Montréal Canadiens vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Thursday, January 11, 2007 · Wachovia Center

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4–2

Final

SOG 26–36

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at Wachovia Center. The Flyers outshot the Canadiens 36-26.

Goals came from Mike Johnson, Jeff Carter, Alex Kovalev, Joni Pitkanen, Chris Higgins and Michael Ryder.

David Aebischer made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Antero Niittymaki stopped 22 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	1	1	4	26
PHI	2	0	0	2	36

Scoring

1st period

Mike Johnson (8)Chris Higgins (8), Tomas Plekanec (11)1–005:00 MTL
Jeff Carter (4)Alexei Zhitnik (12), Sami Kapanen (6)1–105:25 PHI
Alex Kovalev (11)Andrei Markov (26), Saku Koivu (26)2–105:55 MTL
Joni Pitkanen (1)Peter Forsberg (17), Simon Gagne (13)2–207:51 PHI · PPG

2nd period

Chris Higgins (13)Francis Bouillon (5), Tomas Plekanec (12)3–208:17 MTL

3rd period

Michael Ryder (14)Andrei Markov (27), Sheldon Souray (23)4–207:10 MTL · PPG

Team stats

MTLPHI

26Shots on goal36

51%Faceoff %49%

1/7Power play1/7

20Penalty minutes30

4Hits8

15Blocked shots13

14Giveaways13

6Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 07:17Chris Higgins · hooking2 min
1st 11:34Kyle Calder · hooking2 min
1st 16:21Maxim Lapierre · boarding2 min
1st 16:21Maxim Lapierre · roughing2 min
1st 16:21Jeff Carter · roughing2 min
1st 18:37Mike Komisarek · roughing2 min
1st 18:37Peter Forsberg · slashing2 min
2nd 06:01Kyle Calder · holding2 min
2nd 15:00Jeff Carter · cross checking2 min
2nd 17:01Saku Koivu · roughing2 min
2nd 17:01Alexei Zhitnik · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Todd Fedoruk · roughing2 min
3rd 00:45Sami Kapanen · holding2 min
3rd 02:02Saku Koivu · hooking2 min
3rd 06:41Mike Knuble · holding the stick2 min
3rd 06:41Todd Fedoruk · misconduct10 min
3rd 09:20Sheldon Souray · hooking2 min
3rd 09:37Francis Bouillon · high sticking2 min
3rd 09:37Francis Bouillon · high sticking2 min
3rd 13:15Alexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
3rd 15:43Michael Ryder · hooking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

21Chris HigginsL	1	1	2	+2	5	0	1	2	25	17:29
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	53	14:25
79Andrei MarkovD	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	–	27:38
11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	4	58	22:42
20Mike JohnsonR	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	50	15:21
27Alex KovalevR	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	33	22:13
73Michael RyderR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	100	18:24
44Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	-1	4	0	2	2	–	22:04
51Francis BouillonD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	4	–	14:14
15Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:44
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	–	16:11
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4	38	10:13
47Aaron DowneyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:48
57Garth MurrayC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	03:55
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	13:01
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	2	–	19:44
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	09:47
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	17:02

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30David AebischerG	W	36	34	2	.944	60:00
39Cristobal HuetG		0	0	0	–	–

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

12Simon GagneL	0	1	1	0	6	1	2	0	–	21:15
17Jeff CarterC	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	4	59	19:55
21Peter ForsbergC	0	1	1	-1	3	1	1	2	67	21:02
24Sami KapanenR	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	2	–	18:23
44Joni PitkanenD	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	–	27:31
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	4	–	25:35
11Ryan PotulnyC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	25	09:19
19Kyle CalderL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	–	17:00
20R.J. UmbergerC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	40	10:21
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	25	22:07
27Dimitri AfanasenkovL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	08:19
29Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12	–	07:01
55Ben EagerL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	04:09
61Mike YorkL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	08:02
2Derian HatcherD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	–	20:15
6Randy JonesD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	19:42
45Alexandre PicardD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	17:03
54David PrintzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	07:51

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Antero NiittymakiG	L	26	22	4	.846	58:05
42Robert EscheG		0	0	0	–	–