7:08pm - Hank Tallinder will play tonight, and it looks like Abby in net for the Habs. And look at this beauty of a man.....thank you, Chris Neil.
7:27pm - Apparently Georges Laraque just took out Brind'Amour.....CG12 not pleased.
7:38pm - from Kovalev Warrior @ HF: Officially Abby in the nets, Perezhogin will also not play.
7:58pm - I turn on my TV and Versus is on. They're showing fishing. *shakes head*
8:01pm - Zubaz laces 'em up. I've wanted a good Sabre to wear #15 for a long time. Hopefully he fits the bill.
8:03pm - Zubaz interview with Rob Ray......he doesn't look very intelligent on camera. And next to Ray, that's pretty hard to do. He'll be starting the game between Mair and Mike Ryan.
8:08pm - Puck drop. Aebischer and Miller.
1st Period
19:33 - Vanek robbed by Aebischer after a bad turnover, Habs come right back and Miller makes a big save.
19:00 - Miller makes a couple HUGE saves!!! Breakaway pass to Hecht misses....wow.
18:36 - SCORE! Pominville with an OUTSTANDING play and gets it to Big Tree Kalinin's stick for the goal! 1-0 Buffalo!
18:20 - SCORE AGAIN!! Michael Ryan with his first NHL goal!! Aebischer caught hanging outside the net, Mair passes to Ryan who has the open net! 2-0!
17:23 - Stafford!!! But no goal....he whacks it in with his hand.
17:03 - Vanek with a 2 on 0 break, and no goal. What does this guy have to do to score a goal? Canadiens take a timeout.....
16:28 - Kovalev to the box for holding up Roy.
15:05 - Paestch has a real cannon from the point on the power play. It's a nice hard, low shot. That's why we keep him around.
12:51 - Bonk takes a shot and goes and roughs up Miller. If we ever have a fish, we're naming it Bonk. CG used to have one named Bonk because all it did was run into the glass and float. Much like the real Bonk.
11:08 - Holy crap, Kaleta. Please don't ever change your shit disturbing ways.
8:51 - Vanek with a nice dipsy-doodle move, draws the call on Dandenault. Briere still seems a little.....disoriented out there. He's not being Briere... But it's still good enough for me.
- The clock's not working. I'll do my best to update with time, but the PP is over. Pretty uneventful.
5:30 - Sabres take a penalty in what seems to be the first sustained Montreal pressure in the Buffalo zone. Still no clock, but RJ says 5 and a half to play, so that's what I'm going with.
4:45ish - .......and Aebischer tries to catch Buffalo in a change and ices the puck.
- Sabres kill the power play, but not before a few solid chances, especially by Kovalev.
1:12 (clock working again)- A bit of end to end action the last couple of minutes, Bouillon should have had a penalty in the Montreal zone. Roysie a little upset.
Intermission - Solid first period for Buffalo. This could have been 4-0 or 5-0 though, if Vanek would have finished and/or Stafford getting the unlucky bounce off his glove and into the net. Drury interview with Sylvester. He doesn't look half as bad as he does in that picture. 9 shots for each team in the first, Sabres 0/31 on the power play this season against the Habs.
2nd Period
19:31 - Markov to the box for tripping, Sabres on the power play.
17:18 - Thomas Vanek on the tip in on the Teppo shot!!! Maybe....we'll wait for the annoucement. Teppo gets it!
13:56 - Kaleta doing his job again, mixing it up with Ryder in the corner. Kaleta ends up in the box.
12:54 - 5 on 3 Habs........nevermind. Ryder scores, Kaleta out of the box, Lydman in. 3-1 Sabres.
12:26 - MICHAEL RYAN SHORTHANDED!!!! 4-1 Buffalo!! With a great pass from Broken Jochen!!!
10:57 - Kostitsyn to Bonk......4-2 Sabres. Another power play goal.
10:34 - What the hell??? Streit..... 4-3 Habs.
9:36 - Kovalev with an excellent chance, puck behind Miller, but it doesn't go in.
5:57 - (sorry for the lack of updates, nothing really of note) Kaleta gets major-league slashed in front of the net, no call. Hey refs, great of you to put away the whistles. Maybe not, Kaleta and Lapierre to the box.
4:47 - Wow. Vanek and Roy robbed on a 2-on-1. Roy gets grabbed and pulled down by Dandenault and the Sabres have a 4 on 3 power play.
3:22 - Aebischer robs Hecht (actually more like the goalpost), after making a bone-headed play behind the net.
2:45 - DEREK ROY with the cannon wrist shot!! That's a power play goal!!!!! 5-3 Buffalo!!!
2:35 - ...........and 5-4 Buffalo. Plekanec on a 2-on-1. What the hell is going on out there???
1:28 - Power play Buffalo. Some Canadien for holding, I missed it.
End of 2. Bartender, Jobu needs a refill!
Intermission - Wow. Just saw the Janssen/Kaberle hit. Enjoy your upcoming vacation, Cam.
3rd Period
Jim Lorentz just said it was 2-0 Buffalo. Wrong period, buddy.
18:41 - Lydman with an obvious tripping call. PP Habs. They're 2 for 3 so far tonight.
16:03 - Kalinin tripped up by Johnson in the Buffalo zone after a successful PK. Penalty, Sabres still 0 for the season against Montreal on the PP.
13:33 - THOMAS VANEK ON THE WRAPAROUND!!!! 6-4 BUFFALO ON THE DELAYED CALL!!!!
12:22 - Campbell for interference right off the faceoff.
11:04 - Plekanec again off the lucky bounce off the boards behind the net. 3 power play goals for Montreal tonight....... 6-5 Buffalo.
10:24 - DREW STAFFORD!!! On the great play by Campbell!! 7-5 BUFFALO!!! Will someone stop a shot????? Please??
7:45 - I hate Jim Kelly.
3:20 - Montreal applying good pressure. Probably the desperation setting in.
1:15 - I bet Montreal will use their timeout here..........oh wait.
:25 - Vanek with the empty netter while Sheldon "Oh crap, I didn't score on the power play tonight" Souray gives him two-handed slashes on the arms. What a douchebag.
8-5 Sabres final. I have new respect for all live-bloggers out there. This was tiring trying to keep up AND watch the game. I'll have a post-game report later.
