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13/2/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 27 - 32
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:58/74=78 %, Challenges:45/49=90 %
PP: 1 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:75/81=92 %, Challenges:39/46=83 %
Attendance: 14656 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 680038 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:54 1-0
Nicklas Bäckström [9] (Guillaume Latendresse)
12:28 2-0
Phil Kessel [18] (Nicklas Bäckström, Guillaume Latendresse)
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27:42 2-1
Marian Gaborik [26] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Andrew Brunette)PP
29:09 2-2
Marian Gaborik [27] (Marc-André Bergeron, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
33:21 3-2
Guillaume Latendresse [19] (Sheldon Souray, Roman Hamrlik)PP
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40:54 4-2
Nicklas Bäckström [10] (Phil Kessel, Roman Hamrlik)
45:24 4-3
Éric Bélanger [12] (Oleg Saprykin, Brent Burns)
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Penalty summary:
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03:17
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for boarding)
06:45
Nicolas Deschamps (2 min for hooking)
19:29
Saku Koivu (2 min for boarding)
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26:37
Saku Koivu (2 min for tripping)
32:57
Colton Gillies (2 min for slashing)
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42:49
Antti Miettinen (2 min for cross-checking)
49:37
Ryan O'Byrne (2 min for roughing)
57:01
Danny Markov (5 min for attempt to injury)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicolas Deschamps 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.10 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 10.40 7
R Phil Kessel 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 9
C Max Pacioretty 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 7
C Chris Higgins 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 19.10 8
C Saku Koivu 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 10.40 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 9
L Dale Mitchell 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 20.20 9
L Marian Hossa 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 6
D Jake Gardiner 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.20 5
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 17.10 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 21.20 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 1 3 0 4 5 0 26.00 8
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 12.20 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 -2 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11.50 5
R Mark Parrish 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 18.30 8
R Marian Gaborik 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 -2 21.00 7
C Colton Gillies 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 5.30 5
C Éric Bélanger 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 -2 17.40 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.00 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Oleg Saprykin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 -2 15.30 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 13.10 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 22.20 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 14.20 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 24.30 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 23 0 0 59.00 5
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Bäckström
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Phil Kessel
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Nicklas Bäckström scored his 10th goal of the season.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Andrew Brunette notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Marc-André Bergeron has marked a new career high in assists with 21 assists.
-Brent Burns has marked a new career high in assists with 13 assists.
-Éric Bélanger finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 6( 20) , Houston Aeros 2( 13)
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1-0 HAM Olivier Latendresse (Ryan White, Andre Benoit)
2-0 HAM Lasse Pirjetä (Ryan White)
3-0 HAM Danny Kristo (David Fischer, Lasse Pirjetä)
3-1 HOU Mark Rooneem (Erik Reitz)
3-2 HOU Francis Lemieux (Matt Foy)
4-2 HAM Ryan White (David Fischer, Mathieu Aubin)
5-2 HAM Lasse Pirjetä (Olivier Latendresse)
6-2 HAM Ryan Rorabeck (Matt D'Agostini)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Nolan Schaefer