2
3rd	08:53	Montreal Canadiens	Martin St. Pierre	Roughing	2
3rd	10:41	Buffalo Sabres	Nikita Zadorov	Roughing	2
3rd	10:41	Buffalo Sabres	Patrick Kaleta	Roughing	2
3rd	10:41	Buffalo Sabres	Patrick Kaleta	Roughing	2
3rd	10:41	Montreal Canadiens	Brendan Gallagher	Roughing	2
3rd	13:11	Montreal Canadiens	Davis Drewiske	Holding	2
3rd	15:36	Buffalo Sabres	Patrick Kaleta	Diving	2
3rd	15:36	Montreal Canadiens	Brandon Prust	Cross checking	2
3rd	16:04	Buffalo Sabres	Mike Weber	Roughing	2
OT	00:19	Buffalo Sabres	Johan Larsson	Holding	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Ron Rolston
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Michel Therrien
Referees: Dave Jackson, Marc Joannette
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Matt MacPherson
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Mike Zigomanis, Ryan Miller, Artem Kriukov, Denis Denisov, Vasily Bizyayev, Christian Ehrhoff, Matt Ellis, Maxim Sheviev, Thomas Vanek, Alexander Sulzer, Jamie Tardif, Denis Ezhov, Pavel Voroshnin, Drew Bagnall, Vjateslav Buravchikov, John Scott, Corey Tropp, Cody Hodgson, Tyler Myers, Tyler Ennis, Corey Fienhage, Nick Crawford, Brayden McNabb, Marcus Foligno, Mark Adams, Connor Knapp, Phil Varone, Kevin Sundher, Jerome Leduc, Matt MacKenzie, Christian Isackson, Shawn Szydlowski, Brad Navin, Nathan Lieuwen, Colin Jacobs, Alex Lepkowski, Daniel Catenacci, Joel Armia, Jonathan Parker, Justin Kea, Jake McCabe, Logan Nelson, Linus Ullmark, Judd Peterson, Brady Austin, Frederick Roy, Andrey Makarov, Tim Schaller, Chad Ruhwedel, Eric Locke, Cal Petersen, Gustav Possler, Anthony Florentino, Sean Malone, J.T. Compher, Connor Hurley, Justin Bailey, Nick Baptiste, Peter Trainor, Connor Boland, Jonathon McGuire
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Daniel Brière, Francis Bouillon, Andrei Sidyakin, Brian Gionta, Andrei Kruchinin, Andrei Markov, George Parros, Douglas Murray, Travis Moen, Tomas Plekanec, Konstantin Korneev, Josh Gorges, Nick Tarnasky, Alexei Emelin, Rene Bourque, Mike Blunden, Carey Price, David Desharnais, Stefan Chaput, Ryan White, Drew Schiestel, Justin Courtnall, P.K. Subban, Max Pacioretty, Scott Kishel, Peter Delmas, Steve Quailer, Dustin Tokarski, Maxim Trunev, Joel Chouinard, Robert Mayer, Louis Leblanc, Joonas Nattinen, Mac Bennett, Gabriel Dumont, Dustin Walsh, Michael Cichy, Christian Thomas, Mark MacMillan, Morgan Ellis, Stephen MacAulay, Alex Belzile, Colin Sullivan, Darren Dietz, Josiah Didier, Nathan Beaulieu, Stefan Fournier, Tim Bozon, Dalton Thrower, Charles Hudon, Brady Vail, Matt Grassi, Mike Condon, Ben Duffy, Jeremy Grégoire, Connor Crisp, Jacob de la Rose, Artturi Lehkonen, Kyle Beattie

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