Ottawa Senators vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Friday, March 23, 2012 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Friday, March 23, 2012 at Centre Bell. The Senators outshot the Canadiens 38-32.
Erik Cole scored a hat trick. Petteri Nokelainen, Jason Spezza and Lars Eller also scored.
Carey Price made 37 saves on 38 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Erik Cole (1)Unassisted0–100:29 MTL- Erik Cole (2)P.K. Subban (1), David Desharnais (1)0–204:56 MTL
- Erik Cole (3)David Desharnais (2), P.K. Subban (2)0–305:41 MTL · PPG
Petteri Nokelainen (1)Aaron Palushaj (1), Chris Campoli (1)0–408:21 MTL
Jason Spezza (1)Milan Michalek (1), Chris Phillips (1)1–419:47 OTT
3rd period
Lars Eller (1)Tomas Plekanec (1), Chris Campoli (2)1–505:05 MTL · PPG
Team stats
OTTMTL
38Shots on goal32
54%Faceoff %46%
0/2Power play2/7
92Penalty minutes52
27Hits17
9Blocked shots15
11Giveaways8
5Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 02:06
Brad Staubitz · fighting5 min - 1st 02:06
Zenon Konopka · fighting5 min - 1st 02:30Milan Michalek · holding2 min
- 1st 05:35Sergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
- 1st 11:04Chris Neil · roughing2 min
- 1st 15:10Yannick Weber · tripping2 min
- 1st 20:00P.K. Subban · misconduct10 min
- 1st 20:00Nick Foligno · misconduct10 min
- 1st 20:00Chris Neil · roughing2 min
- 1st 20:00Chris Neil · fighting5 min
- 1st 20:00Chris Neil · misconduct10 min
- 1st 20:00Ryan White · fighting5 min
- 2nd 07:35Zenon Konopka · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 07:35Zenon Konopka · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:35Ryan White · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:45Kyle Turris · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:45Mike Blunden · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:45Mike Blunden · roughing2 min
- 2nd 20:00Zenon Konopka · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 03:49Nick Foligno · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:23Chris Neil · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:23Mike Blunden · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:23Chris Neil · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:23Chris Neil · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 13:09Jared Cowen · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 13:09Jared Cowen · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:09Lars Eller · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:09Lars Eller · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 13:09Zack Smith · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 13:09Rene Bourque · misconduct10 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 9Milan MichalekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:02 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:25 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:45 |
| 7Kyle TurrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 15:15 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 14Colin GreeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:00 |
| 15Zack SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 22Erik CondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 04:17 |
| 28Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:16 |
| 36Rob KlinkhammerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:41 |
| 42Jim O'BrienC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:00 |
| 2Jared CowenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 17Filip KubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:10 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:09 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:27 |
| 97Matt GilroyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ben BishopG | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 15:04 | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 44:56 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 72Erik ColeL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 20:18 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 17Chris CampoliD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 25:01 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 23:32 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 15Petteri NokelainenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:41 |
| 60Aaron PalushajR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:02 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:38 |
| 25Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:56 |
| 27Rene BourqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 45Mike BlundenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 53Ryan WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:53 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 20:59 |
| 71Louis LeblancC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:30 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:42 |
| 68Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:21 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:55 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 38 | 37 | 1 | .974 | 60:00 |