Los Angeles Kings vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 2009 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–3 on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Centre Bell. The Kings outshot the Canadiens 32–26.
Goals came from Michal Handzus, Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Kostitsyn, Dustin Brown, Jarret Stoll, Chris Higgins and Saku Koivu.
Carey Price made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jonathan Quick stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Michal Handzus (8)Dustin Brown (18), Alex Frolov (13)1–004:57 LAK · 
Tomas Plekanec (10)Roman Hamrlik (14), Matt D'Agostini (4)1–111:41 MTL
2nd period
Andrei Kostitsyn (17)Saku Koivu (18)1–203:53 MTL · 
Dustin Brown (20)Kyle Calder (12), Jarret Stoll (15)2–213:30 LAK
Jarret Stoll (12)Kyle Calder (13)3–218:16 LAK
3rd period
Chris Higgins (6)Maxim Lapierre (7), Tom Kostopoulos (10)3–318:07 MTL
Saku Koivu (8)Andrei Markov (32), Robert Lang (21)3–419:37 MTL ·
Team stats
LAKMTL
3226
52%48%
1/32/6
4217
3339
2216
1017
58
Penalties
- 3:45 into the first period
Robert Lang · slashing2 min - 10:55 into the first period
Wayne Simmonds · fighting5 min - 10:55 into the first periodMax Pacioretty · fighting5 min
- 17:38 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · high sticking2 min
- 2:32 into the second periodRaitis Ivanans · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3:50 into the second periodDenis Gauthier · charging5 min
- 3:50 into the second periodDenis Gauthier · game misconduct10 min
- 6:11 into the second periodMike Komisarek · high sticking2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodDustin Brown · hooking2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodMax Pacioretty · diving2 min
- 6:19 into the third periodKyle Quincey · holding2 min
- 11:24 into the third periodTomas Plekanec · slashing2 min
- 14:55 into the third periodKyle Calder · cross checking2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodKyle Calder · cross checking2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodDustin Brown · roughing2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodMike Komisarek · roughing2 min
- 19:37 into the third periodJarret Stoll · misconduct10 min
Los Angeles Kings
| 19Kyle CalderL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:35 |
| 23Dustin BrownR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 28Jarret StollC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 24Alex FrolovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 21:47 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:19 |
| 7Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:02 |
| 11Anze KopitarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:59 |
| 12Patrick O'SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:40 |
| 15Brad RichardsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:20 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:17 |
| 41Raitis IvanansL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:14 |
| 2Matt GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:45 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:15 |
| 5Peter HarroldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 08:13 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:43 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 25:35 |
| 21Denis GauthierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:08 |
| 27Kyle QuinceyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Erik ErsbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Jonathan QuickG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:52 |
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:25 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:51 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:03 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:53 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:28 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30:03 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:37 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:49 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:56 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:52 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 71Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | – |