The Montreal Canadiens managed to stay ahead of the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 3, in overtime on December 20, 2008.
Final
1st period
BUF
MTL
Derek Roy (EV) assisted by Clarke MacArthur and Teppo Numminen
1
0
2nd period
BUF
MTL
Sergei Kostitsyn (PP) assisted by Andrei Markov and Alex Tanguay
1
1
Clarke MacArthur (EV) assisted by Jason Pominville and Jaroslav Spacek
2
1
3rd period
BUF
MTL
Alex Tanguay (EV) assisted by Roman Hamrlik
2
2
Andrej Sekera (PP) assisted by Clarke MacArthur and Teppo Numminen
3
2
Sergei Kostitsyn (EV) assisted by Alex Kovalev
3
3
OT
BUF
MTL
Alex Kovalev (PP) assisted by Andrei Markov and Matt D'Agostini
3
4
Sabres
Canadiens
Goals
3
4
Shots
34
46
Penalty Minutes
21
13
Power-Play Goals
1
2
Power-Play Opportunities
3
7
Faceoff Wins
25
40
Hits
19
28
Giveaways
21
23
Takeaways
11
10
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 42 | .913 | 4 | 3.73 | 0 | 64 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:19 | |
C. Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:38 | |
M. Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:43 | |
J. Hecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 7 | 23 | 30.4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23:12 |
A. Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:51 | |
T. Lydman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27:09 | |
C. MacArthur | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 |
A. Mair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:45 |
T. Numminen | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 | ||
D. Paille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:02 |
A. Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:17 | ||
J. Pominville | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21:46 | |
D. Roy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:47 |
A. Sekera | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:31 | |
J. Spacek | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22:05 | |
D. Stafford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16:47 | |
H. Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27:50 | ||
T. Vanek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:28 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Halak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 31 | .912 | 3 | 2.79 | 0 | 65 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Begin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:41 |
F. Bouillon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:01 | |
P. Brisebois | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 | |
M. D'Agostini | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16:29 | |
J. Gorges | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22:11 | |
R. Hamrlik | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23:42 | |
M. Komisarek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:25 | |
S. Kostitsyn | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17:35 | |
T. Kostopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:35 | ||
A. Kovalev | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:27 |
R. Lang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 15 | 21 | 71.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:05 |
M. Lapierre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 |
G. Laraque | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:36 | |
G. Latendresse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:23 |
A. Markov | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 27:38 | |
B. Maxwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 |
T. Plekanec | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 |
A. Tanguay | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:06 |
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G/GP
2.92
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GA/GP
3.35
27th
PP%
20.1
20th
PK%
82.1
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