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8/9/2007
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Montreal Canadiens 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 5
Shots: 30 - 27

: PP: 1 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:67/77=87 %, Challenges:48/53=88 %
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: PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:61/79=77 %, Challenges:35/40=85 %
Attendance: 8509 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 387160 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:44 1-0

: Chris Higgins [1] (Michael Ryder, Alex Kovalev)
07:18 2-0

: Michael Ryder [2] (Steve Bégin, Mathieu Dandenault)
13:39 2-1 :

: Ryan Malone [1] (Evgeny Malkin, Brooks Orpik)
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29:46 3-1

: Bryan Smolinski [2] (Roman Hamrlik, Andrei Markov)
30:49 3-2 :

: Ryan Malone [2] (Mark Recchi, Evgeny Malkin)
32:19 4-2

: Alex Kovalev [1] (Saku Koivu, Bryan Smolinski)PP
34:04 4-3 :

: Petr Sykora [1] (Sidney Crosby, Gary Roberts)PP
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41:49 5-3

: Andrei Markov [1] (Roman Hamrlik, Saku Koivu)
44:29 5-4 :

: Jani Rita [1] (Maxime Talbot, Arpad Mihaly)
47:34 5-5 :

: Jordan Staal [1] (Alex Grant, Brooks Orpik)
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61:39 6-5

: Saku Koivu [2] (Bryan Smolinski, Andrei Markov)
Penalty summary:
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08:54 :

: Arpad Mihaly (2 min for holding the stick)
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31:43 :

: Jani Rita (2 min for roughing)
33:31

: Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
35:51 :

: Sergei Gonchar (2 min for elbowing)
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48:28 :

: Alex Grant (2 min for high-sticking)
52:08 :

: Arpad Mihaly (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Max Pacioretty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
R Michael Ryder 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 7 1 0 0 0 2 23.20 10
C Garth Murray 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 9.00 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.00 6
C Chris Higgins 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 -1 15.50 7
C Saku Koivu 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 23.20 8
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 15.30 7
L Steve Bégin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 13.30 7
L Bryan Smolinski 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 23.40 9
D David Fischer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 2 1 4 0 1 2 2 30.50 9
D Andre Benoit 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
D Andrei Markov 1 2 5 2 2 0 0 2 31.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 22 0 0 61.30 4
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jani Rita 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 6.50 8
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 16.00 7
R Mark Recchi 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 13.40 7
R Petr Sykora 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 16.10 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 9.10 7
C Jordan Staal 1 0 3 4 1 3 0 1 20.10 9
C Evgeny Malkin 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.30 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 18.40 7
L Arpad Mihaly 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 7.00 6
L Niklas Nordgren 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.00 7
L Ryan Malone 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 17.50 9
L Gary Roberts 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -2 22.00 7
D Alex Grant 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 18.00 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 -1 22.50 8
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 27.00 6
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 15.00 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 22.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 6 0 24 0 0 61.30 4
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Bryan Smolinski
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
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