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2006-07 regular season

Sabres at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–1

Sabres beat Canadiens 3–2 in a shootout at Bell Centre on December 9, 2006.

BUF – MTL
33–33
Shots on goal
0/5–2/4
Power play
18–32
Hits
24–17
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sheldon Souray
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 17:29 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
1 G
3 shots · 22:23 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Jiri Novotny Go-ahead 2nd · 06:12
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov · beat Cristobal Huet
1–0
🇨🇦 Michael Ryder PP Tying 2nd · 09:11
Assists: Saku Koivu, Sheldon Souray · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
⚔️ Derek Roy Go-ahead 2nd · 17:45
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Nathan Paetsch · beat Cristobal Huet
2–1
3rd period
🇨🇦 Sheldon Souray PP Tying 3rd · 02:52
Assists: Tomas Plekanec, Mark Streit · beat Ryan Miller
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Roy · Brière 22:23
L2 Drury · Pominville · Afinogenov 18:49
L3 Vanek · Novotny · Kotalik 14:37
L4 Peters · Gaustad · Mair 4:02
D1 Campbell · Kalinin 28:38
D2 Spacek · Lydman 25:12
D3 Paetsch · Sekera 9:04
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Bonk · Kovalev 18:46
L2 Ryder · Johnson · Dandenault 18:00
L3 Samsonov · Latendresse · Plekanec 16:20
L4 Begin · Perezhogin · Downey 10:45
D1 Rivet · Bouillon 23:38
D2 Markov · Komisarek 21:08
D3 Souray · Streit 15:37

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
33 Shots on goal 33
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
18 Hits 32
24 Blocked shots 17
19 Takeaways 14
17 Giveaways 14
10 Penalty minutes 12
BUF shooting 9.1% (3/33) MTL shooting 6.1% (2/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 64:58 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 7-3-1 (64% win rate, 11 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 7-3 (70% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-1-1 (75% win rate, 8 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-1-1 (67% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 3–1
Nov 242006 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 OT Oct 232006 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–1 Oct 62006 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 4–5 SO Apr 152006 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–2 Apr 122006 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–3
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Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on December 9, 2006?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Roy, Jiri Novotny.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Michael Ryder, Sheldon Souray.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 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?

Sabres lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 1–3 AfterDec 12 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 3–2
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 7 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 4–2 AfterDec 12 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4
Also on December 9
🗽NYR 3–1 🏛️OTT 😈NJD 5–1 🐻BOS 🐆FLA 4–5 🏝️NYI 🦅WSH 5–3 🔔PHI 🐧PIT 4–3 🐦ATL 🍁TOR 1–5 🐙DET 🦆ANA 4–3 ⚡TBL 🧥CBJ 5–1 🎵STL
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