The second period offered more of what you can expect from this particular matchup. The Habs were pressing, leading slightly in possession on the strength of two powerplays. The Sabres seemed the more threatening of the two teams, and eventually broke through at the nine-minure mark of the second period on their first powerplay of the game.
Nicolas Deslauriers, a Montreal native, scored the game-opener on a deflection set up by Jake McCabe to put the Sabres up 1-0.
Mike Brown dropped his gloves for the first time as a Hab and ended up getting tossed by Nicolas Deslauriers who is two-thirds completed a Gordy Howe hat-trick so far tonight. The fight seemed to up the nastiness level, as on the next shift there was another small scrum after the whistle.
The Sabres thought they had regained the lead with around four and a half minutes left on a puck that was deflected off the post. The Sabres went from thinking they were ahead in the game to down a man when Zach Bogosian took a selfish slashing penalty, two-handing Jacob de la Rose nowhere near the puck.
— Stephanie (@myregularface) March 11, 2016
The Habs lead 2-1 heading into the second period.
Scoring Summary
1ST PERIOD | ||||
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No Scoring |
2nd PERIOD | ||||
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9:00 | BUF | Nicolas Deslauriers (5) – Asst: Jake McCabe (14), Zach Bogosian (14) | 1-0 BUF |
9:09 | MTL | Alex Galchenyukl (24) – Asst: Max Pacioretty (26), Mark Barberio (6) | 1-1 |
19:16 | MTL | Alex Galchenyukl (25) – Asst: Sven Andrighetto (6) | 1-2 MTL |
Penalty Summary
1ST PERIOD | ||
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16:26 | BUF | Josh Gorges Tripping against Sven Andrighetto |
19:14 | BUF | Evander Kane Unsportsmanlike conduct |
2nd PERIOD | ||
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5:54 | MTL | Greg Pateryn Hooking against Evander Kane |
11:36 | MTL | Mike Brown Fighting against Nicolas Deslauriers |
11:36 | BUF | Nicolas Deslauriers Fighting against Mike Brown |
18:17 | BUF | Zach Bogosian Slashing against Jacob de la Rose |
Shots
PERIOD | BUF | MTL |
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1st | 12 | 10 |
2nd | 12 | 10 |
Total | 24 | 20 |
Team Stats
CATEGORY | BuF | MTL |
---|---|---|
Power Plays | 0/1 | 1/3 |
Hits | 30 | 28 |
Faceoff Win % | 47% | 53% |
Giveaways | 8 | 8 |
Takeaways | 2 | 5 |
Blocked Shots | 12 | 8 |
Penalty Minutes | 11 | 7 |