Montreal Canadiens 6 , Minnesota Wild 2
Shots: 33 - 23
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:67/77=87 %, Challenges:43/50=84 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:46/59=77 %, Challenges:50/56=87 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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08:22 0-1
Paul Kariya [13] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
09:29 1-1
Mike Comrie [15] (Niklas Hagman, Alexander Semin)
11:03 1-2
Éric Bélanger [5] (Sean Hill, Marc-André Bergeron)
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30:03 2-2
Saku Koivu [14] (Alexander Semin, Roman Hamrlik)
35:42 3-2
Saku Koivu [15] (Alex Kovalev, Georges Laraque)
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44:51 4-2
Patrick Thoresen [1] (Georges Laraque, Mike Sillinger)
48:37 5-2
Georges Laraque [3] (Bryan McCabe, Josh Gorges)
48:48 6-2
Bryan McCabe [6] (Saku Koivu)
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Penalty summary:
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22:34
Chris Simon (2 min for hooking)
38:44
Branko Radivojevic (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 1 2 2 1 3 1 0 2 7.50 6
R Mike Sillinger 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 -1 11.50 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 21.00 7
C Patrick Thoresen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7.50 7
C Mike York 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -1 11.50 8
C Mike Comrie 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
C Saku Koivu 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 21.00 10
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7.50 6
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 11.50 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 19.20 7
L Alexander Semin 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 21.00 8
D John Carlson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 2 20.30 9
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 25.10 9
D Josh Gorges 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 12.10 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 17.10 7
D Bryan McCabe 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 8.40 8
R Owen Nolan 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 15.10 5
R Mark Parrish 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.00 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 17.10 7
C Wes Walz 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
C Éric Bélanger 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 16.00 6
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 17.10 6
L Chris Simon 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.40 5
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 18.10 9
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 16.00 7
L Paul Kariya 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 17.10 7
D Tyler Cuma 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18.30 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 17.50 5
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 24.40 6
D Sean Hill 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 19.20 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 -2 15.50 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 23.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 6 0 27 0 0 60.00 4
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Saku Koivu
2nd star: Georges Laraque
3rd star: Alexander Semin
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Mike Comrie scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Alexander Semin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Saku Koivu scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Saku Koivu scored the 500th point of his career.
-Georges Laraque ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Georges Laraque ended his 8 game point drought.
-Patrick Thoresen finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
-Patrick Thoresen finally ended his 13 game point drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mark Parrish had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Éric Bélanger ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 18) , Houston Aeros 2( 13)
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0-1 HOU Josh Olson (Marco Rosa)
1-1 HAM Matt D'Agostini (Francis Lemieux, James Sanford)
1-2 HOU Martin Skoula (Matt Foy, Petr Kalus)
2-2 HAM Danny Groulx (Duncan Milroy)
3-2 HAM Ryan Flinn (Kyle Chipchura, Tom Kostopoulos)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Nolan Schaefer