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Colorado Avalanche 4 , Montreal Canadiens 5
Shots: 34 - 25
PP: 1 of 8 (14 shots), Passing:63/79=79 %, Challenges:40/48=81 %
PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:69/88=78 %, Challenges:31/40=75 %
Attendance: 18129 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 781360 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:11 0-1
Radim Vrbata [1] (Mikhail Grabovski, Mark Streit)PP
08:59 1-1
Jordan Leopold [2] (Ryan Smyth, Joe Sakic)
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27:29 1-2
Jason Arnott [3])SH
35:06 2-2
Joe Sakic [2] (Sergei Samsonov, Scott Hannan)PP
38:14 2-3
Alexander Perezhogin [2] (Jason Arnott, Francis Bouillon)SH
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40:46 3-3
Andrew Brunette [1] (Sergei Samsonov)
42:04 3-4
Bryan Smolinski [1] (Michael Ryder)
43:31 4-4
Vincent Lecavalier [4] (Scott Hannan)
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60:26 4-5
Saku Koivu [3] (Steve Bégin)
Penalty summary:
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04:37
Cody McCormick (2 min for hooking)
14:47
Steve Bégin (2 min for tripping)
17:19
Gregory Stewart (2 min for high-sticking)
17:58
Jason Arnott (2 min for roughing)
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20:37
Steve Bégin (2 min for diving)
26:26
Martin Lapointe (2 min for elbowing)
28:22
Scott Hannan (2 min for boarding)
32:22
Daniel Brière (2 min for cross-checking)
33:02
Jason Arnott (2 min for roughing)
33:02
Jack Johnson (2 min for roughing)
33:47
Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for hooking)
37:15
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for holding the stick)
39:39
Ian Laperriere (2 min for roughing)
39:39
Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
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44:37
Marek Svatos (2 min for elbowing)
51:17
Ian Laperriere (2 min for hooking)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Rycroft 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 7.20 6
L Andrew Brunette 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9.30 6
R Marek Svatos 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 15.30 7
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
C Cody McCormick 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 10.20 7
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 10.20 7
C Joe Sakic 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 23.30 7
L John LeClair 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 7
C Paul Stastny 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 -2 25.00 7
D Jordan Leopold 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 21.40 8
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 19.20 8
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 16.10 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.30 6
D Scott Hannan 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 29.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 5 0 20 0 0 60.30 4
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 11.20 6
R Alexander Perezhogin 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 16.00 7
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 9.10 5
R Michael Ryder 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 20.40 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 11.20 7
C Jason Arnott 1 1 2 3 0 2 4 2 17.40 10
C Saku Koivu 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 8
C Daniel Brière 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 17.10 7
L Gregory Stewart 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 8.30 5
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.40 6
L Steve Bégin 0 1 1 3 0 0 6 1 17.40 7
L Bryan Smolinski 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
D Pavel Valentenko 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.50 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 21.50 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 29.00 6
D Mark Streit 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.20 5
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 4 0 30 0 0 60.30 7
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Arnott
2nd star: Radim Vrbata
3rd star: Alexander Perezhogin
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Ryan Smyth scored the 500th point of his career.
-Marek Svatos had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Radim Vrbata ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Bryan Smolinski ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 1( 13) , Quebec Citadelles 5( 17)
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0-1 QUE Tomas Plekanec (Tom Kostopoulos, Jamie Rivers)
0-2 QUE Lucas Lawson (Tomas Plekanec, Tom Kostopoulos)
0-3 QUE Tomas Plekanec (Danny Groulx)
0-4 QUE Tom Kostopoulos (Tomas Plekanec)
1-4 HER Peter Tsimikalis (Dan DaSilva)
1-5 QUE Jimmy Bonneau (Duncan Milroy, Garth Murray)
Goalies: Vitaly Kolesnik - Yann Danis