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18/12/2014
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 23 - 29
PP: 0 of 3 (1 shots), Passing:67/82=81 %, Challenges:23/47=47 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:25/49=50 %
Attendance: 15084 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 707440 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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18:43 1-0
Andrei Markov [4] (Valtteri Filppula, Alex Galchenyuk)
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26:51 1-1
Unto Saari [12] (Claude Giroux, Erik Johnson)
27:32 1-2
Nathan MacKinnon [7] (Yan-Pavel Laplante, Ryan Murray)
31:23 2-2
Brian Gionta [7] (Dustin Boyd)
33:13 3-2
David Desharnais [9] (Alex Galchenyuk, Valtteri Filppula)
38:15 3-3
Nathan MacKinnon [8])
38:46 4-3
David Desharnais [10] (Ryan McDonagh, Alexei Emelin)
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54:44 5-3
Jonathan Huberdeau [4] (David Desharnais, Ryan McDonagh)
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Penalty summary:
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03:42
Brian Gionta (2 min for tripping)
09:06
Unto Saari (2 min for hooking)
17:43
Austin Watson (5 min for fighting)
17:43
Brandon Prust (5 min for fighting)
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20:48
Boone Jenner (5 min for fighting)
20:48
Alex Galchenyuk (5 min for fighting)
31:48
Derek Dorsett (2 min for roughing)
31:48
Dmitry Kulikov (2 min for roughing)
33:57
Simon Gagné (2 min for hooking)
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45:41
Nathan Beaulieu (5 min for fighting)
45:41
Boone Jenner (5 min for fighting)
56:22
Dustin Boyd (2 min for hooking)
59:05
Aleksander Barkov (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Prust 0 0 1 3 0 3 5 0 11.40 8
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 13.40 6
R Ryan O'Reilly 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 17.00 6
L Erik Cole 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 17.40 6
C Dustin Boyd 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 9.30 5
C Jonathan Huberdeau 1 0 2 3 1 5 0 1 16.40 8
C David Desharnais 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 17.50 9
C Alex Galchenyuk 0 2 2 1 0 1 5 -1 16.00 7
L Brian Gionta 1 0 3 3 2 1 2 0 10.40 8
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 13.40 5
L Michaël Bournival 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 6
L Valtteri Filppula 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 -1 19.30 6
D Nathan Beaulieu 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 15.10 6
D Alexei Emelin 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 17.10 7
D Andrei Markov 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 24.40 7
D Jarred Tinordi 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 14.10 7
D Ryan McDonagh 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 20.10 8
D Dmitry Kulikov 0 0 1 1 4 1 2 -1 24.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Cédrick Desjardins 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derek Dorsett 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 10.10 5
R Austin Watson 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 -2 10.10 5
R Nathan MacKinnon 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 16.00 9
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Ryan Johansen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 12.50 7
C Aleksander Barkov 0 0 0 3 4 2 2 -2 11.40 5
C Yan-Pavel Laplante 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
C Claude Giroux 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 19.30 6
L Peter Regin 0 0 2 7 1 5 0 -1 13.50 9
L Boone Jenner 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 -2 9.40 6
L Simon Gagné 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 15.10 6
L Unto Saari 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 21.20 6
D Rasmus Ristolainen 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -2 13.10 7
D Ryan Murray 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 19.10 7
D Erik Johnson 0 1 2 5 1 5 0 -1 27.40 9
D Morgan Rielly 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -3 20.00 7
D Jack Johnson 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 16.20 6
D John Moore 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 23.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Kochetkov 5 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G Oscar Dansk 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Desharnais
2nd star: Nathan MacKinnon
3rd star: Jonathan Huberdeau
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Markov scored the 100th goal of his career.
-David Desharnais scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jonathan Huberdeau finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Jonathan Huberdeau finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Alexei Emelin ended his 9 game point drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
Other notes:
-Austin Watson fought Brandon Prust in a fight.
-Boone Jenner fought Alex Galchenyuk in a fight.
-Boone Jenner beat Nathan Beaulieu in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 23) , Springfield Falcons 1( 18)
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0-1
Pontus Aberg (Lukas Sedlak)
1-1 QUE Blake Geoffrion (Brendan Gallagher, Petteri Nokelainen)
2-1 QUE Sebastian Collberg (Andreas Engqvist)
Goalies: Peter Delmas - Martin Ouellette