San Jose Sharks 7 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 34 - 20
SJ PP: 1 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:71/89=79 %, Challenges:42/44=93 %
MTL PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:60/78=76 %, Challenges:35/46=74 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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00:55 1-0 SJ Dany Heatley [33] (Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo)
13:14 1-1 MTL Rod Brind'Amour [29] (Sergei Samsonov, Henrik Tallinder)
15:39 2-1 SJ Jason Blake [24] (Chris Drury, Joe Thornton)
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23:23 3-1 SJ Chris Drury [23] (Jason Blake, Dany Heatley)
35:03 3-2 MTL Ville Nieminen [8] (Andrei Markov, Mathieu Dandenault)
37:09 4-2 SJ Dany Heatley [34] (Joe Thornton, Tomas Plekanec)
37:51 5-2 SJ Chris Drury [24] (Joe Thornton, Dany Heatley)
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42:05 6-2 SJ Joe Thornton [37] (Dany Heatley, Dan Boyle)PP
44:15 7-2 SJ Chris Drury [25] (Jason Blake, Dany Heatley)
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Penalty summary:
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09:18 SJ Sergei Zubov (2 min for tripping)
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40:45 MTL Ville Nieminen (2 min for high-sticking)
53:38 MTL Ville Nieminen (2 min for high-sticking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 6
R Andrew Ladd 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 15.40 7
R Jason Blake 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 15.40 9
R Dany Heatley 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 2 19.30 10
C Randy Robitaille 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 2 4 0 4 0 -1 16.40 9
C Chris Drury 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 15.40 10
C Joe Thornton 1 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 19.30 9
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
L Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 16.00 7
L Milan Michalek 0 0 1 6 1 0 0 3 15.40 8
L Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 8
D Rob Davison 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 20.00 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17.10 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 22.50 7
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 18.30 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 18.10 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Thomas Greiss 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chad LaRose 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9.30 5
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 6
R Michael Ryder 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 17.00 5
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 16.00 5
C Marcel Goc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.30 4
C Radek Bonk 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 17.30 5
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.00 5
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 16.00 7
L Ville Nieminen 1 0 3 2 0 0 4 1 8.20 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 6
L Mike Johnson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 19.40 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -1 20.30 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -2 20.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 -1 20.30 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 19.50 5
D Andrei Markov 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 21.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 13 0 0 38.00 4
G David Aebischer 2 0 14 0 0 22.00 6
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dany Heatley
2nd star: Chris Drury
3rd star: Joe Thornton
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Tomas Plekanec has marked a new career high in assists with 21 assists.
-Joe Thornton notched his 60th assist of the season.
-Chris Drury scored his 25th goal of the season.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Mathieu Dandenault notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Mike Ribeiro had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Ville Nieminen finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Ville Nieminen finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Mathieu Dandenault ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 0( 22) , Quebec Citadelles 2( 16)
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0-1 QUE Michaël Lambert (Garth Murray, Mathieu Biron)
0-2 QUE Gregory Stewart (Jonathan Ferland)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Yann Danis