Vancouver Canucks at Montreal Canadiens

Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 7:30 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–0 on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at home.

Final score, Vancouver Canucks at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Vancouver Canucks	0	45-27-10
at Montreal Canadiens	3	41-30-11

Goals by period, Vancouver Canucks at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Vancouver Canucks	0	0	0	0
Montreal Canadiens	1	1	1	3

Shots on goal by period, Vancouver Canucks at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Vancouver Canucks	8	13	13	34
Montreal Canadiens	6	7	4	17

Scoring summary

Every goal, Vancouver Canucks at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	18:42	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Plekanec (16)	Saku Koivu (22)	Even strength	VAN 0, MTL 1
2nd	16:08	Montreal Canadiens	Andrei Markov (8)	Tomas Plekanec (16), Alex Kovalev (29)	Power play	VAN 0, MTL 2
3rd	19:54	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre (11)	Chris Higgins (8), Roman Hamrlik (21)	Even strength, Empty net	VAN 0, MTL 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Vancouver Canucks skaters
Player	Position	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 T. Pyatt	L	0	0	1	0	0		11:56
Number 10 R. Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	2	33.3%	10:14
Number 13 M. Sundin	C	-1	0	3	0	1	50%	17:34
Number 14 A. Burrows	R	0	17	2	2	0		08:58
Number 17 R. Kesler	C	-2	2	2	1	3	80%	22:59
Number 18 S. Bernier	R	0	2	1	3	0		12:59
Number 21 M. Raymond	L	0	2	3	1	0		09:02
Number 22 D. Sedin	L	0	0	3	0	0		20:24
Number 33 H. Sedin	C	0	0	2	0	0	25%	20:03
Number 38 P. Demitra	R	-2	0	2	0	0	33.3%	17:34
Number 42 K. Wellwood	C	-1	0	2	0	1	14.3%	14:11
Number 49 A. Bolduc	C	0	0	0	1	0		05:27
Number 2 M. Ohlund	D	-2	0	2	1	3		20:29
Number 3 K. Bieksa	D	-1	2	4	0	1		23:57
Number 6 S. Salo	D	-1	0	0	1	3		21:15
Number 8 W. Mitchell	D	0	0	1	2	2		22:39
Number 23 A. Edler	D	-1	2	6	1	0		19:48
Number 55 S. O'Brien	D	0	17	0	1	2		08:02

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 R. Luongo	16	14	2	.875	58:12	Loss

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 6 T. Kostopoulos	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		13:38
Number 11 S. Koivu	C	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	76.9%	15:59
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	1	1	2	+1	2	5	0	1	0	64.7%	21:15
Number 21 C. Higgins	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	0	100%	16:21
Number 25 M. Dandenault	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	08:34
Number 27 A. Kovalev	R	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	0	0		20:39
Number 28 K. Chipchura	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57.1%	06:55
Number 36 M. D'Agostini	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:32
Number 40 M. Lapierre	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	0	44.4%	15:08
Number 46 A. Kostitsyn	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		18:59
Number 67 M. Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		10:34
Number 70 G. Stewart	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0		06:11
Number 8 M. Komisarek	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	3	0		19:13
Number 24 M. Schneider	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0		18:35
Number 26 J. Gorges	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	4	0		18:29
Number 44 R. Hamrlik	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	0		23:31
Number 71 P. Brisebois	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2	0		14:22
Number 79 A. Markov	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1	1		26:05

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 41 J. Halak	34	34	0	1.000	60:00	Win

Penalties, Vancouver Canucks at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	06:11	Vancouver Canucks	Mason Raymond	High sticking	2
1st	10:40	Montreal Canadiens	Saku Koivu	Roughing	2
1st	10:40	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Roughing	2
1st	10:40	Montreal Canadiens	Gregory Stewart	Fighting (major)	5
1st	10:40	Vancouver Canucks	Kevin Bieksa	Roughing	2
1st	10:40	Vancouver Canucks	Alexandre Burrows	Roughing	2
1st	10:40	Vancouver Canucks	Shane O'Brien	Instigator	2
1st	10:40	Vancouver Canucks	Shane O'Brien	Fighting (major)	5
1st	10:40	Vancouver Canucks	Shane O'Brien	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
1st	14:39	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev	High sticking double minor	4
1st	16:35	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Plekanec	Slashing	2
2nd	00:43	Vancouver Canucks	Ryan Kesler	Holding	2
2nd	07:07	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev	Cross checking	2
2nd	13:27	Vancouver Canucks	Alexandre Burrows	Cross checking (major)	5
2nd	13:27	Vancouver Canucks	Alexandre Burrows	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
2nd	20:00	Vancouver Canucks	Steve Bernier	Slashing	2
3rd	07:08	Montreal Canadiens	Andrei Kostitsyn	High sticking	2
3rd	10:16	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Cross checking	2
3rd	17:50	Vancouver Canucks	Alexander Edler	Tripping	2

Vancouver Canucks head coach: Alain Vigneault
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Guy Carbonneau
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Stephane Auger
Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Michel Cormier
Vancouver Canucks scratches: Rob Davison, Jason Krog, Curtis Sanford, Lawrence Nycholat, Michel Ouellet, Darcy Hordichuk, Jason Jaffray, Cory Schneider, Jannik Hansen, Rick Rypien
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Robert Lang, Marc Denis, Georges Laraque, Steve Begin, Francis Bouillon, Alex Tanguay, Alex Henry, Ryan O'Byrne, Guillaume Latendresse, Sergei Kostitsyn, Ben Maxwell, Yannick Weber

Every Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiens game in the 2008-2009 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Vancouver Canucks 4	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Vancouver Canucks, Sun, Feb 15, 2009
Vancouver Canucks 0 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Montreal Canadiens, Tue, Feb 24, 2009

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