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24/10/2007
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Minnesota Wild 1
Shots: 30 - 15
PP: 0 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:71/85=83 %, Challenges:37/49=74 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:60/85=70 %, Challenges:25/38=64 %
Attendance: 13561 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 653640 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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17:42 1-0
Chris Higgins [5] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Guillaume Latendresse)
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29:05 2-0
Alexander Perezhogin [1] (Garth Murray, Tomas Plekanec)
30:58 3-0
Chris Higgins [6] (Bryan Smolinski, Martin Straka)
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43:03 3-1
Martin Skoula [1] (Kurtis Foster, Brian Rolston)
46:54 4-1
Saku Koivu [3] (Alexander Radulov, Andrei Markov)
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Penalty summary:
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07:32
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for boarding)
13:27
Martin Skoula (2 min for holding the stick)
14:48
Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for high-sticking)
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33:59
Alexander Radulov (2 min for slashing)
37:24
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for slashing)
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49:46
Matt Foy (2 min for tripping)
52:21
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for holding the stick)
56:21
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for hooking)
58:32
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 6
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9.50 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 19.30 9
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 21.20 7
C Garth Murray 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 7.20 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.10 4
C Chris Higgins 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.40 7
C Saku Koivu 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 10.20 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
L Bryan Smolinski 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
L Martin Straka 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 1 20.10 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 17.50 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.40 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 4 1 2 1 2 2 26.30 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 14.40 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 19.40 5
D Andrei Markov 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 2 25.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Foy 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 6.40 4
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 -1 13.20 5
R Mark Parrish 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11.10 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 1 5 2 1 0 -3 20.20 8
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.40 6
C Wes Walz 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 20.20 6
C Brian Rolston 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.50 7
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 17.00 7
L Josh Olson 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.40 6
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 -1 13.20 6
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 12.20 4
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 -2 20.30 6
D Keith Carney 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 -1 21.50 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 11.20 6
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 25.10 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2 21.00 6
D Martin Skoula 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 13.50 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 26.50 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Higgins
2nd star: Alexander Perezhogin
3rd star: Guillaume Latendresse
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Garth Murray ended his 8 game point drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Martin Skoula ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 7) , Houston Aeros 2( 22)
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0-1 HOU Joel Ward (Nick Schultz, Serge Payer)
1-1 QUE Danny Groulx (Kyle Chipchura, Michaël Lambert)
1-2 HOU Josh Langfeld (Dominic Moore)
2-2 QUE Corey Locke (Frank Littlejohn)
3-2 QUE Jonathan Ferland (Kyle Chipchura, Josh Gorges)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Nolan Schaefer