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2008-09 regular season

Canadiens at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Canadiens 2–1 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on October 10, 2008.

MTL – BUF
28–36
Shots on goal
20–14
Hits
17–13
Blocked shots
3–5
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

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1st star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
1 G
8 shots · 20:52 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Toni Lydman
1 A
2 shots · 19:00 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Teppo Numminen
1 A
18:44 TOI

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Robert Lang Go-ahead 1st · 02:58
Assists: Tom Kostopoulos, Andrei Markov · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Tying 1st · 07:40
Assists: Teppo Numminen, Toni Lydman · beat Carey Price
1–1

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Tanguay · Koivu · Kovalev 19:05
L2 Latendresse · Lang · Plekanec 17:15
L3 Kostitsyn · Kostitsyn · Kostopoulos 14:02
L4 Begin · Lapierre · Dandenault 11:00
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 26:10
D2 Komisarek · O'Byrne 21:51
D3 Gorges · Brisebois 15:14
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Stafford 20:52
L2 Hecht · Pominville · Kotalik 19:00
L3 Paille · Mair · Afinogenov 14:10
L4 MacArthur · Peters · Kaleta 8:09
D1 Spacek · Sekera 22:45
D2 Rivet · Tallinder 20:48
D3 Lydman · Numminen 18:52

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
28 Shots on goal 36
20 Hits 14
17 Blocked shots 13
3 Takeaways 5
13 Giveaways 18
12 Penalty minutes 10
MTL shooting 3.6% (1/28) BUF shooting 5.6% (2/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
35/36
.972 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 64:48 TOI

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Apr 32008 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–3 Mar 282008 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 OT Feb 292008 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 6–2 Nov 242007 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–0 Nov 232007 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4
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Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on October 10, 2008?

Sabres won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Canadiens 1, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Robert Lang.

Who scored for Sabres?

Thomas Vanek.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 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?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMay 3 🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–4 AfterOct 11 🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR 6–1
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 5 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–0 AfterOct 13 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 7–1
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