12 Jan.

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Montreal Canadiens 1 , Los Angeles Kings 4
Shots: 22 - 31
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:61/77=79 %, Challenges:24/45=52 %
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:74/91=81 %, Challenges:16/42=37 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 965794 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:42 0-1 Alexander Frolov [17] (Scott Gomez, Anze Kopitar)
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25:23 1-1 Andrei Kostitsyn [13] (Samuel Påhlsson, Slava Kozlov)
32:51 1-2 Maxim Afinogenov [13] (Alexander Frolov, Scott Gomez)
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40:25 1-3 Michal Handzus [5] (Justin Williams, Matt Greene)
47:58 1-4 Anze Kopitar [11] (Alexander Frolov, Maxim Afinogenov)PP
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Penalty summary:
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06:45 Oscar Möller (2 min for hooking)
11:02 Sean O'Donnell (2 min for elbowing)
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47:33 Slava Kozlov (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan MacMurchy 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 6.50 5
R Andreas Jämtin 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 13.20 4
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 20.00 6
R Slava Kozlov 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 19.30 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1 6.50 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -1 13.20 4
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 4 1 5 1 0 -1 18.40 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 1 5 3 2 3 0 1 21.30 7
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 6.50 6
L Travis Moen 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 11.50 7
L Alexei Yashin 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 -1 18.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 5 0 1 2 0 1 22.30 8
D Mikhail Lyubushin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.50 5
D James Sanford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 6
D Shawn Belle 0 0 3 5 2 6 0 0 29.20 9
D Marek Chvatal 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 -1 14.10 6
D Paul Albers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 18.30 6
D Paul Mara 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 27.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Jonathan Boutin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wayne Simmonds 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 6.50 7
R Justin Williams 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 15.10 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 17.10 8
R Dustin Brown 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 -1 16.40 6
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 4
C Michal Handzus 1 0 3 5 0 5 0 1 17.20 9
C Scott Gomez 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 16.50 7
C Anze Kopitar 1 1 5 2 2 1 0 -1 17.00 8
L Shawn Thornton 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 8.50 7
L Oscar Möller 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 16.10 7
L Alexander Frolov 1 2 2 4 3 4 0 2 19.00 9
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 -1 18.00 7
D Peter Harrold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 6
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 18.50 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 3 4 0 2 -1 24.40 5
D Matt Greene 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 20.40 8
D Drew Doughty 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19.00 6
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Quick 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Jonathan Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Frolov
2nd star: Maxim Afinogenov
3rd star: Michal Handzus

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Dustin Brown had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Michal Handzus finally ended his 29 game goal drought.
-Anze Kopitar finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Alexander Frolov ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 18) , Manchester Monarchs 0(
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1-0 QUE Sean Avery (Josef Vasicek, Bryan Young)
2-0 QUE Maxim Rybin (Sergei Kostitsyn, Jason Chimera)
3-0 QUE Josef Vasicek (Sean Avery, Jay Leach)

Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Jeff Zatkoff