National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 4, Buffalo 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, March 28, 2008
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Tom Kowal
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Steve Miller
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Montreal 01214
Buffalo 01203
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
8:57 - Canadiens Sergei Kostitsyn (2) Slashing
 11:51 - Canadiens Andrei Markov (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
2:25 - Sabres Drew Stafford (EV) Assists: Derek Roy , Andrej Sekera
19:23 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (EV) Assists: Mikhail Grabovski , Francis Bouillon
Penalties
3:35 - Canadiens Michael Ryder (2) Interference
 7:01 - Canadiens Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 7:08 - Sabres Andrej Sekera (2) Closing hand on puck
 8:42 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (2) Holding the stick
 12:51 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
5:30 - Sabres Nathan Paetsch (EV) Assists: Derek Roy , Thomas Vanek
7:15 - Sabres Daniel Paille (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville
17:29 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (PP) Assists: Mark Streit , Alex Kovalev
19:45 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (EV) Assists: Mark Streit , Andrei Kostitsyn
Penalties
16:16 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Tripping
Overtime
Scoring
3:38 - Canadiens Chris Higgins (EV) Assists: Mark Streit , Saku Koivu
Penalties
None.
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Carey Price G 0 0 0 0 0 62:44 51:31 3:13 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan O'Byrne D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 14:16 13:00 0:00 1:16 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 12:17 11:10 0:00 1:07 0 0 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 23 15:14 13:57 0:46 0:31 0 0 - - 8 8 50
Tomas Plekanec LW 2 0 2 +1 0 6 21 21:37 15:08 2:27 4:02 1 0 - - 14 9 61
Bryan Smolinski C 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 11:10 9:45 0:00 1:25 0 0 - - 5 9 36
Chris Higgins C 1 0 1 E 0 7 20 15:52 14:35 0:46 0:31 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Begin C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 14:06 11:35 0:00 2:31 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 E 0 2 28 23:33 20:29 0:07 2:57 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 1 1 2 +1 2 3 24 21:03 15:17 2:27 3:19 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Mark Streit D 0 3 3 E 0 2 21 18:11 15:46 2:25 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 14 11:24 10:07 0:00 1:17 0 0 - - 4 4 50
Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 28 25:44 20:06 0:48 4:50 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 17 16:02 13:35 2:27 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 23 20:52 15:49 0:00 5:03 0 0 - - - - -
Mikhail Grabovski C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 15 13:49 13:23 0:00 0:26 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Michael Ryder RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 17 12:21 11:35 0:46 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Kostitsyn RW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 20 13:54 12:41 0:41 0:32 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 +2 2 0 29 24:01 19:42 2:25 1:54 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 63:38 52:25 8:00 3:13 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 14 10:41 10:22 0:00 0:19 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 -1 0 6 26 25:33 17:53 4:46 2:54 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 2 2 E 0 4 26 21:15 13:19 6:27 1:29 0 0 - - 16 11 59
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 23 21:38 18:37 0:07 2:54 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 E 2 3 24 18:35 17:16 1:19 0:00 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Daniel Paille LW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 17 13:39 13:13 0:00 0:26 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 15 11:08 10:54 0:14 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 12 9:05 9:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 6 5 55
Thomas Vanek LW 0 1 1 +1 2 1 23 15:24 10:54 4:30 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Bernier RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 20 15:21 12:55 2:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 16:12 14:15 1:57 0:00 0 0 - - 8 7 53
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 24 24:31 15:03 6:41 2:47 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 30 24:13 24:13 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 12 9:38 9:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 1 0 1 E 0 1 12 9:45 9:45 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 30 27:13 23:11 3:43 0:19 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 23 21:32 14:53 4:55 1:44 0 0 - - 3 9 25
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 23 13:56 11:20 2:36 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Carey Price W (24-12-3) 38 35 3 .921 0 62:44
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (36-27-10) 29 25 4 .862 0 63:38