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23/12/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 6 , Ottawa Senators 2
Shots: 25 - 24
PP: 2 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:39/45=84 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:61/77=79 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Centre Bell)
Ticket income: 961539 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:11 1-0
Tomas Kaberle [5] (Brian Campbell, Brad Richards)PP
15:26 1-1
Jason Spezza [17] (Filip Kuba, Pascal Leclaire)
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27:08 2-1
Brad Richards [14] (Mikael Samuelsson)
28:14 2-2
Jonathan Cheechoo [15] (Steve Sullivan, Chris Phillips)
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49:14 3-2
Brian Gionta [17] (Mikael Samuelsson)PP
50:36 4-2
Mikael Samuelsson [14] (Brad Richards, Brian Gionta)
51:56 5-2
Claude Giroux [10] (Brian Campbell, Jordan Staal)
53:42 6-2
Paul Gaustad [8])
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Penalty summary:
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05:09
Daniel Alfredsson (5 min for boarding)
09:25
Barret Jackman (2 min for roughing)
09:25
Brian Gionta (2 min for roughing)
11:02
Mikael Samuelsson (2 min for hooking)
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21:09
Brad Richards (2 min for tripping)
23:06
Kris Letang (2 min for hooking)
39:37
Mathieu Darche (2 min for roughing)
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42:14
Keith Tkachuk (2 min for roughing)
48:48
Chris Phillips (2 min for holding the stick)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Travis Moen 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 17.50 7
R Claude Giroux 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 9
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 18.10 8
C Dominic Moore 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 8.10 6
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 3 5 0 6 0 1 16.20 10
C Jordan Staal 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
C Brad Richards 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 18.30 8
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.10 6
L Glen Metropolit 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 12.50 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 17.10 7
L Brian Gionta 1 1 5 0 2 0 2 1 18.30 9
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 18.30 6
D Brian Campbell 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
D Tyler Myers 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 24.00 8
D Dan McGillis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 14.40 6
D Tomas Kaberle 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 2 0 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Shannon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.00 4
R Shean Donovan 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 17.00 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.20 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 -1 19.00 7
C Cody Bass 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 11.30 5
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.50 4
C Keith Tkachuk 0 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 17.40 6
C Jason Spezza 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 16.20 7
L Nick Foligno 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 6.00 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.10 5
L Steve Sullivan 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
L Pavol Demitra 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 23.10 8
D Filip Kuba 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -2 24.10 6
D Kris Letang 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 13.40 6
D Chris Phillips 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 18.10 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 23.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 6 1 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Brian Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikael Samuelsson
2nd star: Brad Richards
3rd star: Claude Giroux
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Brad Richards notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Brad Richards notched the 400th assist of his career.
-Mikael Samuelsson scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Claude Giroux has marked a new career high in goals with 10 tallies.
-Claude Giroux scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mikael Samuelsson finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Alexei Ponikarovsky had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Jonathan Cheechoo scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Steve Sullivan notched his 20th assist of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 5( 34) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 10)
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1-0 QUE Ben Maxwell (Mathieu Carle, Louis Leblanc)
2-0 QUE Olivier Fortier (Martin Látal)
3-0 QUE Mike Glumac (Andrew Conboy)
4-0 QUE Aaron Palushaj (Joe Colborne, Guillaume Lefebvre)
4-1 GRD Peter Regin (Jim O'Brien)
5-1 QUE Dany Masse (Olivier Fortier)
5-2 GRD Alex Foster (Ilya Zubov, Ryan Keller)
Goalies: Cédrick Desjardins - Mike Brodeur