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18/12/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 28 - 20
PP: 1 of 7 (12 shots), Passing:78/96=81 %, Challenges:33/41=78 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:61/78=78 %, Challenges:19/30=61 %
Attendance: 19532 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 902379 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:53 1-0
Guillaume Latendresse [11] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Sidney Crosby)PP
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30:54 2-0
Tomas Plekanec [3] (Tom Kostopoulos, Georges Laraque)
31:37 2-1
Mike Commodore [1] (Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, Michael Peca)
39:02 3-1
Chris Higgins [12] (Sidney Crosby, Guillaume Latendresse)
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42:45 3-2
Jamie Langenbrunner [15] (Fredrik Modin, Pavel Datsyuk)
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Penalty summary:
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04:46
Éric Bélanger (2 min for tripping)
08:01
Brenden Morrow (2 min for diving)
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20:09
Michael Peca (2 min for tripping)
23:09
Jakub Voracek (2 min for hooking)
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42:54
Gilbert Brulé (2 min for tripping)
45:28
Raffi Torres (2 min for tripping)
48:56
Brenden Morrow (2 min for hooking)
54:27
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
54:27
Mike Commodore (2 min for roughing)
56:45
Brenden Morrow (2 min for roughing)
56:45
Mike Komisarek (2 min for roughing)
57:29
Alexandre Picard (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 17.30 7
R Georges Laraque 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.10 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 6.10 7
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.30 8
C Robert Lang 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 16.20 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 8
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 6.10 5
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 15.30 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
L Chris Higgins 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 6
D Shawn Belle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 24.20 7
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 17.30 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 12.40 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexandre Picard 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 7.30 5
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 11.00 6
R Jamie Langenbrunner 1 0 4 4 1 0 0 2 21.40 9
R Brenden Morrow 0 0 2 3 2 2 6 -1 19.50 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 6.50 5
C Mike York 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 12.30 5
C Michael Peca 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 15.20 7
C John Madden 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 -1 20.00 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 4
L Raffi Torres 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.30 5
L Fredrik Modin 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 12.10 8
L Pavel Datsyuk 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
D Kris Russell 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 4
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 27.10 5
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.50 5
D Mike Commodore 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 17.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Jamie Langenbrunner
3rd star: Tomas Plekanec
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Guillaume Latendresse has marked a new career high in assists with 14 assists.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jamie Langenbrunner scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 27) , Syracuse Crunch 6( 20)
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0-1 SYR Nikita Filatov (Jiri Novotny, Derek MacKenzie)
0-2 SYR Jonathan Sigalet (Nikita Filatov, Jiri Novotny)
0-3 SYR Chris Bourque (Alexander Svitov)
0-4 SYR Nikita Filatov (Jiri Novotny)
0-5 SYR Andrew Murray (John Vigilante)
1-5 QUE Max Pacioretty (Kyle Chipchura)
1-6 SYR Anton Skorykh (Derick Brassard)
2-6 QUE Gregory Stewart (Mikko Maenpaa)
Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Steve Mason