Chicago Blackhawks vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, March 31, 2009 · Centre Bell

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1–4

Final

SOG 29–33

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Blackhawks 33-29.

Goals came from Alex Kovalev, Guillaume Latendresse, Andrei Markov, Patrick Sharp and Chris Higgins.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CHI	0	0	1	1	29
MTL	1	2	1	4	33

Scoring

1st period

Alex Kovalev (23)Unassisted0–100:25 MTL

2nd period

Guillaume Latendresse (13)Maxim Lapierre (12)0–206:12 MTL
Andrei Markov (11)Saku Koivu (30), Alex Kovalev (33)0–315:52 MTL · PPG

3rd period

Patrick Sharp (26)Brian Campbell (40), Samuel Pahlsson (11)1–312:18 CHI
Chris Higgins (11)Mathieu Schneider (22), Andrei Markov (51)1–416:43 MTL · PPG

Team stats

CHIMTL

29Shots on goal33

38%Faceoff %63%

0/6Power play2/4

15Penalty minutes27

21Hits16

7Blocked shots15

12Giveaways18

6Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 02:04Chris Higgins · tripping2 min
1st 07:37Duncan Keith · hooking2 min
1st 13:34Aaron Johnson · fighting5 min
1st 13:34Andrei Kostitsyn · instigator2 min
1st 13:34Andrei Kostitsyn · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 13:34Andrei Kostitsyn · fighting5 min
1st 13:34Andrei Kostitsyn · misconduct10 min
1st 15:23Patrick Sharp · interference2 min
2nd 03:08Colin Fraser · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 03:30Saku Koivu · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 11:06Roman Hamrlik · interference2 min
2nd 15:35Brian Campbell · interference2 min
3rd 03:04Mathieu Schneider · cross checking2 min
3rd 16:21Aaron Johnson · slashing2 min