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December 6,2007  (Thursday) in Boston,Massachusetts - TD Banknorth Garden	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot MON 3 0 1 4 BOS 0 2 0 2	Shots 1 2 3 Tot MON 10 3 17 30 BOS 6 13 7 26	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season MON 1 / 3 33 / 136 (24.3%) 93 / 118 (78.8%) BOS 1 / 3 20 / 100 (20.0%) 82 / 109 (75.2%)
Start: 7:00pm Attendance: 14,977 Referees: Dean Morton, Dave Jackson Officials: Mark Wheler, Jean Morin	Montreal Canadiens Game #28 14-11-3 31 Pts Prev Game vs DET Next Game vs CAR Boston Bruins Game #27 14-10-3 31 Pts Prev Game vs NJ Next Game vs TOR Three Stars: (1) Christopher Higgins  (MON)  (2) Marc Savard (BOS)  (3) Mike Komisarek (MON)

Goals 1st Period 1. MON Christopher Higgins    [12]  [c57]   (Powerplay)   ( Roman Hamrlik [13],  Mark Streit [13] ) 3:03 2. MON Kyle Chipchura    [3]  [c3]   ( Ryan O'Byrne [1],  Christopher Higgins [7] ) 13:40 3. MON Tomas Plekanec    [9]  [c38]   (GW)   ( Andrei Kostitsyn [6] ) 18:18 2nd Period 4. BOS Phil Kessel    [9]  [c20]   (Powerplay)   ( Dennis Wideman [7],  Zdeno Chara [13] ) 6:10 5. BOS P.J. Axelsson    [3]  [c87]   ( Marc Savard [28],  Glen Murray [9] ) 8:41 3rd Period 6. MON Mathieu Dandenault    [4]  [c59]   ( Christopher Higgins [8],  Ryan O'Byrne [2] ) 13:15 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Carey Price Career MON W 60 2 26 24 7-4-1 2.86 Tuukka Rask Career BOS L 60 4 30 26 2-1-1 3.24

Penalties 1st Period 1. BOS Glen Murray [5] Hooking 2 1:09 2. MON Francis Bouillon [1] Fighting 5 18:39 3. BOS Jeremy Reich [6] Fighting 5 18:39 4. BOS Jeremy Reich [1] Misconduct 10 18:39 2nd Period 5. MON Andrei Kostitsyn [2] Hooking 2 5:26 6. MON Alexei Kovalev [4] Hooking 2 6:32 7. MON Tom Kostopoulos [2] High Sticking 2 19:42 3rd Period 8. BOS Zdeno Chara [2] Holding 2 14:02 9. BOS Petteri Nokelainen [1] Hooking 2 17:44

Faceoffs
Montreal Canadiens   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Tomas Plekanec 14 7 66.7% 209 246 45.9% Saku Koivu 13 5 72.2% 278 236 54.1% Kyle Chipchura 8 5 61.5% 96 124 43.6% Maxim Lapierre 3 3 50.0% 3 3 50.0% Steve Begin 0 2 .0% 8 29 21.6% Bryan Smolinski 1 0 100.0% 155 165 48.4%   39 22 63.9% 781 860 47.6%	Boston Bruins   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Glen Metropolit 6 15 28.6% 191 203 48.5% Phil Kessel 7 9 43.8% 83 112 42.6% Marc Savard 5 10 33.3% 265 260 50.5% Petteri Nokelainen 3 1 75.0% 45 32 58.4% Glen Murray 0 2 .0% 3 10 23.1% Chuck Kobasew 0 2 .0% 9 13 40.9% Brandon Bochenski 1 0 100.0% 3 5 37.5%   22 39 36.1% 755 823 47.8%

Montreal Canadiens Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 3 Ryan O'Byrne D 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 14:30 0:00 0:15 6 Tom Kostopoulos RW 256 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 13:59 0:26 1:11 8 Mike Komisarek D 248 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 26:16 1:17 3:16 11 Saku Koivu C 678 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 16:47 2:29 1:04 14 Tomas Plekanec C 178 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 19:25 2:54 0:43 20 Bryan Smolinski C 1021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9:12 1:14 0:20 21 Christopher Higgins LW-C 171 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 17:02 2:29 1:09 22 Steve Begin LW-C 328 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 9:02 0:00 2:09 25 Mathieu Dandenault D-RW 794 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 13:37 0:35 1:03 27 Alexei Kovalev RW 1019 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 20:24 3:07 0:00 28 Kyle Chipchura C 25 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 13:32 0:18 1:37 32 Mark Streit D-LW 152 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 14:10 4:37 0:00 40 Maxim Lapierre C-RW 48 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11:42 0:31 0:12 44 Roman Hamrlik D 1027 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 25:08 2:28 1:28 46 Andrei Kostitsyn LW 58 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 18:12 1:44 0:00 51 Francis Bouillon D 380 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 13:42 0:00 1:13 79 Andrei Markov D 439 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 26:14 3:26 3:16 84 Guillaume Latendresse LW 106 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 12:22 1:55 0:00   7002 4 7 11 10 11 30 10 14

Boston Bruins Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 6 Dennis Wideman D 168 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 28:26 3:08 3:29 10 Brandon Bochenski RW 98 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 14:16 0:37 0:00 11 P.J. Axelsson LW 674 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 18:27 1:36 2:06 12 Chuck Kobasew RW 247 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19:14 1:51 1:55 13 Glen Metropolit C 207 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 17:40 0:03 2:08 16 Marco Sturm LW 707 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 17:35 1:11 2:22 17 Milan Lucic LW 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6:54 0:00 0:01 27 Glen Murray RW 973 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 18:12 2:12 1:13 33 Zdeno Chara D 638 0 1 1 -1 2 3 1 2 23:41 3:00 1:30 38 Bobby Allen D 44 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14:58 1:36 0:37 41 Andrew Alberts D 176 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 5 24:29 0:11 2:52 45 Mark Stuart D 59 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 19:48 0:00 2:10 48 Matt Hunwick D 7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 8:56 1:33 1:10 53 Jeremy Reich LW 56 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 2 3:57 0:00 0:00 56 Petteri Nokelainen RW 30 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 6:31 0:00 0:00 72 Peter Schaefer LW 521 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 2 16:30 2:01 0:13 81 Phil Kessel C 97 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 0 14:34 2:29 0:01 91 Marc Savard C 612 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 20:00 2:12 1:49   6353 2 4 6 -10 21 26 5 19

Transactions Since last game)

Montreal Canadiens Transactions Dec 05,2007 - Mikhail Grabovski assigned to Hamilton Dec 05,2007 - Maxim Lapierre recalled from Hamilton Dec 05,2007 - Ryan O'Byrne recalled from Hamilton

Boston Bruins Transactions Dec 06,2007 - Emmanuel Fernandez assigned to Providence