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21/12/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 29 - 28
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:62/68=91 %, Challenges:50/57=86 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/80=78 %, Challenges:46/53=85 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 1006213 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:36 0-1
Dennis Wideman [7] (Christian Bäckman, Patrick Sharp)
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21:49 1-1
Saku Koivu [16] (Alex Kovalev, Sergei Kostitsyn)
23:57 2-1
Andrei Kostitsyn [15] (Chris Higgins, Robert Lang)
26:57 2-2
Steven Stamkos [2] (Stefan Legein, Nikita Filatov)
28:12 3-2
Tomas Plekanec [8] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Tom Kostopoulos)
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45:01 3-3
Fredrik Modin [15] (Dustin Byfuglien, Stefan Legein)
46:49 4-3
Georges Laraque [10] (Robert Lang, Mike Komisarek)
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Penalty summary:
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05:44
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for tripping)
18:36
Raffi Torres (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 11.10 7
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 16.50 8
R Georges Laraque 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 14.40 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.40 6
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 2 16.50 9
C Robert Lang 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 8
C Saku Koivu 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 10.00 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 18.00 9
L Chris Higgins 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 19.20 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 -1 18.10 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.30 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 17.10 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
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 Stefan Legein 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7.20 5
R Nikita Filatov 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 15.10 5
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
R Dustin Byfuglien 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 -1 17.30 7
C Steven Stamkos 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.20 6
C Michael Peca 0 0 3 2 2 3 0 -1 17.40 6
C Patrick Sharp 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 8
L Raffi Torres 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 8.50 4
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 15.10 5
L Mike York 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
L Fredrik Modin 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 20.00 7
D Kris Russell 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 16.30 5
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 24.50 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 18.00 6
D Dennis Wideman 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 -1 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 4 0 25 0 0 59.00 6
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrei Kostitsyn
2nd star: Tom Kostopoulos
3rd star: Georges Laraque
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Kostitsyn scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Georges Laraque scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Georges Laraque ended his 5 game goal drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Fredrik Modin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Fredrik Modin ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Dennis Wideman finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 4( 29) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 13)
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1-0 QUE Ryan O'Byrne (Kyle Chipchura, Mike Glumac)
1-1 SYR R.J. Umberger (Peter Sejna, Alexandre Picard)
1-2 SYR Peter Sejna (R.J. Umberger)
1-3 SYR Christoph Gawlik (Steve Kelly)
2-3 QUE Maxim Lapierre (Ryan Flinn)
3-3 QUE Mathieu Aubin (Mike Glumac)
4-3 QUE Ryan White (Gregory Stewart)