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3/3/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , New York Islanders 3
Shots: 27 - 23
PP: 1 of 7 (16 shots), Passing:76/89=85 %, Challenges:47/56=82 %
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:53/74=71 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
Attendance: 17869 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 861285 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:01 1-0
Steve Bégin [12] (Roman Hamrlik, Mathieu Dandenault)
12:09 2-0
Chris Higgins [25] (Oleg Tverdovsky, Andrei Markov)
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24:24 3-0
Martin Straka [14] (Chris Higgins, Alexander Radulov)PP
29:41 3-1
Ruslan Fedotenko [10] (Frans Nielsen, Richard Park)
35:54 3-2
Mike Comrie [24] (Marc-André Bergeron, Chris Campoli)PP
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49:13 3-3
Bill Guerin [28] (Mike Comrie, Josef Vasicek)
54:55 4-3
Saku Koivu [19] (Andrei Markov)
58:51 5-3
Andrei Kostitsyn [13] (Andrei Markov, Mike Komisarek) EN
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Penalty summary:
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01:54
Mike Comrie (2 min for hooking)
06:34
Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for tripping)
16:37
Paul Mara (2 min for holding the stick)
17:33
Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for hooking)
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22:48
Sean Bergenheim (2 min for cross-checking)
26:17
Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for roughing)
31:54
Andy Sutton (2 min for holding the stick)
35:28
Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for cross-checking)
39:07
Oleg Tverdovsky (2 min for diving)
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50:22
Saku Koivu (2 min for hooking)
52:17
Mike Komisarek (2 min for roughing)
52:17
Miroslav Satan (2 min for roughing)
56:35
Garth Murray (5 min for fighting)
56:35
Andy Sutton (5 min for fighting)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8.00 5
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 19.50 8
C Garth Murray 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 8.10 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 -1 12.00 6
C Chris Higgins 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 15.30 8
C Saku Koivu 1 0 5 0 1 0 2 2 19.40 8
L Steve Bégin 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.10 8
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.20 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 16.00 8
L Martin Straka 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 23.30 8
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 -2 18.30 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 29.30 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 -1 13.40 6
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 12.40 7
D Andrei Markov 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 2 30.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 -1 9.00 6
R Richard Park 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 12.10 7
R Bill Guerin 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 15.30 8
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 -3 20.30 7
C Jeremy Colliton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.50 5
C Frans Nielsen 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 12.10 5
C Mike Comrie 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 11.50 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -3 12.10 4
L Shawn Bates 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 10.50 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 1 17.30 9
L Josef Vasicek 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 14.40 8
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 5 1 1 0 2 -2 18.20 7
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 20.50 6
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.20 5
D Chris Campoli 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4 29.00 7
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 1 18.50 6
D Paul Mara 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 12.20 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 -3 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 5 0 22 0 0 59.00 4
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Higgins
2nd star: Andrei Markov
3rd star: Mike Comrie
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Steve Bégin has marked a new career high in goals with 12 tallies.
-Chris Higgins scored his 25th goal of the season.
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Ruslan Fedotenko scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Chris Campoli notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Bill Guerin ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Frans Nielsen finally ended his 16 game point drought.
-Mike Sillinger had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Mike Sillinger had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Garth Murray beat Andy Sutton in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 1( 10) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3( 18)
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0-1 BRG Petteri Nokelainen
0-2 BRG Luciano Aquino (Aaron Johnson)
1-2 QUE Jonathan Ferland (Kyle Chipchura, Mikhail Grabovski)
1-3 BRG Evgeny Korolev (Luciano Aquino, Maxime Ouellet)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Maxime Ouellet