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1/12/2007
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , New York Rangers 3
Shots: 31 - 28
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:60/68=88 %, Challenges:42/45=91 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:69/79=87 %, Challenges:50/59=83 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 1074286 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:48 1-0
Francis Bouillon [1] (Georges Laraque)
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28:27 2-0
Alex Tanguay [7] (Alex Kovalev, Tom Kostopoulos)
29:36 2-1
Nikolai Zherdev [11] (Chris Drury, Wade Redden)
34:22 2-2
Lauri Korpikoski [3] (Markus Näslund, Wade Redden)
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50:31 2-3
Markus Näslund [5] (Chris Drury, Wade Redden)
51:33 3-3
Andrei Markov [3] (Alex Kovalev)
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60:21 4-3
Andrei Kostitsyn [4] (Mathieu Schneider, Tomas Plekanec)PP
Penalty summary:
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03:56
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for tripping)
08:46
Andrei Markov (2 min for roughing)
12:06
Sean Avery (2 min for slashing)
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25:24
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for slashing)
27:28
Michal Rozsival (2 min for roughing)
27:28
Mathieu Dandenault (2 min for roughing)
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47:53
Dan Girardi (5 min for fighting)
47:53
Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
48:02
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for high-sticking)
52:18
Lauri Korpikoski (2 min for hooking)
57:21
Nik Antropov (2 min for hooking)
58:21
Mark Bell (2 min for elbowing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 8
R Georges Laraque 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 12.10 8
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 21.40 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.20 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 6.20 6
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 6
C Robert Lang 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 20.20 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 14.40 6
L Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Francis Bouillon 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 14.00 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 -1 18.10 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 1 6 3 0 1 0 0 30.20 9
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 13.10 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Andrei Markov 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 -1 31.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 25 0 0 60.30 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 8.00 6
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 5
R Nik Antropov 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 19.10 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 18.00 7
C Blair Betts 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 11.30 7
C Mark Bell 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.30 6
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 8
C Chris Drury 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 12.10 7
L Sean Avery 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 4.00 6
L Lauri Korpikoski 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 15.40 7
L Markus Näslund 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 21.30 9
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 16.30 6
D Dan Girardi 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 10.50 6
D Marc Staal 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -1 29.40 7
D Derek Morris 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Wade Redden 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 30.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 4 0 27 0 0 60.30 6
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Wade Redden
2nd star: Tom Kostopoulos
3rd star: Georges Laraque
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alex Kovalev notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Andrei Markov finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Chris Drury notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Wade Redden notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Scott Gomez had his 10 game point streak snapped.
-Markus Näslund ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Dan Girardi fought Maxim Lapierre in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 25) , Hartford Wolfpack 1( 13)
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0-1 HFD Aaron Voros (Bobby Sanguinetti, Pierre Parenteau)
1-1 QUE Matt D'Agostini (Kyle Chipchura, Tomás Prostredník)
2-1 QUE Sergei Kostitsyn (Ryan White)
Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Miika Wiikman