Game #52 - February 6, 2009 - Montreal 2 at Buffalo 3
Game #52 - February 6, 2009
  Montreal   2   at     Buffalo   3
All times below are based on data from NHL.com.               
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Lines and defensive pairings

Line Time EV PP SH +/-
46 A. Kostitsyn14 Plekanec27 Kovalev
 14:10 13:00 1:10 0:00 -1
21 Higgins11 Koivu36 D'Agostini
 13:18 11:23 1:55 0:00 E
  6 Kostopoulos22 Begin17 Laraque
 7:36 7:36 0:00 0:00 -1
67 Pacioretty40 Lapierre74 S. Kostitsyn
 7:30 7:30 0:00 0:00 E
  6 Kostopoulos40 Lapierre
 1:49 0:00 0:00 1:49 E
11 Koivu21 Higgins
 1:35 0:00 0:00 1:35 E
74 S. Kostitsyn40 Lapierre
 1:28 0:08 0:00 1:20 E
14 Plekanec27 Kovalev
 1:17 0:39 0:00 0:38 E
Others 11:17 6:54 1:48 2:35 E
Pair Time EV PP SH +/-
79 Markov  8 Komisarek
 17:04 13:51 0:00 3:13 -1
44 Hamrlik  3 O'Byrne
 8:58 8:03 0:00 0:55 E
51 Bouillon26 Gorges
 7:22 7:19 0:00 0:03 -1
44 Hamrlik26 Gorges
 6:49 5:42 0:00 1:07 +1
79 Markov26 Gorges
 6:24 2:18 4:06 0:00 E
51 Bouillon  8 Komisarek
 3:28 2:26 0:00 1:02 -1
51 Bouillon  3 O'Byrne
 3:27 3:12 0:00 0:15 E
44 Hamrlik  8 Komisarek
 2:57 2:39 0:00 0:18 E
79 Markov51 Bouillon
 1:15 1:01 0:00 0:14 E
44 Hamrlik74 S. Kostitsyn
 1:03 0:16 0:47 0:00 E
Others 1:13 0:23 0:00 0:50 E

Line match-ups:

Line/Pair 46AK
14TP
27AK		 21CH
11SK
36MD		 6TK
22SB
17GL		 67MP
40ML
74SK		 79AM
8MK		 44RH
3RO		 51FB
26JG		 44RH
26JG		 79AM
26JG		 51FB
8MK		 51FB
3RO		 44RH
8MK
41 MacArthur - 55 Hecht - 36 Kaleta 4:30 4:26 0:25 2:35 3:30 3:34 3:07 0:09 0:01 0:10 1:14 0:46
12 Kotalik - 9 Roy - 29 Pominville 5:11 2:19 1:18 0:36 3:56 1:39 0:16 1:39 1:34 0:24   0:50
26 Vanek - 19 Connolly - 21 Stafford 1:16 2:13 1:55 2:51 3:36 1:00 0:24 1:38 0:17 1:04   0:16
22 Mair - 37 Ellis 0:47 0:28 3:42 1:15 0:46 1:32 2:00 0:39 0:23 0:47 0:19 0:35
29 Pominville - 9 Roy 0:51 0:09     0:34   0:31   2:16      
26 Vanek - 9 Roy - 19 Connolly         1:35 0:01   0:34   1:02   0:18
41 MacArthur - 21 Stafford - 12 Kotalik   0:08   0:11 0:01 0:54 0:02 0:34     0:23  
5 Lydman - 6 Spacek 4:37 5:14 0:44 3:11 4:27 2:38 3:20 1:20 1:20 0:11 0:43 0:48
34 Butler - 52 Rivet 7:17 4:07 0:03 0:32 5:20 1:47 0:40 1:48 3:36 0:33 1:03 0:04
4 Weber - 27 Numminen 0:09 2:04 2:49 2:21 2:57 2:03 0:40 1:08 0:17 0:55 0:06 0:58
4 Weber - 27 Numminen - 38 Paetsch   0:19 2:09 1:00   1:07 1:23 0:28 0:15 0:32 0:14  
6 Spacek - 52 Rivet 0:03 0:34   0:11 0:52 0:54 0:02 0:44     0:49 0:07
5 Lydman         1:48 0:01   0:30   1:02   0:18
5 Lydman - 6 Spacek - 38 Paetsch 0:37   1:27   0:46 0:15 0:31   0:08   0:05 0:35

Shift chart:
(green = even-strength, red = power-play, blue = short-handed)

For each forward: most common linemates
(as a percentage of total ice time)

6 Kostopoulos
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Begin-Laraque 66.3% 66.3%    
Lapierre 15.8%     15.8%
Lapierre-Laraque 4.7% 4.7%    
Begin-Koivu 4.4% 4.4%    
Lapierre-S. Kostitsyn 3.3% 3.3%    
Others 5.5% 5.5%    
Totals   84.2%   15.8%
11 Koivu
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Higgins-D'Agostini 74.6% 63.8% 10.7%  
Higgins 8.9%     8.9%
Higgins-Kovalev 3.6% 0.3% 3.3%  
Higgins-Pacioretty 3.2%   3.2%  
Begin-Kostopoulos 2.8% 2.8%    
Others 7.0% 4.0%   3.0%
Totals   70.9% 17.2% 11.9%
14 Plekanec
Linemates Total EV PP SH
A. Kostitsyn-Kovalev 80.4% 73.8% 6.6%  
Kovalev 7.3% 3.7%   3.6%
Higgins-Kovalev 3.2%   3.2%  
Lapierre 1.7%     1.7%
Higgins-D'Agostini 1.4% 0.9% 0.5%  
Others 6.0% 4.4%   1.6%
Totals   82.8% 10.3% 6.9%
17 Laraque
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Kostopoulos-Begin 88.7% 88.7%    
Kostopoulos-Lapierre 6.2% 6.2%    
Higgins-Koivu 3.1% 3.1%    
Higgins-Begin 1.9% 1.9%    
Totals   100.0%    
21 Higgins
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Koivu-D'Agostini 73.1% 62.6% 10.5%  
Koivu 8.7%     8.7%
Koivu-Kovalev 3.5% 0.3% 3.2%  
Koivu-Pacioretty 3.1%   3.1%  
Plekanec-Kovalev 3.1%   3.1%  
Others 8.4% 6.0% 0.5% 1.9%
Totals   68.9% 20.4% 10.6%
22 Begin
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Kostopoulos-Laraque 69.5% 69.5%    
D'Agostini 8.4%     8.4%
S. Kostitsyn 5.6%     5.6%
Koivu-Kostopoulos 4.6% 4.6%    
Kostopoulos-Kovalev 3.2% 3.2%    
Others 8.7% 8.7%    
Totals   86.0%   14.0%
27 Kovalev
Linemates Total EV PP SH
A. Kostitsyn-Plekanec 78.6% 72.1% 6.5%  
Plekanec 7.1% 3.6%   3.5%
Higgins-Koivu 3.5% 0.3% 3.2%  
Higgins-Plekanec 3.1%   3.1%  
A. Kostitsyn-Lapierre 2.1% 2.1%    
Others 5.5% 5.5%    
Totals   83.6% 12.8% 3.5%
36 D'Agostini
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Higgins-Koivu 83.0% 71.1% 12.0%  
Begin 5.7%     5.7%
Higgins-Begin 2.0% 2.0%    
A. Kostitsyn-Plekanec 1.6% 1.6%    
Higgins-Plekanec 1.6% 1.0% 0.5%  
Others 6.1% 4.0%   2.2%
Totals   79.6% 12.5% 7.9%
40 Lapierre
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Pacioretty-S. Kostitsyn 52.0% 52.0%    
Kostopoulos 12.6%     12.6%
S. Kostitsyn 10.2% 0.9%   9.2%
Kostopoulos-Laraque 3.7% 3.7%    
Pacioretty 2.8% 2.8%    
Others 18.7% 15.5%   3.2%
Totals   74.9%   25.1%
46 A. Kostitsyn
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Plekanec-Kovalev 86.4% 79.3% 7.1%  
S. Kostitsyn 5.4% 5.4%    
Lapierre-Kovalev 2.3% 2.3%    
Lapierre-S. Kostitsyn 1.8% 1.8%    
Plekanec-D'Agostini 1.5% 1.5%    
Others 2.5%     2.5%
Totals   90.3% 7.1% 2.5%
67 Pacioretty
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Lapierre-S. Kostitsyn 77.3% 77.3%    
Higgins-Koivu 5.8%   5.8%  
Lapierre 4.1% 4.1%    
Koivu-Lapierre 3.3% 3.3%    
Begin-Lapierre 2.7% 2.7%    
Others 6.7% 6.7%    
Totals   94.2% 5.8%  
74 S. Kostitsyn (F)
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Pacioretty-Lapierre 60.5% 60.5%    
Lapierre 11.8% 1.1%   10.8%
A. Kostitsyn 7.1% 7.1%    
Begin 5.0%     5.0%
Kostopoulos-Lapierre 3.1% 3.1%    
Others 4.0% 4.0%    
Totals   78.0% 6.3% 15.7%

For each D-man: most common partners
(as a percentage of total ice time)

3 O'Byrne
Partner Total EV PP SH
Hamrlik 70.8% 63.6%   7.2%
Bouillon 27.2% 25.3%   2.0%
Markov 2.0% 2.0%    
Totals   90.8%   9.2%
8 Komisarek
Partner Total EV PP SH
Markov 72.7% 59.0%   13.7%
Bouillon 14.8% 10.4%   4.4%
Hamrlik 12.6% 11.3%   1.3%
Totals   80.6%   19.4%
26 Gorges
Partner Total EV PP SH
Bouillon 35.6% 35.3%   0.2%
Hamrlik 32.9% 27.5%   5.4%
Markov 30.9% 11.1% 19.8%  
Hamrlik-Bouillon 0.6% 0.6%    
Totals   74.6% 19.8% 5.6%
44 Hamrlik
Partner Total EV PP SH
O'Byrne 43.6% 39.1%   4.5%
Gorges 33.1% 27.7%   5.4%
Komisarek 14.3% 12.9%   1.5%
S. Kostitsyn 5.1% 1.3% 3.8%  
Markov 3.2%     3.2%
Others 0.6% 0.6%    
Totals   81.7% 3.8% 14.5%
51 Bouillon
Partner Total EV PP SH
Gorges 47.0% 46.7%   0.3%
Komisarek 22.1% 15.5%   6.6%
O'Byrne 22.0% 20.4%   1.6%
Markov 8.0% 6.5%   1.5%
Hamrlik-Gorges 0.9% 0.9%    
Totals   90.0%   10.0%
74 S. Kostitsyn (D)
Partner Total EV PP SH
Hamrlik 8.5% 2.2% 6.3%  
Totals   78.0% 6.3% 15.7%
79 Markov
Partner Total EV PP SH
Komisarek 66.1% 53.7%   12.5%
Gorges 24.8% 8.9% 15.9%  
Bouillon 4.8% 3.9%   0.9%
Hamrlik 2.5%     2.5%
O'Byrne 1.0% 1.0%    
Others 0.7%     0.7%
Totals   67.5% 15.9% 16.6%
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