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5/12/2012
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 33 - 23
PP: 3 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:62/84=73 %, Challenges:42/50=82 %
PP: 0 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:61/73=83 %, Challenges:31/41=73 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 995577 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:33 1-0
Ryan Kesler [15] (Daniel Alfredsson, Rick Nash)PP
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32:14 1-1
Beau Bennett [1] (Jacob Berglund, Paul Martin)
34:25 2-1
Lars Eller [8] (Max Pacioretty, Ryan Kesler)
37:33 2-2
Travis Zajac [7] (Alexander Semin, Eric Tangradi)
38:18 3-2
Rick Nash [17] (Daniel Alfredsson)
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52:59 4-2
Rick Nash [18] (Erik Karlsson, Luke Schenn)PP
56:11 5-2
Daniel Alfredsson [12] (Ryan Kesler, Erik Karlsson)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:24
Michio Kushi (2 min for hooking)
06:32
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for boarding)
09:29
Jacob Berglund (2 min for slashing)
14:53
Paul Kariya (2 min for hooking)
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29:21
Paul Kariya (2 min for boarding)
38:54
Max Pacioretty (2 min for slashing)
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51:21
Chris Kunitz (2 min for slashing)
54:31
Michio Kushi (2 min for hooking)
57:52
Tom Pyatt (2 min for slashing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Pyatt 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 -1 7.00 6
R Paul Kariya 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 13.10 6
R Lars Eller 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 7
R Rick Nash 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
C James Sheppard 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 7.50 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 -1 21.20 7
C Louis Leblanc 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
C Ryan Kesler 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
L Michael Ryder 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 7.50 5
L Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.20 6
L Max Pacioretty 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 12.00 9
L Daniel Alfredsson 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 10
D Mathieu Carle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.40 5
D Patrick Wiercioch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 6
D Luke Schenn 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 -1 29.10 9
D Dan Girardi 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 14.30 6
D Erik Karlsson 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 21.40 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Beau Bennett 1 0 2 4 1 1 0 1 7.50 7
R Ryan Smyth 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 6
R T.J. Oshie 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 21.40 7
R Alexander Semin 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 20.30 8
C Dustin Jeffrey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 7
C Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10.10 5
C Travis Zajac 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 8
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 21.50 7
L Jacob Berglund 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 7.50 6
L Jirí Tlustý 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
L Eric Tangradi 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 -2 13.40 7
L Michio Kushi 0 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 20.10 6
D Simon Despres 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 15.20 6
D Paul Martin 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -1 16.00 6
D Kevin Shattenkirk 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 28.40 7
D Brian Strait 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.10 6
D Jason Demers 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 21.10 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 28 0 0 60.00 5
G Alexander Pechurski 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Ryan Kesler
3rd star: Daniel Alfredsson
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Ryan Kesler scored his 15th goal of the season.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Beau Bennett finally ended his 25 game goal drought.
-Travis Zajac ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Eric Tangradi finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Michio Kushi had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 0( 11) , W-B/Scranton Penguins 3( 24)
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0-1 WBS Stefan Ruzicka (Brett Sterling, Nick Sucharski)
0-2 WBS Brett Sterling (Nick Petersen, Robin Lindqvist)
0-3 WBS Stefan Ruzicka (Nick Johnson)
Goalies: Robert Mayer - Patrick Killeen