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12/12/2007
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Boston Bruins 4 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 36 - 28
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:57/72=79 %, Challenges:42/46=89 %
PP: 0 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:71/77=92 %, Challenges:34/37=89 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 498846 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:55 1-0
Milan Lucic [15] (Phil Kessel, Andrew Ference)
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26:49 1-1
Roman Hamrlik [2] (Mathieu Dandenault, Patrice Brisebois)
31:44 2-1
Milan Michalek [13] (Steve Montador, Andrew Alberts)
32:07 3-1
Dustin Byfuglien [7] (Milan Michalek, Chuck Kobasew)
34:53 4-1
Marc Savard [8] (Nicklas Bäckström, Patrick Kane)PP
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40:54 4-2
Robert Lang [8] (Alex Kovalev, Alex Tanguay)
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Penalty summary:
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01:13
Andrew Ference (2 min for hooking)
03:27
Georges Laraque (5 min for fighting)
03:27
Shawn Thornton (5 min for fighting)
08:19
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for hooking)
13:21
Chuck Kobasew (2 min for hooking)
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29:03
Dustin Byfuglien (2 min for hooking)
33:17
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for roughing)
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43:42
Shane Hnidy (2 min for holding the stick)
47:24
Alex Tanguay (2 min for hooking)
50:06
Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
50:06
Steve Montador (5 min for fighting)
53:15
Dustin Byfuglien (2 min for tripping)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 6.10 6
R Dustin Byfuglien 1 0 2 2 1 0 4 1 13.40 7
R P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
R Patrick Kane 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 6
C Chuck Kobasew 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 11.20 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
C Phil Kessel 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
L Blake Wheeler 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 7
L Milan Michalek 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 19.00 8
L Marc Savard 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 8
L Milan Lucic 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 8
D Mark Stuart 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 12.50 6
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 17.50 7
D Andrew Ference 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 29.30 8
D Steve Montador 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 1 15.20 7
D Andrew Alberts 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 20.50 9
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 23.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 2 0 26 0 0 60.00 9
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 6.30 6
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 14.30 6
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 8.50 5
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 6
C Robert Lang 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 5
L Chris Higgins 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11.30 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 20.20 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 6
D Roman Hamrlik 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 16.00 8
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 28.30 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 3 0 3 5 -1 16.50 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 5
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 32 0 0 60.00 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Milan Michalek
2nd star: Dustin Byfuglien
3rd star: Marc Savard
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Milan Lucic scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Andrew Alberts has marked a new career high in points with 11 points.
-Steve Montador notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Andrew Alberts notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Steve Montador ended his 7 game point drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Robert Lang ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Roman Hamrlik finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Georges Laraque beat Shawn Thornton in a fight.
-Mike Komisarek fought Steve Montador in a fight.
Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 2( 18) , Quebec Citadelles 3( 23)
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1-0 PRO Byron Bitz (Martin St. Pierre, Matt Lashoff)
2-0 PRO Martins Karsums (Byron Bitz, Aaron Ward)
2-1 QUE Mathieu Aubin (Matt D'Agostini, Kyle Chipchura)
2-2 QUE Matt D'Agostini (Kyle Chipchura)
2-3 QUE Tomás Prostredník (Ryan Flinn)
Goalies: Manny Fernandez - Jaroslav Halak