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2008-09 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

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41-30-11 (93 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Guy Carbonneau (35-24-7), Bob Gainey (6-6-4)

Goals For: 249 (12th of 30), Goals Against: 247 (21st of 30)
SRS: 0.02 (16th of 30), SOS: -0.01 (17th of 30)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-0) versus Boston Bruins

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L OL PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Montreal Canadiens 82 41 30 11 93 .567 249 247 0.02 -0.01 6.05 72 374 19.25 65 370 82.43 10 11
League Average 82 41 32 9 91 .557 239 239 0.00 0.00 5.83 65 341 18.95 65 341 81.05 8 8

Roster

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No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
22 Steve Begin LW 30 6-0 192 L/- 9 June 14, 1978 6 G, 4 A, 10 P
51 Francis Bouillon D 33 5-8 198 L/- 8 October 17, 1975 5 G, 4 A, 9 P
71 Patrice Brisebois D 38 6-2 197 R/- 17 January 27, 1971 5 G, 13 A, 18 P
28 Kyle Chipchura C 22 6-2 206 L/- 1 February 19, 1986 0 G, 3 A, 3 P
36 Matt D'Agostini RW 22 6-0 200 R/- 1 October 23, 1986 12 G, 9 A, 21 P
25 Mathieu Dandenault RW 32 6-0 208 R/- 12 February 3, 1976 4 G, 8 A, 12 P
38 Marc Denis G 31 6-1 193 -/L 10 August 1, 1977 0-0-0, 3.00 GAA
26 Josh Gorges D 24 6-1 200 L/- 3 August 14, 1984 4 G, 19 A, 23 P
41 Jaroslav Halak G 23 5-11 185 -/L 2 May 13, 1985 18-14-1, 2.86 GAA
44 Roman Hamrlik D 34 6-2 207 L/- 15 April 12, 1974 6 G, 27 A, 33 P
24 Alex Henry D 29 6-6 231 L/- 3 October 18, 1979 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
21 Chris Higgins LW 25 6-0 205 L/- 4 June 2, 1983 12 G, 11 A, 23 P
53 Doug Janik D 28 6-1 214 L/- 4 March 26, 1980 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
11 Saku Koivu C 34 5-10 182 L/- 12 November 23, 1974 16 G, 34 A, 50 P
8 Mike Komisarek D 27 6-4 243 R/- 5 January 19, 1982 2 G, 9 A, 11 P
46 Andrei Kostitsyn LW 23 6-0 214 L/- 3 February 3, 1985 23 G, 18 A, 41 P
74 Sergei Kostitsyn LW 21 6-0 207 L/- 1 March 20, 1987 8 G, 15 A, 23 P
6 Tom Kostopoulos RW 30 6-0 200 R/- 6 January 24, 1979 8 G, 14 A, 22 P
27 Alex Kovalev RW 35 6-2 222 L/- 15 February 24, 1973 26 G, 39 A, 65 P
20 Robert Lang C 38 6-3 217 R/- 14 December 19, 1970 18 G, 21 A, 39 P
40 Maxim Lapierre C 23 6-2 207 R/- 3 March 29, 1985 15 G, 13 A, 28 P
17 Georges Laraque RW 32 6-3 253 R/- 10 December 7, 1976 0 G, 2 A, 2 P
84 Guillaume Latendresse RW 21 6-2 240 L/- 2 May 24, 1987 14 G, 12 A, 26 P
79 Andrei Markov D 30 6-0 207 L/- 7 December 20, 1978 12 G, 52 A, 64 P
80 Ben Maxwell C 20 6-1 195 L/- R March 30, 1988 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
15 Glen Metropolit C 34 5-10 196 R/- 6 June 25, 1974 2 G, 1 A, 3 P
3 Ryan O'Byrne D 24 6-5 234 R/- 1 July 19, 1984 0 G, 5 A, 5 P
67 Max Pacioretty LW 20 6-2 196 L/- R November 20, 1988 3 G, 8 A, 11 P
14 Tomas Plekanec C 26 5-11 198 L/- 4 October 31, 1982 20 G, 19 A, 39 P
31 Carey Price G 21 6-3 219 L/L 1 August 16, 1987 23-16-10, 2.83 GAA
24 Mathieu Schneider D 39 5-11 192 L/- 19 June 12, 1969 5 G, 12 A, 17 P
70 Greg Stewart LW 22 6-2 202 L/- 1 May 21, 1986 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
13 Alex Tanguay LW 29 6-1 195 L/- 8 November 21, 1979 16 G, 25 A, 41 P
68 Yannick Weber D 20 5-11 193 R/- R September 23, 1988 0 G, 1 A, 1 P

Scoring Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Alex Kovalev RW 35 78 26 39 65 25 -5 74 14 11 1 4 209 12.4 1515 19:26 5.4 1.4 6.8
2 Andrei Markov D 30 78 12 52 64 21 -2 36 5 7 0 3 165 7.3 1921 24:38 5.9 3.8 9.7
3 Saku Koivu C 34 65 16 34 50 18 4 44 11 5 0 5 123 13.0 1108 17:03 3.9 1.3 5.2
4 Andrei Kostitsyn LW 23 74 23 18 41 18 -7 50 17 6 0 2 169 13.6 1154 15:35 3.5 1.0 4.5
5 Alex Tanguay LW 29 50 16 25 41 16 13 34 11 5 0 3 76 21.1 805 16:05 3.8 1.4 5.2
6 Tomas Plekanec C 26 80 20 19 39 16 -9 54 11 6 3 2 202 9.9 1380 17:15 2.3 1.1 3.5
7 Robert Lang C 38 50 18 21 39 16 6 36 9 8 1 3 101 17.8 844 16:53 3.7 1.1 4.8
8 Roman Hamrlik D 34 81 6 27 33 11 4 62 6 0 0 0 143 4.2 1775 21:55 2.1 4.0 6.0
9 Maxim Lapierre C 23 79 15 13 28 12 9 76 12 1 2 2 165 9.1 1169 14:48 1.2 1.6 2.9
10 Guillaume Latendresse RW 21 56 14 12 26 11 4 45 13 1 0 2 117 12.0 762 13:37 2.1 1.0 3.1
11 Chris Higgins LW 25 57 12 11 23 10 -1 22 8 2 2 1 151 7.9 969 16:60 1.0 1.0 2.0
12 Sergei Kostitsyn LW 21 56 8 15 23 8 -3 64 3 5 0 1 74 10.8 792 14:08 1.0 0.7 1.8
13 Josh Gorges D 24 81 4 19 23 7 12 37 2 2 0 0 63 6.3 1630 20:08 1.0 4.3 5.3
14 Tom Kostopoulos RW 30 78 8 14 22 8 -1 106 7 0 1 0 121 6.6 1103 14:09 0.0 1.1 1.2
15 Matt D'Agostini RW 22 53 12 9 21 9 -17 16 9 3 0 1 116 10.3 711 13:25 1.5 0.1 1.6
16 Patrice Brisebois D 38 62 5 13 18 6 -3 19 1 4 0 1 68 7.4 986 15:54 1.3 1.8 3.1
17 Mathieu Schneider D 39 23 5 12 17 6 -2 14 0 5 0 2 46 10.9 482 20:57 1.8 0.8 2.6
18 Mathieu Dandenault RW 32 41 4 8 12 4 7 17 4 0 0 0 46 8.7 482 11:45 0.3 0.8 1.1
19 Max Pacioretty LW 20 34 3 8 11 4 -3 27 2 1 0 0 57 5.3 429 12:37 0.3 0.3 0.6
20 Mike Komisarek D 27 66 2 9 11 4 0 121 2 0 0 0 56 3.6 1361 20:37 -0.2 2.8 2.6
21 Steve Begin LW 30 42 6 4 10 4 -5 27 6 0 0 1 65 9.2 456 10:51 0.4 0.3 0.7
22 Francis Bouillon D 33 54 5 4 9 4 -7 53 5 0 0 1 51 9.8 891 16:30 0.4 1.3 1.7
23 Ryan O'Byrne D 24 37 0 5 5 1 -7 58 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 559 15:06 -0.1 0.6 0.5
24 Glen Metropolit C 34 21 2 1 3 1 -4 13 2 0 0 0 19 10.5 244 11:37 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
25 Kyle Chipchura C 22 13 0 3 3 1 -6 5 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 134 10:18 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
26 Georges Laraque RW 32 33 0 2 2 1 -6 61 0 0 0 0 15 0.0 252 7:39 -0.5 0.0 -0.5
27 Carey Price G 21 52 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3035 58:22 0.0 0.0 8.5
28 Greg Stewart LW 22 20 0 1 1 0 -4 32 0 0 0 0 16 0.0 172 8:37 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
29 Yannick Weber D 20 3 0 1 1 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 45 15:06 0.1 0.0 0.1
30 Marc Denis G 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20:00 0.0 0.0 0.0
31 Jaroslav Halak G 23 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1931 56:47 0.0 0.0 7.2
32 Alex Henry D 29 2 0 0 0 0 -2 10 0 0 0 0 0 13 6:34 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
33 Doug Janik D 28 2 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 13:54 0.0 0.0 -0.1
34 Ben Maxwell C 20 7 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 69 9:55 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
Team Total 82 242 400 642 -38 1223 160 72 10 34 2461 9.8 41.2 33.7 90.6

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN GPS
1 Carey Price G 21 52 23 16 10 143 1513 1370 .905 2.83 1 4 3036 8.5
2 Jaroslav Halak G 23 34 18 14 1 92 1077 985 .915 2.86 1 0 1931 7.2
3 Marc Denis G 31 1 0 0 0 1 7 6 .857 3.00 0 0 20 0.0
Team Total 82 41 30 11 236 2597 2361 .909 2.84 2 4987 15.7

Scoring Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1 Alex Kovalev RW 35 4 2 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 12 16.7 80 19:54
2 Saku Koivu C 34 4 0 3 3 -1 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 71 17:45
3 Chris Higgins LW 25 4 2 0 2 -1 2 2 0 0 0 8 25.0 70 17:35
4 Yannick Weber D 20 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 33.3 41 13:36
5 Glen Metropolit C 34 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 64 16:04
6 Andrei Kostitsyn LW 23 4 1 0 1 -2 2 1 0 0 0 9 11.1 57 14:15
7 Josh Gorges D 24 4 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 95 23:46
8 Tom Kostopoulos RW 30 4 0 1 1 -1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 56 14:01
9 Alex Tanguay LW 29 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 31 15:29
10 Francis Bouillon D 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1:46
11 Patrice Brisebois D 38 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 16 16:07
12 Matt D'Agostini RW 22 3 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 35 11:49
13 Mathieu Dandenault RW 32 4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 84 21:05
14 Jaroslav Halak G 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20:00
15 Roman Hamrlik D 34 4 0 0 0 -5 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 101 25:19
16 Mike Komisarek D 27 4 0 0 0 -4 20 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 76 19:00
17 Sergei Kostitsyn LW 21 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 12 12:10
18 Maxim Lapierre C 23 4 0 0 0 -3 26 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 60 14:56
19 Georges Laraque RW 32 4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 44 10:58
20 Guillaume Latendresse RW 21 4 0 0 0 -2 12 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 47 11:44
21 Ryan O'Byrne D 24 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 13:04
22 Tomas Plekanec C 26 3 0 0 0 -5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 41 13:36
23 Carey Price G 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 219 54:48
24 Mathieu Schneider D 39 2 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 38 18:58
25 Greg Stewart LW 22 2 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 17 8:31
Team Total 4 6 10 16 -37 101 6 0 0 0 111 5.4

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN
1 Jaroslav Halak G 23 1 0 0 0 5 5 1.000 0.00 0 0 20
2 Carey Price G 21 4 0 4 0 15 123 108 .878 4.11 0 0 219
Team Total 4 0 4 0 15 128 113 .883 3.77 0 239