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2005-06 regular season

Sabres at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0

Canadiens beat Sabres 3–2 at Bell Centre on November 5, 2005.

BUF – MTL
30–29
Shots on goal
1/5–2/5
Power play
18–17
Hits
13–14
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Alex Kovalev
2 G
3 shots · 20:00 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Richard Zednik
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:46 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
2 A
2 shots · 19:24 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev Go-ahead 1st · 05:03
Assists: Mathieu Dandenault, Richard Zednik · beat Martin Biron
0–1
⚔️ J-P Dumont PP Tying 1st · 19:06
Assists: Brian Campbell, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Jose Theodore
1–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev PP Go-ahead 2nd · 07:22
Assists: Andrei Markov, Saku Koivu · beat Martin Biron
1–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Richard Zednik PP 3rd · 02:29
Assists: Saku Koivu, Andrei Markov · beat Martin Biron
1–3
⚔️ Paul Gaustad 3rd · 11:21
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Tim Connolly · beat Jose Theodore
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Brière · Hecht · Afinogenov 18:56
L2 Connolly · Gaustad · Dumont 17:40
L3 Drury · Roy · Kotalik 13:07
L4 Vanek · Mair · Grier 10:52
D1 Kalinin · Numminen 20:49
D2 Tallinder · Campbell 19:11
D3 Fitzpatrick · Jillson 17:37
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Dandenault · Kovalev 20:00
L2 Ribeiro · Zednik · Sundstrom 17:36
L3 Higgins · Plekanec · Ryder 16:45
L4 Begin · Dagenais · Perezhogin 7:06
L5 Bulis 2:28
D1 Souray · Komisarek 20:57
D2 Bouillon · Rivet 19:28
D3 Markov 18:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
30 Shots on goal 29
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
18 Hits 17
13 Blocked shots 14
16 Takeaways 14
15 Giveaways 12
19 Penalty minutes 19
BUF shooting 6.7% (2/30) MTL shooting 10.3% (3/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 59:23 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:57 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 6-3 (67% win rate, 9 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 5-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 2–0
Nov 42005 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Apr 32004 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–6 Mar 242004 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 Jan 272004 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Jan 62004 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–3
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Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on November 5, 2005?

Canadiens won 3–2. The final score was Sabres 2, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

J-P Dumont, Paul Gaustad.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Alex Kovalev (2), Richard Zednik.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 4 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 AfterNov 9 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 5–3
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeNov 4 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 AfterNov 8 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
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