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17/2/2002
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Montreal Canadiens 6 , Carolina Hurricanes 2
Shots: 28 - 33
PP: 1 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:85/96=88 %, Challenges:31/44=68 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:62/77=80 %, Challenges:30/43=68 %
Attendance: 16786 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 795656 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:11 1-0
Jussi Jokinen [13] (Mike Komisarek, Maxim Lapierre)
08:37 1-1
Anton Babchuk [2] (Niclas Wallin, Dan Fritsche)
17:17 2-1
Guillaume Latendresse [8] (Radek Bonk, Francis Bouillon)
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25:16 2-2
Alexander Ovechkin [33] (Frantisek Kaberle)
29:05 3-2
Maxim Lapierre [5] (Chris Higgins, Evgeny Malkin)PP
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42:34 4-2
Radek Bonk [14] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Mathieu Dandenault)
44:08 5-2
Evgeny Malkin [22] (Chris Higgins, Alex Kovalev)
45:33 6-2
Maxim Lapierre [6] (Jussi Jokinen, Evgeny Malkin)
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Penalty summary:
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10:14
Alexander Svitov (5 min for fighting)
10:14
Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
12:19
Radek Bonk (2 min for slashing)
14:37
Tim Gleason (2 min for tripping)
18:26
Mathieu Dandenault (2 min for slashing)
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20:44
Steve Bégin (2 min for tripping)
26:07
Tim Gleason (5 min for fighting)
26:07
Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
27:26
Bret Hedican (2 min for slashing)
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40:39
David Vyborny (2 min for slashing)
47:41
Rob Niedermayer (2 min for elbowing)
52:05
Bret Hedican (2 min for slashing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 5
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 11.40 6
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 20.50 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.20 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.00 4
C Radek Bonk 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 2 19.20 7
C Maxim Lapierre 2 1 6 1 1 1 0 2 17.40 8
C Chris Higgins 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 7.30 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 13.10 6
L Jussi Jokinen 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 19.20 8
L Evgeny Malkin 1 2 2 3 1 3 0 0 17.50 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 17.10 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 3 0 3 5 2 16.50 8
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 2 5 4 5 0 -1 24.20 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 18.40 9
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 20.00 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 2 0 31 0 0 60.00 10
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 8.00 5
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 13.10 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 17.30 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 -2 13.30 5
C Dan Fritsche 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.00 7
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 18.50 6
C Eric Staal 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 -1 8.00 5
L Alexander Semin 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 11.00 6
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.30 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 5 4 3 4 0 0 18.00 8
D Anton Babchuk 1 0 1 4 0 4 0 -1 12.30 8
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 -2 14.10 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 -1 28.00 6
D Niclas Wallin 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 -1 23.50 7
D Glen Wesley 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 15.50 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 6 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Lapierre
2nd star: Evgeny Malkin
3rd star: Radek Bonk
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Evgeny Malkin notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Alex Kovalev had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Radek Bonk finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Mathieu Dandenault finally ended his 11 game point drought.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Anton Babchuk finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
-Niclas Wallin ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Steve Bégin beat Alexander Svitov in a fight.
-Mike Komisarek beat Tim Gleason in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 5( 16) , Lowell Lock Monsters 3( 10)
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0-1 LOW Ernie Hartlieb (Brandon Reid)
0-2 LOW Ryan Bayda (Keith Aucoin, Chad LaRose)
1-2 QUE Duncan Milroy (Eric Manlow)
2-2 QUE Andre Benoit (Eric Manlow, Duncan Milroy)
3-2 QUE Michaël Lambert (Duncan Milroy, Dan Jancevski)
4-2 QUE Jimmy Bonneau (Andre Benoit)
5-2 QUE Aaron Downey (Kyle Chipchura)
5-3 LOW Brett Carson (Ernie Hartlieb, Brandon Reid)
Goalies: Michael Leighton - Kevin Nastiuk