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2/5/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , New Jersey Devils 3
Shots: 24 - 29
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:62/69=89 %, Challenges:27/43=61 %
PP: 0 of 2 (9 shots), Passing:83/102=81 %, Challenges:40/50=78 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:43 1-0
Guillaume Latendresse [3] (Saku Koivu, Chris Higgins)
13:37 1-1
Brian Gionta [1] (Jay Pandolfo, Jamie Langenbrunner)
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21:32 2-1
Guillaume Latendresse [4] (Mathieu Schneider, Saku Koivu)
23:04 3-1
Sergei Kostitsyn [2] (Francis Bouillon, Tomas Plekanec)
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47:45 3-2
Alexandre Picard [1] (Johnny Oduya, Luca Sbisa)
50:05 3-3
Andy Greene [1] (Patrik Elias, Vitaly Vishnevski)
55:36 4-3
Mathieu Schneider [1] (Saku Koivu)
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Penalty summary:
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04:09
Alex Kovalev (5 min for spearing)
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23:48
Brian Gionta (2 min for hooking)
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56:26
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for cross-checking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 8.20 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 15.20 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 3 1 2 0 5 0 16.50 6
C Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.30 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
C Saku Koivu 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 16.00 8
C Chris Higgins 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Glen Metropolit 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 7.30 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 2 14.00 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Mathieu Carle 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Mathieu Schneider 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 17.00 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 22.10 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 2 19.20 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 26.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Bobby Holik 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7.30 5
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 13.00 8
C Brian Rolston 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 20.50 7
C John Madden 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.10 5
R Brian Gionta 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 11.40 8
C Patrik Elias 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 20.10 7
L Alexandre Picard 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.30 8
L Jay Pandolfo 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.30 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 20.10 7
L Dainius Zubrus 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -2 17.10 7
D Mark Fraser 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 13.20 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 18.30 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 28.00 7
D Luca Sbisa 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 13.10 8
D Andy Greene 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 -1 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 20 0 0 58.30 5
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Mathieu Schneider
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Mathieu Schneider finally ended his 39 game goal drought.
Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Brian Gionta ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Anze Kopitar had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Alexandre Picard finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Brendan Shanahan had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Brendan Shanahan had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Dainius Zubrus had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Andy Greene finally ended his 34 game goal drought.
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