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2007-08 regular season

Canadiens at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 4–3

Canadiens beat Sabres 4–3 in overtime at KeyBank Center on March 28, 2008.

MTL – BUF
29–38
Shots on goal
1/2–0/5
Power play
24–28
Hits
16–5
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mark Streit
3 A
2 shots · 18:11 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Tomas Plekanec
2 G
6 shots · 21:37 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Carey Price
35 saves
0.921 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Drew Stafford Go-ahead 2nd · 02:25
Assists: Derek Roy, Andrej Sekera · beat Carey Price
0–1
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev Tying 2nd · 19:23
Assists: Mikhail Grabovski, Francis Bouillon · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
3rd period
⚔️ Nathan Paetsch Go-ahead 3rd · 05:30
Assists: Derek Roy, Thomas Vanek · beat Carey Price
1–2
⚔️ Daniel Paille 3rd · 07:15
Assists: Jason Pominville · beat Carey Price
1–3
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec PP 3rd · 17:29
Assists: Mark Streit, Alex Kovalev · beat Ryan Miller
2–3
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec Tying 3rd · 19:45
Assists: Mark Streit, Andrei Kostitsyn · beat Ryan Miller
3–3
Overtime
🇨🇦 Chris Higgins Go-ahead OT · 03:38
Assists: Mark Streit, Saku Koivu · beat Ryan Miller
4–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Kostitsyn · Plekanec · Kovalev 21:03
L2 Higgins · Begin · Koivu 15:14
L3 Kostitsyn · Grabovski · Ryder 13:49
L4 Lapierre · Smolinski · Kostopoulos 11:24
D1 Hamrlik · Markov 24:52
D2 Gorges · Bouillon 22:12
D3 Streit · O'Byrne 16:14
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Roy · Pominville 21:32
L2 Vanek · Gaustad · Kotalik 16:12
L3 Paille · Bernier · Afinogenov 13:56
L4 Mair · Stafford · Kaleta 9:38
D1 Sekera · Lydman 26:23
D2 Weber · Tallinder 22:56
D3 Pratt · Paetsch 10:13

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
29 Shots on goal 38
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
24 Hits 28
16 Blocked shots 5
3 Takeaways 7
14 Giveaways 11
10 Penalty minutes 6
MTL shooting 13.8% (4/29) BUF shooting 7.9% (3/38)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
35/38
.921 SV% · 3 GA · 62:44 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
25/29
.862 SV% · 4 GA · 63:38 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 13-8-5 (50% win rate, 26 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 8-13-4 (32% win rate, 25 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 11-4 (73% win rate, 15 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 8-5-2 (53% win rate, 15 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 4–3
Feb 292008 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 6–2 Nov 242007 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–0 Nov 232007 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Nov 162007 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Nov 52007 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–2
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Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on March 28, 2008?

Canadiens won 4–3 in overtime. The final score was Canadiens 4, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Tomas Plekanec (2), Alex Kovalev, Chris Higgins.

Who scored for Sabres?

Daniel Paille, Drew Stafford, Nathan Paetsch.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 35 saves on 38 shots (.921 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Sabres season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 4–3 after 7 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 24 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–7 AfterMar 29 🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR 2–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 27 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 4–3 AfterMar 30 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 1–2
Also on March 28
🔔PHI 4–5 😈NJD 🐦ATL 1–7 🌪️CAR 🐯NSH 2–0 🧥CBJ 🎵STL 4–3 🐙DET 🐋VAN 0–4 🌲MIN 🛢️EDM 4–5 🏔️COL 🦈SJS 3–1 🦆ANA
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