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21/12/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 27 - 29
PP: 1 of 9 (11 shots), Passing:66/79=83 %, Challenges:31/32=94 %
PP: 2 of 9 (22 shots), Passing:71/93=76 %, Challenges:34/39=85 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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07:57 1-0
Peter Mueller [13] (Sergei Kostitsyn, Roman Hamrlik)
10:08 1-1
Alexander Ovechkin [20] (Nicklas Bäckström)PP
10:56 1-2
Nicklas Bäckström [21] (Alexander Ovechkin, Viktor Kozlov)PP
17:27 2-2
Alex Kovalev [15] (Andrei Markov)
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33:54 3-2
Sergei Kostitsyn [9] (Kyle Turris, Yannick Weber)
39:08 3-3
Alexander Semin [18] (Eric Fehr)
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44:47 4-3
Mikkel Boedker [7] (David Fischer, Mike Komisarek)
47:25 4-4
Brooks Laich [8] (Ben Clymer, Boyd Gordon)SH
47:55 5-4
Sergei Kostitsyn [10] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Peter Mueller)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:28
Mike Green (2 min for slashing)
03:01
Max Pacioretty (2 min for cross-checking)
05:32
Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for hooking)
09:04
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for hooking)
10:26
Yannick Weber (2 min for slashing)
14:15
Rico Fata (2 min for hooking)
17:36
Eric Fehr (2 min for hooking)
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21:32
Michael Nylander (2 min for tripping)
27:41
Tom Kostopoulos (5 min for fighting)
27:41
Boyd Gordon (5 min for fighting)
30:17
Mike Green (2 min for hooking)
34:44
Peter Mueller (2 min for hooking)
37:04
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for hooking)
39:51
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for hooking)
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42:06
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for boarding)
46:03
Eric Fehr (2 min for slashing)
48:19
Mikkel Boedker (2 min for slashing)
53:53
Chris Drury (2 min for roughing)
57:45
Alexander Semin (2 min for high-sticking)
59:18
Brooks Laich (2 min for cross-checking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 -1 9.30 6
R Mikkel Boedker 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 8.50 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 8
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
C Bobby Hughes 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 3 0 2 4 1 19.40 7
C Peter Mueller 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 14.20 8
C Kyle Turris 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 16.00 8
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 6
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 8.50 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 13.50 7
L Chris Drury 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 16.50 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 5 0 3 0 0 22.50 8
D P.K. Subban 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
D Yannick Weber 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 21.20 8
D David Fischer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.20 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 25.10 7
D Andrei Markov 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 23.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 8.40 7
R Boyd Gordon 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 -1 15.40 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.10 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 -2 20.30 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.30 4
C Michael Nylander 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 11.10 4
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5.40 4
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
L Brooks Laich 1 0 2 4 1 0 2 0 13.40 9
L Rico Fata 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 9.40 4
L Alexander Semin 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 15.40 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.00 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 17.30 6
D Ben Clymer 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 26.10 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.10 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 5
D Mike Green 0 0 5 2 0 0 4 0 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sergei Kostitsyn
2nd star: Peter Mueller
3rd star: Mikkel Boedker
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alex Kovalev scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Andrei Markov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Sergei Kostitsyn scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Chris Drury had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-David Fischer finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Brooks Laich has marked a new career high in goals with 8 tallies.
Other notes:
-Boyd Gordon beat Tom Kostopoulos in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 30) , Portland Pirates 2( 14)
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1-0
Mathieu Aubin (Mathieu Carle, Janne Lahti)
1-1
François Bouchard (Sami Lepistö)
2-1
Janne Lahti (Mathieu Carle)
2-2
Matt Bradley (David Steckel, François Bouchard)
3-2
Jonathan Ferland (Eric Manlow)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Semen Varlamov