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4/11/2007
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 25 - 23
PP: 0 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:67/76=88 %, Challenges:22/43=50 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:57/83=68 %, Challenges:22/40=53 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 1025359 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:03 1-0
Chris Higgins [1] (Saku Koivu, Andrei Markov)
17:37 1-1
Alexei Zhitnik [1] (Dan Fritsche, Ron Hainsey)
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36:01 2-1
Tom Kostopoulos [1] (Guillaume Latendresse, Francis Bouillon)SH
38:16 3-1
Chris Higgins [2] (Tomas Plekanec, Alex Kovalev)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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00:35
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for cross-checking)
01:25
Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
01:25
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
02:47
Petr Pohl (2 min for high-sticking)
15:26
Mark Streit (2 min for boarding)
18:51
Alexandre Picard (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:24
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
27:03
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
30:52
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
34:39
Michael Ryder (2 min for hooking)
36:43
Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
36:43
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
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46:04
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
48:53
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 11.00 7
R Michael Ryder 0 0 3 2 1 3 2 -1 21.30 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 20.20 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 19.50 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 5.50 7
C Bryan Smolinski 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 13.10 8
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.30 6
C Saku Koivu 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 18.10 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5.20 4
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 -1 15.40 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
L Chris Higgins 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 8
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 14.20 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 16.30 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 19.30 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 26.20 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 -1 19.00 5
D Andrei Markov 0 1 5 0 0 3 0 2 24.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Petr Pohl 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5.20 5
C Bobby Holik 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 19.10 7
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 11.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 4 0 1 6 0 16.30 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.20 4
C Dan Fritsche 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 13.20 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -2 19.00 6
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 13.10 6
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 5.20 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 3 3 1 5 0 -1 20.00 7
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 14.50 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 19.50 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 19.10 6
D Will Weber 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 13.40 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 -2 26.40 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 14.50 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 19.50 8
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 25.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Higgins
2nd star: Tom Kostopoulos
3rd star: Francis Bouillon
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Chris Higgins finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
Other notes:
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen beat Mike Komisarek in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 27) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 16)
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0-1 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Steven Goertzen)
0-2 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Derek MacKenzie, Adam Pineault)
1-2 HAM Matt D'Agostini (Eric Manlow)
2-2 HAM Markus Kink (Corey Locke)
3-2 HAM Janne Lahti (Mathieu Dandenault)
Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Tomas Popperle