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20/3/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Shots: 30 - 28
PP: 1 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:71/78=91 %, Challenges:33/46=70 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:72/91=79 %, Challenges:34/47=70 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 984940 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:23 0-1
Jussi Jokinen [11])
16:55 1-1
Alex Tanguay [16] (Roman Hamrlik, Marc Savard)PP
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31:12 2-1
Michal Handzus [19] (Georges Laraque, Chris Higgins)
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43:31 2-2
Vaclav Prospal [12] (Jussi Jokinen, Mike Smith)
46:45 3-2
Tom Kostopoulos [4] (Mathieu Dandenault)
48:06 3-3
Vaclav Prospal [13] (Radim Vrbata)
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Penalty summary:
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00:09
Matt Carle (2 min for hooking)
03:05
Andrei Markov (2 min for hooking)
16:13
Vaclav Prospal (2 min for high-sticking)
18:14
Andrew Hutchinson (2 min for slashing)
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32:47
Mathieu Dandenault (2 min for diving)
35:19
Adam Hall (2 min for tripping)
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40:04
Adam Hall (2 min for hooking)
49:54
Jeff Halpern (2 min for high-sticking)
52:24
Ryan Malone (2 min for slashing)
58:19
Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
58:19
Shane O'Brien (5 min for fighting)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 7.40 6
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 3 3 2 2 2 -1 20.50 7
R Georges Laraque 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.20 5
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 22.10 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 2 1 2 5 1 11.30 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 14.20 5
C Michal Handzus 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
C Marc Savard 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -2 21.50 7
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 1 8.00 7
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 18.10 7
L Chris Higgins 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 16.30 7
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 -2 22.30 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 14.30 4
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 20.10 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 -2 30.30 8
D Shawn Belle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 16.10 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 18.40 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 30.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 25 0 0 65.00 7
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Hall 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 9.50 7
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 -1 11.20 6
R Mark Recchi 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.00 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 9.50 6
C Chris Gratton 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 21.40 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 22.20 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 18.10 7
L Jussi Jokinen 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 9.50 8
L Ryan Malone 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 -1 19.20 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 6
L Vaclav Prospal 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 13.30 9
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 5
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 0 24.40 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 29.10 7
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 14.30 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 2 4 2 4 0 0 26.50 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 1 27 0 0 65.00 8
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vaclav Prospal
2nd star: Jussi Jokinen
3rd star: Tom Kostopoulos
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Mathieu Dandenault notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Tom Kostopoulos ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Chris Higgins had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Alex Tanguay finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Jussi Jokinen ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Vaclav Prospal finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Shane O'Brien beat Maxim Lapierre in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 27) , Detroit Vipers 3( 23)
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0-1 DTV Brad Richardson (Steven Stamkos)
1-1 QUE Mike Glumac (Ben Maxwell)
2-1 QUE Gregory Stewart (Richard Lelkes, Yanick Lehoux)
2-2 DTV Zenon Konopka (Jason Ward)
2-3 DTV Jason Ward (Chris Lawrence, Vladimir Mihalik)
Goalies: Cédrick Desjardins - Karri Rämö