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  FINAL
Buffalo 5, Montreal 4
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE | SCORING

  1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
Montreal 0 2 2 4
Buffalo 3 0 2 5

First Period: Scoring: 1, Buffalo, Tsyplakov 1 (Brown, Kalinin), 0:36. 2, Buffalo, Zhitnik 2 (power play) (unassisted), 11:49. 3, Buffalo, Kalinin 1 (power play) (Smehlik), 13:36. Penalties: Asham, Mon (interference), 6:14; Ciccone, Mon (roughing, unsportsmanlike conduct), 11:04; Satan, Buf (hooking), 14:34.
Second Period: Scoring: 4, Montreal, Rucinsky 4 (power play) (Campbell, Brisebois), 0:56. 5, Montreal, Dykhuis 1 (Stock, Asham), 5:26. Penalties: Kalinin, Buf (holding), 0:42; Rivet, Mon (holding, roughing), 4:23; Afinogenov, Buf (roughing), 4:23; C Gratton, Buf (charging), 4:23; Tsyplakov, Buf (hooking), 10:37; C Gratton, Buf (cross checking), 13:44; Campbell, Mon (high sticking), 16:35.
Third Period: Scoring: 6, Montreal, Darby 2 (Brunet, Asham), 3:40. 7, Buffalo, Satan 4 (Brown), 8:16. 8, Buffalo, C Gratton 4 (Afinogenov, Gilmour), 12:44. 9, Montreal, Dykhuis 2 (power play) (Brunet, Darby), 18:12. Penalties: S Barnes, Buf (hooking), 1:18; Rasmussen, Buf (holding), 6:48; Markov, Mon (holding stick), 7:44; Zhitnik, Buf (Delay of game), 16:17.

SHOTS ON GOAL
Montreal 7 12 16 --35
Buffalo

7
3
5
--15

Missed penalty shots: Zubrus, Mon, 9:15 third. Power-play Conversions: Mon - 2 of 7, Buf - 2 of 5. Goalies: Montreal, Theodore (5 shots, 2 saves), M Garon (13:36 of 1st period, 10, 8; record: 0-1-0). Buffalo, Hasek (35, 31; record: 4-4-1). A:17,666. Referees: Angus, Marouelli. Linesmen: Kovachik, Scapinello.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
MontrealBuffalo
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Asham
Bouillon
Brisebois
Brunet
Campbell
Ciccone
Darby
Dykhuis
Markov
Petrov
Rivet
Rucinsky
Savage
Stock
T Linden
Weinrich
Zholtok
Zubrus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
+2
even
+1
even
even
even
even
even
-1
-1
-1
even
-1
+1
even
-1
-2
-1
0
2
1
2
0
0
4
2
1
1
0
3
5
1
4
2
4
3
Afinogenov
Andreychuk
Brown
C Gratton
Dumont
Gilmour
Kalinin
Mckee
Patrick
Rasmussen
Ray
S Barnes
Satan
Smehlik
Tsyplakov
Varada
Warrener
Zhitnik
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
+1
even
+2
+1
-1
even
+1
+1
-1
-1
-1
-1
+2
+1
+1
-2
+1
-1
0
0
1
2
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
3

 


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BOXSCORES
Buffalo 5
Montreal 4

Chicago 6
Detroit 1

Tampa Bay 4
NY Islanders 3

Colorado 5
Carolina 3

Edmonton 3
Minnesota 0

Dallas 2
Phoenix 2

Pittsburgh 4
Vancouver 2