Montréal Canadiens vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Thursday, October 30, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

MontréalCanadiensAway

2–1

Final

SOG 21–29

MinnesotaWildHome

XM 209 · RDS (HD) · KSTC

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Canadiens 29-21.

Goals came from Brent Burns, Francis Bouillon and Andrei Markov.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	1	0	2	21
MIN	1	0	0	1	29

Scoring

1st period

Brent Burns (3)James Sheppard (1), Colton Gillies (2)0–101:31 MIN
Francis Bouillon (2)Alex Tanguay (4), Guillaume Latendresse (6)1–104:28 MTL

2nd period

Andrei Markov (1)Alex Tanguay (5), Robert Lang (3)2–102:23 MTL · PPG

Team stats

MTLMIN

21Shots on goal29

56%Faceoff %44%

1/5Power play0/10

22Penalty minutes12

18Hits14

17Blocked shots8

5Giveaways9

1Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 06:12Tom Kostopoulos · interference2 min
1st 13:53Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 19:15Saku Koivu · holding the stick2 min
2nd 01:28Benoit Pouliot · holding2 min
2nd 01:53Mikko Koivu · slashing2 min
2nd 06:07Robert Lang · tripping2 min
2nd 06:24Chris Higgins · cross checking2 min
2nd 07:48Roman Hamrlik · hooking2 min
2nd 09:58Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 14:47Mathieu Dandenault · tripping2 min
2nd 16:18Tom Kostopoulos · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 01:50Robert Lang · tripping2 min
3rd 02:07Mikko Koivu · hooking2 min
3rd 13:17Mike Komisarek · hooking2 min
3rd 15:26Brent Burns · interference2 min
3rd 19:35Brent Burns · roughing2 min
3rd 19:35Mike Komisarek · roughing2 min