Montreal at Columbus

Period 1
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: D. HATCHER Mtl (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 00:42, B. BURNS Clb (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:42, D. RICHMOND Mtl (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:14, K. RACHUNEK Mtl (HOOKING, Minor) 02:54, R. SUTER Clb (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 02:54, K. PRIMEAU Clb (ROUGHING, Minor) 06:27, M. HOSSA Mtl (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:07, A. KOVALEV Clb (ELBOWING, Minor) 10:07, D. BERTRAM Mtl (BOARDING, Double Minor) 10:44, D. HATCHER Mtl (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 11:36, R. SUTER Clb (CHARGING, Minor) 11:36, S. PARKER Mtl (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 11:54, S. SALO Clb (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 11:54, R. JACKMAN Mtl (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 12:11, K. PRIMEAU Clb (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Misconduct) 12:11, D. RICHMOND Mtl (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 15:59, B. RAFALSKI Clb (HOOKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 15:59 (Served by Scott Gomez), M. PECA Mtl (HOOKING, Minor) 16:30, J. BLAKE Clb (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:30, B. VALABIK Clb (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:47

Period 2
1. MONTREAL, RICHARDS 18 (NASLUND, HOSSA), 03:54
2. COLUMBUS, NASH 24 (SALO), 11:03
3. MONTREAL, NASLUND 22 (RICHARDS, HATCHER), 11:56
4. MONTREAL, SAMSONOV 17 (SAVARD, BERTRAM), 13:37

PENALTIES: S. GOMEZ Clb (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:41, D. HATCHER Mtl (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 06:51, D. RICHMOND Mtl (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Game Misconduct) 12:55 (Served by Andrew Ference), R. NASH Clb (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 12:55, A. KOVALEV Clb (CHARGING, Major) 13:36, K. PRIMEAU Clb (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Game Misconduct) 15:12 (Served by Boris Valabik), S. SAMSONOV Mtl (CHARGING, Minor) 15:41, M. NASLUND Mtl (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 18:34, M. PECA Mtl (BOARDING, Minor) 19:27, A. JOHNSON Clb (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 19:27

Period 3
5. COLUMBUS, BLAKE 18 (ZETTERBERG, SALO), 03:06
6. COLUMBUS, TOOTOO 12 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 06:45
7. COLUMBUS, ZETTERBERG 18 (SVITOV, SALO) (PP), 07:40
8. COLUMBUS, LAPOINTE 13 (GOMEZ, SALO), 18:15

PENALTIES: J. LECLAIR Mtl (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Misconduct) 01:13, B. BURNS Clb (HEAD-BUTTING, Major, Game Misconduct) 01:13 (Served by Alexei Kovalev), M. HOSSA Mtl (CHECKING-FROM-BEHIND, Major) 03:45, K. RACHUNEK Mtl (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 04:37, H. ZETTERBERG Clb (ELBOWING, Minor) 04:37, R. SUTER Clb (BOARDING, Minor) 09:50, M. NASLUND Mtl (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 09:57, K. SKRASTINS Clb (BOARDING, Minor) 10:58, S. SAMSONOV Mtl (ELBOWING, Minor) 11:17, M. LAPOINTE Clb (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 11:17, M. NASLUND Mtl (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 12:22, H. GILL Clb (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:22, S. PARKER Mtl (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 14:25, B. VALABIK Clb (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 14:25, S. SALO Clb (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 19:45

Goalie Statistics

Olivier Michaud (Mtl), 2 saves out of 2 shots
Jason Bacashihua (Mtl), 28 saves out of 33 shots, L, 1-1-0
Miikka Kiprusoff (Clb), 28 saves out of 31 shots, W, 27-22-8

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 0 for 9
Columbus 2 for 9

Game Stars

1 - Markus Naslund (Mtl)
2 - Sami Salo (Clb)
3 - Brad Richards (Mtl)

Player Statistics

Montreal G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Brad Richards 1 1 2 +2 0 4 1 13 Markus Naslund 1 1 2 +2 8 5 1 22 Andrew Ference 0 0 0 +2 0 1 2 29 Scott Parker 0 0 0 -2 4 2 5 15 Chris Higgins 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 7 Marian Hossa 0 1 1 +2 7 0 1 16 Derian Hatcher 0 1 1 Even 8 0 2 28 John LeClair 0 0 0 -2 12 3 0 10 Jason Ward 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 8 Karel Rachunek 0 0 0 -2 4 4 5 27 Richard Jackman 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 22 Marc Savard 0 1 1 Even 0 4 1 17 Sergei Samsonov 1 0 1 Even 4 3 1 22 Wade Redden 0 0 0 Even 0 1 0 7 Steve Begin 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 4 Michael Peca 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 11 Danny Richmond 0 0 0 +2 26 1 0 6 Dan Bertram 0 1 1 Even 4 1 0 13

Columbus G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Henrik Zetterberg 1 1 2 Even 2 2 1 12 Alexei Kovalev 0 0 0 +1 7 4 1 12 Keith Primeau 0 0 0 -2 26 1 1 11 Scott Gomez 0 1 1 +2 2 5 2 26 Brian Rafalski 0 0 0 Even 12 1 1 8 Rick Nash 1 0 1 Even 2 2 2 18 Jordin Tootoo 1 0 1 Even 0 2 3 8 Alexander Svitov 0 1 1 Even 0 3 0 23 Jason Blake 1 0 1 Even 2 1 3 19 Sami Salo 0 4 4 +2 6 1 1 24 Boris Valabik 0 0 0 Even 4 3 1 20 Brent Burns 0 0 0 Even 17 3 0 12 Ryan Suter 0 0 0 Even 6 1 2 20 Aaron Johnson 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 12 Hal Gill 0 0 0 Even 2 1 2 18 Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 6 Martin Lapointe 1 0 1 Even 2 5 4 21 Ramzi Abid 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 5

Financial

Attendance: 18136
Net Profit: $1�523�424,00

Game Notes

Wade Redden injured at 15:59 of the 1st Period
Brian Rafalski ejected at 15:59 of the 1st Period
Danny Richmond ejected at 12:55 of the 2nd Period
Keith Primeau ejected at 15:12 of the 2nd Period
Chris Higgins injured at 01:13 of the 3rd Period
Brent Burns ejected at 01:13 of the 3rd Period
Olivier Michaud enters game at 18:15 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Hamilton       1
Syracuse       2
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Steve Moore 23 (unknown, Lance Ward)

unknown (Ryan Stoa, Mason Raymond)
Ryan Stoa 26 (Jordan Sigalet, Matt Davidson)

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Goalies
Hamilton: Peter Skudra
Syracuse: Pascal Leclaire
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