GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: DETROIT (18-8) at MONTREAL (13-13)

NHL: DETROIT at MONTREAL

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DETROIT 1 2 1 --4
MONTREAL 0 1 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Detroit, Pavel Datsyuk 10 (Unassisted),
16:40. Penalties: A Lilja, Det (hooking), 11:05; B Lebda, Det
(tripping), 13:45; S Koivu, Mon (interference), 17:37.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Montreal, Chris Higgins 11 (Saku Koivu,
Mark Streit), 4:15. 3, Detroit, Pavel Datsyuk 11 (Unassisted), 11:08.
4, Detroit, Niklas Kronwall 2 (Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg),
13:45. Penalties: J Hudler, Det (hooking), 5:17; R Hamrlik, Mon
(delay of game), 14:25.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg 18 (power play)
(Pavel Datsyuk, Brian Rafalski), 13:50. Penalties: M Samuelsson, Det
(holding), 4:42; D Cleary, Det (hooking), 9:36; S Koivu, Mon
(slashing), 13:25; M Samuelsson, Det (roughing), 13:25; M Dandenault,
Mon (charging, game misconduct), 13:25; S Begin, Mon (major fighting),
19:04; A Lilja, Det (major fighting), 19:04.

Shots on goal:
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DETROIT 11 16 7 --34
MONTREAL 7 5 4 --16
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Power-play Conversions: DET - 1 of 3, MON - 0 of 5. Goalies : Detroit,
Dominik Hasek (16 shots, 15 saves; record: 6-5-1). Montreal, Carey
Price (34 shots, 30 saves; record: 6-4-1). A: 21,273. Referees:
Justin St. Pierre, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Don
Henderson.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

DETROIT MONTREAL
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
D Cleary 0 0 even 2 S Koivu 0 1 even 3
P Datsyuk 2 1 +1 4 T Plekanec 0 0 even 3
D Drake 0 0 even 0 B Smolinski 0 0 -1 0
B Lebda 0 0 +1 3 C Higgins 1 0 even 2
C Chelios 0 0 +1 0 S Begin 0 0 -2 0
J Hudler 0 0 +1 3 M Dandenault 0 0 -1 0
B Rafalski 0 1 +1 0 J Gorges 0 0 -1 0
A Lilja 0 0 even 0 A Kovalev 0 0 even 1
M Samuelsson 0 1 +1 4 K Chipchura 0 0 -1 0
H Zetterberg 1 1 even 5 M Streit 0 1 even 0
A Downey 0 0 even 0 R Hamrlik 0 0 +1 0
N Lidstrom 0 0 even 2 A Kostitsyn 0 0 even 2
V Filppula 0 0 +2 0 F Bouillon 0 0 -1 0
N Kronwall 1 0 +1 1 P Brisebois 0 0 -2 1
M Ellis 0 0 even 2 M Ryder 0 0 -1 1
T Kopecky 0 0 even 3 A Markov 0 0 -2 1
J Franzen 0 0 +1 3 M Komisarek 0 0 +1 1
T Holmstrom 0 0 even 2 G Latendresse 0 0 even 1
K Maltby BACK INJURY T Kostopoulos HEALTHY
D Meech HEALTHY C Huet GROIN
M Grabovski HEALTHY</div>

 

NHL: DETROIT at MONTREAL

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