----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18/1/2009
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Montreal Canadiens 6 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 27 - 28
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:77/80=96 %, Challenges:43/55=76 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:54/67=80 %, Challenges:44/44=97 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
08:15 0-1
Viktor Kozlov [16] (Mike Green, Michael Nylander)
10:58 1-1
Guillaume Latendresse [25] (Marian Hossa, Simon Gagné)PP
13:08 2-1
Bryan Smolinski [13] (Roman Hamrlik)
------------------------------------------------------------
24:15 2-2
Alexander Semin [15] (Joe Corvo)
32:36 3-2
Tom Kostopoulos [6] (Martin Straka, Mike Ribeiro)
37:41 4-2
Guillaume Latendresse [26] (Simon Gagné, Mathieu Schneider)
------------------------------------------------------------
41:23 5-2
Sami Kapanen [13] (Mathieu Schneider)
42:53 6-2
Guillaume Latendresse [27] (Bryan Smolinski, Mathieu Schneider)
------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty summary:
-----------------
07:32
Boris Valabik (5 min for fighting)
07:32
Tom Kostopoulos (5 min for fighting)
09:04
David Skokan (2 min for roughing)
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 13.40 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 15.20 6
R Marian Hossa 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 18.10 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 14.40 10
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 13.40 6
C Martin Straka 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 6
C Bryan Smolinski 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 12.50 7
L Sami Kapanen 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 14.10 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 1 0 3 0 1 0 5 1 14.00 7
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 6
L Simon Gagné 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 14.40 8
D Andre Benoit 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 17.50 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 25.10 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 19.00 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 21.00 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 20.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 2 0 26 0 0 60.00 8
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 14.20 9
L Alexander Semin 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 8
L François Bouchard 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -3 19.20 6
C John Madden 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 9.40 8
C Michael Nylander 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 7
C Mike Modano 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 17.00 6
C Phil Kessel 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 19.30 7
R David Skokan 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7.20 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 14.20 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
L Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -3 19.20 7
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 0 15.00 7
D Cory Sarich 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Mike Green 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -2 26.10 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 19.10 7
D Joe Corvo 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -2 18.50 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 -2 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michal Neuvirth 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Bryan Smolinski
3rd star: Mathieu Schneider
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Guillaume Latendresse scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Marian Hossa notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Roman Hamrlik notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Martin Straka notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse has marked a new career high in points with 53 points.
-Mathieu Schneider notched his 20th assist of the season.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Semin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Viktor Kozlov finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Viktor Kozlov finally ended his 11 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Boris Valabik beat Tom Kostopoulos in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 14) , Hershey Bears 0( 28)
------------------------------------------------------------
1-0
Dave Bolland (Ben Maxwell)
2-0
Dave Bolland (Yannick Weber)
Goalies: Curtis Sanford - Olaf Kölzig