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Canadiens look to build on rare momentum

Feb 24, 2009 - 11:24 AM Vancouver (30-21-8) at Montreal (31-22-7), 7:30 p.m. EST

MONTREAL (Ticker) -- In the midst of a dreadful month, the Montreal Canadiens will try for their second consecutive victory when they host the red-hot Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.

Montreal has not won back-to-back games since January 15-17, but is coming off a 5-3 victory over Ottawa on Saturday. The win improved the Canadiens' record to 4-11-1 in their last 16 contests.

All-Star Game MVP Alexei Kovalev returned after Montreal general manager Bob Gainey sent him home for two games and had one goal and two assists in the win.

Tomas Plekanec and defenseman Patrice Brisebois scored power-play goals and Mathieu Dandenault and defenseman Mathieu Schneider also tallied for the Canadiens, who are 3-7-1 in the month of February.

Vancouver comes in a winner of four straight and eight of its last nine.

Veteran Mats Sundin scored the game-winning goal in the shootout as the Canucks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2, on Saturday.

Defenseman Sami Salo and Alexandre Burrows each scored in the win. Daniel Sedin added an assist and has registered a point in all four games during the winning streak.

Vancouver defeated Montreal, 4-2, on February 15.








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    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    VANCOUVER 0 0 0 0
    MONTREAL 1 1 1 3 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MON - TOMAS PLEKANEC 16 (SAKU KOIVU) 18:42
    2ND PRD: MON - (PP) ANDREI MARKOV 8 (TOMAS PLEKANEC, ALEXEI KOVALEV)
    16:08
    3RD PRD: MON - (EN) MAXIM LAPIERRE 11 (CHRIS HIGGINS, ROMAN HAMRLIK)
    19:54
    POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS

    Feb 24 10:04 PM


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    VANCOUVER 0
    MONTREAL 3
    3RD PRD: MON - (EN) MAXIM LAPIERRE 11 (CHRIS HIGGINS, ROMAN HAMRLIK)
    19:54

    Canucks 0, Canadiens 3  3rd - 0:06Feb 24 10:03 PM


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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    VANCOUVER 0 0 0
    MONTREAL 1 1 2 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MON - TOMAS PLEKANEC 16 (SAKU KOIVU) 18:42
    2ND PRD: MON - (PP) ANDREI MARKOV 8 (TOMAS PLEKANEC, ALEXEI KOVALEV)
    16:08
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    VAN 8 13

    Feb 24 9:13 PM


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    VANCOUVER 0
    MONTREAL 2
    2ND PRD: MON - (PP) ANDREI MARKOV 8 (TOMAS PLEKANEC, ALEXEI KOVALEV)
    16:08

    Canucks 0, Canadiens 2  2nd - 3:52Feb 24 9:10 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    VANCOUVER 0 0
    MONTREAL 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MON - TOMAS PLEKANEC 16 (SAKU KOIVU) 18:42
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    VAN 8 8
    MON 6 6
    GOALIES: VAN - ROBERTO LUONGO
    MON - JAROSLAV

    Feb 24 8:19 PM


  • NHL
    VANCOUVER 0
    MONTREAL 1
    1ST PRD: MON - TOMAS PLEKANEC 16 (SAKU KOIVU) 18:42

    Canucks 0, Canadiens 1  1st - 1:18Feb 24 8:16 PM

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