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26/9/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 5
Shots: 19 - 22
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:65/86=75 %, Challenges:26/44=57 %
PP: 2 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:78/95=82 %, Challenges:27/41=64 %
Attendance: 10636 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 475429 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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18:45 0-1
Jordan Staal [2] (Colby Armstrong, Nils Ekman)PP
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25:16 1-1
Alexander Perezhogin [2] (Mikhail Grabovski)
28:58 1-2
Mark Recchi [2] (Evgeny Malkin, Sidney Crosby)PP
34:45 2-2
Sheldon Souray [1] (Sergei Samsonov, Chris Higgins)
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55:59 2-3
Georges Laraque [1] (Nils Ekman, Ryan Malone)
58:54 2-4
Ryan Malone [2] (Gary Roberts, Mark Eaton) EN
59:44 2-5
Evgeny Malkin [2] (Mark Recchi, Ronald Petrovicky)
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Penalty summary:
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06:16
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for cross-checking)
12:44
Jordan Staal (2 min for high-sticking)
15:59
Colby Armstrong (2 min for hooking)
18:19
Michael Ryder (2 min for tripping)
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22:21
Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
26:52
Michael Ryder (5 min for high-sticking)
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47:16
Sidney Crosby (2 min for slashing)
49:19
Chris Higgins (2 min for cross-checking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 6
R Mike Johnson 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 20.10 9
R Michael Ryder 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 14.30 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 18.30 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.10 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.00 5
C Radek Bonk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 5
C Chris Higgins 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 -2 18.30 5
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3.10 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.40 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 5 2 2 2 0 19.40 8
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -2 18.30 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 19.20 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 13.10 5
D Sheldon Souray 1 0 3 3 1 3 0 -1 27.30 9
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 18.30 6
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15.40 5
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 17 0 0 59.20 4
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 6.10 7
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 1 1 3 2 4 0 1 15.30 9
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 -1 15.10 6
R Mark Recchi 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 25.10 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6.10 5
C Erik Christensen 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 10.40 6
C Jordan Staal 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 -1 20.30 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 20.40 7
L Nils Ekman 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 9.40 7
L Ryan Malone 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 1 9.30 8
L Gary Roberts 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 -1 15.00 7
L Evgeny Malkin 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
D Micki Dupont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 18.00 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 29.00 6
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 16.20 6
D Mark Eaton 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15.20 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 28.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Malone
2nd star: Evgeny Malkin
3rd star: Georges Laraque
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Mark Recchi ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Jordan Staal ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Evgeny Malkin ended his 6 game goal drought.