Montreal Canadiens 6 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 30 - 28
PP: 3 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:63/72=87 %, Challenges:41/50=80 %
PP: 2 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:69/81=85 %, Challenges:36/42=83 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 1025359 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:36 1-0
Saku Koivu [27] (Roman Hamrlik)PP
12:39 2-0
Bryan Smolinski [19] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Steve Bégin)
19:07 2-1
Patrik Elias [29] (Jakub Klepis, Colin White)
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22:44 3-1
Thomas Hickey [1] (Michael Ryder, Francis Bouillon)PP
34:55 3-2
Gilbert Brulé [15] (Thomas Vanek, Dmitri Kalinin)PP
38:13 3-3
Pavol Demitra [33] (Thomas Vanek, Gilbert Brulé)
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40:31 3-4
Thomas Vanek [27] (David Vyborny, Gilbert Brulé)PP
48:22 4-4
Michael Ryder [27] (Chris Higgins, Mike York)
51:46 5-4
Michael Ryder [28] (Mike Komisarek, Francis Bouillon)
58:59 6-4
Andrei Markov [13] (Saku Koivu)PP EN
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Penalty summary:
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07:54
Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for high-sticking)
19:37
David Vyborny (2 min for hooking)
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21:55
Colin White (2 min for cross-checking)
33:25
Michael Ryder (2 min for hooking)
39:42
Bryan Smolinski (2 min for hooking)
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42:08
Jakub Klepis (2 min for hooking)
44:17
Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
44:17
Thomas Vanek (2 min for roughing)
54:08
Steve Bégin (2 min for slashing)
58:33
Pavol Demitra (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Max Pacioretty 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 9.40 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
R Michael Ryder 2 1 4 0 1 0 2 1 15.30 9
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 7
C Bryan Smolinski 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 9.10 7
C Steven Reinprecht 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 11.50 7
C Mike York 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
C Saku Koivu 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 10.40 6
L Steve Bégin 0 1 1 3 1 2 4 0 15.00 8
L Chris Higgins 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 19.10 7
D Thomas Hickey 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 13.50 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 20.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 26.40 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 12.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 20.50 8
D Andrei Markov 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
R David Vyborny 0 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 17.30 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 13.40 7
R Pavol Demitra 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 14.20 8
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 6
C Jakub Klepis 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 12.50 7
C Michael Peca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 5
C Gilbert Brulé 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 7
L Patrik Elias 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 15.20 8
L Alexander Semin 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -2 15.40 5
L Thomas Vanek 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 20.30 8
D Colin White 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 12.20 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 18.00 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 29.10 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14.30 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 -2 29.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 6 0 24 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: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Gilbert Brulé
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Steve Bégin ended his 5 game point drought.
-Alexander Frolov had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Gilbert Brulé scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Dmitri Kalinin notched his 30th assist of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 0( 23) , Portland Pirates 4( 19)
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0-1 POR Rico Fata (Petr Taticek)
0-2 POR Chris Bourque (Rico Fata, Shaone Morrisonn)
0-3 POR Rico Fata (Matt Bradley, Petr Taticek)
0-4 POR Rico Fata (Shaone Morrisonn)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Rastislav Stana