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4/2/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , Philadelphia Flyers 3
Shots: 32 - 26
PP: 1 of 7 (11 shots), Passing:74/78=94 %, Challenges:39/48=79 %
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:51/65=78 %, Challenges:45/58=76 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 1025359 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:27 1-0
Guillaume Latendresse [20])PP
14:42 2-0
Chris Higgins [21] (Martin Straka)
18:02 2-1
Niko Dimitrakos [13] (Daniel Brière, Kimmo Timonen)PP
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27:59 3-1
Andrei Kostitsyn [11] (Chris Higgins, Alexander Radulov)
39:09 4-1
Guillaume Latendresse [21] (Martin Straka, Roman Hamrlik)
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41:57 4-2
Jeff Carter [11] (David Moss, Joe Corvo)
49:36 5-2
Garth Murray [3] (Alexander Perezhogin, Mathieu Dandenault)
52:25 5-3
Scottie Upshall [16] (Stefan Ruzicka, Niko Dimitrakos)
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Penalty summary:
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00:28
Steve Bégin (2 min for holding the stick)
02:26
Saku Koivu (2 min for tripping)
05:06
Boyd Kane (2 min for holding the stick)
07:16
Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
07:16
Jim Vandermeer (5 min for fighting)
12:24
Chris Drury (2 min for tripping)
15:04
Scottie Upshall (2 min for roughing)
17:04
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for elbowing)
19:36
Boyd Kane (2 min for hooking)
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22:56
Stefan Ruzicka (2 min for slashing)
26:59
Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
26:59
Jim Vandermeer (5 min for fighting)
32:59
Joffrey Lupul (2 min for high-sticking)
35:27
Kimmo Timonen (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 4.40 5
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 -1 20.50 8
R Guillaume Latendresse 2 0 4 6 0 4 2 2 20.10 10
C Garth Murray 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.30 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.20 6
C Chris Higgins 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Saku Koivu 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 19.20 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 5.30 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.10 7
L Martin Straka 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 20.00 8
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 20.50 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 20.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 22.00 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 16.50 7
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 2 24.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 8.30 7
R Niko Dimitrakos 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 11.30 8
C Chris Drury 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 17.00 6
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 -3 16.00 6
R Scottie Upshall 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 8.30 8
C Jeff Carter 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.50 8
C Mike Richards 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 17.20 7
C Daniel Brière 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -3 17.40 7
L Boyd Kane 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 8.10 7
L David Moss 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 7
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.00 7
L Simon Gagné 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -3 17.20 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 18.30 7
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 3 0 1 10 0 16.10 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -3 27.00 7
D Joe Corvo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 19.10 5
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 -3 20.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 5 0 27 0 0 60.00 5
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Niko Dimitrakos
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Guillaume Latendresse scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Garth Murray ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Garth Murray ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Joe Corvo notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Niko Dimitrakos has marked a new career high in points with 26 points.
-Chris Drury had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Joffrey Lupul had his 8 game point streak snapped.
-Scottie Upshall ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Simon Gagné had his 8 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Jim Vandermeer beat Steve Bégin in a fight.
-Jim Vandermeer beat Mike Komisarek in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 0( 14) , Philadelphia Phantoms 2( 16)
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0-1 PHL Toni Dahlman (John Slaney)
0-2 PHL Lasse Kukkonen (John LeClair, Brad Tapper)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Martin Houle