4 ,
1
Shots: 25 - 24
MTL PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:66/79=83 %, Challenges:35/54=63 %
NJ PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/77=77 %, Challenges:39/58=66 %
Attendance: 8546 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 384570 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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28:35 1-0 MTL Saku Koivu [10] (Bryan Smolinski, Alex Kovalev)
34:56 1-1 NJ Zach Parisé [14] (Chris Pronger)
35:32 2-1 MTL Alex Kovalev [24] (Saku Koivu, Bryan Smolinski)
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50:28 3-1 MTL Saku Koivu [11] (Roman Hamrlik, Bryan Smolinski)
57:14 4-1 MTL Dustin Boyd [3] (Patrice Brisebois, Andrei Markov)
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Penalty summary:
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10:25 MTL Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
10:25 NJ Colin White (5 min for fighting)
13:36 NJ Jim Slater (2 min for roughing)
13:36 MTL Saku Koivu (2 min for roughing)
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31:23 NJ Raffi Torres (2 min for hooking)
36:55 NJ Travis Zajac (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:27 NJ Patrick Kane (2 min for tripping)
46:51 NJ Patrick Kane (2 min for roughing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.30 4
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 11.50 7
R Alexander Steen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 21.10 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 1 2 1 5 0 10.10 6
C Phil Kessel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 5
C Dustin Boyd 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 16.30 6
C Saku Koivu 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 21.00 9
L Valtteri Filppula 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.30 5
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 13.20 7
L Michael Ryder 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 20.40 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 15.30 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 5 2 9 0 0 12.20 8
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 16.20 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 7 1 5 0 2 24.20 10
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 25.20 7
D Andrei Markov 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kane 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 8.30 6
R Raffi Torres 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 12.40 6
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 6
R Sergei Brylin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.50 6
C Mike Zigomanis 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 7
C Jim Slater 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 13.00 6
C Travis Zajac 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 17.20 6
C John Madden 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2 21.00 6
L Oleg Kvasha 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.30 4
L Jan Bulis 0 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 12.40 7
L Mark Bell 0 0 3 4 5 3 0 -1 19.00 5
L Zach Parisé 1 0 3 4 2 0 0 -2 20.00 10
D Steve Staios 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.10 6
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
D Chris Pronger 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 -2 30.10 8
D Colin White 0 0 1 3 1 3 5 0 13.30 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -2 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Saku Koivu
2nd star: Alex Kovalev
3rd star: Bryan Smolinski
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Bryan Smolinski notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Dustin Boyd finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Dustin Boyd finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Mark Bell had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Maxim Lapierre fought Colin White in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 4( 19) , Albany River Rats 1( 19)
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1-0 QUE Andre Benoit (Janne Lahti)
2-0 QUE Janne Lahti (Jonathan Ferland)
2-1 ALB Petr Vrana (David Clarkson)
3-1 QUE Francis Lemieux (Jean-Philippe Côté)
4-1 QUE Justin Morrison (Francis Lemieux)
Goalies: Tuukka Rask - Frank Doyle