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Old 01-03-2017, 11:15 PM   #81
Big T
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February 22nd, 1983
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Detroit Red Wings (27-35-6) at Montreal Canadiens (39-23-4)

Montreal has the Red Wings in town and would like to avenge a 6-4 loss earlier this season at home. Montreal remains in 3rd in the Atlantic, 6 points behind the Sabres and 2 points ahead of the Bruins, with 1 game in hand on Boston. RW John Herrod continues to have the hot hand for Montreal. Since arriving in Montreal in the trade with the Rangers, he has 8 goals, 6 assist for 14 points and a +10 rating in 12 games.

Detroit is 14th in the Eastern Conference with 60 points, 16 points behind the 8th seed Washington Capitals. The Red Wings are 4th in the NHL with a 87.8% PK rate. But they do struggle to score ranked 28th in the NHL with 2.40 goals per game.

C Aaron Swanson leads the team with 28 goals and 63 points in 68 games. The 27 year old offensive forward is a strong playmaker. In 212 career NHL games all with Detroit, the 2-time All-Star has 72 goals, 205 points, 218 PIMs and a +28 rating.

LW David Chabb is 2nd on the team with 58 points, including 23 goals in 68 games. The 28 year old two way forward is a strong physical player and an iron man. In 3 years he has not missed a game, has played 232 career NHL games all with Detroit. The 1982 Maurice Richard Trophy Winner has 83 goals, 187 points, 710 PIMs and a +7 rating.

RW Bill Holliday is 3rd on the Red Wings with 36 points, including 16 goals in 66 games. The 32 year old goal scorer is extremely durable and has good vision. In 201 NHL games, all with Detroit he has 58 goals, 114 points, 181 PIMs and a +0 rating.

Detroit will start G Troy Pichette, he has 21 wins in 51 starts with a .905 save %. Montreal starts G Mike Blackshear, he has 32 wins in 54 starts with a .901 save %.

Montreal gets an early PP goal, RD Yegor Berestnev gets his 8th goal of the year at 1:37 and its 1-0 Montreal. Montreal makes it 2-0 at 8:59 when LD Yegor Berestnev gets his 2nd of the game. Detroit has yet to get a shot on goal. It took nearly 14 minutes for the Red Wings to register a shot, shortly after that LW Jiri Bohm gets his 7th of the year to make it 3-0 at 15:08. Detroit does get on the board, C Aaron Swanson gets his 29th of the year at 17:25 and its 3-1 Montreal. The scoring doesn't end there, LW Lorenzo Bocci gets his 26th on the PP at 19:00 and its now 4-1 Montreal. That is the end of the night for G Troy Pichette.The shots end up 19 to 6 for Montreal in the 1st period.

In total contrast, the 2nd period was scoreless with Montreal out shooting the Red Wings 21 to 8.

Montreal makes it 5-1 at 7:41 of the 3rd period when LW Lorenzo Bocci gets his 2nd of the night, again on the PP. Montreal out shoots Detroit 24 to 7 in the 3rd period in a dominate game. Detroit goes 0 for 3 on the PP while Montreal goes 3 for 9.

Montreal LD Yegor Berestnev is the 1st star with 2 goals and 3 assists. The 28 year old now has 9 goals, 40 assists for 49 points in 61 games. In 184 career NHL games (Flames/Canadiens) he has 29 goals, 151 points, 95 PIMs and a +7 rating. Berestnev was traded to the Canadiens by Calgary on November 26th, 1980.

Montreal 5 Detroit 1

PER TEAM GOAL # ASSIST ASSIST
1st MTL Yegor Berestnev (PP) 8 John Herrod Yevgeny Ronov
1st MTL Yegor Berestnev 9 Batsaikhany Vanoosten Matej Ouhrabka
1st MTL Jiri Bohm 7 Yegor Berestnev
1st DET Aaron Swanson 29 Scott Gebson Tim Lightner
1st MTL Lorenzo Bocci (PP) 26 John Herrod Yegor Berestnev
2nd
No Scoring


3rd MTL Lorenzo Bocci (PP) 27 Yegor Berestnev Chris Hughes

TEAM GOALIE SA GA
DET Chris Meredith 45 1
DET Troy Pichette 19 4
MTL Mike Blackshear 21 1


Around the league...........
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Nashville Predators RD Nathan Burke had a goal in a 2-0 win over the Blue Jackets. The 20 year old Burke now has 12 goals and 44 points in 67 games. In his 2nd year with Nashville, he has 23 goals, 71 points, 91 PIMs and a -3 rating. He was a 1st round, 17th overall pick of the Predators in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

Edmonton Oilers LW Simon Massicotte extended his scoring streak to 12 games with a goal in a 5-4 loss to the Blackhawks. The 30 year old Massicotte now has 22 goals and 52 points in 70 games. On his 3rd NHL team (Capitals/Wild/Oilers) he has played in 210 NHL games, has 49 goals, 118 points, 144 PIMs and a +24 rating.

Florida Panthers RD Zak Swain had 2 goals and an assist in a 7-4 win over the Canucks. The 40 year old Swain has 18 goals and 47 points in 69 games. In 3 seasons with the Panthers, he has played in 198 games, has 41 goals, 139 points, 90 PIMs and +36 rating.
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