🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 7-4-1
3–2
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 3-8-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🇨🇦 MTL 1203
⚔️ BUF 1102

Canadiens at Sabres

Canadiens beat Sabres 3–2 at KeyBank Center on November 5, 2010.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2010-11 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jeff Halpern
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 18:01 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Benoit Pouliot
2 G
3 shots · 11:32 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mathieu Darche
2 A
1 shots · 12:21 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Mike Grier Go-ahead 1st · 17:18
Assists: Tyler Ennis, Steve Montador · beat Carey Price
0–1
🇨🇦 Jeff Halpern Tying 1st · 18:40
Assists: Mathieu Darche, Josh Gorges · beat Patrick Lalime
1–1
2nd period
⚔️ Jordan Leopold Go-ahead 2nd · 09:02
Assists: Mike Grier, Paul Gaustad · beat Carey Price
1–2
🇨🇦 Benoit Pouliot Tying 2nd · 09:48
Assists: Mathieu Darche, Jeff Halpern · beat Patrick Lalime
2–2
🇨🇦 Benoit Pouliot Go-ahead 2nd · 17:12
Assists: Jeff Halpern, Andrei Markov · beat Patrick Lalime
3–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Kostitsyn · Gomez · Gionta 19:03
L2 Cammalleri · Pyatt · Halpern 16:31
L3 Moen · Darche · Lapierre 12:21
L4 Pouliot · Boyd · Eller 10:07
D1 Markov · Subban 21:47
D2 Gorges · Hamrlik 20:04
D3 Gill · Spacek 16:24
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Roy · Pominville 19:41
L2 Hecht · Ennis · Grier 17:53
L3 Vanek · Niedermayer · Gaustad 15:56
L4 McCormick · Stafford · Kaleta 6:13
D1 Leopold · Myers 21:14
D2 Sekera · Montador 19:53
D3 Rivet · Morrisonn 17:48

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
32 Shots on goal 31
16 Hits 21
13 Blocked shots 14
1 Takeaways 5
8 Giveaways 6
10 Penalty minutes 8
MTL shooting 9.4% (3/32) BUF shooting 6.5% (2/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Patrick Lalime
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 59:03 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Mike Grier · 1st 17:18 · 0–1 Jeff Halpern · 1st 18:40 · 1–1 Jordan Leopold · 2nd 09:02 · 1–2 Benoit Pouliot · 2nd 09:48 · 2–2 Benoit Pouliot · 2nd 17:12 · 3–2
MTL BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 0-3-1 (0% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 2–0
Oct 152010 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 Apr 32010 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–3 Mar 242010 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 SO Jan 32010 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–0 Dec 142009 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3
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Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on November 5, 2010?

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

Who scored for Canadiens?

Benoit Pouliot (2), Jeff Halpern.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jordan Leopold, Mike Grier.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeNov 2 🇨🇦MTL @ 🧥CBJ 0–3 AfterNov 6 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 3 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 AfterNov 6 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 3–2
Also on November 5
🗽NYR 3–0 😈NJD 🐻BOS 3–5 🦅WSH 🌪️CAR 4–7 🐆FLA 🔥CGY 1–2 🌲MIN 🌵PHX 3–6 ⭐DAL 🐙DET 3–1 🛢️EDM 🐧PIT 2–3 🦆ANA
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