Boston at Montreal

Period 1
1. BOSTON, WARD 7 (GRATTON, RECCHI), 19:45

PENALTIES: E. COLE BOS (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 06:35, R. WARRENER MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 06:35, M. KOMISAREK MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 13:14, D. WEIGHT BOS (CHARGING, Minor, Misconduct) 15:30, B. JACKMAN MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 15:30

Period 2
2. MONTREAL, KOIVU 12 (VRBATA, CULLEN) (PP), 13:24
3. BOSTON, COLE 21 (RECCHI, WARD), 19:21

PENALTIES: M. KOMISAREK MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 00:26, R. VRBATA MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 06:01, T. ARNASON BOS (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 12:08, M. RECCHI BOS (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 16:07

Period 3
4. MONTREAL, VRBATA 16 (KOIVU, CULLEN), 00:30
5. BOSTON, PISANI 14 (CLEARY, HANDZUS), 08:48

PENALTIES: M. STURM MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 14:09, M. KOIVU MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 19:05

Goalie Statistics

Kari Lehtonen (BOS), 27 saves out of 29 shots, W, 29-20-4
Cristobal Huet (MTL), 21 saves out of 24 shots, L, 21-24-4

Power Play Conversions

Boston 0 for 5
Montreal 1 for 2

Game Stars

1 - Mikko Koivu (MTL)
2 - Kari Lehtonen (BOS)
3 - Erik Cole (BOS)

Player Statistics

Boston G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Tyler Arnason 0 0 0 +1 2 1 2 20 David Tanabe 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 18 Erik Cole 1 0 1 +2 2 4 4 23 Doug Weight 0 0 0 Even 12 1 0 19 Chris Gratton 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 6 Brendan Witt 0 0 0 Even 0 2 3 23 Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 6 Michal Handzus 0 1 1 Even 0 0 1 15 Aaron Ward 1 1 2 +2 0 1 2 16 Mark Recchi 0 2 2 +2 2 1 1 21 Paul Martin 0 0 0 Even 0 2 0 20 Dick Tarnstrom 0 0 0 +2 0 2 1 18 Fernando Pisani 1 0 1 Even 0 1 3 18 Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 0 Even 0 4 1 20 Brent Sopel 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 16 Daniel Cleary 0 1 1 Even 0 3 2 16 Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 20 Wayne Primeau 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 0

Montreal G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Colin White 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 22 Marco Sturm 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 15 Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17 Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 20 Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 17 Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 -2 4 2 2 24 Barret Jackman 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 20 Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 11 Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 14 Alexander Frolov 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17 Mikko Koivu 1 1 2 +1 2 3 0 19 Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17 Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 0 -1 0 6 2 16 Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14 Matt Cullen 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 22 Radim Vrbata 1 1 2 +1 2 2 1 17 Steve Begin 0 0 0 Even 0 1 2 4 Josh Green 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 5

Financial

Attendance: 12257
Net Profit: $900,890.00

Game Notes

Steve Begin injured at 16:39 of the 1st Period
Brendan Witt injured at 18:57 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Providence     3
Hamilton       5
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unknown (Lee Goren, Eric Boguniecki)
unknown (Peter Sejna, David Booth)
Craig MacDonald 15 (Alex Brooks, unknown)

unknown (Stefan Ruzicka, unknown)
Stefan Ruzicka 24 (Andrei Kostitsyn, unknown)
Stefan Ruzicka 25 (Josh Georges, unknown)
Denis Hamel 17 (unknown, unknown)
unknown (unknown, unknown)

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Goalies
Providence: Jonathan Bernier
Hamilton: Jaroslav Halak
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