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9/1/2009
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San Jose Sharks 4 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 27 - 23
PP: 3 of 7 (17 shots), Passing:49/60=81 %, Challenges:29/35=80 %
PP: 0 of 9 (12 shots), Passing:96/111=86 %, Challenges:38/47=79 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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04:21 1-0
Joe Thornton [21] (Evgeny Malkin, Jarret Stoll)PP
06:05 2-0
Evgeny Malkin [29] (Joe Thornton)PP
15:31 2-1
Andrei Kostitsyn [13] (Kyle Turris)
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38:58 3-1
Jonathan Cheechoo [22] (Jarret Stoll)
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46:27 3-2
Mathieu Carle [1] (Chris Drury, Peter Mueller)
51:07 4-2
Evgeny Malkin [30] (Joe Thornton, Jarret Stoll)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:45
Chris Drury (2 min for slashing)
03:43
Ales Kotalik (2 min for tripping)
04:45
Bobby Hughes (2 min for hooking)
07:48
Zdeno Chara (2 min for high-sticking)
11:13
Steve Bernier (2 min for hooking)
13:13
Kristopher Letang (2 min for boarding)
17:58
Zdeno Chara (2 min for elbowing)
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23:03
Ryane Clowe (2 min for slashing)
25:14
Alex Kovalev (2 min for slashing)
32:24
Alex Kovalev (2 min for roughing)
35:29
Steve Bernier (2 min for slashing)
39:44
Mattias Öhlund (2 min for tripping)
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41:13
Kyle McLaren (2 min for slashing)
43:09
Evgeny Malkin (2 min for boarding)
47:46
Max Pacioretty (2 min for slashing)
49:47
Fernando Pisani (2 min for tripping)
56:06
Kyle McLaren (5 min for fighting)
56:06
Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -1 18.50 7
R Steve Bernier 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 0 11.20 6
R Pavol Demitra 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Jarret Stoll 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
C Tomas Plihal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11.20 6
C Devin Setoguchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8.20 6
C Evgeny Malkin 2 1 6 2 1 0 2 -1 21.00 9
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.30 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 5
L Jonathan Cheechoo 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 8
L Joe Thornton 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 -2 23.00 7
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 12.00 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 19.50 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 29.40 9
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 5 1 2 7 0 18.30 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11.20 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 5 3 0 2 4 -1 28.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Tyson Sexsmith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15.00 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 7.00 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 -1 16.50 7
C Max Pacioretty 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 7.10 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 16.00 7
C Peter Mueller 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 7
C Kyle Turris 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 1 17.00 8
L Bobby Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.20 6
L Mikkel Boedker 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7.00 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 7
L Chris Drury 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 21.00 8
D P.K. Subban 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 6
D Mathieu Carle 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
D Yannick Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.20 6
D David Fischer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 24.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Jarret Stoll
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Joni Pitkänen had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Kostitsyn ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Maxim Lapierre beat Kyle McLaren in a fight.
Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 5( 23) , Quebec Citadelles 6( 37)
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1-0
Tom Cavanagh (Frazer McLaren, Riley Armstrong)
2-0
Steven Zalewski (Aaron Power)
2-1
Tom Kostopoulos (Josh Gorges, Ben Maxwell)
3-1
Mike Morris (Mathieu Darche, David MacDonald)
4-1
Tom Cavanagh (James DeLory)
4-2
Ben Maxwell (Josh Gorges)
4-3
Brock Trotter (Eric Manlow, Mathieu Biron)
5-3
Steven Zalewski
5-4
Steve Bégin (Ryan McDonagh, Ben Maxwell)
5-5
Steve Bégin (Ryan McDonagh)
5-6
Eric Manlow (Brock Trotter)
Goalies: Taylor Dakers - Christopher Heino-Lindberg