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9/10/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Washington Capitals 5
Shots: 32 - 34
PP: 0 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:52/62=83 %, Challenges:50/58=84 %
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:30/33=88 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 1053014 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:54 0-1
Tom Poti [1] (Alexander Semin, Mike Green)PP
15:13 1-1
Peter Mueller [2] (Chris Higgins, Dan Girardi)
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20:35 1-2
Brooks Laich [1] (Tom Poti, Michael Nylander)
23:19 2-2
Sidney Crosby [2] (Dan Boyle, Andrei Markov)
25:29 2-3
Mike Knuble [1] (Tom Poti, Brooks Laich)
29:13 3-3
Jason Spezza [1] (Zach Parisé, Paul Mara)
35:25 3-4
Eric Fehr [1] (Mike Green, Shaone Morrisonn)
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42:57 4-4
Andrei Markov [1])
48:04 4-5
Nicklas Bäckström [1] (Matt Bradley, Eric Fehr)
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Penalty summary:
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02:28
Mike Knuble (2 min for hooking)
04:58
Peter Mueller (2 min for hooking)
12:23
Alexander Radulov (2 min for elbowing)
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21:42
Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
21:42
Logan Couture (5 min for fighting)
33:05
Robert Lang (2 min for hooking)
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45:03
Alexander Semin (2 min for boarding)
49:17
Andrei Markov (2 min for cross-checking)
51:58
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for hooking)
54:02
Andrei Markov (2 min for hooking)
59:04
Brian Pothier (2 min for boarding)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6.40 6
R Travis Zajac 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 19.40 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 17.40 6
R Kyle Turris 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 19.10 7
C Logan Couture 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 7.20 5
C Peter Mueller 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 -1 15.00 8
C Jason Spezza 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.50 7
L Petr Cajanek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 4
L Chris Higgins 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 7
L Zach Parisé 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.20 8
L Teemu Selänne 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 17.50 7
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 19.50 6
D Paul Mara 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 -1 23.10 7
D Andrei Markov 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 2 24.10 9
D Dan Girardi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
D Dan Boyle 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 21.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 5 0 29 0 0 59.00 5
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 6.00 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 13.20 8
R Mike Knuble 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 21.00 8
R Alexander Semin 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 -1 20.40 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 14.20 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 10.30 7
C Michael Nylander 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.40 6
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 6
L Matt Bradley 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 6.00 6
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 -1 13.30 6
L Brooks Laich 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 14.30 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.40 6
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 19.40 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 16.20 8
D Tom Poti 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 -1 25.40 8
D Mike Green 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 4 0 28 0 0 60.00 6
G Simeon Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tom Poti
2nd star: Eric Fehr
3rd star: Brooks Laich
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Washington Capitals:
Other notes:
-Chris Clark fought Logan Couture in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 28) , Portland Pirates 2( 12)
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0-1 POR Keith Aucoin (Oskar Osala)
1-1 QUE Greg Stewart (Ryan O'Byrne)
2-1 QUE Mathieu Darche (Mike York)
2-2 POR Boyd Kane (David Steckel)
Goalies: Curtis Sanford - Michal Neuvirth