2. PITTSBURGH VS 7. MONTREAL

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18/4/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 32 - 21
PIT PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:83/89=93 %, Challenges:40/47=83 %
MTL PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:71/88=80 %, Challenges:33/37=86 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 807201 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:13 0-1 MTL Martin Havlat [1] (Saku Koivu, Mike Komisarek)
03:24 1-1 PIT Gary Roberts [1] (Milan Kraft)
04:44 1-2 MTL Martin Havlat [2] (Tomas Kaberle, Mathieu Dandenault)
15:01 2-2 PIT Maxime Talbot [1] (Jonathan Toews, Sidney Crosby)
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22:22 3-2 PIT Jussi Jokinen [1] (Paul Ranger, Ryan Whitney)
27:15 4-2 PIT Milan Kraft [1] (Gary Roberts)
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41:02 4-3 MTL Jaromir Jagr [1] (Martin Havlat)
41:47 5-3 PIT Vincent Lecavalier [1] (Sidney Crosby)
43:35 6-3 PIT Jussi Jokinen [2] (Paul Ranger, Ryan Whitney)
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Penalty summary:
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08:08 MTL Steve Bégin (2 min for cross-checking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.40 6
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 13.50 7
R Paul Kariya 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.00 8
R Marian Hossa 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 18.30 7
C Milan Kraft 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.40 7
C Eric Lindros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 21.10 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 -1 18.30 8
L Gary Roberts 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 7.40 7
L Maxime Talbot 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 13.50 7
L Jussi Jokinen 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.00 9
L Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.30 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11.30 5
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 2 22.30 8
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 26.00 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 7
D Paul Ranger 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 20.20 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 2 1 8 0 2 0 0 24.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 9.10 4
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -3 13.10 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 15.00 7
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 18.40 9
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.10 6
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 15.10 5
C Nik Antropov 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 15.20 6
C Saku Koivu 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 20.20 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 -1 9.10 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -3 13.10 6
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 18.00 6
L Martin Havlat 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 19.40 9
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -3 14.00 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -2 18.50 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 23.50 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 -3 14.00 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 20.30 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 6 0 26 0 0 60.00 4
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jussi Jokinen
2nd star: Martin Havlat
3rd star: Milan Kraft

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Paul Kariya had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Other notes:

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20/4/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 28 - 23
PIT PP: 0 of 7 (10 shots), Passing:75/86=87 %, Challenges:41/50=80 %
MTL PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:56/74=75 %, Challenges:33/38=84 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 807201 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:22 1-0 PIT Jonathan Toews [1] (Jussi Jokinen, Vincent Lecavalier)
09:28 2-0 PIT Vincent Lecavalier [2] (Sidney Crosby, Ryan Whitney)
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21:06 2-1 MTL Tomas Kaberle [1] (Mike Komisarek)
25:44 3-1 PIT Marian Hossa [1] (Vincent Lecavalier)
28:46 3-2 MTL Andrei Kostitsyn [1] (Mathieu Dandenault, Josef Vasicek)
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41:54 4-2 PIT Marian Hossa [2] (Ryan Whitney, Hal Gill)
43:17 5-2 PIT Matt Lashoff [1] (Brent Seabrook, Marc-André Fleury)
44:18 6-2 PIT Maxime Talbot [2] (Darryl Sydor, Matt Lashoff)
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Penalty summary:
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03:53 MTL Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for tripping)
05:32 MTL Bryan Smolinski (2 min for boarding)
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28:58 MTL Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for roughing)
30:22 MTL Bryan Smolinski (2 min for tripping)
33:46 MTL Steve Bégin (2 min for tripping)
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42:01 MTL Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
42:01 PIT Vincent Lecavalier (5 min for fighting)
52:21 MTL Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for hooking)
56:37 MTL Maxim Lapierre (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.20 6
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.00 6
R Paul Kariya 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.00 7
R Marian Hossa 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 20.40 10
C Milan Kraft 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 7.10 6
C Eric Lindros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
C Jonathan Toews 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 21.00 9
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 21.30 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.10 4
L Maxime Talbot 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 12.40 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 19.40 7
L Vincent Lecavalier 1 2 5 2 0 0 5 3 20.30 10
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.40 7
D Matt Lashoff 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 2 19.40 10
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 29.10 8
D Hal Gill 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.00 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 15.50 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 2 1 6 1 1 0 2 29.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 1 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 0 8.20 6
L Josef Vasicek 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 12.20 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -1 13.00 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 11.50 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8.20 7
C Blair Betts 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 17.00 6
C Nik Antropov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.10 6
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 16.30 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 16.20 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 12.20 8
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 2 6 0 0 4 -1 18.10 9
L Martin Havlat 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 -3 13.10 8
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.10 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -3 27.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 -1 22.20 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.50 6
D Tomas Kaberle 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 22.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 6 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Hossa
2nd star: Vincent Lecavalier
3rd star: Matt Lashoff

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Jussi Jokinen had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Darryl Sydor finally ended his 18 game point drought.
-Matt Lashoff finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Paul Ranger had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Kostitsyn finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Tomas Kaberle finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Mike Komisarek fought Vincent Lecavalier in a fight.

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22/4/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 5
Shots: 15 - 33
MTL PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/86=83 %, Challenges:35/37=92 %
PIT PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:82/89=92 %, Challenges:51/57=87 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:02 1-0 MTL Jaromir Jagr [2] (Tomas Kaberle, Mike Komisarek)
02:49 1-1 PIT Jonathan Toews [2] (Eric Lindros, Pascal Dupuis)
07:06 1-2 PIT Jussi Jokinen [3] (Paul Kariya, Paul Ranger)
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21:15 1-3 PIT Darryl Sydor [1] (Eric Lindros, Jonathan Toews)
26:52 1-4 PIT Sidney Crosby [1] (Marian Hossa, Ryan Whitney)
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42:04 1-5 PIT Sidney Crosby [2] (Marian Hossa)
48:08 2-5 MTL Martin Havlat [3] (Jaromir Jagr, Saku Koivu)
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Penalty summary:
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 6.10 4
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 4
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.40 7
R Jaromir Jagr 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -1 6.10 7
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 16.30 8
C Nik Antropov 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -2 17.40 6
C Saku Koivu 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.40 6
L Martin Havlat 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -1 18.50 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -2 20.50 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 20.20 9
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 4
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 18.00 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 5 0 28 0 0 60.00 4
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 7
R Pascal Dupuis 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 11.10 7
R Paul Kariya 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 22.00 7
R Marian Hossa 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Milan Kraft 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
C Eric Lindros 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 11.10 7
C Jonathan Toews 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 21.20 9
C Sidney Crosby 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 21.20 9
L Gary Roberts 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 7
L Jussi Jokinen 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 21.10 7
L Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 20.40 9
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 24.10 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 23.10 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 13.30 7
D Paul Ranger 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 23.30 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 23.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 13 0 0 60.00 6
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Jonathan Toews
3rd star: Jaromir Jagr

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sidney Crosby ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Darryl Sydor finally ended his 34 game goal drought.

Other notes:

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24/4/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 5
Shots: 15 - 35
MTL PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:56/74=75 %, Challenges:39/46=83 %
PIT PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:80/92=86 %, Challenges:55/62=87 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:58 0-1 PIT Paul Kariya [1] (Jussi Jokinen, Matt Lashoff)
09:06 0-2 PIT Sidney Crosby [3] (Ryan Whitney, Marc-André Fleury)
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21:39 1-2 MTL Andrei Kostitsyn [2] (Josh Gorges, Blair Betts)
22:12 1-3 PIT Sidney Crosby [4] (Brent Seabrook)
23:55 2-3 MTL Jaromir Jagr [3] (Mike Komisarek, Tomas Kaberle)
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44:51 3-3 MTL Saku Koivu [1] (Martin Havlat)
53:36 3-4 PIT Vincent Lecavalier [3] (Jonathan Toews)
59:13 3-5 PIT Marian Hossa [3] (Sidney Crosby, Eric Lindros) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:59 MTL Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for hooking)
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26:53 MTL Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
26:53 PIT Vincent Lecavalier (5 min for fighting)
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55:26 MTL Maxim Lapierre (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 9.00 6
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 12.30 5
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 19.50 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 9.00 8
C Blair Betts 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
C Nik Antropov 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 18.10 5
C Saku Koivu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12.50 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 6
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 14.50 6
L Martin Havlat 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 -1 19.50 8
D Josh Gorges 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.00 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 24.40 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 7 0 1 5 -1 25.00 9
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 13.20 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 5 0 30 0 0 58.30 5
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 7.00 6
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 13.50 7
R Paul Kariya 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 8
R Marian Hossa 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 4 20.00 8
C Milan Kraft 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 7.00 6
C Eric Lindros 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 11.40 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
C Sidney Crosby 2 1 7 0 1 0 0 3 21.00 9
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 4
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 8
L Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 6 2 1 0 5 4 20.30 10
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 -1 11.40 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 -1 23.00 8
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 25.20 8
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 12.20 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 3 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 1 12 0 0 60.00 5
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Vincent Lecavalier
3rd star: Paul Kariya

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Blair Betts ended his 5 game point drought.
-Saku Koivu finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Other notes:
-Vincent Lecavalier beat Mike Komisarek in a fight.