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7/3/2002
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Los Angeles Kings 3 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 28 - 32
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:69/77=89 %, Challenges:29/44=64 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:67/83=80 %, Challenges:62/70=87 %
Attendance: 16378 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 800885 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:29 0-1
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [17] (Jussi Jokinen, Maxim Lapierre)
11:58 0-2
Jussi Jokinen [16] (Mathieu Dandenault, Janne Niinimaa)PP
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31:53 1-2
Patrick O'Sullivan [11] (Noah Clarke, Rob Blake)
34:37 2-2
Marty Murray [7] (Scott Thornton, Martin Strbak)
37:47 2-3
Alexander Perezhogin [6] (Guillaume Latendresse, Francis Bouillon)
39:15 3-3
Ryan Smyth [23] (Rob Blake, Mike Sillinger)
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no scoring
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63:45 3-4
Evgeny Malkin [25] (Andrei Markov)
Penalty summary:
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11:24
Jamie Heward (2 min for hooking)
12:15
Steve Bégin (2 min for holding the stick)
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23:14
Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
23:14
Scott Thornton (5 min for fighting)
28:27
Ryan Smyth (2 min for high-sticking)
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52:54
Alex Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
55:06
Evgeny Malkin (2 min for hooking)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Boguniecki 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 4
R Derek Armstrong 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 6
R Richard Park 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 15.20 5
R Alyn McCauley 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 22.20 5
C Patrick O'Sullivan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Jamie Lundmark 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 12.10 5
C Marty Murray 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 22.50 6
L Noah Clarke 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Scott Thornton 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 14.40 6
L Richard Zednik 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 20.30 5
L Ryan Smyth 1 0 4 3 1 1 2 1 23.20 8
D Kevin Dallman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 13.10 5
D Martin Strbak 0 1 0 9 1 2 0 1 32.40 8
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.10 4
D Jamie Heward 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 14.30 6
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 22.10 5
D Rob Blake 0 2 5 3 1 3 0 2 32.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 4 0 28 0 0 63.50 6
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 3 5 1 3 0 0 14.50 8
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 9
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 20.20 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 7.50 6
C Radek Bonk 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 15.40 5
C Chris Higgins 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 21.10 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 16.50 7
L Jussi Jokinen 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 4 2 0 2 2 -1 20.50 9
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 21.40 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 6 2 6 0 0 27.50 10
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
D Janne Niinimaa 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 16.10 6
D Andrei Markov 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 -1 28.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 25 0 0 63.50 7
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jussi Jokinen
2nd star: Evgeny Malkin
3rd star: Alexander Perezhogin
Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Martin Strbak has marked a new career high in assists with 12 assists.
-Marty Murray finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Janne Niinimaa notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Francis Bouillon has marked a new career high in points with 23 points.
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Radek Bonk had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Scott Thornton beat Maxim Lapierre in a fight.
Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 2( 14) , Quebec Citadelles 1( 22)
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1-0 MNC Dany Roussin (Brian Boyle)
2-0 MNC Brendan Bernakevitch
2-1 QUE Eric Manlow (Duncan Milroy, Michaël Lambert)
Goalies: Jason LaBarbera - Michael Leighton