Montreal Canadiens 7 , Minnesota Wild 5
Shots: 28 - 26
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:65/79=82 %, Challenges:54/57=93 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/75=84 %, Challenges:43/46=91 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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04:51 1-0
Alex Kovalev [5] (Bryan Smolinski, Saku Koivu)
14:22 2-0
Michael Ryder [3] (Chris Higgins, Andrei Kostitsyn)PP
18:16 2-1
Marian Gaborik [7] (Brian Rolston, Stéphane Veilleux)
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24:17 3-1
Guillaume Latendresse [2] (Mike Komisarek, Mathieu Dandenault)
25:36 4-1
Bryan Smolinski [6] (Patrice Brisebois, Saku Koivu)
29:43 5-1
Mikhail Grabovski [5] (Maxim Lapierre, Tom Kostopoulos)
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45:12 5-2
Brian Rolston [4] (Kim Johnsson, Stéphane Veilleux)
46:05 5-3
Mark Parrish [6] (James Sheppard, Pavol Demitra)
48:39 5-4
Brian Rolston [5] (Sean Hill)
51:31 6-4
Michael Ryder [4] (Chris Higgins, Saku Koivu)
54:42 6-5
James Sheppard [5] (Mark Parrish, Marian Gaborik)
58:25 7-5
Patrice Brisebois [3] (Bryan Smolinski, Alex Kovalev)
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Penalty summary:
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13:51
Dominic Moore (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 5.40 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 8
R Michael Ryder 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 9
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 9
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5.40 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
C Chris Higgins 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Saku Koivu 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
L Mikhail Grabovski 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 17.00 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
L Bryan Smolinski 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 9
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 23.50 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 16.50 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 18.00 9
D Patrice Brisebois 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 25.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Sébastien Caron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Simon 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 5
R Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
R Mark Parrish 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.10 9
R Marian Gaborik 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 -1 19.50 8
C Dominic Moore 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.40 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
C Pavol Demitra 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
C Brian Rolston 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 9
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 13.30 7
L James Sheppard 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 8
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
D Mike Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 4
D Martin Skoula 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
D Sean Hill 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 -1 25.40 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 5
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 25.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 5 0 14 0 0 29.40 4
G Josh Harding 2 0 7 0 0 30.10 4
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Ryder
2nd star: Brian Rolston
3rd star: Bryan Smolinski
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Stéphane Veilleux notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Pavol Demitra had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Martin Skoula had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 4( 28) , Houston Aeros 2( 16)
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1-0 HAM Francis Lemieux (Danny Groulx, Gregory Stewart)
1-1 HOU Steve Kelly (Josh Olson, Curtis Murphy)
2-1 HAM Jonathan Ferland (Mathieu Biron)
3-1 HAM Kyle Chipchura (Eric Manlow)
3-2 HOU Curtis Murphy (Erik Reitz, Matt Foy)
4-2 HAM Jean-Philippe Côté (Jonathan Ferland)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Nolan Schaefer