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24/10/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 39 - 24
PP: 3 of 7 (16 shots), Passing:78/91=85 %, Challenges:31/43=70 %
PP: 0 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:63/77=81 %, Challenges:25/40=61 %
Attendance: 20386 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 943872 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:24 1-0
Roman Hamrlik [2] (Alex Tanguay, Marc Savard)PP
19:37 2-0
Chris Higgins [5] (Tomas Plekanec, Mathieu Dandenault)PP
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26:49 2-1
Mikko Koivu [1] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Andrew Brunette)
31:12 2-2
Stéphane Veilleux [2] (Éric Bélanger, Mikko Koivu)
32:17 3-2
Andrei Markov [1] (Roman Hamrlik, Marc Savard)
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49:35 3-3
Éric Bélanger [4] (Owen Nolan, Marc-André Bergeron)
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61:06 4-3
Alex Kovalev [7] (Roman Hamrlik, Marc Savard)PP
Penalty summary:
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03:44
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for hooking)
06:37
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for cross-checking)
10:11
Marek Zidlicky (2 min for slashing)
11:22
Owen Nolan (2 min for hooking)
17:47
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for hooking)
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21:28
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for cross-checking)
36:29
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for high-sticking)
37:11
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for hooking)
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43:54
Tomas Plekanec (2 min for holding the stick)
51:19
Tomas Plekanec (2 min for slashing)
53:44
Éric Bélanger (2 min for cross-checking)
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60:09
Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for holding the stick)
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 6.30 6
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 -1 14.30 7
R Georges Laraque 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 20.40 6
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.50 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 2 3 0 0 4 -1 16.10 6
C Marc Savard 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 19.30 7
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 7.30 7
L Chris Higgins 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 13.30 8
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 -1 20.40 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 -1 8.50 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 26.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 1 2 7 2 0 1 2 0 26.20 9
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.00 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 25.00 6
D Andrei Markov 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 21 0 0 61.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Corey Locke 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
R Antti Miettinen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 5
R Owen Nolan 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 21.30 6
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 6 0 1 1 4 1 20.50 6
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
C Krys Kolanos 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 -1 10.00 5
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 19.10 8
C Mikko Koivu 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 21.50 9
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5.30 4
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 13.30 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 14.50 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 19.10 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 1 26.30 5
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 -1 15.00 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 15.00 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 27.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 35 0 0 61.00 7
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Roman Hamrlik
2nd star: Marc Savard
3rd star: Alex Kovalev
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Roman Hamrlik notched the 400th assist of his career.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mikko Koivu ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Stéphane Veilleux ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 6( 31) , Houston Aeros 1( 10)
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1-0 QUE Ryan White (Marvin Degon, Mike Glumac)
2-0 QUE Shawn Belle (Ryan White)
3-0 QUE James Wyman (Yanick Lehoux, Alex Henry)
4-0 QUE Mathieu Aubin (James Wyman, Yanick Lehoux)
5-0 QUE James Wyman (Mathieu Aubin)
5-1 HOU Josh Olson (Kurtis Foster, Morten Madsen)
6-1 QUE Gregory Stewart (Vladimir Nikiforov, Shawn Belle)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Nolan Schaefer