Montreal at Detroit

Shots
123OTT
Montreal 6 6 7 0 19
Detroit 6 9 11 0 26
Goals
123OTT
Montreal 1 2 1 0 4
Detroit 2 3 1 0 6


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. DETROIT, TANGUAY 1 (NIINIMAA, JOKINEN), 01:23
2. DETROIT, TANGUAY 2 (JOKINEN, KHABIBULIN) (PP), 03:22
3. MONTREAL, ALFREDSSON 3 (FOOTE, ELYNUIK) (PP), 12:55

PENALTIES: A. FOOTE MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 02:54, E. COLE DET (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 05:02 (Served by Owen Nolan), S. BRYLIN DET (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:56, S. BRYLIN DET (HOOKING, Minor) 13:21

Period 2
4. MONTREAL, DAIGLE 3 (TKACHUK), 03:12
5. DETROIT, KOVALEV 2 (SAVARD, TIMONEN), 04:07
6. MONTREAL, ALFREDSSON 4 (MATTEAU, ARNOTT), 05:11
7. DETROIT, TIMONEN 1 (SAVARD, KOVALEV), 11:08
8. DETROIT, NOLAN 3 (PALFFY, VISNOVSKY), 12:26

PENALTIES: S. YELLE MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 06:07, R. WARRENER DET (BOARDING, Minor) 12:39, M. SAVARD DET (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 14:59

Period 3
9. DETROIT, KOVALEV 3 (GONCHAR, TIMONEN) (SH), 03:58
10. MONTREAL, TKACHUK 1 (DAIGLE, SALO), 18:16

PENALTIES: A. DAIGLE MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 01:49, A. TANGUAY DET (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 03:20, K. TKACHUK MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 09:34, A. TANGUAY DET (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 20:00

Goalie Statistics

Garth Snow (MTL), 11 saves out of 12 shots
Niklas Backstrom (MTL), 9 saves out of 14 shots, L, 2-1-0
Nikolai Khabibulin (DET), 15 saves out of 19 shots, W, 3-3-0

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 1 for 7
Detroit 1 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Alex Kovalev (DET)
2 - Keith Tkachuk (MTL)
3 - Kimmo Timonen (DET)

Player Statistics

Montreal

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Stu Barnes            0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Steve Sullivan        0  0  0    +1   0  4   0 26
Stephane Matteau      0  1  1    -2   0  0   2 21
Pat Elynuik           0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 12
Adam Foote            0  1  1    -2   2  0   5 25
Chris Gratton         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  3
Alexandre Daigle      1  1  2    +1   2  1   0 24
Niko Dimitrakos       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  1
Daniel Alfredsson     2  0  2    -2   0  3   0 21
Daymond Langkow       0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 12
Johnny Oduya          0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 14
Sean Hill             0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 12
Andrew Ference        0  0  0    +1   0  0   1 25
Stephane Yelle        0  0  0  Even   2  1   1 11
Jason Arnott          0  1  1    -2   0  0   1 20
Joe Corvo             0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 25
Keith Tkachuk         1  1  2    +1   2  5   2 22
Sami Salo             0  1  1    +1   0  1   3 20
   
Detroit

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Kimmo Timonen         1  2  3    +2   0  1   0 23
Erik Cole             0  0  0  Even  12  0   0  1
Alex Tanguay          2  0  2  Even   4  4   1 23
Alex Kovalev          2  1  3    +2   0  4   1 19
Janne Niinimaa        0  1  1    -1   0  0   6 25
Keith Primeau         0  0  0    +1   0  1   3  9
Owen Nolan            1  0  1    +1   0  3   2 14
Sergei Gonchar        0  1  1    +2   0  2   1 23
Zigmund Palffy        0  1  1    +2   0  2   2 27
Lubomir Visnovsky     0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 20
Marc Savard           0  2  2    +2   2  2   2 18
Sergei Brylin         0  0  0    -1   4  0   0  7
Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0    -2   0  2   3 21
Wes Walz              0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  3
Steve Rucchin         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Rhett Warrener        0  0  0    +1   2  0   2 13
Olli Jokinen          0  2  2    -2   0  4   4 26
Ladislav Nagy         0  0  0    -2   0  1   0 14
   

Financial

Attendance: 18000
Net Profit: $1,080,000.00

Game Notes

Niko Dimitrakos injured at 05:02 of the 1st Period
Erik Cole ejected at 05:02 of the 1st Period
Garth Snow enters game at 12:26 of 2nd period

Minor League Box Score

Yellowknif     1
Cleveland      1
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Valtteri Filppula 4 (Kyle Brodziak, Alex Frolov)

Juraj Kolnik 2 (Pascal Dupuis, Ryan Whitney)

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Goalies
Yellowknif: Ray Emery
Cleveland: Brian Boucher
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