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2/5/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 6 , New York Rangers 3
Shots: 35 - 19
PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:89/97=91 %, Challenges:68/72=93 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:41/54=75 %, Challenges:29/40=70 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:05 0-1
Chris Drury [2] (Andy McDonald, Ruslan Fedotenko)
05:49 0-2
Chris Drury [3] (Ruslan Fedotenko, Olli Jokinen)
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24:12 0-3
Ruslan Fedotenko [6] (Andy McDonald, Nathan Horton)
26:13 1-3
Antoine Vermette [1] (Staffan Kronwall, Boris Valabik)
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40:17 2-3
Boris Valabik [2] (Willie Mitchell, Mike Modano)
41:49 3-3
Mikko Koivu [4] (Andre Benoit, Staffan Kronwall)
45:18 4-3
Guillaume Latendresse [6] (Chris Higgins, Saku Koivu)
45:42 5-3
Mike Modano [7] (Willie Mitchell, Boris Valabik)
46:34 6-3
Antoine Vermette [2] (Mike Modano, Patrice Bergeron)
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Penalty summary:
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00:17
Sheldon Souray (2 min for roughing)
00:17
Dion Phaneuf (2 min for roughing)
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27:24
Sheldon Souray (5 min for fighting)
27:24
Michael Blunden (5 min for fighting)
31:19
Bryan Bickell (2 min for elbowing)
32:54
Nathan Horton (2 min for roughing)
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47:28
Brendan Witt (2 min for high-sticking)
55:23
Scottie Upshall (2 min for hooking)
58:16
Chris Drury (2 min for elbowing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Blunden 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 6.00 6
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 3 11.50 8
R Patrice Bergeron 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 22.40 8
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 -1 19.30 8
C Mark Bell 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 6.10 5
C Antoine Vermette 2 0 3 3 1 3 0 3 11.50 10
C Mike Modano 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 21.10 9
C Saku Koivu 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 8
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
L Mikko Koivu 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 20.40 8
L Chad Kilger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
L Chris Higgins 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 21.30 9
D Staffan Kronwall 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 21.10 8
D Boris Valabik 1 2 2 8 0 0 0 1 15.50 10
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 23.00 6
D Andre Benoit 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 19.50 8
D Willie Mitchell 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 -1 23.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 16 0 0 60.00 5
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.00 5
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -4 11.40 5
R Andy McDonald 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.00 8
R Nathan Horton 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 0 20.00 7
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.00 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -4 11.40 5
C Chris Drury 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 20.30 9
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 -1 17.20 6
L Bryan Bickell 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8.50 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4 11.40 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 17.30 9
L Olli Jokinen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 22.00 7
D David Liffiton 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -4 12.10 5
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 25.00 6
D Michael Sauer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -4 12.30 5
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 1 9 3 0 0 1 23.40 8
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 6 0 29 0 0 60.00 4
G Miikka Kiprusoff 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Antoine Vermette
2nd star: Mike Modano
3rd star: Boris Valabik
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Antoine Vermette finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Saku Koivu had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Boris Valabik ended his 6 game goal drought.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Patrick Marleau had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Michael Blunden beat Sheldon Souray in a fight.