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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 4–2

Sabres beat Canadiens 4–3 in a shootout at Bell Centre on March 28, 2009.

BUF – MTL
37–35
Shots on goal
1/3–1/4
Power play
20–35
Hits
22–20
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Tim Connolly
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 22:07 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Alex Kovalev
2 G
5 shots · 24:05 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
32 saves
0.914 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Adam Mair Go-ahead 1st · 17:35
Assists: Jochen Hecht, Toni Lydman · beat Carey Price
1–0
2nd period
⚔️ Tim Connolly PP 2nd · 02:36
Unassisted · beat Carey Price
2–0
🇨🇦 Chris Higgins 2nd · 07:58
Assists: Mathieu Dandenault, Josh Gorges · beat Ryan Miller
2–1
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev Tying 2nd · 12:33
Assists: Saku Koivu, Alex Tanguay · beat Ryan Miller
2–2
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev PP Go-ahead 2nd · 15:14
Assists: Mathieu Schneider, Alex Tanguay · beat Ryan Miller
2–3
3rd period
⚔️ Clarke MacArthur Tying 3rd · 03:58
Assists: Jason Pominville, Tim Connolly · beat Carey Price
3–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Hecht · Pominville 20:31
L2 MacArthur · Gaustad · Stafford 17:11
L3 Vanek · Moore · Roy 15:47
L4 Paille · Mair · Kaleta 6:40
D1 Lydman · Rivet 25:43
D2 Spacek · Tallinder 23:40
D3 Butler · Sekera 14:23
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Tanguay · Koivu · Kovalev 20:27
L2 Higgins · Lapierre · Metropolit 17:01
L3 Latendresse · Plekanec · Kostopoulos 14:04
L4 Kostitsyn · Dandenault · D'Agostini 11:19
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 26:18
D2 Schneider · Gorges 21:03
D3 Komisarek · Brisebois 17:38

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
37 Shots on goal 35
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
20 Hits 35
22 Blocked shots 20
9 Takeaways 10
26 Giveaways 22
17 Penalty minutes 15
BUF shooting 10.8% (4/37) MTL shooting 8.6% (3/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
32/35
.914 SV% · 3 GA · 64:59 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 64:44 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 9-6-3 (50% win rate, 18 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-12-1 (32% win rate, 19 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-8-1 (31% win rate, 13 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 10-1-1 (83% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 4–2
Mar 42009 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–5 Feb 62009 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 Dec 202008 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 OT Nov 292008 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 Oct 102008 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 SO
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Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on March 28, 2009?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Adam Mair, Clarke MacArthur, Tim Connolly.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Alex Kovalev (2), Chris Higgins.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 34 saves on 37 shots (.919 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 4–2 after 6 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 27 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 3–5 AfterApr 1 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 2–3
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 26 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 AfterMar 31 🪶CHI @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4
Also on March 28
🗽NYR 3–4 🐧PIT 👑LAK 3–4 🐯NSH 🐻BOS 7–5 🍁TOR 🌪️CAR 2–1 😈NJD 🔔PHI 4–3 🏝️NYI 🏛️OTT 3–6 🐦ATL 🐆FLA 6–3 ⭐DAL 🧥CBJ 3–4 🎵STL
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