Montreal at Columbus

Shots
123OTT
Montreal 9 6 7 0 22
Columbus 12 15 6 0 33
Goals
123OTT
Montreal 1 2 1 0 4
Columbus 0 1 0 0 1


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. MONTREAL, CROSBY 31 (BALEJ, KEANE) (PP), 02:13

PENALTIES: C. SARICH CMB (ELBOWING, Minor) 00:26, C. SARICH CMB (HOOKING, Minor, Misconduct) 03:57, R. LANG CMB (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 08:30, S. CROSBY MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 14:04, B. MEZEI MTL (FIGHTING) 14:54, D. WESTCOTT CMB (FIGHTING) 14:54, J. SLATER MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:48

Period 2
2. MONTREAL, PLEKANEC 21 (KOMISAREK, BERGENHEIM), 01:41
3. MONTREAL, KEANE 15 (CROSBY, RIVET) (SH), 12:12
4. COLUMBUS, WESTCOTT 6 (NILSSON, GAVEY) (PP), 14:01

PENALTIES: J. BALEJ MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 04:13, M. ROZSIVAL CMB (HOOKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 04:13 (Served by Duvie Westcott), A. MARKOV MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 05:40, J. BULIS MTL (SPEARING, Major) 10:11, K. WELLWOOD CMB (CHARGING, Minor) 11:57, E. CHOUINARD MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 12:05, J. MELICHAR MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 13:19 (Served by Sidney Crosby), B. MEZEI MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:14, M. JONES CMB (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:46

Period 3
5. MONTREAL, CROSBY 32 (MARKOV, BERGENHEIM) (PP), 00:41

PENALTIES: J. BALEJ MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 05:55, C. RIVET MTL (, ) 06:13, D. WESTCOTT CMB (, , Game Misconduct) 06:13, M. JONES CMB (ELBOWING, Minor) 15:37, C. RIVET MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 15:46, J. BULIS MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 16:16

Goalie Statistics

Garth Snow (MTL), 17 saves out of 17 shots, W, 4-3-1
Mika Noronen (MTL), 15 saves out of 16 shots
Marc Denis (CMB), 18 saves out of 22 shots, L, 29-23-6

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 2 for 6
Columbus 1 for 10

Game Stars

1 - Sidney Crosby (MTL)
2 - Garth Snow (MTL)
3 - Mike Keane (MTL)

Player Statistics

Montreal

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Tomas Plekanec        1  0  1    +1   0  1   1 26
Andrei Markov         0  1  1  Even   2  0   0 25
Branislav Mezei       0  0  0  Even   7  3   0 19
Jozef Balej           0  1  1  Even   4  2   0 10
Mike Keane            1  1  2  Even   0  3   1 17
Denis Hamel           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  6
Jim Slater            0  0  0  Even   2  0   1  5
Craig Rivet           0  1  1  Even   7  1   2 18
Josef Melichar        0  0  0  Even  12  1   0 10
Ron Hainsey           0  0  0    +1   0  1   0 21
Jan Bulis             0  0  0  Even   7  2   0 19
Eric Chouinard        0  0  0    +1   2  2   1 15
Jason Ward            0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 11
Mike Komisarek        0  1  1    +1   0  0   4 21
Sean Bergenheim       0  2  2    +1   0  2   1 24
Sidney Crosby         2  1  3  Even   2  4   4 24
Mikhail Yakubov       0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
   
Columbus

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Geoff Sanderson       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Kyle Wellwood         0  0  0  Even   2  1   1 22
Steve Rucchin         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  9
Aaron Gavey           0  1  1  Even   0  0   0 11
Michal Rozsival       0  0  0    -1  12  0   0  9
Jiri Slegr            0  0  0  Even   0  5   3 29
Robert Lang           0  0  0    -1   2  3   0 17
Robert Nilsson        0  1  1  Even   0  3   1 18
Fredrik Sjostrom      0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 21
Nikolai Zherdev       0  0  0    -1   0  0   3 26
Matt Jones            0  0  0  Even   4  0   3 23
Jody Shelley          0  0  0  Even   0  4   2 12
Duvie Westcott        1  0  1    -1  20  3   2 20
Geoff Platt           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  6
Cory Sarich           0  0  0  Even  14  0   0  7
Ilya Kovalchuk        0  0  0    -1   0  4   3 27
Andy Delmore          0  0  0  Even   0  4   1 21
Serge Aubin           0  0  0  Even   0  4   2  8
   

Financial

Attendance: 15661
Net Profit: $986 643,00

Game Notes

Geoff Sanderson injured at 00:26 of the 1st Period
Branislav Mezei and Duvie Westcott fight to a draw
Jim Slater injured at 04:13 of the 2nd Period
Michal Rozsival ejected at 04:13 of the 2nd Period
Mika Noronen enters game at 12:05 of 2nd period
Garth Snow injured at 12:05 of the 2nd Period
Steve Rucchin injured at 12:16 of the 2nd Period
Cory Sarich injured at 13:19 of the 2nd Period
Josef Melichar ejected at 13:19 of the 2nd Period
Craig Rivet beats up Duvie Westcott
Duvie Westcott ejected at 06:13 of the 3rd Period
Duvie Westcott receives 4 game suspension

Minor League Box Score

Hamilton       6
Syracuse       2
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Joey Tetarenko 15 (unknown, Arron Asham)
unknown (Jean-Francois Jacques, Jason Jaspers)
Arron Asham 2 (Mike Green, unknown)
Joey Tetarenko 16 (unknown, Patrick Traverse)
Jean-Francois Jacques 2 (unknown, unknown)
Jason Jaspers 18 (unknown, unknown)

Eric Weinrich 12 (Tim Jackman, Jim Dowd)
Tim Jackman 19 (Tyler Wright, Cam Barker)

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Goalies
Hamilton: Kari Lehtonen
Syracuse: unknown
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