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Streaking Canadiens look for sixth straight win
Dec 23, 2006 - 4:32 PM Montreal (21-8-5) at Boston (17-13-2) 7:00 pm ESTBOSTON (Ticker) -- The Montreal Canadiens look to continue their winning streak when they face the team it started against.
The Canadiens aim to extend their five-game winning streak when they visit the Boston Bruins on Saturday.
The Canadiens, whose streak started with a 4-3 triumph over Boston on December 12, posted a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.
Guillaume Latendresse, Craig Rivet, Mike Johnson and Christopher Higgins scored for Montreal, which went 2-for-8 on the power play and received 26 saves from David Aebischer.
The Bruins have also been playing well in winning three of their last four games. Tim Thomas was busy on Thursday, making 39 saves as Boston downed the Vancouver Canucks, 2-0.
Patrice Bergeron and Glen Murray scored power-play goals for Boston, which went 2-for-6 with the extra skater.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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MONTREAL 1 1 0 2
BOSTON 2 0 2 4 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: BOS - ZDENO CHARA 6 (ANDREW ALBERTS, MARC SAVARD) 8:29
BOS - (PP) MARCO STURM 10 (PATRICE BERGERON) 12:43
MON - MIKE KOMISAREK 4 (MICHAEL JOHNSON) 16:06
2ND PRD: MON - (SH) MICHAEL RYDER 10 (SAKU KOIVU) 12:08
3RD PRD:
Dec 23 9:35 PM - NHL
MONTREAL 2
BOSTON 4
3RD PRD: BOS - STANISLAV CHISTOV 2 (UNASSISTED) 7:22
Canadiens vs. BruinsDec 23 9:13 PM - NHL
MONTREAL 2
BOSTON 3
3RD PRD: BOS - MILAN JURCINA 1 (MARC SAVARD) 6:11
Canadiens vs. BruinsDec 23 9:07 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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MONTREAL 1 1 2
BOSTON 2 0 2 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: BOS - ZDENO CHARA 6 (ANDREW ALBERTS, MARC SAVARD) 8:29
BOS - (PP) MARCO STURM 10 (PATRICE BERGERON) 12:43
MON - MIKE KOMISAREK 4 (MICHAEL JOHNSON) 16:06
2ND PRD: MON - (SH) MICHAEL RYDER 10 (SAKU KOIVU) 1
Dec 23 8:40 PM - NHL
MONTREAL 2
BOSTON 2
2ND PRD: MON - (SH) MICHAEL RYDER 10 (SAKU KOIVU) 12:08
Canadiens vs. BruinsDec 23 8:25 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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MONTREAL 1 1
BOSTON 2 2 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: BOS - ZDENO CHARA 6 (ANDREW ALBERTS, MARC SAVARD) 8:29
BOS - (PP) MARCO STURM 10 (PATRICE BERGERON) 12:43
MON - MIKE KOMISAREK 4 (MICHAEL JOHNSON) 16:06
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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Dec 23 7:45 PM - NHL
MONTREAL 1
BOSTON 2
1ST PRD: MON - MIKE KOMISAREK 4 (MICHAEL JOHNSON) 16:06
Canadiens vs. BruinsDec 23 7:38 PM - NHL
MONTREAL 0
BOSTON 2
1ST PRD: BOS - (PP) MARCO STURM 10 (PATRICE BERGERON) 12:43
Canadiens vs. BruinsDec 23 7:34 PM - NHL
MONTREAL 0
BOSTON 1
1ST PRD: BOS - ZDENO CHARA 6 (ANDREW ALBERTS, GLEN MURRAY) 8:29
Canadiens vs. BruinsDec 23 7:24 PM
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