Montreal Canadiens 3 , Minnesota Wild 1
Shots: 30 - 13
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:67/79=84 %, Challenges:40/62=63 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:33/52=62 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:32 1-0
Martin St. Louis [5] (Zdeno Chara, Andrei Markov)
13:45 2-0
Josh Gorges [1] (Matt Cooke, Georges Laraque)
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29:47 3-0
Matt Cooke [1] (Andrei Markov, Tom Kostopoulos)
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55:55 3-1
Marian Gaborik [3] (Brent Burns, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
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Penalty summary:
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04:25
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for hooking)
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30:09
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for high-sticking)
37:47
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 9.10 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 13.20 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 21.40 7
C Matt Cooke 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 7.10 8
C Robert Lang 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15.20 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 15.50 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 21.40 8
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 7.10 7
L Marco Sturm 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 15.20 5
L Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 15.00 6
L Martin St. Louis 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 22.30 8
D Alexei Emelin 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 17.50 5
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16.20 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 2 4 3 4 0 1 25.50 8
D Josh Gorges 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Andrei Markov 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 12 0 0 60.00 8
G Marc Denis 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 1 0 2 -1 8.50 5
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 15.50 5
R Mikko Koivu 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 19.00 8
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 16.20 8
C Corey Locke 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 8.50 7
C James Sheppard 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 15.50 5
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.40 6
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 15.10 6
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 8.50 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 -1 15.50 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 19.40 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 15.40 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 -1 15.50 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 -1 20.10 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 24.00 8
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1 18.40 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 6
D Brent Burns 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Matt Cooke
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Zdeno Chara
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Georges Laraque ended his 8 game point drought.
-Josh Gorges ended his 8 game goal drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Andrew Brunette had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 21) , Houston Aeros 2( 18)
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1-0 QUE Ajay Baines (Duncan Milroy)
1-1 HOU Craig Weller (Petr Kalus)
2-1 QUE Ajay Baines (Duncan Milroy)
2-2 HOU Mathias Joggi (Morten Madsen)
3-2 QUE Mathieu Aubin (Duncan Milroy, Ajay Baines)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Nolan Schaefer