Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Monday, December 29, 2008 · BankAtlantic Center

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5–2

Final

SOG 29–28

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XM 206 · RDS (HD)

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Monday, December 29, 2008 at BankAtlantic Center. The Canadiens outshot the Panthers 29-28.

Maxim Lapierre scored a hat trick. Michael Frolik, Alex Kovalev, Tomas Plekanec and David Booth also scored.

Carey Price made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 16 of 20.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	2	2	5	29
FLA	1	1	0	2	28

Scoring

1st period

Michael Frolik (6)Brett McLean (7)0–105:18 FLA
Alex Kovalev (9)Andrei Kostitsyn (8), Andrei Markov (22)1–110:27 MTL · PPG

2nd period

Tomas Plekanec (7)Roman Hamrlik (9)2–101:30 MTL · SHG
David Booth (15)Unassisted2–206:49 FLA
Maxim Lapierre (5)Tom Kostopoulos (6), Steve Begin (4)3–216:01 MTL

3rd period

Maxim Lapierre (6)Guillaume Latendresse (8)4–202:40 MTL
Maxim Lapierre (7)Unassisted5–219:53 MTL · SHG · EN

Team stats

MTLFLA

29Shots on goal28

45%Faceoff %55%

1/6Power play0/5

17Penalty minutes19

15Hits28

16Blocked shots6

3Giveaways4

4Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 08:46Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 09:52Brett McLean · slashing2 min
1st 12:05Patrice Brisebois · slashing2 min
2nd 00:37Mike Komisarek · holding the stick2 min
2nd 02:37Ville Peltonen · interference2 min
2nd 06:51Anthony Stewart · fighting5 min
2nd 06:51Steve Begin · fighting5 min
2nd 08:10Gregory Campbell · slashing2 min
2nd 08:10Tomas Plekanec · roughing2 min
2nd 08:10Tomas Plekanec · roughing2 min
2nd 08:31Mike Komisarek · hooking2 min
2nd 13:40Cory Stillman · holding2 min
3rd 06:27Nick Boynton · interference2 min
3rd 16:43Cory Stillman · holding the stick2 min
3rd 19:36Francis Bouillon · delaying game2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

40Maxim LapierreC	3	0	3	+3	3	2	1	0	39	13:44
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	1	1	+3	1	0	0	0	–	13:53
14Tomas PlekanecC	1	0	1	0	5	0	2	4	40	17:52
22Steve BeginL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	5	–	07:01
27Alex KovalevR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	21:34
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	1	1	-1	4	1	0	0	–	18:23
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:38
44Roman HamrlikD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	19:52
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	22:32
13Alex TanguayL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	16:54
20Robert LangC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	55	15:07
36Matt D'AgostiniR	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	12:52
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	12:23
80Ben MaxwellC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	56	10:26
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	4	–	19:52
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	5	0	–	22:20
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	2	–	16:32
71Patrice BriseboisD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	15:46

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	W	28	26	2	.929	59:57
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	–

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

10David BoothL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:17
53Brett McLeanC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	2	36	15:25
67Michael FrolikR	1	0	1	-2	1	1	0	0	33	15:14
9Stephen WeissC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	63	19:00
11Gregory CampbellC	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	2	67	17:20
13Anthony StewartR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	05:34
14Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	16:00
16Nathan HortonR	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	75	17:31
18Ville PeltonenL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	2	100	16:26
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	07:06
61Cory StillmanL	0	0	0	-4	1	0	0	4	–	17:23
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	06:58
2Keith BallardD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	21:42
3Karlis SkrastinsD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	18:28
4Jay BouwmeesterD	0	0	0	-1	3	5	1	0	–	27:41
22Jassen CullimoreD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	13:19
24Bryan McCabeD	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	–	24:33
44Nick BoyntonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	–	14:28

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Tomas VokounG		8	8	0	1.000	16:14
31Craig AndersonG	L	20	16	4	.800	42:40