Chicago Blackhawks 8 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 33 - 25
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:70/81=86 %, Challenges:34/41=81 %
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:57/70=81 %, Challenges:36/39=90 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 889700 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:24 1-0
Michal Handzus [5] (Adrian Aucoin, Peter Bondra)PP
04:27 2-0
Bryan Smolinski [2] (Michal Handzus, Tuomo Ruutu)
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27:27 3-0
Wade Redden [1] (Michal Handzus)
29:15 3-1
Michael Ryder [3] (Alex Kovalev, Chris Higgins)
31:48 3-2
Guillaume Latendresse [3] (Mikhail Grabovski, Kyle Chipchura)
33:07 4-2
Tuomo Ruutu [2] (Bryan Smolinski, Duncan Keith)
34:04 5-2
Darby Hendrickson [3])
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40:32 6-2
Darby Hendrickson [4] (Duncan Keith, Nikolai Khabibulin)
53:35 7-2
Jim Vandermeer [1] (Michal Handzus, Tyler Wright)
55:06 8-2
Darby Hendrickson [5] (Dean McAmmond)
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Penalty summary:
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00:08
Sergei Samsonov (2 min for holding the stick)
02:18
Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
02:18
Jim Vandermeer (5 min for fighting)
12:51
Kyle Chipchura (2 min for high-sticking)
19:55
Tyler Wright (2 min for roughing)
19:55
Sergei Samsonov (2 min for roughing)
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23:06
Martin Lapointe (2 min for tripping)
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40:54
Jim Vandermeer (5 min for fighting)
40:54
Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
42:19
Sergei Samsonov (2 min for tripping)
46:04
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for holding the stick)
49:12
Craig Johnson (2 min for hooking)
58:07
Sheldon Souray (2 min for elbowing)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 10.50 6
R Peter Bondra 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 18.50 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 1 5 2 1 1 0 3 18.50 9
C Tyler Wright 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11.00 6
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 11.20 7
C Darby Hendrickson 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 16.10 10
C Michal Handzus 1 3 5 1 0 0 0 2 21.30 9
L Craig Johnson 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 11.30 5
L Rene Bourque 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 6
L Dean McAmmond 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 11.40 7
L Bryan Smolinski 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 18.20 8
D Jiri Slegr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 7
D Jim Vandermeer 1 0 1 2 0 1 10 4 18.00 10
D Adrian Aucoin 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 25.30 8
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.50 6
D Duncan Keith 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 19.00 8
D Wade Redden 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 29.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 2 1 23 0 0 60.00 7
G Jeff Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.00 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 13.30 6
R Michael Ryder 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.50 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -3 18.00 6
C Kyle Chipchura 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -1 8.00 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -2 13.50 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 6
C Chris Higgins 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 -3 18.00 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 9.40 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 1 1 1 10 -1 15.30 6
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 -3 18.20 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 17.40 5
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 -5 27.40 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 5
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 14 0 0 34.00 4
G Jaroslav Halak 3 0 11 0 0 25.40 4
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Darby Hendrickson
2nd star: Michal Handzus
3rd star: Tuomo Ruutu
Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Jim Vandermeer ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Jim Vandermeer ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Michael Ryder ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Kyle Chipchura ended his 9 game point drought.
-Mikhail Grabovski ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Steve Bégin fought Jim Vandermeer in a fight.
-Jim Vandermeer fought Steve Bégin in a fight.
Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 1( 25) , Quebec Citadelles 5( 41)
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0-1 QUE Michaël Lambert (Mike Johnson, Mark Streit)
1-1 NOR Craig MacDonald (Martin St. Pierre)
1-2 QUE Mike Johnson (Radek Bonk)
1-3 QUE Mike Johnson (Radek Bonk)
1-4 QUE Michaël Lambert (Radek Bonk)
1-5 QUE Mike Johnson (Radek Bonk)
Goalies: Mike Brodeur - David Aebischer