Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Thursday, January 10, 2008 · TD Banknorth Garden

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5–2

33–25

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 33–25.

Mathieu Dandenault scored twice. Tomas Plekanec, Maxim Lapierre, Alex Kovalev, Aaron Ward and Milan Lucic also scored.

Cristobal Huet made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 28 of 33.

Goals
MTL	2	1	2	5	33
BOS	0	1	1	2	25

Scoring

1st period

Tomas Plekanec (14)Andrei Kostitsyn (13), Alex Kovalev (22)1–010:36 MTL ·
Maxim Lapierre (2)Chris Higgins (16), Michael Ryder (9)2–011:30 MTL

2nd period

Alex Kovalev (19)Mark Streit (21), Tomas Plekanec (24)3–013:18 MTL ·
Aaron Ward (3)Phil Kessel (11), Marc Savard (35)3–114:41 BOS

3rd period

Milan Lucic (4)Peter Schaefer (13), David Krejci (6)3–202:01 BOS
Mathieu Dandenault (5)Josh Gorges (3)4–211:56 MTL
Mathieu Dandenault (6)Mark Streit (22), Bryan Smolinski (10)5–218:49 MTL

Team stats

MTLBOS

3325

61%39%

2/60/3

1016

1516

113

18

42

Penalties

1:59 into the first periodChuck Kobasew · boarding2 min
9:22 into the first periodMarco Sturm · elbowing2 min
14:12 into the first periodMarco Sturm · holding2 min
15:17 into the first periodGuillaume Latendresse · hooking2 min
17:07 into the first periodMarc Savard · holding2 min
18:34 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · holding2 min
3:36 into the second periodPeter Schaefer · elbowing2 min
11:48 into the second periodShawn Thornton · roughing2 min
11:48 into the second periodShawn Thornton · roughing2 min
11:48 into the second periodAndrew Ference · roughing2 min
11:48 into the second periodRoman Hamrlik · roughing2 min
11:48 into the second periodSaku Koivu · roughing2 min
9:15 into the third periodSaku Koivu · tripping2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Tomas PlekanecC	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	60	18:50
25Mathieu DandenaultR	2	0	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	12:55
27Alex KovalevR	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	2	100	18:56
32Mark StreitD	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	0	–	18:49
20Bryan SmolinskiC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	50	15:59
21Chris HigginsL	0	1	1	+1	3	1	2	0	–	14:49
40Maxim LapierreC	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	71	12:46
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:42
73Michael RyderR	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	09:34
26Josh GorgesD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0	–	15:32
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	−2	4	1	0	4	54	16:38
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	10:22
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	2	–	12:22
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	−1	2	7	2	0	–	20:30
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	2	–	18:44
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	15:04
71Patrice BriseboisD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	15:34
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	28:03

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
39Cristobal HuetG	W	25	23	2	.920	59:51
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	–

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

17Milan LucicL	1	0	1	−1	1	3	0	0	–	14:24
46David KrejciC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	50	14:39
72Peter SchaeferL	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	–	13:13
81Phil KesselR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:46
91Marc SavardC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	2	63	18:58
44Aaron WardD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	18:26
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	15:17
12Chuck KobasewR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	17:20
13Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	18	13:44
16Marco SturmL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	–	17:14
22Shawn ThorntonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	–	08:32
53Jeremy ReichC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:30
56Petteri NokelainenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	10:03
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	−1	4	2	0	0	–	24:59
21Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2	–	18:56
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	26:05
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	15:54
45Mark StuartD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	15:40

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
29Alex AuldG		0	0	0	–	–
30Tim ThomasG	L	33	28	5	.849	60:00