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17/3/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , Boston Bruins 3
Shots: 29 - 28
PP: 2 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:55/71=77 %, Challenges:40/48=81 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:75/89=84 %, Challenges:36/47=75 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:06 0-1
Sergei Samsonov [16] (Aaron Ward, Zdeno Chara)
15:23 1-1
Josh Gorges [10] (Andrei Markov, Peter Forsberg)
18:13 2-1
Saku Koivu [23] (Alex Kovalev, Guillaume Latendresse)PP
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26:16 3-1
Andrei Markov [6] (Josh Gorges, Peter Forsberg)
30:58 3-2
Henrik Zetterberg [33] (Martin Havlat, Jim Vandermeer)
39:18 3-3
Nikolai Zherdev [18] (David Krejci, Henrik Zetterberg)
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40:49 4-3
Alex Tanguay [28] (Alex Kovalev)PP
49:24 5-3
Guillaume Latendresse [21] (Matt D'Agostini, Alex Kovalev)
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Penalty summary:
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16:02
Max Pacioretty (2 min for roughing)
16:02
Niclas Wallin (2 min for roughing)
17:44
Zdeno Chara (2 min for boarding)
18:26
Francis Bouillon (2 min for roughing)
18:26
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
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40:13
P.J. Axelsson (2 min for tripping)
42:55
Tomas Plekanec (2 min for tripping)
50:28
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.20 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 -1 15.30 6
R Matt D'Agostini 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 15.00 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 -2 21.10 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.20 5
C Saku Koivu 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 -1 15.10 7
C Peter Forsberg 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 14.50 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 17.40 6
L Chris Higgins 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 5
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 -1 13.50 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 15.00 8
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 20.40 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 6
D Andrei Markov 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 18.20 8
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 26.20 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 -1 15.10 7
D Josh Gorges 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 14.50 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 7 0 3 0 -2 28.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Recchi 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 9.50 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 17.30 8
L Sergei Samsonov 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 7
L Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 17.40 7
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
C David Krejci 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 7
C Henrik Zetterberg 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 8
L Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 18.00 6
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 8.50 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14.00 7
R Martin Havlat 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 -1 15.30 7
L Marco Sturm 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 15.30 7
D Jim Vandermeer 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 29.20 7
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 13.20 7
D Aaron Ward 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 -1 17.20 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Andrei Markov
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Josh Gorges scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Saku Koivu has marked a new career high in goals with 23 tallies.
-Andrei Markov finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Josh Gorges finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-David Krejci notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Henrik Zetterberg ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Pavel Datsyuk had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-P.J. Axelsson had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Marco Sturm had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 26) , Providence Bruins 3( 15)
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0-1 PRO Shawn Thornton (Jeremy Reich, Martin St. Pierre)
1-1 QUE Gregory Stewart (Sergei Kostitsyn, Yanick Lehoux)
1-2 PRO Matt Marquardt (Vladimír Sobotka)
2-2 QUE Ryan O'Byrne (Ryan White)
2-3 PRO Martin St. Pierre (Shawn Thornton)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Adam Courchaine