Montreal Canadiens at Dallas Stars

Sunday, March 8, 2009, 6:00 PM ET American Airlines Center, Dallas Regular Season Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 3–1 on Sunday, March 8, 2009 on the road.

Final score, Montreal Canadiens at Dallas Stars
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Montreal Canadiens	3	41-30-11
at Dallas Stars	1	36-35-11

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

Shots on goal by period, Montreal Canadiens at Dallas Stars
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Montreal Canadiens	3	9	7	19
Dallas Stars	9	8	14	31

Scoring summary

Every goal, Montreal Canadiens at Dallas Stars. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:52	Dallas Stars	Loui Eriksson (32)	Stephane Robidas (21), Mike Ribeiro (45)	Power play	MTL 0, DAL 1
2nd	05:00	Montreal Canadiens	Andrei Kostitsyn (23)	Saku Koivu (25), Alex Tanguay (17)	Even strength	MTL 1, DAL 1
2nd	14:50	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev (16)	Roman Hamrlik (23), Matt D'Agostini (8)	Even strength	MTL 2, DAL 1
3rd	05:27	Montreal Canadiens	Chris Higgins (9)	Ryan O'Byrne (4)	Even strength	MTL 3, DAL 1

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

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 6 T. Kostopoulos	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	3		14:30
Number 11 S. Koivu	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	33.3%	13:50
Number 13 A. Tanguay	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1		14:18
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	58.8%	19:45
Number 15 G. Metropolit	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	55.6%	10:37
Number 21 C. Higgins	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	1	100%	14:30
Number 27 A. Kovalev	R	1	0	1	+1	4	1	3	1		19:00
Number 36 M. D'Agostini	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1		10:12
Number 40 M. Lapierre	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	1	50%	15:07
Number 46 A. Kostitsyn	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	1		12:28
Number 67 M. Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1		09:53
Number 70 G. Stewart	L	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	0		07:22
Number 3 R. O'Byrne	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	3		17:14
Number 8 M. Komisarek	D	0	0	0	+1	4	0	5	3		20:09
Number 24 M. Schneider	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	3		17:24
Number 26 J. Gorges	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	2		22:44
Number 44 R. Hamrlik	D	0	1	1	+2	2	1	2	2		20:35
Number 79 A. Markov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		22:53

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Price	31	30	1	.968	60:00	Win

Dallas Stars 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 9 M. Modano	C	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	0	52.6%	20:45
Number 11 B. Morrison	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	40%	16:45
Number 13 K. Barch	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0		05:41
Number 18 J. Neal	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	7	0	0		13:33
Number 20 B. Sutherby	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	33.3%	14:00
Number 21 L. Eriksson	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1		26:35
Number 22 L. Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		07:37
Number 25 C. Conner	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	0	0		11:26
Number 29 S. Ott	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0		24:15
Number 44 S. Begin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	6	1	0	50%	10:44
Number 63 M. Ribeiro	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	64.7%	28:31
Number 96 F. Brunnstrom	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		06:06
Number 2 N. Grossmann	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1	0		15:26
Number 3 S. Robidas	D	0	1	1	-2	0	5	2	0	0		26:47
Number 5 M. Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		18:13
Number 6 T. Daley	D	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0	0	0		16:44
Number 28 M. Fistric	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	0		14:35
Number 55 D. Sydor	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		18:05

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 M. Turco	19	16	3	.842	58:12	Loss

Penalties, Montreal Canadiens at Dallas Stars
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:58	Montreal Canadiens	Max Pacioretty	Tripping	2
1st	04:43	Montreal Canadiens	Roman Hamrlik	Tripping	2
1st	08:37	Montreal Canadiens	Mathieu Schneider	High sticking	2
1st	08:37	Montreal Canadiens	Mathieu Schneider	High sticking	2
1st	12:47	Dallas Stars	Mark Fistric	Interference	2
1st	18:51	Dallas Stars	Mike Ribeiro	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	18:51	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	18:51	Montreal Canadiens	Gregory Stewart	Interference	2
1st	18:51	Montreal Canadiens	Gregory Stewart	Roughing	2
1st	19:26	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev	Roughing	2
1st	20:00	Montreal Canadiens	Saku Koivu	Slashing	2
2nd	11:38	Dallas Stars	James Neal	High sticking	2
2nd	12:48	Dallas Stars	Mike Modano	Hooking	2
3rd	18:22	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Slashing	2
3rd	19:55	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev	Hooking	2

Montreal Canadiens head coach: Guy Carbonneau
Dallas Stars head coach: Dave Tippett
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Brian Mach
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Patrice Brisebois, Robert Lang, Mathieu Dandenault, Marc Denis, Georges Laraque, Francis Bouillon, Alex Henry, Kyle Chipchura, Guillaume Latendresse, Sergei Kostitsyn, Ben Maxwell, Yannick Weber
Dallas Stars scratches: Sergei Zubov, Jere Lehtinen, Mark Parrish, Brenden Morrow, Brad Richards, Toby Petersen, Andrew Hutchinson, Doug Janik, Dan Jancevski, Brent Krahn, Joel Lundqvist, Garrett Stafford, Raymond Sawada, Tom Wandell

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