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2008-09 regular season

Canadiens at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Canadiens beat Red Wings 3–1 at Little Caesars Arena on November 26, 2008.

MTL – DET
25–33
Shots on goal
1/0–0/0
Power play
18–22
Hits
13–5
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Chris Higgins
1 G
4 shots · 17:18 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Tomas Plekanec
1 G
4 shots · 17:21 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Carey Price
32 saves
0.970 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Maxim Lapierre Go-ahead 2nd · 05:23
Assists: Steve Begin · beat Ty Conklin
1–0
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec PP 2nd · 12:17
Assists: Andrei Markov, Alex Kovalev · beat Ty Conklin
2–0
🇨🇦 Chris Higgins 2nd · 13:37
Assists: Saku Koivu, Tom Kostopoulos · beat Ty Conklin
3–0
3rd period
🐙 Johan Franzen 3rd · 13:31
Unassisted · beat Carey Price
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Plekanec · Lang · Kovalev 17:21
L2 Higgins · Kostitsyn · Koivu 16:31
L3 Kostitsyn · Kostopoulos · Dandenault 15:09
L4 Begin · Tanguay · Lapierre 12:37
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 23:30
D2 Gorges · Bouillon 20:33
D3 O'Byrne · Brisebois 14:46
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Datsyuk · Franzen 18:03
L2 Filppula · Hudler · Hossa 16:40
L3 Helm · Samuelsson · Kopecky 14:43
L4 Maltby · Draper 10:53
D1 Lidstrom · Rafalski 23:00
D2 Kronwall · Lilja 19:38
D3 Lebda · Stuart 16:08
D4 Meech 9:33

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL DET🐙
25 Shots on goal 33
1/0 Power play (goals / chances) 0/0
18 Hits 22
13 Blocked shots 5
5 Takeaways 3
9 Giveaways 9
6 Penalty minutes 6
MTL shooting 12.0% (3/25) DET shooting 3.0% (1/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Ty Conklin
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 58:35 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 4-3-3 (40% win rate, 10 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 3–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Dec 42007 🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–1 Jan 152007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET 0–2 Oct 202003 🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2 Oct 172002 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET 3–2 Feb 112002 🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2
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Who won Canadiens vs Red Wings on November 26, 2008?

Canadiens won 3–1. The final score was Canadiens 3, Red Wings 1.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chris Higgins, Maxim Lapierre, Tomas Plekanec.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Johan Franzen.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Ty Conklin made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Red Wings season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeNov 24 🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3 AfterNov 28 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 0–3
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeNov 24 🐙DET @ 🐋VAN 2–3 AfterNov 28 🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET 3–5
Also on November 26
🌵PHX 3–2 🧥CBJ 🐻BOS 2–3 ⚔️BUF 🐧PIT 5–3 🏝️NYI 🐦ATL 3–5 🦅WSH 🔔PHI 3–1 🌪️CAR 😈NJD 3–2 🐆FLA 🗽NYR 3–2 ⚡TBL ⭐DAL 4–3 🌲MIN
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