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16/12/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 7 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 29 - 27
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:32/39=80 %
PP: 0 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:73/86=84 %, Challenges:42/51=80 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 984940 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:36 0-1
Ryan Whitney [2] (Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby)
12:14 0-2
Kris Beech [1] (Jordan Staal, Hal Gill)
16:38 1-2
Chris Higgins [15] (Guillaume Latendresse, Alex Tanguay)
19:25 2-2
Chris Higgins [16] (Marc Savard, Andrei Markov)PP
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28:39 3-2
Roman Hamrlik [4] (Mike Komisarek, Marc Savard)
34:02 4-2
Guillaume Latendresse [8] (Roman Hamrlik, Mike Komisarek)
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42:03 4-3
Sidney Crosby [11] (Evgeny Malkin)
45:11 5-3
Guillaume Latendresse [9] (Alex Tanguay, Andrei Markov)
51:34 6-3
Alex Kovalev [25] (Alex Tanguay, Michal Handzus)
55:33 7-3
Guillaume Latendresse [10] (Roman Hamrlik, Ryan O'Byrne)
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Penalty summary:
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00:44
Evgeny Malkin (2 min for slashing)
03:28
Alex Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
06:18
Mathieu Dandenault (2 min for tripping)
17:34
Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for boarding)
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29:05
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for slashing)
37:55
Michal Handzus (2 min for boarding)
38:41
Francis Bouillon (2 min for holding the stick)
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48:13
Janne Pesonen (2 min for holding the stick)
51:11
Tom Kostopoulos (5 min for fighting)
51:11
Eric Godard (5 min for fighting)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.30 6
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 12.00 6
L Chris Higgins 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 5 18.30 10
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 -1 17.40 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 5 0 4 2 -1 16.20 8
C Marc Savard 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 19.40 8
C Michal Handzus 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 -1 12.40 7
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 6.30 5
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 3 1 5 0 1 0 0 5 19.40 10
L Alex Tanguay 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 7
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 19.50 9
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 -1 19.40 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 5 25.30 8
D Andrei Markov 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 -1 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 7.10 5
R Eric Godard 0 0 1 2 1 2 5 1 10.10 7
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -4 16.40 5
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 19.50 10
C Keven Veilleux 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 7.10 6
C Kris Beech 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
C Jordan Staal 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 -4 20.30 6
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
R Janne Pesonen 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 7.10 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 13.50 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -4 20.20 5
R Petr Sykora 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.40 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17.40 5
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4 19.00 5
D Ryan Whitney 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 27.30 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 18.30 7
D Hal Gill 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 -3 12.00 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 7 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Roman Hamrlik
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Chris Higgins scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Mike Komisarek notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse has marked a new career high in points with 30 points.
-Andrei Markov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alex Kovalev scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Roman Hamrlik finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Ryan Whitney finally ended his 27 game goal drought.
-Hal Gill ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Eric Godard beat Tom Kostopoulos in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 1( 4) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 8( 36)
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0-1 WIL Dustin Jeffrey (Daniel Fernholm)
1-1 QUE Richard Lelkes (Brock Trotter)
1-2 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Bill Thomas, Jeff Taffe)
1-3 WIL Joey Mormina (Dustin Jeffrey, Stephen Gionta)
1-4 WIL Tim Wallace (Mark Letestu)
1-5 WIL Jeff Taffe (Darryl Sydor)
1-6 WIL Dustin Jeffrey (Joey Mormina)
1-7 WIL Jeff Taffe (Jonathan Filewich)