October 18th

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18/10/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 2 , Tampa Bay Lightning 4
Shots: 31 - 31
PP: 1 of 3 (10 shots), Passing:64/79=81 %, Challenges:27/37=71 %
PP: 0 of 4 (13 shots), Passing:69/83=83 %, Challenges:28/46=59 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Bell Center)
Ticket income: 953031 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:13 0-1 Vincent Lecavalier [3] (Martin St. Louis, Ty Wishart)
19:49 0-2 Alex Tanguay [3] (Chris Higgins, Paul Ranger)
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27:27 1-2 Andrei Kostitsyn [2] (Scott Gomez)PP
30:15 2-2 Sergei Kostitsyn [2] (Marc-André Bergeron, Paul Mara)
34:26 2-3 Nikolai Zherdev [1] (Alex Tanguay, Paul Ranger)
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58:36 2-4 Chris Higgins [1] (Paul Ranger) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:41 Paul Mara (2 min for elbowing)
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25:55 Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for hooking)
38:05 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
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41:41 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for holding the stick)
46:38 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for cross-checking)
50:24 Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for cross-checking)
52:13 Jeff Halpern (2 min for boarding)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 8.10 6
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 5
R Sergei Kostitsyn 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 10.50 8
R Brian Gionta 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 19.10 6
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 8.10 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 -1 16.30 6
C Dave Bolland 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 10.50 7
C Scott Gomez 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -2 19.10 7
L Travis Moen 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 12.00 6
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 18.00 7
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 16.10 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 19.10 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 15.30 8
D Paul Mara 0 1 1 5 1 4 2 -3 28.50 9
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 -1 16.40 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18.50 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 3 3 1 0 6 -2 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 27 0 0 59.30 6
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9.10 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 13.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 10.30 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 5 1 4 1 0 1 20.50 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11.20 6
C Adam Hall 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 15.40 6
L Chris Higgins 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 8
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 8.50 7
L Ryan Craig 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10.00 5
L Alex Tanguay 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 17.40 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 21.20 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 17.40 7
D Paul Ranger 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 15.00 8
D Victor Hedman 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 28.50 7
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11.00 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 6
D Ty Wishart 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 2 0 29 0 0 60.00 9
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Higgins
2nd star: Alex Tanguay
3rd star: Paul Ranger

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Nikolai Zherdev scored the 100th goal of his career.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 0( 12) , Springfield Falcons 1( 6)
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0-1 SPR Zenon Konopka (Mike Lundin, Steve Downie)

Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Karri Rämö