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1/11/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Nashville Predators 1
Shots: 23 - 21
PP: 2 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:43/55=76 %
PP: 0 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:65/83=78 %, Challenges:26/42=60 %
Attendance: 19435 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 956202 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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17:09 0-1 Pavol Demitra [4] (Vernon Fiddler, Tomas Kaberle)
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27:21 1-1 Chris Higgins [3] (Robert Lang, Andrei Kostitsyn)PP
33:15 2-1 Alex Kovalev [7] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Robert Lang)PP
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42:03 3-1 Saku Koivu [4] (Alex Tanguay, Chris Higgins)
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Penalty summary:
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14:59 Ryan Flinn (5 min for fighting)
14:59 Wayne Primeau (5 min for fighting)
18:12 Jason Arnott (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:51 Jason Arnott (2 min for high-sticking)
26:37 Joel Ward (2 min for boarding)
32:21 Wayne Primeau (2 min for hooking)
33:56 Mathieu Schneider (2 min for hooking)
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45:08 David Legwand (2 min for slashing)
47:35 Alex Kovalev (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 13.30 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 18.30 8
L Chris Higgins 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.30 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.30 6
C Robert Lang 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 16.20 8
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13.30 6
C Saku Koivu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
L Ryan Flinn 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 6.30 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 2 5 1 0 1 0 -1 16.20 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 20.40 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 16.40 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 -1 12.40 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 23.30 8
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 21.40 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 29.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joel Ward 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 11.00 5
R Wayne Primeau 0 0 2 2 2 2 7 0 12.50 5
R Pavol Demitra 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.50 7
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 15.50 7
C Craig Conroy 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.20 5
C Radek Bonk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 4
C David Legwand 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 1 13.30 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 4 2 0 1 4 -1 21.30 7
L Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 4.20 5
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 13.50 4
L Vernon Fiddler 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 21.10 6
L Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 4 2 3 0 -1 21.10 6
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 5
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 24.40 6
D Jonathan Blum 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 27.40 6
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Higgins
2nd star: Robert Lang
3rd star: Alex Kovalev
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Pavol Demitra ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Ryan Flinn fought Wayne Primeau in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 29) , Milwaukee Admirals 1( 6)
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