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9/12/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Toronto Maple Leafs 1
Shots: 28 - 16
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/79=82 %, Challenges:43/60=70 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:63/77=81 %, Challenges:26/49=52 %
Attendance: 20074 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 937456 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:14 1-0
Andrei Kostitsyn [16] (Saku Koivu, Mathieu Schneider)
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25:39 2-0
Alex Tanguay [6] (Saku Koivu, Andrei Kostitsyn)
30:45 2-1
Alexei Ponikarovsky [5] (Nik Antropov, Luke Schenn)
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50:14 3-1
Guillaume Latendresse [2] (Sergei Kostitsyn, Marc Staal)
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Penalty summary:
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03:18
Robert Lang (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.20 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 15.50 7
R Andrei Kostitsyn 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 15.40 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.10 6
C Martin Hanzal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
C Robert Lang 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 16.20 6
C Saku Koivu 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 16.40 8
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 17.50 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 9.10 5
L Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 3 1 2 4 0 1 17.00 8
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 15.40 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 18.10 7
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 17.40 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 16.10 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 1 8 2 7 0 -1 26.10 9
D Marc Staal 0 1 0 5 1 5 0 1 17.50 8
D Mathieu Schneider 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jimmy hayes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 18.40 6
R Matt Stajan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 5
R Jason Blake 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 -1 20.30 4
C Ryan Hollweg 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 5
C Darren Helm 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 17.30 5
C Chris Drury 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.50 5
L Mark Bell 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 6.30 6
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 1 4 2 5 0 -1 17.30 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 16.10 5
L Nik Antropov 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 -1 19.50 4
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 -1 19.50 4
D Max Nicastro 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 18.50 7
D Luke Schenn 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -1 21.20 6
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 18.40 4
D Anton Strålman 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 23.30 4
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrei Kostitsyn
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Guillaume Latendresse
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Marc Staal notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Sergei Kostitsyn finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Guillaume Latendresse finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Guillaume Latendresse finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Alexei Ponikarovsky ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Luke Schenn ended his 9 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 18) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 2( 21)
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1-0 QUE Tom Kostopoulos (Pavel Valentenko)
1-1 SJM Chris Harrington (Jeremy Williams)
1-2 SJM Simon Gamache (Jaime Sifers)
2-2 QUE Ryan Russell (Alexei Emelin)
3-2 QUE Olivier Latendresse (Mathieu Aubin)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Curtis Joseph