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18/12/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 29 - 33
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/77=84 %, Challenges:47/61=75 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:58/68=85 %, Challenges:38/51=73 %
Attendance: 10829 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 660569 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:07 0-1
Brent Burns [4] (Shea Weber)
12:11 1-1
Roman Hamrlik [2] (Todd White)
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28:33 1-2
Nikita Filatov [2] (Paul Stastny)
29:19 1-3
Nikita Filatov [3] (Paul Stastny, Shea Weber)
30:12 2-3
Martin Havlat [13] (Todd White, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
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50:54 3-3
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [16] (Paul Kariya, Roman Hamrlik)
51:26 4-3
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [17] (Patrice Brisebois, Todd White)
54:39 5-3
Paul Kariya [8])
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Penalty summary:
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14:02
Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
14:02
Steven Goertzen (5 min for fighting)
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28:01
Michael Blunden (2 min for roughing)
28:01
Mike Komisarek (2 min for roughing)
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42:39
Georges Laraque (5 min for fighting)
42:39
Steven Goertzen (5 min for fighting)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 6.50 6
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 6
L Martin Havlat 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 4 17.50 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 7
C Maxim Trunev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Sam Gagner 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 15.50 8
C Todd White 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 17.50 8
C Saku Koivu 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 18.30 7
L Patrick Sharp 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7.20 5
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 16.20 6
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 3 17.20 10
L Paul Kariya 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 8
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 -1 16.50 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 18.00 8
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 25.10 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18.50 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 2 1 2 7 2 17.40 7
D Roman Hamrlik 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 0 23.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 3 0 30 0 0 60.00 9
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steven Goertzen 0 0 1 2 2 0 10 0 7.20 4
R Michael Blunden 0 0 2 6 2 6 2 0 13.40 7
C Michael Peca 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -4 18.40 7
R Derick Brassard 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 20.20 8
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 8.00 5
R Jeff Hamilton 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
C Darren Helm 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -4 16.50 6
C Paul Stastny 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 21.30 8
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.00 5
L Peter Sejna 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.40 5
L Alexander Svitov 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -4 17.00 7
L Nikita Filatov 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 21.30 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
D Roman Josi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 16.40 4
D Shea Weber 0 2 2 5 1 2 0 2 29.20 9
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.20 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -4 17.00 4
D Brent Burns 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
2nd star: Todd White
3rd star: Paul Kariya
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Roman Hamrlik finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
Other notes:
-Steven Goertzen beat Mike Komisarek in a fight.
-Georges Laraque beat Steven Goertzen in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 36) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 12)
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0-1 SYR Dan Smith (Tommy Sestito, Marc Methot)
1-1 HAM Josh Gorges (Glen Metropolit, Mike Glumac)
2-1 HAM Francis Lemieux (Corey Locke)
2-2 SYR Tommy Sestito (Marc Methot)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Fredrik Norrena