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16/3/2009
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Vancouver Canucks 2
Shots: 26 - 29

PP: 1 of 8 (17 shots), Passing:52/63=82 %, Challenges:33/53=61 %

PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:71/100=71 %, Challenges:28/40=68 %
Attendance: 11695 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 549665 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:41 1-0

Jason Pominville [16] (Tomas Kaberle)PP
18:31 1-1

Matt Cooke [15] (Alexandre Burrows, Shawn Horcoff)
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31:38 1-2

Ryan Kesler [16] (Matt Cooke)
36:28 2-2

Vaclav Prospal [14] (Nik Antropov, Milan Hejduk)
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49:05 3-2

Jaroslav Spacek [10] (Milan Hejduk, Vaclav Prospal)
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Penalty summary:
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05:35

Tim Connolly (2 min for slashing)
08:06

Brad Isbister (2 min for high-sticking)
09:45

Matt Cooke (2 min for holding the stick)
14:51

Nik Antropov (2 min for slashing)
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23:06

Jannik Hansen (2 min for slashing)
26:37

Jannik Hansen (2 min for hooking)
32:02

Rick Rypien (2 min for elbowing)
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46:27

Marc-Antoine Pouliot (2 min for hooking)
53:24

Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for high-sticking)
56:03

Brad Isbister (2 min for high-sticking)
59:16

Ryan Kesler (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.50 4
R Milan Hejduk 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
R Jason Pominville 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 21.10 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 5
C Derek Roy 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 13.00 7
C Nik Antropov 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 15.00 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 -1 20.50 6
R Jeremy Williams 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.30 6
L Vaclav Prospal 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 20.30 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 22.30 6
D Danny Syvret 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11.50 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 -2 22.50 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 25.20 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 15.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 15.50 9
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 -1 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 27 0 0 60.00 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jannik Hansen 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 6.20 6
R Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 10.30 6
R Jozef Balej 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 6
R Alexandre Burrows 0 1 5 2 2 0 0 1 14.50 7
C Andrew Cogliano 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Rick Rypien 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 10.20 6
C Ryan Kesler 1 0 3 2 1 3 2 -1 21.50 8
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 22.30 7
L Brad Isbister 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 6.20 6
L Jason Jaffray 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.20 4
L Matt Cooke 1 1 5 3 1 1 2 2 21.10 9
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 -1 21.10 9
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 10.20 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 1 29.10 8
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 13.50 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 17.10 6
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 28.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 23 0 0 58.00 6
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vaclav Prospal
2nd star: Milan Hejduk
3rd star: Jason Pominville
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Milan Hejduk scored the 600th point of his career.
-Jaroslav Spacek scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Vaclav Prospal notched his 20th assist of the season.
Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Matt Cooke scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Alexandre Burrows notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Ryan Kesler ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Luc Bourdon had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 4( 29) , Manitoba Moose 0( 12)
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1-0 ROC Peter Sejna (Andrej Sekera)
2-0 ROC Kim Hirschovits (Peter Sejna, Mike Card)
3-0 ROC Eric Neilson (John Vigilante)
4-0 ROC Joonas Vihko (Jean-Philippe Côté)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Scott Munroe
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Los Angeles Kings 5
Shots: 30 - 31

PP: 0 of 3 (1 shots), Passing:58/68=85 %, Challenges:26/46=55 %

PP: 0 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:62/77=80 %, Challenges:26/55=46 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 972176 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:15 1-0

Guillaume Latendresse [37] (Chris Higgins)
15:28 2-0

Kyle Wanvig [12])
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26:54 3-0

Andrei Markov [10] (Carey Price)
28:31 3-1

Anthony Stewart [18] (Vincent Lecavalier, Anze Kopitar)
29:13 3-2

Anze Kopitar [30] (Anthony Stewart)
39:08 3-3

Jeff Carter [10] (Rob Blake)
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41:58 3-4

Jack Johnson [10] (Anze Kopitar)
49:01 4-4

Guillaume Latendresse [38] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Chris Higgins)
50:07 4-5

Rob Blake [6] (Brad Stuart, Jeff Carter)
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Penalty summary:
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17:53

Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
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24:53

Vincent Lecavalier (2 min for hooking)
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42:45

Lauri Tukonen (2 min for boarding)
45:29

Anze Kopitar (2 min for boarding)
56:37

Saku Koivu (2 min for roughing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
R Kyle Wanvig 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 12.50 8
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 -2 12.30 6
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 -1 18.40 7
C Mathieu Aubin 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 14.10 8
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 13.10 7
C Saku Koivu 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 -2 15.10 6
C Chris Higgins 0 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 20.50 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11.10 6
L Tomas Plekanec 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 10.30 5
L Marian Hossa 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -2 16.40 5
L Guillaume Latendresse 2 0 5 4 2 4 0 0 20.50 9
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 15.20 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 18.00 6
D Brendan Bell 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 -2 26.40 6
D David Hale 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 13.30 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -1 17.00 7
D Andrei Markov 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 -1 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 1 26 0 0 60.00 5
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brian Willsie 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.30 6
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 13.30 6
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 3 2 2 0 2 1 13.10 7
R Anthony Stewart 1 1 4 1 5 1 0 2 20.30 8
C Zach Hamill 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Eric Lindros 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 13.30 5
C Jeff Carter 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
C Anze Kopitar 1 2 5 2 2 1 2 1 21.50 9
L Sean Collins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
L Scott Thornton 0 0 2 6 0 6 0 -1 13.30 9
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 13.10 6
L Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 6 1 0 0 2 2 21.10 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 16.30 5
D Brad Stuart 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 14.10 7
D Jack Johnson 1 0 1 4 3 3 0 1 28.50 8
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 6
D Rob Blake 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 15.00 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jason LaBarbera 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Chris Beckford-Tseu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Anze Kopitar
2nd star: Anthony Stewart
3rd star: Jeff Carter
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Markov scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Andrei Kostitsyn has marked a new career high in points with 50 points.
Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Anze Kopitar scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Jeff Carter scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jack Johnson has marked a new career high in goals with 10 tallies.
-Jack Johnson scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Anthony Stewart ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Anze Kopitar ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Jack Johnson finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Rob Blake finally ended his 36 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 21) , Manchester Monarchs 2( 14)
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0-1 MNC Adam Hall (Kevin Dallman)
1-1 QUE Duncan Milroy (Cal O'Reilly, Mathieu Carle)
1-2 MNC Adam Hall (Vladimir Mihalik)
2-2 QUE Jared Aulin (Cal O'Reilly, Simon Gamache)
Goalies: Jeff Deslauriers - Jonathan Bernier
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