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Philadelphia 2, Montreal 5

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
PHI(44-27-11)	1	0	1	2
MON(41-30-11)	3	1	1	5

Final

7:00 PM ET, December 18, 2008

Bell Centre

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

THREE STARS

A. Kovalev
Canadiens (RW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

S. Kostitsyn
Canadiens (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

G. Latendresse
Canadiens (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

Game Information
Arena: Bell Centre Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler
Attendance: 21,273 (100.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Philadelphia

Montreal

Total Shots
	31
	31

PIM
	14
	6

Hits
	36
	38

Giveaways
	8
	18

Takeaways
	7
	14

Faceoffs Won
	26
	38

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
6:00		Matt D'Agostini (5) Assists: Maxim Lapierre, Patrice Brisebois	Montreal 1-0
10:33		Sergei Kostitsyn (4) (Power Play) Assists: Robert Lang, Guillaume Latendresse	Montreal 2-0
15:26		Steve Begin (5) Assists: Tom Kostopoulos, Sergei Kostitsyn	Montreal 3-0
15:58		Arron Asham (3) Assists: Scottie Upshall, Glen Metropolit	Montreal 3-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:04		Andrew Alberts: 2 Minutes for Interference of Matt D'Agostini
5:30		Alexei Kovalev: 2 Minutes for Hooking Scott Hartnell
8:58		Luca Sbisa: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Maxim Lapierre
12:43		Simon Gagne: 2 Minutes for Hooking Andrei Kostitsyn

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
6:20		Alexei Kovalev (7) Assists: Steve Begin, Mike Komisarek	Montreal 4-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
15:30		Kimmo Timonen: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass
19:22		Roman Hamrlik: 2 Minutes for Tripping Scottie Upshall

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
13:28		Braydon Coburn (3) Assists: Glen Metropolit, Arron Asham	Montreal 4-2
18:57		Guillaume Latendresse (4) (Power Play) Assists: Robert Lang, Alex Tanguay	Montreal 5-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
7:47		Jeff Carter: 2 Minutes for Hooking Alexei Kovalev
9:36		Scott Hartnell: 2 Minutes for Roughing Sergei Kostitsyn
9:36		Sergei Kostitsyn: 2 Minutes for Roughing Scott Hartnell
18:43		Kimmo Timonen: 2 Minutes for Hooking Alex Tanguay

Player Summary

Philadelphia Flyers												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
A. Alberts D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	22	16:00	0:05	3:14	12:41	0	0	00.0
A. Asham RW	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	19	14:55	0:00	0:00	14:55	0	0	00.0
M. Carle D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	21:31	0:15	0:50	20:26	0	0	00.0
J. Carter C	0	0	-1	4	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	25	18:41	0:15	3:29	14:57	11	9	55.0
B. Coburn D	1	0	-1	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	29	23:40	3:16	4:00	16:24	0	0	00.0
R. Cote LW	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	3:52	0:00	0:00	3:52	0	0	00.0
S. Gagne LW	0	0	-1	3	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	26	18:51	2:40	1:50	14:21	0	0	00.0
S. Hartnell LW	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	0	23	17:25	0:15	3:13	13:57	0	0	00.0
M. Knuble RW	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	26	18:37	3:06	2:47	12:44	0	0	00.0
J. Lupul RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	14:58	0:46	0:00	14:12	0	0	00.0
G. Metropolit C	0	2	2	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	25	17:21	0:00	2:50	14:31	6	12	33.3
A. Nodl RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4:11	0:00	0:00	4:11	0	0	00.0
D. Powe C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	4:56	0:00	0:00	4:56	0	2	00.0
M. Richards C	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	27	20:46	3:11	3:20	14:15	9	15	37.5
L. Sbisa D	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	24	17:04	0:00	0:05	16:59	0	0	00.0
K. Timonen D	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	4	1	0	2	33	23:03	3:21	4:26	15:16	0	0	00.0
S. Upshall RW	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	22	15:36	0:00	1:01	14:35	0	0	00.0
O. Vaananen D	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	28	19:23	0:00	5:55	14:10	0	0	00.0
Philadelphia Flyers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Biron									Flu
L Kukkonen									Scratched

Montreal Canadiens												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
S. Begin LW	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	15	10:11	0:11	0:49	9:11	5	4	55.6
F. Bouillon D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	18	12:32	0:00	0:19	12:13	0	0	00.0
P. Brisebois D	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	19	14:28	2:43	0:11	11:34	0	0	00.0
M. D'Agostini RW	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	14:21	1:59	0:00	12:22	0	0	00.0
J. Gorges D	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	29	20:56	6:02	2:26	12:28	0	0	00.0
R. Hamrlik D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	2	26	20:43	1:31	0:41	18:31	0	0	00.0
M. Komisarek D	0	1	2	1	2	6	0	0	3	0	4	29	22:41	0:30	0:49	21:22	0	0	00.0
A. Kostitsyn LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	12	10:35	3:45	0:11	6:39	0	0	00.0
S. Kostitsyn LW	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	17	12:32	2:13	0:08	10:11	0	0	00.0
T. Kostopoulos RW	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	18	14:35	0:00	1:23	13:12	0	0	00.0
A. Kovalev RW	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	25	21:27	4:45	0:38	16:04	2	0	100.0
R. Lang C	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	23	19:09	4:00	1:06	14:03	10	10	50.0
M. Lapierre C	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	20	14:09	0:00	0:42	13:27	7	5	58.3
G. Laraque RW	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	6:09	0:11	0:00	5:58	0	0	00.0
G. Latendresse LW	1	1	-2	6	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	17	13:36	2:20	0:00	11:16	0	0	00.0
A. Markov D	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	5	0	28	27:56	6:31	2:26	18:59	0	0	00.0
T. Plekanec C	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	26	19:32	5:04	0:49	13:39	14	7	66.7
A. Tanguay LW	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	24	20:28	4:30	1:06	14:52	0	0	00.0
Montreal Canadiens Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
R O'byrne									Scratched
C Price									Lwr Body Injury
B Maxwell									Scratched

Goaltending Summary

Philadelphia Flyers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
A. Niittymaki	31	5	26	.839	59:21	0

Montreal Canadiens Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Halak	31	2	29	.935	60:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Philadelphia	9	13	9	31
Montreal	12	7	12	31

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Philadelphia	0 of 0
Montreal	2 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Thursday, December 18th

Toronto	5	Final
Boston	8

Florida	1	Final
Carolina	2	OT

Philadelphia	2	Final
Montreal	5

St. Louis	2	Final
Washington	4

Pittsburgh	6	Final
Atlanta	3

San Jose	0	Final
Detroit	6

Colorado	2	Final
Tampa Bay	1	SO

Columbus	5	Final
Dallas	6	SO

Nashville	1	Final
Phoenix	2

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Philadelphia 2, Montreal 5

Final

NHL Scores

Thursday, December 18th