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2008-09 regular season

Senators at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 4–0

Canadiens beat Senators 5–3 at Bell Centre on February 21, 2009.

OTT – MTL
47–32
Shots on goal
1/7–3/4
Power play
15–27
Hits
14–19
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Alex Kovalev
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 19:54 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Roman Hamrlik
2 A
3 shots · 24:51 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jaroslav Halak
44 saves
0.936 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec PP Go-ahead 1st · 02:23
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Andrei Markov · beat Brian Elliott
0–1
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev 1st · 05:38
Unassisted · beat Brian Elliott
0–2
2nd period
🇨🇦 Mathieu Schneider PP 2nd · 03:25
Assists: Saku Koivu, Chris Higgins · beat Brian Elliott
0–3
🇨🇦 Patrice Brisebois PP 2nd · 06:47
Assists: Roman Hamrlik, Alex Kovalev · beat Alex Auld
0–4
🏛️ Jarkko Ruutu 2nd · 07:40
Assists: Jesse Winchester, Chris Campoli · beat Jaroslav Halak
1–4
🏛️ Dany Heatley 2nd · 09:49
Assists: Jason Spezza, Chris Campoli · beat Jaroslav Halak
2–4
🇨🇦 Mathieu Dandenault 2nd · 19:41
Assists: Roman Hamrlik, Kyle Chipchura · beat Alex Auld
2–5
3rd period
🏛️ Dany Heatley PP 3rd · 17:06
Assists: Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson · beat Jaroslav Halak
3–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏛️Senators
L1 Heatley · Fisher · Alfredsson 21:11
L2 Vermette · Spezza · Comrie 18:44
L3 Foligno · Kelly · Shannon 14:41
L4 Ruutu · Winchester · Donovan 8:35
D1 Campoli · Kuba 22:41
D2 Lee · Phillips 17:46
D3 Volchenkov · Smith 14:58
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Plekanec · Kovalev 19:35
L2 Lapierre · Koivu · Kostopoulos 15:48
L3 Kostitsyn · Pacioretty · D'Agostini 11:55
L4 Stewart · Chipchura · Dandenault 7:51
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 26:40
D2 Komisarek · Schneider 20:08
D3 Gorges · Brisebois 13:29

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏛️OTT MTL🇨🇦
47 Shots on goal 32
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 3/4
15 Hits 27
14 Blocked shots 19
5 Takeaways 11
16 Giveaways 20
24 Penalty minutes 30
OTT shooting 6.4% (3/47) MTL shooting 15.6% (5/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏛️Senators
Brian Elliott
14/17
.824 SV% · 3 GA · 23:25 TOI
Alex Auld
13/15
.867 SV% · 2 GA · 35:05 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
44/47
.936 SV% · 3 GA · 59:45 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Senators
Senators — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 2–5
Senators
Senators — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 4–0
Jan 172009 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT 5–4 SO Nov 202008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT 3–2 SO Nov 112008 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–4 Apr 12008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT 3–0 Mar 242008 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–7
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Who won Senators vs Canadiens on February 21, 2009?

Canadiens won 5–3. The final score was Senators 3, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Senators?

Dany Heatley (2), Jarkko Ruutu.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Alex Kovalev, Mathieu Dandenault, Mathieu Schneider, Patrice Brisebois, Tomas Plekanec.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Brian Elliott made 14 saves on 17 shots (.824 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 44 saves on 47 shots (.936 save percentage).

Where is Senators vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Senators vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏛️ Senators
BeforeFeb 19 🐋VAN @ 🏛️OTT 5–2 AfterFeb 24 🌪️CAR @ 🏛️OTT 2–4
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeFeb 19 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 4–5 AfterFeb 24 🐋VAN @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–3
Also on February 21
🐧PIT 5–4 🔔PHI 🪶CHI 3–1 ⭐DAL 🌵PHX 6–3 👑LAK 🐦ATL 1–3 🦈SJS 🗽NYR 2–4 ⚔️BUF 🐋VAN 3–2 🍁TOR 😈NJD 0–4 🏝️NYI 🐻BOS 0–2 🐆FLA
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