The Montreal Canadiens eked out a victory over the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 3, in overtime on December 20, 2008.

Final

Sabres

16-13-4

3

Canadiens

18-9-5

4

Team

BUF

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

MTL

Derek Roy (EV) assisted by Clarke MacArthur and Teppo Numminen

2nd period

BUF

MTL

Sergei Kostitsyn (PP) assisted by Andrei Markov and Alex Tanguay

Clarke MacArthur (EV) assisted by Jason Pominville and Jaroslav Spacek

3rd period

BUF

MTL

Alex Tanguay (EV) assisted by Roman Hamrlik

Andrej Sekera (PP) assisted by Clarke MacArthur and Teppo Numminen

Sergei Kostitsyn (EV) assisted by Alex Kovalev

BUF

MTL

Alex Kovalev (PP) assisted by Andrei Markov and Matt D'Agostini

Sabres

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ryan Miller (O) R. Miller	0	0	1	46	42	.913	4	3.73	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Maxim Afinogenov M. Afinogenov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	8:19
Chris Butler C. Butler	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	0	10:38
Matt Ellis M. Ellis	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		7	14	50.0	1	1	0	1	10:43
Jochen Hecht J. Hecht	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	5	0.0	7	23	30.4	1	0	2	0	23:12
Ales Kotalik A. Kotalik	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		2	0	1	1	12:51
Toni Lydman T. Lydman	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	8	1	4	27:09
Clarke MacArthur C. MacArthur	1	2	3	0	2	0	1	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	1	1	0	0	15:28
Adam Mair A. Mair	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	0	2	0	0	9:45
Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0		0	0		0	0	0	1	17:15
Daniel Paille D. Paille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	2	0	0	1	16:02
Andrew Peters A. Peters	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	1:17
Jason Pominville J. Pominville	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	2	1	1	21:46
Derek Roy D. Roy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	10	20	50.0	3	0	1	1	22:47
Andrej Sekera A. Sekera	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	2	50.0	0	0		1	2	1	0	22:31
Jaroslav Spacek J. Spacek	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0		0	3	2	2	22:05
Drew Stafford D. Stafford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	1	1	2	16:47
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		0	0		3	2	0	4	27:50
Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	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
Jaroslav Halak (W) J. Halak	1	0	0	34	31	.912	3	2.79	0	65

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Steve Begin S. Begin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	1	1	100.0	7	2	0	1	13:41
Francis Bouillon F. Bouillon	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	2	16:01
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	16:28
Matt D'Agostini M. D'Agostini	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		1	2	1	2	16:29
Josh Gorges J. Gorges	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	2	1	2	22:11
Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		4	3	0	2	23:42
Mike Komisarek M. Komisarek	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	1	1	17:25
Sergei Kostitsyn S. Kostitsyn	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	0	0	7	28.6	0	0		1	1	2	1	17:35
Tom Kostopoulos T. Kostopoulos	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		4	0	2	0	14:35
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	1	1	2	0	4	1	0	1	1	8	12.5	1	3	33.3	1	0	1	0	21:27
Robert Lang R. Lang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	15	21	71.4	0	2	1	0	19:05
Maxim Lapierre M. Lapierre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	10	14	71.4	1	0	0	1	14:26
Georges Laraque G. Laraque	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	6:36
Guillaume Latendresse G. Latendresse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	4	0	0	1	16:23
Andrei Markov A. Markov	0	2	2	-1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	2	1	5	27:38
Ben Maxwell B. Maxwell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	3	7	42.9	0	1	0	1	11:02
Tomas Plekanec T. Plekanec	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	9	17	52.9	0	2	0	1	18:58
Alex Tanguay A. Tanguay	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	2	0	1	17:06