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Tuesday, December 19, 2006 · HSBC Arena

Canadiens 5 at Sabres 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 89OVR Cristobal Huet Canadiens First Star 42 SV · .955 D 74OVR Sheldon Souray Canadiens Second Star 2A · 5 SOG L 83OVR Chris Higgins Canadiens Third Star 2G · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:34 Ales Kotalik (7) Brian Campbell (18), Chris Drury (13) · Slap MTL 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 13:01 Alex Kovalev (9) PPG Andrei Markov (20), Sheldon Souray (18) · Slap MTL 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 16:11 Chris Higgins (9) PPG Sergei Samsonov (9), Mark Streit (11) · Tip-in MTL 2 – 1 BUF
  4. 17:33 Maxim Lapierre (3) Guillaume Latendresse (7), Sheldon Souray (19) · Slap MTL 3 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 12:06 Jaroslav Spacek (5) Ales Kotalik (11), Brian Campbell (19) · Slap MTL 3 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 7:52 Francis Bouillon (1) Sergei Samsonov (10), Craig Rivet (6) · Slap MTL 4 – 2 BUF
  2. 11:37 Chris Higgins (10) Michael Ryder (15) · Wrist MTL 5 – 2 BUF

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Sheldon Souray D 0 2 5 0 0 +1 23:32 1.78
Chris Higgins L 2 0 5 0 0 -1 17:38 1.73
Sergei Samsonov L 0 2 0 0 0 +1 12:19 1.40
Maxim Lapierre C 1 0 3 2 1 +1 11:50 1.18
Alex Kovalev R 1 0 2 0 0 +1 17:33 1.00
Guillaume Latendresse L 0 1 2 0 1 +1 10:05 0.98
Andrei Markov D 0 1 4 0 1 +1 22:36 0.98
Craig Rivet D 0 1 1 0 1 0 19:05 0.80
Mark Streit D 0 1 1 0 2 0 11:34 0.75
Francis Bouillon D 1 0 1 1 0 -1 17:59 0.68
Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 2 0 0 +3 13:22 0.45
Michael Ryder R 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15:41 0.43
Janne Niinimaa D 0 0 1 0 3 +1 14:15 0.28
Radek Bonk C 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:28 0.13
Mike Komisarek D 0 0 1 2 1 0 20:59 0.13
Mike Johnson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:56 0.00
Alexander Perezhogin R 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:50 -0.10
Saku Koivu C 0 0 0 0 1 -2 18:46 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Cristobal Huet W 44 42 2 .955 59:56 2.70

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ales Kotalik R 1 1 4 3 0 +1 14:43 1.68
Brian Campbell D 0 2 0 1 1 0 23:37 1.20
Jaroslav Spacek D 1 0 4 0 0 0 22:44 0.85
Chris Drury C 0 1 2 1 2 0 18:22 0.68
Thomas Vanek L 0 0 7 0 0 0 16:46 0.53
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 2 1 3 +1 14:59 0.45
Daniel Brière C 0 0 5 0 0 0 17:35 0.22
Maxim Afinogenov R 0 0 2 2 1 0 18:19 0.15
Teppo Numminen D 0 0 3 0 0 0 20:55 0.12
Jason Pominville R 0 0 2 0 1 -1 15:25 0.10
Jochen Hecht C 0 0 4 0 0 -1 18:24 0.10
Derek Roy C 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:59 0.08
Adam Mair C 0 0 3 1 0 -1 6:19 0.07
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 1 1 2 -1 12:00 0.03
Clarke MacArthur L 0 0 2 1 0 -1 7:02 0.00
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 1 3 0 21:05 0.00
Jiri Novotny C 0 0 0 0 1 -1 9:21 -0.05
Toni Lydman D 0 0 2 2 1 -1 16:23 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ryan Miller L 29 24 5 .828 59:58 -1.35