Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres Box Score: December 26, 2001
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:58 | BUF | J.P. Dumont (15) | Vyacheslav Kozlov, Tim Connolly | |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 07:30 | MTL | Arron Asham (4) | Richard Zedník, Yanic Perreault | |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 14:50 | BUF | Curtis Brown (7) | Taylor Pyatt, Václav Varaďa | |
| 19:59 | BUF | PP, EN | Curtis Brown (8) | Jay McKee |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:34 | BUF | Vyacheslav Kozlov | Tripping | 2 min |
| 10:39 | BUF | Rob Ray | Fighting | 5 min |
| 10:39 | MTL | Reid Simpson | Fighting | 5 min |
| 13:24 | MTL | Brian Savage | Too many men on the ice | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 09:39 | MTL | Arron Asham | Fighting | 5 min |
| 09:39 | BUF | Rhett Warrener | Fighting | 5 min |
| 13:56 | BUF | Rob Ray | High sticking | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 00:37 | MTL | Patrick Poulin | Interference - Goalkeeper | 2 min |
| 03:44 | BUF | Stu Barnes | Interference - Obstruction | 2 min |
| 07:30 | MTL | Benoît Gratton | Holding | 2 min |
| 09:45 | BUF | Alexei Zhitnik | Holding | 2 min |
| 19:01 | MTL | Craig Rivet | Roughing | 2 min |
| 19:01 | MTL | Craig Rivet | Roughing | 2 min |
Montreal Canadiens
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Arron Asham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 18 | 12:04 |
| 2 | Patrice Brisebois | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 27 | 24:20 |
| 3 | Andreas Dackell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 26 | 18:49 |
| 4 | Karl Dykhuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20:19 | |
| 5 | Benoît Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 14 | 7:24 |
| 6 | Joé Juneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 28 | 21:45 |
| 7 | Chad Kilger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13:45 | |
| 8 | Andrei Markov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 19:50 | |
| 9 | Yanic Perreault | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 24 | 18:13 |
| 10 | Oleg Petrov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 16:26 |
| 11 | Patrick Poulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15:08 | |
| 12 | Stéphane Quintal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14:31 | |
| 13 | Mike Ribeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13:18 | |
| 14 | Craig Rivet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20:39 | |
| 15 | Stéphane Robidas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 26 | 20:21 |
| 16 | Brian Savage | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 14:18 |
| 17 | Reid Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4:07 | |
| 18 | Richard Zedník | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 23 | 18:47 |
| 19 | José Théodore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:08 | |||||
| TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | José Théodore | L | 2 | 33 | 31 | .939 | 0 | 0 | 59:08 |
| 2 | Empty Net | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | ||
Buffalo Sabres
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Maxim Afinogenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 17 | 15:17 |
| 2 | Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 23 | 17:53 |
| 3 | Eric Boulton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8 | 6:15 |
| 4 | Curtis Brown | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 50.0 | 22 | 15:30 |
| 5 | Tim Connolly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18:35 | |
| 6 | J.P. Dumont | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 19 | 14:55 |
| 7 | Chris Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 16 | 12:50 |
| 8 | Dmitri Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 20 | 15:57 |
| 9 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 17:46 |
| 10 | Jay McKee | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19:34 | |
| 11 | Taylor Pyatt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 13:38 |
| 12 | Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4:37 | |
| 13 | Miroslav Šatan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 20 | 21:07 |
| 14 | Richard Šmehlík | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 22 | 19:52 |
| 15 | Václav Varaďa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 22 | 16:49 |
| 16 | Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19:29 | |
| 17 | Jason Woolley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 17 | 16:55 |
| 18 | Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 26 | 25:08 |
| 19 | Mika Noronen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:53 | |||||
| TOTAL | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Mika Noronen | W | 1 | 16 | 15 | .938 | 0 | 0 | 59:53 |

