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29/10/2006
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 5
Shots: 24 - 35
PP: 2 of 7 (9 shots), Passing:54/71=76 %, Challenges:29/36=78 %
PP: 1 of 8 (17 shots), Passing:64/82=78 %, Challenges:41/46=87 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:18 0-1
Brent Burns [1] (David Legwand, Colby Armstrong)PP
13:18 0-2
Colby Armstrong [4] (Andrew Ladd, Marc-André Fleury)SH
14:04 1-2
Mathieu Dandenault [2])PP
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27:56 1-3
Nils Ekman [3] (Ronald Petrovicky, Mark Eaton)
34:55 1-4
Gary Roberts [2] (Maxime Talbot, Mark Recchi)
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44:07 2-4
Alex Kovalev [9] (Saku Koivu, Tomas Plekanec)
45:09 2-5
Justin Williams [4] (Evgeny Malkin, Sidney Crosby)
49:51 3-5
Saku Koivu [9] (Alex Kovalev, Mathieu Dandenault)PP
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Penalty summary:
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01:09
Alex Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
04:33
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for slashing)
07:39
Steve Bégin (2 min for high-sticking)
08:43
Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for slashing)
12:13
Ronald Petrovicky (2 min for hooking)
15:31
Tomas Plekanec (2 min for hooking)
17:44
Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for roughing)
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20:44
David Legwand (2 min for high-sticking)
28:53
Colby Armstrong (2 min for tripping)
35:36
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for boarding)
38:48
Radek Bonk (2 min for hooking)
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45:15
Michael Ryder (2 min for slashing)
49:07
Josef Melichar (2 min for holding the stick)
55:37
Radek Bonk (2 min for hooking)
58:45
Sidney Crosby (2 min for tripping)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.20 4
R Mike Johnson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 16.00 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 6 2 1 0 2 -2 20.40 8
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 8.20 6
C Radek Bonk 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 15.00 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 5.40 5
C Saku Koivu 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.40 8
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 18.50 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.20 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 20.40 6
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 -2 16.10 9
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 -1 27.20 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 18.30 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -1 18.50 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 30 0 0 60.00 6
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrew Ladd 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
R Colby Armstrong 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 19.20 9
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 14.50 7
R Justin Williams 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 21.00 8
C Erik Christensen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.30 7
C Mark Recchi 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 21.10 7
L David Legwand 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 -1 14.20 7
L Gary Roberts 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.30 8
L Nils Ekman 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4.20 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 8 2 0 1 0 1 21.00 9
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 6
D Mark Eaton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 29.30 7
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 18.20 8
D Brent Burns 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 4 2 0 0 4 1 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 1 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Colby Armstrong
2nd star: Alex Kovalev
3rd star: Justin Williams
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Kostitsyn had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Sergei Samsonov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Sergei Samsonov had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sidney Crosby had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Nils Ekman ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 26) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 10)
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1-0 QUE Maxim Lapierre (Jean-Philippe Côté, Danny Groulx)
2-0 QUE Aaron Downey (Garth Murray)
Goalies: Michael Leighton - Nolan Schaefer