Thursday, February 9, 2006 · HSBC Arena
Canadiens 3 at Sabres 2
Final/OT
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
11:59
Jochen Hecht
(15)
PPG
Thomas Vanek (18), Brian Campbell (21)
· Snap
MTL 0 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
-
5:02
Alex Kovalev
(13)
Mike Ribeiro (24), Francis Bouillon (14)
· Wrist
MTL 1 – 1 BUF
-
17:34
Radek Bonk
(2)
SHG
Steve Begin (9)
· Snap
MTL 2 – 1 BUF
3rd Period
-
19:33
Jason Pominville
(13)
Ales Kotalik (21), Maxim Afinogenov (24)
· Slap
MTL 2 – 2 BUF
Overtime
-
0:39
Alex Kovalev
(14)
Andrei Markov (25), Mike Ribeiro (25)
· Wrist
MTL 3 – 2 BUF
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Kovalev R | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 18:27 | 2.25 |
| Mike Ribeiro C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 18:19 | 1.55 |
| Radek Bonk C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:52 | 1.10 |
| Steve Begin L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 14:28 | 0.98 |
| Francis Bouillon D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 16:23 | 0.90 |
| Andrei Markov D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 23:32 | 0.78 |
| Mathieu Dandenault R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 16:59 | 0.35 |
| Chris Higgins L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 | 0.22 |
| Mike Komisarek D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 17:19 | 0.20 |
| Craig Rivet D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23:23 | 0.18 |
| Michael Ryder R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 | 0.15 |
| Niklas Sundstrom R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:24 | 0.13 |
| Alexander Perezhogin R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:56 | 0.10 |
| Tomas Plekanec C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:22 | 0.08 |
| Sheldon Souray D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:41 | 0.05 |
| Jan Bulis C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 | 0.02 |
| Aaron Downey R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8:14 | -0.10 |
| Saku Koivu C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 17:39 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristobal Huet | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:39 | 1.10 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Pominville R | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 17:45 | 1.00 |
| Ales Kotalik R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 | 0.70 |
| Jochen Hecht C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:14 | 0.68 |
| Maxim Afinogenov R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 18:10 | 0.68 |
| Thomas Vanek L | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 13:13 | 0.58 |
| Brian Campbell D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 19:21 | 0.45 |
| J-P Dumont R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 | 0.30 |
| Paul Gaustad C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 16:28 | 0.28 |
| Teppo Numminen D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:27 | 0.13 |
| Derek Roy C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:39 | 0.08 |
| Jiri Novotny C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:06 | 0.08 |
| Henrik Tallinder D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 23:50 | 0.05 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:54 | 0.00 |
| Jay McKee D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14:05 | 0.00 |
| Chris Drury C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 13:33 | -0.02 |
| Taylor Pyatt L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 | -0.13 |
| Mike Grier R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10:47 | -0.20 |
| Toni Lydman D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 24:47 | -0.33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Miller | O | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 60:11 | 0.35 |