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28/12/2007
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Montreal Canadiens 8 , Minnesota Wild 2
Shots: 29 - 25
PP: 1 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:60/66=90 %, Challenges:26/38=66 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:46/59=76 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:04 1-0
Saku Koivu [20] (Alex Kovalev, Mike Komisarek)
02:28 2-0
Ryan Malone [16] (Tomas Plekanec)
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29:03 2-1
Stéphane Veilleux [9] (James Sheppard, Martin Skoula)
31:34 2-2
Éric Bélanger [20] (Marek Zidlicky, Brent Burns)
38:12 3-2
Georges Laraque [5] (Maxim Lapierre)
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46:19 4-2
Maxim Lapierre [6] (Tom Kostopoulos, Andrei Kostitsyn)
49:01 5-2
Roman Hamrlik [6] (Alex Tanguay, Josh Gorges)
49:58 6-2
Andrei Kostitsyn [14] (Andrei Markov, Tomas Plekanec)PP
51:51 7-2
Saku Koivu [21] (Chris Higgins, Alex Kovalev)
57:07 8-2
Ryan Malone [17] (Tomas Plekanec, Saku Koivu)
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Penalty summary:
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09:36
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
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25:42
Steve Bégin (2 min for cross-checking)
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49:21
Corey Locke (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 8.10 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
R Ryan Malone 2 0 4 5 1 0 0 2 18.10 10
R Alex Kovalev 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 19.10 7
C Maxim Lapierre 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 8.10 8
C Steve Bégin 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 15.10 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.30 8
C Saku Koivu 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 18.40 8
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 8.10 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 13.30 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.40 7
L Chris Higgins 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 2 19.00 8
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 17.30 8
D Josh Gorges 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 16.10 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 2 7 2 3 0 3 28.30 10
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 14.20 7
D Roman Hamrlik 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 18.20 8
D Andrei Markov 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 8.40 6
R Owen Nolan 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 -1 17.40 7
R Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16.20 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -3 17.20 7
C Corey Locke 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.50 6
C James Sheppard 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 6
C Éric Bélanger 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 16.40 6
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 17.20 6
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.40 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 1 0 2 3 3 3 0 -1 15.40 8
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 -1 17.40 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 18.00 6
D Martin Skoula 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 -1 15.40 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 20.50 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 23.00 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 16.10 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 8
D Brent Burns 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -4 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 8 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Malone
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Maxim Lapierre
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Maxim Lapierre has marked a new career high in points with 13 points.
-Tomas Plekanec has marked a new career high in assists with 28 assists.
-Chris Higgins has marked a new career high in assists with 17 assists.
-Alex Kovalev notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Saku Koivu scored the 500th point of his career.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Éric Bélanger scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Owen Nolan had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Mikko Koivu had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Marian Gaborik had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Marian Gaborik had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-James Sheppard ended his 6 game point drought.
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 15) , Houston Aeros 1( 23)
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1-0 QUE Mattias Hellström (Francis Lemieux, Danny Groulx)
2-0 QUE Francis Lemieux (Gregory Stewart, Mattias Hellström)
3-0 QUE Jimmy Bonneau (Olivier Latendresse)
3-1 HOU Troy Riddle (Petr Kalus)