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8/11/2008
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Carolina Hurricanes 3 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 38 - 20
PP: 2 of 8 (22 shots), Passing:61/71=85 %, Challenges:54/64=83 %
PP: 1 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:66/84=78 %, Challenges:41/48=83 %
Attendance: 17347 of 18730 (RBC Center)
Ticket income: 837860 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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04:31 1-0
Marian Gaborik [11] (Eric Staal, Rod Brind'Amour)PP
16:15 2-0
Sergei Samsonov [2] (Rod Brind'Amour, Marek Zidlicky)PP
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30:29 3-0
Rod Brind'Amour [4] (Eric Staal, Marian Gaborik)
35:11 3-1
Tomas Plekanec [4] (Roman Hamrlik, Alex Kovalev)
37:47 3-2
Saku Koivu [5] (Alex Tanguay, Ryan Flinn)
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45:26 3-3
Alex Tanguay [7] (Saku Koivu, Alex Kovalev)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:47
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
14:54
Josh Gorges (2 min for boarding)
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21:27
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for hooking)
22:27
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for tripping)
28:21
Alex Kovalev (2 min for slashing)
36:24
Scott Walker (2 min for roughing)
36:24
Francis Bouillon (2 min for roughing)
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41:15
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
44:03
Marian Gaborik (2 min for tripping)
49:44
Josh Gorges (2 min for high-sticking)
51:37
Eric Staal (2 min for roughing)
51:37
Mike Komisarek (2 min for roughing)
56:13
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
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61:06
Bobby Hughes (2 min for tripping)
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bobby Hughes 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 6.40 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 12.10 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 20.30 7
C Michael Ryan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.40 5
C Matt Cullen 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 20.40 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 26.40 9
C Eric Staal 0 2 5 2 1 1 2 1 23.10 8
L Chad LaRose 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 6.40 6
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 7
L Sergei Samsonov 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 8
L Marian Gaborik 1 1 5 1 2 0 2 1 24.50 8
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 31.10 8
D Dennis Seidenberg 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17.40 6
D Tim Gleason 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 17.40 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 32.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 17 0 0 65.00 5
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 8.10 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 16.50 9
L Chris Higgins 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 17.50 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 19.10 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
C Saku Koivu 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 21.10 8
L Ryan Flinn 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 7.00 7
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 21.40 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 13.30 7
L Alex Tanguay 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 22.30 9
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.40 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 22.30 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 9 1 5 2 -1 30.40 10
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 23.20 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 33.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 35 0 0 65.00 9
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rod Brind'Amour
2nd star: Alex Kovalev
3rd star: Saku Koivu
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Eric Staal notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Sergei Samsonov finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alex Tanguay notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Saku Koivu notched his 10th assist of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 0( 17) , Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 13)
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0-1 HAM Gregory Stewart (Ryan White, Pavel Valentenko)
0-2 HAM Clarke MacArthur (Glen Metropolit, Doug Janik)
0-3 HAM Glen Metropolit (Mike Glumac, Clarke MacArthur)
Goalies: Justin Peters - Marc Denis