Montreal at Minnesota

Shots
123OTT
Montreal 12 5 12 0 29
Minnesota 5 12 12 2 31
Goals
123OTT
Montreal 0 2 0 0 2
Minnesota 0 1 1 1 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: D. MARKOV MIN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 11:04, A. LILJA MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 11:09

Period 2
1. MONTREAL, RIVET 3 (CROSBY, WARD), 10:20
2. MONTREAL, RIVET 4 (BULIS, CROSBY), 11:19
3. MINNESOTA, PARRISH 19 (MARKOV, ZHAMNOV), 13:06

PENALTIES: B. MEZEI MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 01:16, C. RIVET MTL (FIGHTING) 01:31, A. KOVALEV MIN (FIGHTING) 01:31, M. KOMISAREK MTL (, ) 15:47, W. MITCHELL MIN (, ) 15:47, A. ZHAMNOV MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 15:51

Period 3
4. MINNESOTA, HOLMSTROM 22 (ZHAMNOV), 15:11

PENALTIES: N. EKMAN MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 01:32, J. WARD MTL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 05:51, A. ZHAMNOV MIN (CHARGING, Major) 09:21, J. MELICHAR MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 11:07, M. KOMISAREK MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 11:13, A. KOVALEV MIN (CHARGING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 11:13 (Served by Andrew Brunette), C. RIVET MTL (CHARGING, Major, Game Misconduct) 19:51 (Served by Sean Bergenheim)

Overtime
5. MINNESOTA, SMOLINSKI 20 (HOLMSTROM, RIBEIRO) (PP), 02:15

PENALTIES: R. HAINSEY MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 01:39, G. MARSHALL MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:39

Goalie Statistics

Kari Lehtonen (MTL), 28 saves out of 31 shots, L, 26-26-4
Marc-Andre Fleury (MIN), 27 saves out of 29 shots, W, 10-10-1

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 0 for 5
Minnesota 1 for 5

Game Stars

1 - Craig Rivet (MTL)
2 - Tomas Holmstrom (MIN)
3 - Alexei Zhamnov (MIN)

Player Statistics

Montreal

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Tomas Plekanec        0  0  0  Even   0  4   2 23
Andrei Markov         0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 27
Branislav Mezei       0  0  0    +1   5  1   2 18
Jozef Balej           0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 13
Mike Keane            0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 14
Denis Hamel           0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  5
Jim Slater            0  0  0  Even   0  5   0 10
Craig Rivet           2  0  2    +1  10  5   1 18
Josef Melichar        0  0  0  Even   2  0   2 18
Ron Hainsey           0  0  0  Even   4  2   1 22
Jan Bulis             0  1  1  Even   0  2   2 26
Eric Chouinard        0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 17
Jason Ward            0  1  1    +1   2  1   1 17
Mike Komisarek        0  0  0    -1   7  1   3 17
Sean Bergenheim       0  0  0  Even   0  1   3 23
Sidney Crosby         0  2  2  Even   0  1   2 26
Mikhail Yakubov       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  4
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0  Even   0  0   2  5
   
Minnesota

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Trevor Linden         0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 16
Tomas Holmstrom       1  1  2    +2   0  4   1 17
Nils Ekman            0  0  0    -1   2  1   1 18
Danny Markov          0  1  1    +1   2  2   1 22
Andrew Brunette       0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 16
Alexandre Daigle      0  0  0    -1   0  1   2  6
Alexei Kovalev        0  0  0  Even  17  3   2 15
Garnet Exelby         0  0  0    +2   0  0   2 15
Grant Marshall        0  0  0    -1   2  1   0 13
Jason Williams        0  0  0    -1   0  1   3 18
Filip Kuba            0  0  0    -2   0  0   1 18
Bryan Smolinski       1  0  1    -1   0  3   0 22
Andreas Lilja         0  0  0  Even   2  1   2 19
Eric Desjardins       0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 19
Mike Ribeiro          0  1  1  Even   0  4   1 25
Alexei Zhamnov        0  2  2    +2   7  3   0 10
Willie Mitchell       0  0  0    -1   5  0   1 15
Mark Parrish          1  0  1    +2   0  2   0 15
   

Financial

Attendance: 13030
Net Profit: $820 890,00

Game Notes

Craig Rivet and Alexei Kovalev fight to a draw
Willie Mitchell beats up Mike Komisarek
Mike Keane injured at 11:13 of the 3rd Period
Alexei Kovalev ejected at 11:13 of the 3rd Period
Craig Rivet ejected at 19:51 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Hamilton       1
Houston        4
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Jason Jaspers 20 (Arron Asham, unknown)

Stephane Veilleux 30 (Chad Larose, Ryan Bayda)
Keith Aucoin 2 (Jeff Heerema, Wojtek Wolski)
Alexander Karpovtsev 13 (Jesse Boulerice, Patrick Sharp)
Jeff Heerema 17 (Allan Rourke, Brad Norton)

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Goalies
Hamilton: Rob McVicar
Houston: Josh Harding
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