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20/12/2007
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , Chicago Blackhawks 2
Shots: 22 - 23
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:68/82=82 %, Challenges:18/28=62 %
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:78/94=82 %, Challenges:36/48=73 %
Attendance: 15777 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 765184 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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07:54 1-0
Alex Kovalev [18] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Jason Spezza)PP
11:29 2-0
Andrei Kostitsyn [7] (Jason Spezza, Alex Kovalev)
13:05 2-1
Rene Bourque [6] (Patrick Sharp, Brent Sopel)
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30:14 3-1
Jason Spezza [10] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Andrei Markov)
33:06 3-2
David Bolland [4] (Michael Blunden)SH
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48:45 4-2
Alex Kovalev [19] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Jason Spezza)
49:27 5-2
Sergei Kostitsyn [9] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Jason Spezza)
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Penalty summary:
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02:53
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for tripping)
07:36
Ben Eager (2 min for high-sticking)
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31:38
Kevyn Adams (2 min for holding the stick)
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51:53
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for hooking)
57:04
Matt D'Agostini (2 min for hooking)
58:35
Wade Redden (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 17.00 6
R Mark Recchi 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 6
R Alex Kovalev 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 13.40 9
C Michael Peca 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 3 2 6 4 0 17.00 7
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 6
C Jason Spezza 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 13.40 9
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
L Steve Bernier 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 17.10 6
L Sergei Kostitsyn 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 14.30 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 12.40 9
D Ryan Suter 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18.10 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 5
D Andrei Markov 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 23.50 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 18.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 16.20 8
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 25.40 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
Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Williams 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
R Michael Blunden 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 15.20 7
R Jack Skille 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 13.50 5
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -1 20.50 5
C Kevyn Adams 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 8.10 6
C Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 16.00 4
C David Bolland 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 15.00 8
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 20.50 7
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
L Rene Bourque 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 14.10 8
L Patrick Sharp 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -3 15.30 5
L Ben Eager 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 -1 21.00 7
D Danny Richmond 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 14.30 6
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 14.40 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 24.10 5
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 15.30 8
D Brent Sopel 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -3 22.30 6
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 28.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 5 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
3rd star: Alex Kovalev
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Jason Spezza scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Andrei Kostitsyn notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jason Spezza notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Andrei Kostitsyn finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Robert Lang had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-David Bolland finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Rene Bourque ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 4( 23) , Norfolk Admirals 3( 20)
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1-0 QUE Eric Manlow
1-1 NOR Craig Adams (Jake Dowell)
2-1 QUE Duncan Milroy (Mathieu Biron)
2-2 NOR Adam Berti (Jim Henkel)
3-2 QUE Francis Bouillon (Eric Manlow)
3-3 NOR Craig Adams (Bryan Bickell, Dustin Byfuglien)
4-3 QUE Igor Volkov (Ryan Russell)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Corey Crawford