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14/12/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , Minnesota Wild 4 (SO)
Shots: 30 - 24
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:68/71=95 %, Challenges:48/71=66 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:76/93=81 %, Challenges:47/49=94 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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15:42 0-1
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [12] (Alex Picard)
16:45 0-2
Benoit Pouliot [9] (Roman Voloshenko, Mark Parrish)
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27:15 1-2
Alexandre Picard [3] (Alexander Perezhogin, Sami Kapanen)
29:27 1-3
Roman Voloshenko [7] (David Vyborny, Marian Gaborik)
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41:18 2-3
Guillaume Latendresse [16] (Simon Gagné, Bryan Smolinski)
49:06 2-4
Marian Gaborik [22] (James Sheppard, Brian Rolston)
50:07 3-4
Simon Gagné [10] (Guillaume Latendresse, Tuukka Rask)
58:38 4-4
Andrew Ladd [8] (Mike Ribeiro, Bryan Smolinski) WG
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Penalty summary:
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10:54
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for roughing)
10:54
James Sheppard (2 min for roughing)
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32:35
Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for elbowing)
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48:07
Kurtis Foster (5 min for fighting)
48:07
Tom Kostopoulos (5 min for fighting)
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Shootout
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Montreal Canadiens win 1-0
Montreal Canadiens - Guillaume Latendresse, miss; Marian Hossa, goal; Simon Gagn, miss;
Minnesota Wild - Marian Gaborik, miss; David Vyborny, miss; Brian Rolston, miss;
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Alexander Perezhogin 0 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 15.10 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 16.50 6
R Marian Hossa 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 15.30 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 2 17.40 9
C Alexandre Picard 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 15.10 7
C Martin Straka 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 8
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 8
C Bryan Smolinski 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 17.40 6
L Sami Kapanen 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 2 2 0 7 -2 13.50 7
L Andrew Ladd 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.30 7
L Simon Gagné 1 1 5 1 4 0 0 2 17.40 8
D Andre Benoit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 15.50 5
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.40 5
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 31.30 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.40 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 20.50 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 30.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 4 1 20 0 0 64.40 5
G Nikolai Khabibulin 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 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.20 6
R Mark Parrish 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 19.40 9
R David Vyborny 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 6
R Marian Gaborik 1 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 21.00 9
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 -1 7.20 6
C Wes Walz 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 18.40 6
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 8
C Brian Rolston 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Sean Hill 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.20 5
L Benoit Pouliot 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 20.00 7
L Roman Voloshenko 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
L James Sheppard 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 18.20 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 23.20 6
D Alex Picard 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 20.40 8
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 -1 23.20 9
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 19.10 9
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 2 5 0 3 5 1 17.00 9
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 -1 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 26 0 0 65.00 4
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Marian Gaborik
3rd star: Roman Voloshenko
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Simon Gagné scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Bryan Smolinski notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexandre Picard finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mark Parrish finally ended his 20 game point drought.
-Benoit Pouliot ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Kurtis Foster beat Tom Kostopoulos in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 15) , Houston Aeros 3( 17)
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1-0 QUE Sergei Korostin (Ty Wishart, Ben Maxwell)
1-1
Peter Olvecky (Aaron Voros, Ryan Cuthbert)
2-1 QUE Ty Wishart (Matt D'Agostini, Cory Urquhart)
2-2
Petr Kalus (Josh Olson)
2-3
Peter Olvecky (Erik Reitz)
Goalies: Curtis Sanford - Nolan Schaefer