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Florida 5, Montreal 6

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	SO	T
FLA(41-30-11)	2	0	3	0	5
MON(41-30-11)	0	4	1	1	6

Final

SO

2:00 PM ET, January 4, 2009

Bell Centre

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

THREE STARS

A. Kostitsyn
Canadiens (LW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

R. Dvorak
Panthers (RW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

R. Lang
Canadiens (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

Game Information
Arena: Bell Centre Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Frederick L'Ecuyer Linesmen: Steve Barton, Michel Cormier
Attendance: 21,273 (100.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Florida

Montreal

Total Shots
	35
	45

PIM
	14
	16

Hits
	7
	31

Giveaways
	4
	20

Takeaways
	11
	8

Faceoffs Won
	29
	36

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
12:57		Brett McLean (3) Assists: Shawn Matthias, Jay Bouwmeester	Florida 1-0
18:09		David Booth (16) (Power Play) Assists: Bryan McCabe, Stephen Weiss	Florida 2-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
7:36		Michael Frolik: 2 Minutes for Playing with a Broken Stick
17:04		Josh Gorges: 2 Minutes for Tripping Ville Peltonen
17:24		Maxim Lapierre: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
1:50		Francis Bouillon (3) Assists: Robert Lang	Florida 2-1
2:18		Andrei Kostitsyn (10) Assists: Sergei Kostitsyn	Game tied 2-2
13:27		Tom Kostopoulos (3) Assists: Guillaume Latendresse, Patrice Brisebois	Montreal 3-2
15:33		Robert Lang (12) Assists: Sergei Kostitsyn, Mike Komisarek	Montreal 4-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:30		Brett McLean: 2 Minutes for Hooking Tom Kostopoulos
4:47		Max Pacioretty: 2 Minutes for Hooking Radek Dvorak
8:09		Nick Boynton: 2 Minutes for Interference of Guillaume Latendresse
10:19		Jay Bouwmeester: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Tomas Plekanec
18:42		Andrei Markov: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Cory Stillman
20:00		Mike Komisarek: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Cory Stillman
20:00		Cory Stillman: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Mike Komisarek

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:21		Radek Dvorak (5) (Shorthanded) Unassisted	Montreal 4-3
3:58		Andrei Kostitsyn (11) Unassisted	Montreal 5-3
9:22		Jassen Cullimore (1) Assists: Nathan Horton, David Booth	Montreal 5-4
18:22		Radek Dvorak (6) Unassisted	Game tied 5-5
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:12		Ville Peltonen: 2 Minutes for Tripping Sergei Kostitsyn
5:28		Tomas Plekanec: 2 Minutes for Tripping Anthony Stewart
14:56		Matt D'Agostini: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:19		Bryan McCabe: 2 Minutes for Slashing Alexei Kovalev
4:19		Alexei Kovalev: 2 Minutes for Slashing Bryan McCabe

Shootout Summary
TEAM	DETAIL
	Cory Stillman shootout attempt against Jaroslav Halak with a Wide of Net results in a MISS.
	Alexei Kovalev shootout attempt against Craig Anderson with a Hit Goalpost results in a MISS.
	Nathan Horton shootout attempt against Jaroslav Halak with a Wristshot results in a SAVE.
	Andrei Kostitsyn shootout attempt against Craig Anderson with a Wide of Net results in a MISS.
	Michael Frolik shootout attempt against Jaroslav Halak with a Hit Goalpost results in a MISS.
	Andrei Markov shootout attempt against Craig Anderson with a Backhand results in a GOAL.

Player Summary

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	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	33	20:17	2:04	2:40	15:33	0	0	00.0
D. Booth LW	1	1	-1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	16:38	2:18	0:42	13:38	0	1	00.0
J. Bouwmeester D	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	36	29:34	6:19	4:21	18:54	0	0	00.0
N. Boynton D	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	27	19:55	1:08	2:27	16:20	0	0	00.0
G. Campbell C	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	28	18:50	1:33	4:32	12:45	9	5	64.3
J. Cullimore D	1	0	-1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:49	0:00	1:28	11:21	0	0	00.0
R. Dvorak RW	2	0	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	25	17:18	0:01	4:22	12:55	0	1	00.0
M. Frolik C	0	0	-2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	23	17:58	4:28	0:23	13:07	1	1	50.0
N. Horton C	0	1	-2	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	28	21:13	5:13	1:42	14:27	7	15	31.8
S. Matthias C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	6:20	0:00	0:00	6:20	1	1	50.0
B. McCabe D	0	1	-3	0	1	3	1	2	0	1	1	30	26:06	7:00	0:49	18:23	0	0	00.0
B. McLean C	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	19	12:51	1:11	2:29	9:17	2	1	66.7
V. Peltonen LW	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	24	14:19	0:00	2:07	12:12	0	0	00.0
K. Skrastins D	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	1	0	28	21:06	0:00	4:39	16:27	0	0	00.0
A. Stewart RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	6:18	0:00	0:00	6:18	0	0	00.0
C. Stillman LW	0	0	-3	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	22	14:56	4:10	0:00	10:46	0	0	00.0
S. Weiss C	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	25	18:02	5:28	0:11	12:14	9	11	45.0
R. Zednik RW	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	15:04	2:17	0:00	12:47	0	0	00.0
Florida Panthers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
N Tarnasky									Illness
N Welch									Healthy
C Murphy									Shoulder

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	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	1	15	10:54	0:08	1:12	9:34	0	0	00.0
F. Bouillon D	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	19	12:15	0:00	0:47	11:28	0	0	00.0
P. Brisebois D	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	21	16:16	3:47	0:04	12:25	0	0	00.0
K. Chipchura C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	15	10:35	0:01	1:13	9:21	6	5	54.5
M. D'Agostini RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	13	9:00	0:01	0:00	8:59	0	0	00.0
J. Gorges D	0	0	-2	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	29	22:18	2:05	3:43	16:30	0	0	00.0
R. Hamrlik D	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	29	25:02	2:50	4:29	17:43	0	0	00.0
M. Komisarek D	0	1	1	3	2	4	1	2	6	1	0	29	23:50	0:01	4:34	19:15	0	0	00.0
A. Kostitsyn LW	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	15:47	3:22	0:18	12:07	0	0	00.0
S. Kostitsyn LW	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	16:41	2:58	2:25	11:18	0	0	00.0
T. Kostopoulos RW	1	0	-1	6	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	21	17:27	1:42	2:35	13:10	0	0	00.0
A. Kovalev RW	0	0	-2	2	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	22	19:32	4:41	1:58	12:53	1	2	33.3
R. Lang C	1	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	19	15:23	2:13	2:20	10:50	12	5	70.6
M. Lapierre C	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	22	17:43	1:42	2:46	13:15	10	7	58.8
G. Latendresse LW	0	1	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	15:45	2:29	0:00	13:16	0	0	00.0
A. Markov D	0	0	-1	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	3	30	27:19	4:35	3:39	19:05	0	0	00.0
M. Pacioretty LW	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	20	14:22	4:09	0:04	10:09	1	0	100.0
T. Plekanec C	0	0	-2	5	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	24	18:12	4:16	1:40	12:16	6	10	37.5
Montreal Canadiens Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
A Tanguay									Separated Shoulder
C Price									Lwr Body Injury
Y Weber									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Florida Panthers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
C. Anderson	45	5	40	.889	64:51	0

Montreal Canadiens Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Halak	35	5	30	.857	64:53	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Florida	14	5	12	4	35
Montreal	11	19	11	4	45

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

Sunday, January 4th

Florida	5	Final
Montreal	6	SO

Ottawa	3	Final
New Jersey	4	OT

Tampa Bay	4	Final
Atlanta	1

Calgary	2	Final
Chicago	5

Minnesota	2	Final
Colorado	0

Phoenix	0	Final
Anaheim	2

Dallas	3	Final
Vancouver	2	SO

ESPN NHL

Florida 5, Montreal 6

Final

SO

NHL Scores

Sunday, January 4th