Montréal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Thursday, March 8, 2012 · Rexall Place
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Rexall Place. The Canadiens outshot the Oilers 31-27.
Max Pacioretty scored twice. Shawn Horcoff, P.K. Subban, Linus Omark, Tomas Kaberle, Lars Eller and Taylor Hall also scored.
Peter Budaj made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Shawn Horcoff (1)Corey Potter (1), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)0–112:06 EDM · PPG
P.K. Subban (1)David Desharnais (1), Max Pacioretty (1)1–119:43 MTL · PPG
2nd period
Max Pacioretty (1)Scott Gomez (1), P.K. Subban (1)2–102:02 MTL
Linus Omark (1)Unassisted2–206:42 EDM
3rd period
Tomas Kaberle (1)Rene Bourque (1), Tomas Plekanec (1)3–203:00 MTL · PPG
Lars Eller (1)Ryan White (1)4–205:07 MTL
Taylor Hall (1)Nick Schultz (1), Ryan Whitney (1)4–313:12 EDM- Max Pacioretty (2)P.K. Subban (2)5–319:43 MTL · EN
Team stats
MTLEDM
31Shots on goal27
48%Faceoff %52%
2/4Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes8
19Hits16
11Blocked shots19
19Giveaways18
12Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 10:50
P.K. Subban · roughing2 min - 1st 16:10Chris Campoli · tripping2 min
- 1st 19:37
Theo Peckham · interference2 min - 2nd 03:09Nick Schultz · slashing2 min
- 2nd 11:48Erik Cole · tripping2 min
- 2nd 16:33Theo Peckham · slashing2 min
- 3rd 02:20Theo Peckham · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:47Lars Eller · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 19:25 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 25:52 |
| 11Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:16 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:36 |
| 27Rene BourqueR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:35 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 05:38 |
| 53Ryan WhiteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 22Tomas KaberleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 15Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:04 |
| 25Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:35 |
| 57Blake GeoffrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:12 |
| 60Aaron PalushajR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:40 |
| 72Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:47 |
| 17Chris CampoliD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:21 |
| 68Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:14 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter BudajG | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 58:58 |
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 4Taylor HallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 19:52 |
| 10Shawn HorcoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:23 |
| 23Linus OmarkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 6Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:28 |
| 15Nick SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 44Corey PotterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:27 |
| 14Jordan EberleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 16Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:07 |
| 20Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:18 |
| 28Ryan JonesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 37Lennart PetrellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:28 |
| 83Ales HemskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:12 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 5Ladislav SmidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 24Theo PeckhamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 |
| 58Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 59:06 |
| 40Devan DubnykG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |