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23/12/2007
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , Boston Bruins 0
Shots: 33 - 17
PP: 1 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:63/83=75 %, Challenges:30/40=73 %
PP: 0 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:67/87=77 %, Challenges:27/41=64 %
Attendance: 19083 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 891176 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:16 1-0
Chris Higgins [14] (Denis Gauthier, Denis Grebeshkov)
17:57 2-0
Mike Komisarek [2] (Denis Gauthier, Chris Higgins)
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23:26 3-0
Guillaume Latendresse [7] (Denis Gauthier, Denis Grebeshkov)
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47:21 4-0
Andrei Markov [5] (Denis Grebeshkov, Chris Higgins)PP
54:59 5-0
Mike Richards [8] (Maxim Lapierre, Tom Kostopoulos)
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Penalty summary:
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04:35
Aaron Ward (2 min for holding the stick)
07:54
Alex Picard (2 min for roughing)
10:49
Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for slashing)
13:03
Vladimir Orszagh (2 min for hooking)
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27:16
Matt Lashoff (2 min for high-sticking)
37:44
Denis Gauthier (2 min for hooking)
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43:21
Peter Schaefer (2 min for roughing)
47:07
Nils Ekman (2 min for roughing)
48:34
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for tripping)
52:04
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for hooking)
56:33
Carl Söderberg (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 6.10 5
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 12.50 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 3 19.30 7
R Michael Ryder 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 19.30 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.10 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Chris Higgins 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 19.00 9
C Mike Richards 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 21.10 8
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 11.40 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 9.00 6
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 15.30 7
L Paul Kariya 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
D Mark Streit 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 13.40 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 3 1 4 1 2 2 4 18.10 10
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 28.10 8
D Alex Picard 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 13.10 7
D Mike Komisarek 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 3 19.20 8
D Andrei Markov 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 17 0 0 60.00 9
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 7.20 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 18.30 7
R Glen Murray 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -3 20.20 6
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 8
C Carl Söderberg 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
C Maxime Tanguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 4
C Sergei Zinovjev 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 12.20 4
C Phil Kessel 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 18.00 5
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 11.40 4
L Nils Ekman 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.20 5
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -3 8.50 5
L Marco Sturm 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -4 17.40 4
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 21.30 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.50 6
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 -3 20.40 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 -1 27.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 28 0 0 60.00 5
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Manny Fernandez
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Denis Gauthier
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Chris Higgins notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Tom Kostopoulos ended his 8 game point drought.
-Bryan Smolinski had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Paul Kariya had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Phil Kessel had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Peter Schaefer had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Marco Sturm had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 6( 28) , Providence Bruins 1( 12)
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1-0 HAM Robert Liscak (Francis Lemieux)
2-0 HAM Garth Murray (Josh Gorges)
3-0 HAM Garth Murray (Konstantin Koltsov)
4-0 HAM Jonathan Ferland (Danny Groulx, Corey Locke)
5-0 HAM Tom Gilbert (Kyle Chipchura)
6-0 HAM Corey Locke (Jonathan Ferland)
6-1 PRO Brandon Bochenski (Stanislav Chistov, Mark Stuart)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Jordan Sigalet
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23/12/2007
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New York Rangers 5 , Vancouver Canucks 0
Shots: 24 - 22
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:65/78=83 %, Challenges:27/47=56 %
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:68/91=74 %, Challenges:32/42=74 %
Attendance: 13411 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 650434 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:38 1-0
Marc-André Bergeron [5] (Curtis Murphy, Henrik Lundqvist)
04:04 2-0
Nikolai Zherdev [10] (Scott Gomez, Brendan Shanahan)PP
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no scoring
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46:45 3-0
Alexei Cherepanov [3] (Marcel Hossa, Brendan Shanahan)
54:53 4-0
Petr Prucha [3] (Fedor Tyutin)
56:09 5-0
Brendan Shanahan [17] (Scott Gomez, Curtis Murphy)
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Penalty summary:
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02:15
Taylor Pyatt (2 min for hooking)
07:37
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
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26:08
Olli Jokinen (2 min for boarding)
29:46
Steve Bernier (2 min for high-sticking)
32:26
Alexei Cherepanov (2 min for roughing)
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44:21
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
51:26
Brad Isbister (2 min for hooking)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Cherepanov 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 6.10 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 16.30 7
R Nathan Horton 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15.10 6
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 5
C Petr Prucha 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.20 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 16.50 7
C Scott Gomez 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 8
L Marcel Hossa 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 5
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 20.10 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 19.00 6
L Brendan Shanahan 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 20.50 8
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 2 15.40 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 17.50 8
D Curtis Murphy 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 23.00 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 20.30 8
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 17.20 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 25.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 0 1 22 0 0 60.00 10
G Al Montoya 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jozef Balej 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 14.30 5
R Tyler Bouck 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 13.00 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 3 3 1 3 2 -2 19.10 8
C Ryan Shannon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 -1 16.00 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 6
C Joe Thornton 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 -2 20.00 7
L Jeff Cowan 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7.30 4
L Brad Isbister 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 11.10 6
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 3 6 0 3 2 -1 16.20 8
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 20.40 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 -1 15.00 8
D Aaron Miller 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 17.40 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 22.50 6
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 18.50 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 18.30 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 5 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Henrik Lundqvist
2nd star: Brendan Shanahan
3rd star: Alexei Cherepanov
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Curtis Murphy notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Scott Gomez notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Petr Prucha finally ended his 28 game goal drought.
-Fedor Tyutin finally ended his 18 game point drought.
Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hartford Wolf Pack 2( 26) , Manitoba Moose 1( 10)
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0-1 MTB Lee Goren (Nathan McIver, Tommi Santala)
1-1 HFD Joe Barnes (Thomas Pöck)
2-1 HFD Hugh Jessiman (Lauri Korpikoski, Joe Barnes)
Goalies: Alex Westlund - Drew MacIntyre