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12/2/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , New York Islanders 3
Shots: 30 - 26
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:64/70=91 %, Challenges:34/51=65 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:53/71=74 %, Challenges:52/55=92 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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04:56 0-1
Ryan Malone [22] (Nicklas Lidström, Marc-André Bergeron)
08:33 0-2
Claude Giroux [2] (Patrick Kane, Bill Guerin)
15:13 1-2
Guillaume Latendresse [32] (Bryan Smolinski, Andrei Markov)
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30:03 1-3
Alex Kovalev [20] (Claude Giroux, Patrick Kane)
36:07 2-3
Guillaume Latendresse [33] (Glen Murray, Tuukka Rask)
37:31 3-3
Marian Hossa [18] (Josh Gorges, Mike Ribeiro)
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57:36 4-3
Tom Kostopoulos [8] (Martin Straka, Mike Ribeiro)
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Penalty summary:
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21:55
Claude Giroux (2 min for hooking)
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47:12
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for roughing)
47:12
Trent Hunter (2 min for roughing)
47:25
Claude Giroux (2 min for tripping)
59:27
Saku Koivu (2 min for roughing)
59:27
Bryan Smolinski (2 min for roughing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Glen Murray 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 -1 13.00 7
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
R Marian Hossa 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 8
R Guillaume Latendresse 2 0 4 5 0 2 0 1 16.20 10
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
C Martin Straka 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 16.40 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 17.10 8
C Bryan Smolinski 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 15.00 6
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 13.00 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 13.30 6
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 14.00 7
L Simon Gagné 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
D Ty Wishart 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
D Josh Gorges 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 15.30 7
D Andrei Markov 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 27.50 7
D Andy Sutton 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 17.30 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 29.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 3 1 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Claude Giroux 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 1 6.50 6
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 20.30 9
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 15.10 5
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 17.30 7
R Bill Guerin 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6.50 5
C Erik Christensen 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 17.40 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -3 15.40 6
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 15.50 7
R Patrick Kane 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 6
R Trent Hunter 0 0 2 5 0 5 2 0 18.20 8
R Steve Bernier 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 -3 15.10 8
L Ryan Malone 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 18.00 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -3 17.20 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 24.40 8
D François Beauchemin 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 20.40 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -3 15.00 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Marian Hossa
3rd star: Mike Ribeiro
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Tom Kostopoulos has marked a new career high in points with 23 points.
-Simon Gagné had his 10 game point streak snapped.
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Alex Kovalev scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Claude Giroux finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
-Claude Giroux finally ended his 20 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 13) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 19)
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1-0 QUE Dave Bolland (Janne Lahti)
1-1
Reid Cashman (Brandon Nolan)
2-1 QUE Yannick Weber (Sergei Korostin, Janne Lahti)
2-2
Chris Simon (Tim Jackman, Bryan Rodney)
3-2 QUE Janne Lahti (David Fischer, Dave Bolland)
Goalies: Curtis Sanford - Maxime Ouellet