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Montreal 5, Florida 2

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	1	2	3	T
MON(41-30-11)	1	2	2	5
FLA(41-30-11)	1	1	0	2

Final

7:30 PM ET, December 29, 2008

BankAtlantic Center

Sunrise, Florida

THREE STARS

M. Lapierre
Canadiens (C )

Goals: 3
Assists: 0

T. Plekanec
Canadiens (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

M. Frolik
Panthers (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: BankAtlantic Center Location: Sunrise, Florida	Referees: Kerry Fraser, Steve Kozari Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Brian Mach
Attendance: 20,741 (107.7% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Montreal

Florida

Total Shots
	29
	28

PIM
	17
	17

Hits
	15
	28

Giveaways
	3
	4

Takeaways
	4
	9

Faceoffs Won
	30
	36

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
5:18		Michael Frolik (6) Assists: Brett McLean	Florida 1-0
10:27		Alexei Kovalev (9) (Power Play) Assists: Andrei Kostitsyn, Andrei Markov	Game tied 1-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
8:46		2-Minute Bench Penalty for Too Many Men on the Ice (Served by Anthony Stewart)
9:52		Brett McLean: 2 Minutes for Slashing Alexei Kovalev
12:05		Patrice Brisebois: 2 Minutes for Slashing Gregory Campbell

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
1:30		Tomas Plekanec (7) (Shorthanded) Assists: Roman Hamrlik	Montreal 2-1
6:49		David Booth (15) Unassisted	Game tied 2-2
16:01		Maxim Lapierre (5) Assists: Tom Kostopoulos, Steve Begin	Montreal 3-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:37		Mike Komisarek: 2 Minutes for Holding the Stick Ville Peltonen
2:37		Ville Peltonen: 2 Minutes for Interference of Josh Gorges
6:51		Anthony Stewart: 5 Minutes for Fighting Steve Begin
6:51		Steve Begin: 5 Minutes for Fighting Anthony Stewart
8:10		Tomas Plekanec: 2 Minutes for Roughing Radek Dvorak (Served by Guillaume Latendresse)
8:10		Tomas Plekanec: 2 Minutes for Roughing Gregory Campbell
8:10		Gregory Campbell: 2 Minutes for Slashing Maxim Lapierre
8:31		Mike Komisarek: 2 Minutes for Hooking Nathan Horton
13:40		Cory Stillman: 2 Minutes for Holding Robert Lang

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:40		Maxim Lapierre (6) Assists: Guillaume Latendresse	Montreal 4-2
19:53		Maxim Lapierre (7) (Shorthanded) (Empty net) Unassisted	Montreal 5-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
6:27		Nick Boynton: 2 Minutes for Interference of Ben Maxwell
16:43		Cory Stillman: 2 Minutes for Holding the Stick Sergei Kostitsyn
19:36		Francis Bouillon: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game

Player Summary

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	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	14	7:01	0:00	1:24	5:37	0	0	00.0
F. Bouillon D	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	22	16:32	0:06	2:01	14:25	0	0	00.0
P. Brisebois D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	21	15:46	5:36	0:00	10:10	0	0	00.0
M. D'Agostini RW	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	12:52	2:50	0:00	10:02	0	0	00.0
J. Gorges D	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	0	3	0	0	27	22:20	3:43	3:52	14:45	0	0	00.0
R. Hamrlik D	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	26	19:52	1:49	3:38	14:25	0	0	00.0
M. Komisarek D	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	4	5	0	1	27	19:52	0:20	1:29	17:07	0	0	00.0
A. Kostitsyn LW	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	18:23	5:46	0:00	12:37	0	0	00.0
S. Kostitsyn LW	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	12:23	3:11	0:47	8:25	0	0	00.0
T. Kostopoulos RW	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	13:53	0:13	1:33	9:56	0	0	00.0
A. Kovalev RW	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	21:34	5:53	3:15	12:26	0	2	00.0
R. Lang C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	15:07	4:45	1:13	9:09	12	10	54.5
M. Lapierre C	3	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	17	13:44	0:23	1:46	11:35	7	11	38.9
G. Latendresse LW	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14:38	3:35	0:00	11:03	0	0	00.0
A. Markov D	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	22:32	6:10	2:26	13:56	0	0	00.0
B. Maxwell C	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	10:26	0:00	0:00	10:26	5	4	55.6
T. Plekanec C	1	0	0	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	18	17:52	5:44	1:07	11:01	6	9	40.0
A. Tanguay LW	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	16:54	4:30	0:26	11:58	0	0	00.0
Montreal Canadiens Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
R O'byrne									Healthy

Florida Panthers												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
K. Ballard D	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	28	21:42	1:55	5:13	14:34	0	0	00.0
D. Booth LW	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	22	15:17	2:52	1:16	11:09	0	1	00.0
J. Bouwmeester D	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	30	27:41	4:48	6:19	16:34	0	0	00.0
N. Boynton D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	20	14:28	2:03	2:39	9:46	0	0	00.0
G. Campbell C	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	6	1	0	26	17:20	0:43	3:45	12:52	10	5	66.7
J. Cullimore D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	13:19	0:00	0:29	12:50	0	0	00.0
R. Dvorak RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	16:00	0:28	4:12	11:20	0	1	00.0
M. Frolik C	1	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	20	15:14	1:42	0:00	13:32	3	6	33.3
N. Horton C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	21	17:31	4:10	2:20	11:01	6	2	75.0
B. McCabe D	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	24:33	4:31	2:08	17:54	0	0	00.0
B. McLean C	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	23	15:25	0:21	3:55	11:09	5	9	35.7
V. Peltonen LW	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	23	16:26	0:48	3:40	11:58	2	0	100.0
K. Skrastins D	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	23	18:28	0:09	5:24	12:55	0	0	00.0
A. Stewart RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	1	1	0	9	5:34	0:00	0:00	5:34	0	0	00.0
C. Stillman LW	0	0	-4	1	4	0	2	4	0	1	0	19	17:23	3:20	0:00	14:03	0	0	00.0
N. Tarnasky C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	10	6:58	0:00	0:00	6:58	0	0	00.0
S. Weiss C	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	19:00	3:57	2:29	12:34	10	6	62.5
R. Zednik RW	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7:06	2:33	0:00	4:33	0	0	00.0
Florida Panthers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
N Welch									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Montreal Canadiens Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
C. Price	28	2	26	.929	59:57	0

Florida Panthers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
T. Vokoun	8	0	8	1	16:14	0
C. Anderson	20	4	16	.8	42:40	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Montreal	11	7	11	29
Florida	13	7	8	28

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Montreal	1 of 0
Florida	0 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

Monday, December 29th

NY Islanders	4	Final
NY Rangers	5

Montreal	5	Final
Florida	2

San Jose	3	Final
Dallas	1

Minnesota	1	Final
Calgary	2

Nashville	1	Final
Colorado	5

Columbus	2	Final
Los Angeles	0

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Montreal 5, Florida 2

Final

NHL Scores

Monday, December 29th