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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Dallas Stars 2
Shots: 31 - 25
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:60/82=73 %, Challenges:33/50=64 %
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:63/84=75 %, Challenges:25/39=62 %
Attendance: 17784 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 830513 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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13:39 1-0
Guillaume Latendresse [8] (Paul Kariya, Steve Bégin)
14:15 1-1
Stu Barnes [7] (Antti Miettinen, Philippe Boucher)
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27:54 2-1
Chris Higgins [15] (Bryan Smolinski)
33:47 2-2
Jeff Halpern [6] (Jussi Jokinen, Jean-Pierre Dumont)
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45:09 3-2
Paul Kariya [16] (Mike Richards, Denis Grebeshkov)
46:07 4-2
Guillaume Latendresse [9] (Chris Higgins, Bryan Smolinski)
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Penalty summary:
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03:04
Mark Streit (2 min for hooking)
06:04
Mike Ribeiro (2 min for cross-checking)
09:45
Konstantin Pushkarev (2 min for boarding)
17:54
Todd Fedoruk (2 min for roughing)
17:54
Denis Grebeshkov (2 min for roughing)
18:28
Denis Gauthier (2 min for roughing)
18:28
Jussi Jokinen (2 min for roughing)
19:41
Mark Streit (2 min for boarding)
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21:57
Nolan Baumgartner (2 min for elbowing)
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47:03
Scottie Upshall (5 min for fighting)
47:03
Vojtech Polak (5 min for fighting)
47:03
Scottie Upshall (10 min game misconduct)
47:03
Vojtech Polak (10 min game misconduct)
47:03
Tomas Plekanec (5 min for fighting)
47:03
Vincent Lecavalier (5 min for fighting)
47:03
Tomas Plekanec (10 min game misconduct)
47:03
Vincent Lecavalier (10 min game misconduct)
47:03
Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
47:03
Niklas Hagman (5 min for fighting)
47:03
Maxim Lapierre (10 min game misconduct)
47:03
Niklas Hagman (10 min game misconduct)
47:03
Mark Streit (5 min for fighting)
47:03
Niklas Grossman (5 min for fighting)
47:03
Mark Streit (10 min game misconduct)
47:03
Niklas Grossman (10 min game misconduct)
47:03
Alex Picard (2 min for roughing)
47:03
Nolan Baumgartner (2 min for roughing)
54:51
Chris Higgins (2 min for slashing)
57:36
Paul Kariya (2 min for tripping)
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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 0 0 6.40 5
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 -1 11.00 5
R Guillaume Latendresse 2 0 4 1 2 1 0 2 21.10 8
R Michael Ryder 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 20.10 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 0 4.30 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 0 1 1 15 -1 12.00 6
C Chris Higgins 1 1 5 0 1 0 2 2 17.30 8
C Mike Richards 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.50 7
L Steve Bégin 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.30 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 12.20 6
L Bryan Smolinski 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
L Paul Kariya 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 2 20.00 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 1 2 0 1 19 -1 13.50 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 1 4 1 2 2 17.30 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 26.30 9
D Alex Picard 0 0 2 1 3 2 2 -1 15.10 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 19.50 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Konstantin Pushkarev 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 6.00 7
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 0 11.00 4
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 16.00 5
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 20.50 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 14.10 7
C Stu Barnes 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 14.50 6
C Jeff Halpern 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 20.00 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 1 1 2 0 15 -1 14.30 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 5 0 5 2 0 7.20 8
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 0 5 1 6 15 0 11.00 8
L Antti Miettinen 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 -1 18.00 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 1 6 1 1 0 2 -1 20.10 7
D Niklas Grossman 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 0 12.20 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 20.20 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 -1 27.40 7
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 18.50 5
D Trevor Daley 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
D Mattias Norström 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 22.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Paul Kariya
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Chris Higgins scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Denis Grebeshkov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Denis Gauthier had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Stu Barnes finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Vincent Lecavalier had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Vojtech Polak beat Scottie Upshall in a fight.
-Vincent Lecavalier beat Tomas Plekanec in a fight.
-Maxim Lapierre beat Niklas Hagman in a fight.
-Mark Streit fought Niklas Grossman in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 3(
, Iowa Stars 0( 14)
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1-0 HAM Garth Murray (Konstantin Koltsov, Andre Benoit)
2-0 HAM Kyle Chipchura (Duncan Milroy)
3-0 HAM Robert Liscak (Francis Lemieux, Yann Danis)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Tobias Stephan
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Nashville Predators 6 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 33 - 21
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/83=86 %, Challenges:24/50=47 %
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:19/42=44 %
Attendance: 14278 of 17113 (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
Ticket income: 661071 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:05 1-0
Dan Hamhuis [5] (Martin Erat, Marek Zidlicky)
11:17 1-1
Jesse Schultz [5] (Patrice Brisebois, Ryan Miller)
15:58 2-1
Anson Carter [6] (Marek Zidlicky, Ryan Suter)
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24:21 3-1
Brenden Morrow [11] (David Legwand, Ryan Suter)
31:07 3-2
Daniel Brière [13] (Thomas Vanek, Jesse Schultz)PP
33:55 4-2
Marek Zidlicky [3] (Dan Hamhuis, Jason Arnott)
35:07 5-2
Radek Bonk [4] (Jed Ortmeyer, Oleg Saprykin)
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41:44 6-2
Anson Carter [7] (Marek Zidlicky, Dan Hamhuis)
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Penalty summary:
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29:32
Jason Arnott (2 min for roughing)
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51:54
Jason Arnott (2 min for slashing)
54:58
Brenden Morrow (2 min for slashing)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Paul Brown 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 6.50 6
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 1 12.20 7
R Anson Carter 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 18.00 10
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 20.00 7
C Patrik Stefan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Radek Bonk 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 13.20 7
C Jason Arnott 0 1 2 3 1 2 4 4 17.50 9
C David Legwand 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 20.20 7
L Blake Geoffrion 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.50 5
L Oleg Saprykin 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 13.20 6
L Martin Erat 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 4 17.00 7
L Brenden Morrow 1 0 6 3 0 2 2 0 20.40 8
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14.40 5
D Dan Hamhuis 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 3 16.50 9
D Ryan Suter 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 28.30 8
D Greg de Vries 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 13.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 4 17.00 8
D Shea Weber 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 30.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Robert Esche 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 8.00 6
R Eric Godard 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 18.30 4
R Jesse Schultz 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 -5 26.50 7
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 6.40 5
C Grant Stevenson 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 8.00 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 15.10 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 16.00 6
C Daniel Brière 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -3 20.50 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 4
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 15.10 8
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 16.00 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -3 20.50 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 16.20 7
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 21.10 4
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -3 22.30 6
D Colin White 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.30 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 -2 20.40 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 4 2 4 0 -3 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 1 14 0 0 35.00 4
G Jocelyn Thibault 1 0 13 0 0 24.40 8
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marek Zidlicky
2nd star: Anson Carter
3rd star: Dan Hamhuis
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Jed Ortmeyer ended his 5 game point drought.
-Radek Bonk finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jesse Schultz ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Jesse Schultz ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 3( 14) , Rochester Americans 2( 20)
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1-0 MIL Vernon Fiddler (Nikita Alexeev, Richard Stehlik)
2-0 MIL Scott May (Rich Peverly)
2-1 ROC Tuomas Mikkonen (Michael Ryan)
3-1 MIL Scott Nichol (Jean-Michel Rizk, Matt Ellison)
3-2 ROC Marek Zagrapan
Goalies: Dan Ellis - Danny Battochio