GAME THREAD: NHL: BOSTON (9-8) at MONTREAL (10-8)

NHL: BOSTON at MONTREAL

<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON AT MONTREAL
NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT HOME TEAM POWER PLAY
CONVERSIONS.</div>

 

NHL: BOSTON at MONTREAL

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Boston 1 2 1 --4
Montreal 1 3 3 --7
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Montreal, Saku Koivu 5 (power play)
(Michael Ryder, Andrei Markov), 2:40. 2, Boston, Glen Murray 2 (Marc
Savard, P.J. Axelsson), 3:27. Penalties: M Stuart, Bos (slashing),
1:47; F Bouillon, Mon (high sticking), 5:38; A Alberts, Bos (high
sticking), 12:41; S Koivu, Mon (cross checking), 14:51; G Murray, Bos
(boarding), 15:12; S Begin, Mon (roughing), 15:12; Z Chara, Bos
(roughing), 15:12; Z Chara, Bos (cross checking), 18:37; S Begin, Mon
(slashing), 18:37.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Montreal, Tom Kostopoulos 2 (shorthanded)
(Kyle Chipchura), 1:19. 4, Boston, Zdeno Chara 1 (Marc Savard, Dennis
Wideman), 3:11. 5, Montreal, Andrei Kostitsyn 3 (power play) (Andrei
Markov), 4:59. 6, Boston, Marco Sturm 9 (power play) (Glen Murray,
Zdeno Chara), 10:43. 7, Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse 3 (Roman
Hamrlik, Kyle Chipchura), 17:30. Penalties: M Dandenault, Mon (high
sticking), 1:05; A Ward, Bos (hooking), 3:44; Z Chara, Bos (cross
checking), 7:49; S Begin, Mon (diving), 7:49; A Kovalev, Mon
(slashing), 9:57; S Koivu, Mon (hooking), 11:24.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, Montreal, Roman Hamrlik 2 (shorthanded)
(Mark Streit, Tomas Plekanec), 4:23. 9, Montreal, Mike Komisarek 3
(power play) (Saku Koivu), 10:15. 10, Boston, Glen Murray 3 (Marc
Savard), 11:07. 11, Montreal, Alexei Kovalev 10 (power play) (Michael
Ryder, Mark Streit), 14:12. Penalties: P Schaefer, Bos (hooking),
3:47; S Koivu, Mon (holding), 3:47; A Alberts, Bos (major fighting),
10:13; J Reich, Bos (double minor goalie interference, roughing),
10:13; F Bouillon, Mon (roughing), 10:13; J Gorges, Mon (roughing),
10:13; T Kostopoulos, Mon (major fighting), 10:13; A Kostitsyn, Mon
(major fighting), 11:05; M Stuart, Bos (major fighting), 11:05; D
Wideman, Bos (high sticking), 12:23; Z Chara, Bos ( game misconduct),
13:26; G Latendresse, Mon (roughing), 13:26; Z Chara, Bos (double
elbowing, instigator major, fighting), 13:26; A Kostitsyn, Mon
(instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 19:13; M Stuart, Bos (major
fighting), 19:13.

Shots on goal:
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Boston 20 8 8 --36
Montreal 15 12 25 --52
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Power-play Conversions: Boston - 1 of 5, Montreal - 3 of 7. Goalies :
Boston, Tim Thomas (52 shots, 45 saves; record: 7-5-2). Montreal,
Carey Price (36 shots, 32 saves; record: 5-1-1). A: 21,273. Referees:
Dan O'Rourke, Dean Warren. Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Steve Miller.</div>

 

NHL: BOSTON at MONTREAL

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BOSTON 1 2 1 --4
MONTREAL 1 3 3 --7
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Montreal, Saku Koivu 5 (power play)
(Michael Ryder, Andrei Markov), 2:40. 2, Boston, Glen Murray 2 (Marc
Savard, P.J. Axelsson), 3:27. Penalties: M Stuart, Bos (slashing),
1:47; F Bouillon, Mon (high sticking), 5:38; A Alberts, Bos (high
sticking), 12:41; S Koivu, Mon (cross checking), 14:51; G Murray, Bos
(boarding), 15:12; S Begin, Mon (roughing), 15:12; Z Chara, Bos
(roughing), 15:12; Z Chara, Bos (cross checking), 18:37; S Begin, Mon
(slashing), 18:37.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Montreal, Tom Kostopoulos 2 (shorthanded)
(Kyle Chipchura), 1:19. 4, Boston, Zdeno Chara 1 (Marc Savard, Dennis
Wideman), 3:11. 5, Montreal, Andrei Kostitsyn 3 (power play) (Andrei
Markov), 4:59. 6, Boston, Marco Sturm 9 (power play) (Glen Murray,
Zdeno Chara), 10:43. 7, Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse 3 (Roman
Hamrlik, Kyle Chipchura), 17:30. Penalties: M Dandenault, Mon (high
sticking), 1:05; A Ward, Bos (hooking), 3:44; Z Chara, Bos (cross
checking), 7:49; S Begin, Mon (diving), 7:49; A Kovalev, Mon
(slashing), 9:57; S Koivu, Mon (hooking), 11:24.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, Montreal, Roman Hamrlik 2 (shorthanded)
(Mark Streit, Tomas Plekanec), 4:23. 9, Montreal, Mike Komisarek 3
(power play) (Saku Koivu), 10:15. 10, Boston, Glen Murray 3 (Marc
Savard), 11:07. 11, Montreal, Alexei Kovalev 10 (power play) (Michael
Ryder, Mark Streit), 14:12. Penalties: P Schaefer, Bos (hooking),
3:47; S Koivu, Mon (holding), 3:47; A Alberts, Bos (major fighting),
10:13; J Reich, Bos (double minor goalie interference, roughing),
10:13; F Bouillon, Mon (roughing), 10:13; J Gorges, Mon (roughing),
10:13; T Kostopoulos, Mon (major fighting), 10:13; A Kostitsyn, Mon
(major fighting), 11:05; M Stuart, Bos (major fighting), 11:05; D
Wideman, Bos (high sticking), 12:23; Z Chara, Bos ( game misconduct),
13:26; G Latendresse, Mon (roughing), 13:26; Z Chara, Bos (double
elbowing, instigator major, fighting), 13:26; A Kostitsyn, Mon
(instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 19:13; M Stuart, Bos (major
fighting), 19:13.

Shots on goal:
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BOSTON 20 8 8 --36
MONTREAL 15 12 25 --52
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Power-play Conversions: BOS - 1 of 5, MON - 3 of 7. Goalies : Boston,
Tim Thomas (52 shots, 45 saves; record: 7-5-2). Montreal, Carey Price
(36 shots, 32 saves; record: 5-1-1). A: 21,273. Referees: Dan
O'Rourke, Dean Warren. Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Steve Miller.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

BOSTON MONTREAL
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
B Bochenski 0 0 -1 1 S Koivu 1 1 +1 4
P Axelsson 0 1 +1 0 T Plekanec 0 1 -1 2
C Kobasew 0 0 -2 1 B Smolinski 0 0 -1 1
G Metropolit 0 0 -1 3 C Higgins 0 0 +1 4
M Sturm 1 0 +1 3 S Begin 0 0 -1 0
M Lucic 0 0 -1 1 M Dandenault 0 0 -2 0
G Murray 2 1 +3 5 J Gorges 0 0 -1 1
Z Chara 1 1 +2 5 A Kovalev 1 0 even 3
A Alberts 0 0 -1 2 K Chipchura 0 2 +2 0
A Ward 0 0 -1 2 M Streit 0 2 +1 6
M Stuart 0 0 -2 0 R Hamrlik 1 1 +3 6
M Hunwick 0 0 -1 1 A Kostitsyn 1 0 -1 4
J Reich 0 0 -2 1 F Bouillon 0 0 +1 0
P Nokelainen 0 0 -2 0 T Kostopoulos 1 0 +2 2
D Wideman 0 1 +2 2 M Ryder 0 2 +1 13
P Schaefer 0 0 even 3 A Markov 0 2 -1 1
P Kessel 0 0 -1 4 M Komisarek 1 0 -1 2
M Savard 0 3 +3 2 G Latendresse 1 0 +1 3
A Ference KNEE INJURY P Brisebois HEALTHY
B Allen HEALTHY M Grabovski HEALTHY</div>

 

MONTREAL (Ticker) -- The Montreal Canadiens continued theirmastery of the Boston Bruins on Saturday.


Seven different Canadiens scored to help the team defeat theBoston Bruins, 7-4, on Saturday in a battle of "Original Six"clubs.


Montreal has defeated Boston all three times the clubs have metthis season, outscoring the Bruins, 15-6, in the process. Inaddition, the Canadiens have won nine of the last 10 matchups atthe Bell Centre.


Captain Saku Koivu, Tom Kostopoulos, Andrei Kostitsyn, GuillaumeLatendresse, Alexei Kovalev and defensemen Roman Hamrlik andMike Komisarek scored for Montreal.


After the teams alternated scoring the game's first six goals,Latendresse's tally with 2 1/2 minutes remaining in the secondperiod gave the Canadiens a 4-3 lead.


"I tried to bring something good," Latendresse said. "We knewBoston was a really physical team, and we had to match that.That's what happened there (on the goal)."


After being denied by goaltender Tim Thomas on his first chance,Latendresse made good on his second attempt from short range,sending the puck into the top right corner of the net.

Hamrlik gave the Canadiens a two-goal cushion 4:23 into thethird period after fending off defenseman Aaron Ward and beatinga prone Thomas.


Komisarek scored midway through the third period to giveMontreal a three-goal bulge. Assisting on the goal was Koivu,who pulled into a tie with Hall of Famer Bernie Geoffrion for10th place on the franchise list with 388.


"It was good hockey for two periods and then we got a couple ofgoals lead, and I guess that was when the frustration played apart in the last 10 minutes," Koivu said. "At this level, it'snot always about the skills or who's playing. It's more aboutthe effort and who really wants to win the game."


After Glen Murray scored the second of his two goals 52 secondslater, Kovalev capped the scoring with six minutes to go in anextremely chippy game between the bitter rivals.


"As long as we win, that's the kind of game I like," Kovalevsaid. "The way we played the last game (in Buffalo), we didn'tdo anything offensively. We didn't go to the net, we didn'ttake the puck to the net.


"It seems we did a lot better tonight, when I saw 52 shots (onthe scoreboard). That is a lot of shots, but I think that isthe way we should play."


Koivu's power-play goal opened the scoring 2:40 into the firstperiod, but Murray leveled the game just 47 seconds later.

Despite the two-goal effort, Murray was not thrilled with histeam's play.


"We took a couple of penalties out of frustration, I think," hesaid. "They capitalized on a lot of our mistakes tonight."

The Canadiens regained the advantage 79 seconds into the secondperiod.


Thomas misplayed the puck behind the net, and Kyle Chipchuragained possession before feeding Kostopoulos in the slot. TheMississauga, Ontario native deposited the puck past Thomas togive Montreal a 2-1 edge.


Defenseman Zdeno Chara responded less than two minutes laterwith his first goal of the season.


Kostitsyn gave Montreal a 3-2 edge just 4:59 into the secondperiod, but Marco Sturm knotted the contest midway through thesession after accepting a feed from Murray in the slot andbeating rookie netminder Carey Price.


Price finished with 32 saves, while Thomas stopped 45 shots.

"I don't think I've been part of a game like that for a verylong time, if ever," Thomas said.


Boston coach Claude Julien felt his team just was not there.

"Our biggest concern is that our heads weren't in it," Juliensaid. "I thought we gave (Montreal) almost everything they got.It was just poor decision-making. We iced the puck twiceplaying 4-on-4. For some reason, we just didn't seem sharp."

 

Re: NHL: BOSTON (9-8) at MONTREAL (10-8)

This was actually a pretty entertaining game. Despite the loss.</p>

 

Re: NHL: BOSTON (9-8) at MONTREAL (10-8)

A whole lot of fighting. Carey got very lucky tonight that the offense clicked.</p>

Poor Huet.</p>

 

NHL: BOSTON at MONTREAL

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Boston 1 2 1 --4
Montreal 1 3 3 --7
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Montreal, Saku Koivu 5 (power play)
(Michael Ryder, Andrei Markov), 2:40. 2, Boston, Glen Murray 2 (Marc
Savard, P.J. Axelsson), 3:27. Penalties: M Stuart, Bos (slashing),
1:47; F Bouillon, Mon (high sticking), 5:38; A Alberts, Bos (high
sticking), 12:41; S Koivu, Mon (cross checking), 14:51; G Murray, Bos
(boarding), 15:12; S Begin, Mon (roughing), 15:12; Z Chara, Bos
(roughing), 15:12; Z Chara, Bos (cross checking), 18:37; S Begin, Mon
(slashing), 18:37.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Montreal, Tom Kostopoulos 2 (shorthanded)
(Kyle Chipchura), 1:19. 4, Boston, Zdeno Chara 1 (Marc Savard, Dennis
Wideman), 3:11. 5, Montreal, Andrei Kostitsyn 3 (power play) (Andrei
Markov), 4:59. 6, Boston, Marco Sturm 9 (power play) (Glen Murray,
Zdeno Chara), 10:43. 7, Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse 3 (Roman
Hamrlik, Kyle Chipchura), 17:30. Penalties: M Dandenault, Mon (high
sticking), 1:05; A Ward, Bos (hooking), 3:44; Z Chara, Bos (cross
checking), 7:49; S Begin, Mon (diving), 7:49; A Kovalev, Mon
(slashing), 9:57; S Koivu, Mon (hooking), 11:24.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, Montreal, Roman Hamrlik 2 (Mark Streit,
Tomas Plekanec), 4:23. 9, Montreal, Mike Komisarek 3 (Saku Koivu),
10:15. 10, Boston, Glen Murray 3 (Marc Savard), 11:07. 11, Montreal,
Alexei Kovalev 10 (power play) (Michael Ryder, Mark Streit), 14:12.
Penalties: P Schaefer, Bos (hooking), 3:47; S Koivu, Mon (holding),
3:47; A Alberts, Bos (major fighting), 10:13; J Reich, Bos (double
minor goalie interference, roughing), 10:13; F Bouillon, Mon
(roughing), 10:13; J Gorges, Mon (roughing), 10:13; T Kostopoulos, Mon
(major fighting), 10:13; A Kostitsyn, Mon (major fighting), 11:05; M
Stuart, Bos (major fighting), 11:05; D Wideman, Bos (high sticking),
12:23; Z Chara, Bos (double elbowing, instigator major, fighting,
misconduct), 13:26; G Latendresse, Mon (roughing), 13:26; T
Kostopoulos, Mon (instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 19:13; M
Stuart, Bos (major fighting), 19:13.

Shots on goal:
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Boston 20 8 8 --36
Montreal 15 12 25 --52
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Power-play Conversions: Boston - 1 of 5, Montreal - 3 of 7. Goalies :
Boston, Tim Thomas (52 shots, 45 saves; record: 7-5-2). Montreal,
Carey Price (36 shots, 32 saves; record: 5-1-1). A: 21,273. Referees:
Dan O'Rourke, Dean Warren. Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Steve Miller.</div>

 

NHL: BOSTON at MONTREAL

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BOSTON 1 2 1 --4
MONTREAL 1 3 3 --7
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Montreal, Saku Koivu 5 (power play)
(Michael Ryder, Andrei Markov), 2:40. 2, Boston, Glen Murray 2 (Marc
Savard, P.J. Axelsson), 3:27. Penalties: M Stuart, Bos (slashing),
1:47; F Bouillon, Mon (high sticking), 5:38; A Alberts, Bos (high
sticking), 12:41; S Koivu, Mon (cross checking), 14:51; G Murray, Bos
(boarding), 15:12; S Begin, Mon (roughing), 15:12; Z Chara, Bos
(roughing), 15:12; Z Chara, Bos (cross checking), 18:37; S Begin, Mon
(slashing), 18:37.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Montreal, Tom Kostopoulos 2 (shorthanded)
(Kyle Chipchura), 1:19. 4, Boston, Zdeno Chara 1 (Marc Savard, Dennis
Wideman), 3:11. 5, Montreal, Andrei Kostitsyn 3 (power play) (Andrei
Markov), 4:59. 6, Boston, Marco Sturm 9 (power play) (Glen Murray,
Zdeno Chara), 10:43. 7, Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse 3 (Roman
Hamrlik, Kyle Chipchura), 17:30. Penalties: M Dandenault, Mon (high
sticking), 1:05; A Ward, Bos (hooking), 3:44; Z Chara, Bos (cross
checking), 7:49; S Begin, Mon (diving), 7:49; A Kovalev, Mon
(slashing), 9:57; S Koivu, Mon (hooking), 11:24.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, Montreal, Roman Hamrlik 2 (Mark Streit,
Tomas Plekanec), 4:23. 9, Montreal, Mike Komisarek 3 (Saku Koivu),
10:15. 10, Boston, Glen Murray 3 (Marc Savard), 11:07. 11, Montreal,
Alexei Kovalev 10 (power play) (Michael Ryder, Mark Streit), 14:12.
Penalties: P Schaefer, Bos (hooking), 3:47; S Koivu, Mon (holding),
3:47; A Alberts, Bos (major fighting), 10:13; J Reich, Bos (double
minor goalie interference, roughing), 10:13; F Bouillon, Mon
(roughing), 10:13; J Gorges, Mon (roughing), 10:13; T Kostopoulos, Mon
(major fighting), 10:13; A Kostitsyn, Mon (major fighting), 11:05; M
Stuart, Bos (major fighting), 11:05; D Wideman, Bos (high sticking),
12:23; Z Chara, Bos (double elbowing, instigator major, fighting,
misconduct), 13:26; G Latendresse, Mon (roughing), 13:26; T
Kostopoulos, Mon (instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 19:13; M
Stuart, Bos (major fighting), 19:13.

Shots on goal:
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BOSTON 20 8 8 --36
MONTREAL 15 12 25 --52
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Power-play Conversions: BOS - 1 of 5, MON - 3 of 7. Goalies : Boston,
Tim Thomas (52 shots, 45 saves; record: 7-5-2). Montreal, Carey Price
(36 shots, 32 saves; record: 5-1-1). A: 21,273. Referees: Dan
O'Rourke, Dean Warren. Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Steve Miller.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

BOSTON MONTREAL
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
B Bochenski 0 0 -1 1 S Koivu 1 1 +1 4
P Axelsson 0 1 +1 0 T Plekanec 0 1 -1 2
C Kobasew 0 0 -3 1 B Smolinski 0 0 -1 1
G Metropolit 0 0 -1 3 C Higgins 0 0 +1 4
M Sturm 1 0 even 3 S Begin 0 0 -1 0
M Lucic 0 0 even 1 M Dandenault 0 0 -2 0
G Murray 2 1 +3 5 J Gorges 0 0 -1 1
Z Chara 1 1 +2 5 A Kovalev 1 0 even 3
A Alberts 0 0 -1 2 K Chipchura 0 2 +2 0
A Ward 0 0 -1 2 M Streit 0 2 +1 6
M Stuart 0 0 -1 0 R Hamrlik 1 1 +3 6
M Hunwick 0 0 -2 1 A Kostitsyn 1 0 -1 4
J Reich 0 0 -1 1 F Bouillon 0 0 +1 0
P Nokelainen 0 0 -1 0 T Kostopoulos 1 0 +2 2
D Wideman 0 1 +1 2 M Ryder 0 2 +1 13
P Schaefer 0 0 even 3 A Markov 0 2 -1 1
P Kessel 0 0 -2 4 M Komisarek 1 0 -1 2
M Savard 0 3 +3 2 G Latendresse 1 0 +1 3
A Ference KNEE INJURY P Brisebois HEALTHY
B Allen HEALTHY M Grabovski HEALTHY</div>

 

NHL: BOSTON at MONTREAL

<div class="pre">NHL BOSTON AT MONTREAL
NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT PLUS/MINUS FOR SEVERAL
BOSTON PLAYERS.</div>