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23/11/2007
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Canadiens 5 ,
Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 28 - 31
MTL PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:69/80=86 %, Challenges:40/53=74 %
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:62/79=78 %, Challenges:39/44=86 %
Attendance: 16025 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 748368 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:07 1-0 MTL Dmitri Kalinin [3] (Guillaume Latendresse, Saku Koivu)
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25:42 1-1 CBS Gilbert Brulé [5] (Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, Ron Hainsey)
28:33 2-1 MTL Michael Ryder [9] (Alex Kovalev, Kyle Chipchura)
32:02 2-2 CBS David Vyborny [12] (Dan Fritsche, Jiri Novotny)
36:23 2-3 CBS Rostislav Klesla [3] (Dan Fritsche, Rick Nash)
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47:13 3-3 MTL Michael Ryder [10] (Saku Koivu, Alex Kovalev)
48:43 4-3 MTL Derek Roy [8] (Chris Higgins, Francis Bouillon)
59:37 5-3 MTL Michael Ryder [11] (Dmitri Kalinin, Steve Bégin)SH EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:43 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for high-sticking)
05:12 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for hooking)
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21:03 MTL Saku Koivu (2 min for cross-checking)
36:49 CBS Dan Fritsche (2 min for cross-checking)
39:09 MTL Bryan Smolinski (2 min for hooking)
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58:24 MTL Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for hooking)
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Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Kyle Chipchura 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 10.50 4
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 3 1 3 0 2 1 19.30 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 19.20 8
L Steve Bégin 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 11.10 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 10.50 5
C Chris Higgins 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
C Saku Koivu 0 2 5 0 0 0 2 3 19.30 9
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.10 6
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -2 13.40 6
C Derek Roy 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 17.10 7
L Michael Ryder 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 20.50 10
D Mark Streit 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2 13.20 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
D Dmitri Kalinin 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 4 23.20 9
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 14.20 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 24.00 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 8.30 6
R Steven Goertzen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 12.30 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 14.20 7
R David Vyborny 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 8
C Jiri Novotny 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 9.00 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 16.40 7
C Gilbert Brulé 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 8
C Dan Fritsche 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 16.30 8
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 8.30 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 -1 16.20 8
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 20.10 8
D Teddy Ruth 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 16.10 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 26.20 8
D Dan Smith 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 14.00 6
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 19.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 28.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 23 0 0 59.00 4
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Ryder
2nd star: Alex Kovalev
3rd star: Saku Koivu
Notes for
Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Michael Ryder scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Bryan Smolinski had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Dmitri Kalinin finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for
Blue Jackets:
-Rostislav Klesla ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 16) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 19)
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1-0 QUE Francis Lemieux (Hannes Hyvönen, Lucas Lawson)
1-1 SYR Bryce Cockburn (Jason Chimera)
2-1 QUE Matt D'Agostini (Sergei Kostitsyn, Josh Gorges)
2-2 SYR Brandon Sugden (Frank Littlejohn, Dick Tärnström)
Goalies: Carey Price - Adam Munro