The Buffalo Sabres squeaked out a win over the Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 4, in a shootout on October 6, 2006.

Final

MTL

4

BUF

Sabres

2-0-0

5

Team

MTL

BUF

1

1

0

2

2

1

3

1

3

SO

0

1

Total

4

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

BUF

Canadiens

Michael Ryder (PP) assisted by Sheldon Souray and Andrei Markov

1

0

2nd period

MTL

BUF

Canadiens

Chris Higgins (EV) assisted by Saku Koivu

2

0

Sabres

Jiri Novotny (EV) assisted by Thomas Vanek and Jaroslav Spacek

2

1

Canadiens

Saku Koivu (EV) assisted by Michael Ryder and Chris Higgins

3

1

3rd period

MTL

BUF

Sabres

Jason Pominville (EV) assisted by Jochen Hecht and Toni Lydman

3

2

Canadiens

Saku Koivu (PP) assisted by Chris Higgins and Alex Kovalev

4

2

Sabres

Daniel Briere (EV) assisted by Dmitri Kalinin

4

3

Sabres

Maxim Afinogenov (EV) assisted by Thomas Vanek and Chris Drury

4

4