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24/10/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 6 , Minnesota Wild 1
Shots: 29 - 22
PP: 0 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:72/88=81 %, Challenges:32/46=68 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:58/76=76 %, Challenges:27/43=61 %
Attendance: 11168 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 549466 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:53 1-0
Roman Hamrlik [2] (Alex Kovalev, Andrei Kostitsyn)
16:07 2-0
Guillaume Latendresse [2])
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28:46 3-0
Andrei Markov [2] (Alex Tanguay, Mike Komisarek)
32:51 3-1
Owen Nolan [3] (Joni Pitkänen, Marc-André Bergeron)
37:37 4-1
Tomas Plekanec [2] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Josh Gorges)
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42:08 5-1
Chris Higgins [2] (Alex Tanguay, Saku Koivu)
49:32 6-1
Andrei Kostitsyn [2] (Roman Hamrlik, Robert Lang)
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Penalty summary:
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02:46
Andrew Brunette (2 min for diving)
05:45
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for cross-checking)
10:22
Owen Nolan (2 min for boarding)
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25:17
Owen Nolan (2 min for holding the stick)
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42:16
Andrei Markov (2 min for high-sticking)
44:55
Owen Nolan (2 min for elbowing)
47:35
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for holding the stick)
53:21
Joni Pitkänen (2 min for slashing)
56:36
Robert Lang (2 min for holding the stick)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.50 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 12.40 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 6
L Chris Higgins 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 18.10 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.50 6
C Robert Lang 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 2 20.10 8
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 11.00 8
C Saku Koivu 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
L Ryan Flinn 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 19.40 9
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 3 17.30 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.00 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 4 4 5 0 2 21.10 7
D Josh Gorges 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11.00 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 24.30 8
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 18.50 7
D Roman Hamrlik 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 19.40 8
D Andrei Markov 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Junior Lessard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 13.40 5
R Richard Park 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 17.10 6
R Owen Nolan 1 0 3 0 2 0 6 -2 20.50 7
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 -1 19.40 6
C Matt Stajan 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 12.30 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 19.30 6
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 8.20 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 12.10 4
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 -2 12.30 6
L Ray Whitney 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 14.10 6
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 11.40 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -3 29.30 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 -1 21.10 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -2 16.20 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 -2 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 6 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrei Kostitsyn
2nd star: Roman Hamrlik
3rd star: Chris Higgins
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 11) , Houston Aeros 2( 13)
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1-0 HAM Pavel Valentenko (Yanick Lehoux, Mike Glumac)
2-0 HAM Max Pacioretty (Mathieu Carle)
2-1 HOU Tomas Mojzis (Jesse Schultz)
2-2 HOU Derek Boogaard (Morten Madsen)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Nolan Schaefer