Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 2009 · BankAtlantic Center
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 5–4 on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at BankAtlantic Center. The Canadiens outshot the Panthers 42–36.
Goals came from Keith Ballard, Hal Gill, Nathan Horton, Michael Cammalleri, Tomas Plekanec, Michael Frolik, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Benoit Pouliot and Radek Dvorak.
Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Tomas Vokoun stopped 37 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Ballard (1)Tomas Vokoun (1)0–109:19 FLA · 
Hal Gill (1)Ryan O'Byrne (1), Scott Gomez (1)1–111:33 MTL
Nathan Horton (1)Stephen Weiss (1), Bryan Allen (1)1–215:08 FLA
2nd period
Michael Cammalleri (1)Andrei Markov (1), Glen Metropolit (1)2–203:18 MTL · 
Tomas Plekanec (1)Andrei Markov (2), Max Pacioretty (1)3–205:20 MTL
Michael Frolik (1)Nathan Horton (1)3–312:08 FLA
3rd period
Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)Andrei Markov (3), Brian Gionta (1)4–301:52 MTL · 
Benoit Pouliot (1)Scott Gomez (2), Brian Gionta (2)5–304:29 MTL
Radek Dvorak (1)Cory Stillman (1), Bryan McCabe (1)5–406:03 FLA
Team stats
MTLFLA
4236
44%56%
2/41/3
1113
1926
911
310
76
Penalties
- 7:45 into the first period
Andrei Kostitsyn · hooking2 min - 2:58 into the second period
Bryan McCabe · tripping2 min - 8:39 into the second periodKeith Ballard · fighting5 min
- 8:39 into the second periodMaxim Lapierre · fighting5 min
- 17:42 into the second periodBrian Gionta · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodNathan Horton · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 0:13 into the third periodJordan Leopold · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 6:30 into the third periodJordan Leopold · high sticking2 min
- 14:34 into the third periodAndrei Markov · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 23:37 |
| 21Brian GiontaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 19:51 |
| 91Scott GomezC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:40 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 22:40 |
| 15Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 57Benoit PouliotL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:53 |
| 20Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:58 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10:09 |
| 75Hal GillD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:10 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:02 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:34 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:04 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:30 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:07 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 21:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |
Florida Panthers
| 16Nathan HortonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 21:29 |
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:38 |
| 14Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 27Steve ReinprechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:02 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:02 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:47 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:09 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:35 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:27 |
| 28Kamil KrepsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:18 |
| 65Victor OreskovichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:47 |
| 74Nick TarnaskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:33 |
| 85Rostislav OleszL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 24:01 |
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:51 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:58 |
| 52Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | L | 42 | 5 | .881 |
| 30Scott ClemmensenG | 0 | 0 | – |