GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: MONTREAL (8-6) at BOSTON (7-7)

NHL: MONTREAL at BOSTON

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MONTREAL 1 1 0 --2
BOSTON 0 1 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Montreal, Alexei Kovalev 8 (Tomas Plekanec,
Andrei Kostitsyn), 17:05.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Montreal, Tomas Plekanec 5 (Andrei
Kostitsyn, Alexei Kovalev), 8:47. 3, Boston, Marco Sturm 6 (Chuck
Kobasew, Phil Kessel), 14:12. Penalties: S Begin, Mon (major
fighting), 2:53; J Reich, Bos (major fighting), 2:53; M Savard, Bos
(holding), 6:36; M Komisarek, Mon (interference), 9:39; A Kovalev, Mon
(interference), 19:58.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Komisarek, Mon (high sticking), 13:09; F
Bouillon, Mon (delay of game), 13:12.

Shots on goal:
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MONTREAL 9 12 11 --32
BOSTON 9 10 10 --29
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Power-play Conversions: MON - 0 of 1, BOS - 0 of 4. Goalies :
Montreal, Carey Price (29 shots, 28 saves; record: 3-1-1). Boston, Tim
Thomas (32 shots, 30 saves; record: 5-4-2). A: 15,183. Referees: Don
Van Massenhoven, Gord Dwyer. Linesmen: Jean Morin, Vaughan Rody.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

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

 

NHL: MONTREAL at BOSTON

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