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16/2/2008
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Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 28 - 26
PP: 3 of 3 (11 shots), Passing:78/94=82 %, Challenges:34/43=77 %
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:69/86=80 %, Challenges:20/39=50 %
Attendance: 15943 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 540468 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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04:59 0-1
Eric Staal [22] (Daniel Alfredsson, Marc Staal)PP
15:57 1-1
Derek Roy [11] (Marek Svatos)PP
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29:24 2-1
Tom Poti [5] (Steve Eminger, Derek Roy)PP
30:24 3-1
Jiri Novotny [3] (Marek Svatos, Kari Lehtonen)PP
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48:46 3-2
Eric Staal [23] (John-Michael Liles, Daniel Alfredsson)
49:06 4-2
Marek Svatos [11] (Fredrik Modin, Derek Roy)
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Penalty summary:
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04:25
Garnet Exelby (2 min for slashing)
06:48
Andy Hilbert (2 min for tripping)
12:02
Derek Roy (2 min for diving)
14:15
Saku Koivu (2 min for tripping)
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27:26
Francis Bouillon (5 min for attempt to injury)
34:11
Shane O'Brien (5 min for fighting)
34:11
Francis Bouillon (5 min for fighting)
34:35
Jeff O'Neill (2 min for boarding)
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42:21
Francis Bouillon (2 min for roughing)
42:21
Joakim Lindström (2 min for roughing)
46:36
Francis Bouillon (2 min for roughing)
46:36
Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
50:02
Francis Bouillon (2 min for roughing)
50:02
Will Weber (2 min for roughing)
51:07
Rick Nash (5 min for fighting)
51:07
Duncan Milroy (5 min for fighting)
52:46
Francis Bouillon (5 min for fighting)
52:46
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
54:44
Nick Petrecki (2 min for roughing)
54:44
Joakim Lindström (2 min for roughing)
58:09
Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
58:09
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.50 7
R Jeff O'Neill 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 10.00 6
R Marek Svatos 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 8
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 13.00 5
C Jiri Novotny 1 0 3 5 0 6 0 0 17.10 9
C Derek Roy 1 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 22.40 7
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 14.00 7
L Joakim Lindström 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 9.40 5
L Fredrik Modin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 1 1 1 7 0 15.50 7
D Will Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12.40 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 3 3 1 4 4 0 20.50 6
D Tom Poti 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 26.30 9
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 14.00 6
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 18.20 6
D Steve Eminger 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 26.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 1 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Duncan Milroy 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 8.30 5
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.40 4
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 19.50 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 1 20.30 8
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 8.40 6
C Marc Savard 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11.40 5
C Saku Koivu 0 0 3 1 4 0 2 -1 16.30 6
C Eric Staal 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 16.20 10
L Andy Hilbert 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5.30 5
L Jason Gregoire 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11.40 5
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 20.50 7
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 18.50 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 0 10.50 6
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 19.20 6
D Marc Staal 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 28.50 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 23.40 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 23.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marek Svatos
2nd star: Derek Roy
3rd star: Jiri Novotny
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Fredrik Modin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Tom Poti finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Bryan Smolinski had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Shane O'Brien beat Francis Bouillon in a fight.
-Duncan Milroy beat Rick Nash in a fight.
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen beat Francis Bouillon in a fight.
Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 5( 36) , Quebec Citadelles 2( 16)
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1-0 SYR Andrew Murray (Andy Canzanello)
2-0 SYR Aaron Rome (Chris Simon)
3-0 SYR Curtis Glencross (Kirill Starkov, Adam Pineault)
3-1 QUE Mathieu Aubin (Jonathan Ferland, Mathieu Carle)
4-1 SYR Chris Simon (Kris Beech)
5-1 SYR Jody Shelley (Kris Beech)
5-2 QUE Ajay Baines (Jonathan Ferland)
Goalies: Adam Munro - Yann Danis