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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Edmonton Oilers 5
Shots: 20 - 29
PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:40/45=87 %
PP: 1 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:70/81=86 %, Challenges:37/46=78 %
Attendance: 19515 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 911350 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:14 1-0
Saku Koivu [15] (Francis Bouillon, Roman Hamrlik)
18:43 1-1
Joni Pitkänen [7] (Jarret Stoll, Geoff Sanderson)
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24:39 1-2
Sheldon Souray [7] (Ladislav Smid, Robbie Schremp)
28:29 1-3
Ethan Moreau [14] (Steve Staios, Sheldon Souray)
35:46 1-4
Ethan Moreau [15] (Robbie Schremp, Ales Hemsky)PP
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56:25 2-4
Robert Lang [10] (Radim Vrbata)
57:22 3-4
Andrei Markov [6] (Daniel Brière)
58:04 3-5
Shawn Horcoff [16] (Fernando Pisani, Geoff Sanderson)
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Penalty summary:
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07:21
Ethan Moreau (2 min for roughing)
10:55
Robert Lang (2 min for boarding)
14:21
Jaroslav Balastik (2 min for elbowing)
16:27
Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for roughing)
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22:26
Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
34:07
Mathieu Dandenault (2 min for roughing)
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46:19
Vladimir Orszagh (2 min for elbowing)
49:34
Steve Bégin (2 min for holding the stick)
54:46
Matt Greene (2 min for roughing)
54:46
Martin Lapointe (2 min for roughing)
59:54
Pavel Valentenko (2 min for cross-checking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 8.40 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 5
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 13.20 5
R Michael Ryder 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 19.30 6
C Robert Lang 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 1 9.10 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 -1 18.50 7
C Saku Koivu 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.30 7
C Daniel Brière 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 15.30 7
L Gregory Stewart 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8.40 4
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 13.50 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 16.40 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 20.00 7
D Pavel Valentenko 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 12.10 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -2 27.10 7
D Mark Streit 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 13.40 5
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 22.30 6
D Andrei Markov 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 -2 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Zack Stortini 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.20 7
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14.30 6
R Fernando Pisani 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
R Ales Hemsky 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 1 21.20 8
C Robbie Schremp 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.00 6
C Patrick Thoresen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
C Shawn Horcoff 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 10.10 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 -1 19.20 8
L Alexei Mikhnov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.20 4
L Jaroslav Balastik 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 14.30 5
L Ethan Moreau 2 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 20.00 9
L Geoff Sanderson 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 18.10 7
D Steve Staios 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.40 6
D Sheldon Souray 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 -1 21.50 8
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 21.00 6
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20.30 5
D Joni Pitkänen 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 -1 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 3 0 17 0 0 60.00 5
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ethan Moreau
2nd star: Sheldon Souray
3rd star: Ales Hemsky
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Robert Lang scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Radim Vrbata finally ended his 22 game point drought.
-Michael Ryder had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Bryan Smolinski had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Andrei Markov finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Ethan Moreau scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Fernando Pisani has marked a new career high in assists with 20 assists.
-Fernando Pisani notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Geoff Sanderson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Joni Pitkänen ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 19) , Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 17)
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0-1 HAM Marty Reasoner (Jean-François Jacques, Danny Syvret)
1-1 QUE Jonathan Ferland (Lucas Lawson, Andre Benoit)
1-2 HAM Troy Bodie (Robert Nilsson, Danny Syvret)
2-2 QUE Tom Kostopoulos (Maxim Lapierre)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Mathieu Garon