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28/2/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , New York Rangers 5
Shots: 30 - 29
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:55/67=82 %, Challenges:53/66=79 %
PP: 2 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:72/83=86 %, Challenges:37/44=82 %
Attendance: 12260 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 568864 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:41 1-0
Saku Koivu [18] (Guillaume Latendresse, Marian Hossa)
14:16 1-1
Jason Blake [26] (Kevin Bieksa, Dustin Brown)PP
18:03 1-2
Carlo Colaiacovo [7] (Erik Cole, Ryan Getzlaf)
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33:26 2-2
Marian Hossa [25] (Nicklas Bäckström)
38:11 2-3
Jason Blake [27] (Olli Jokinen, Dustin Brown)PP
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47:19 2-4
Erik Cole [15] (Jason Blake, Ryan Getzlaf)
48:48 3-4
Saku Koivu [19] (Andrei Kostitsyn, David Fischer)
52:15 4-4
Guillaume Latendresse [22] (Sheldon Souray, David Fischer)
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61:52 4-5
Jason Blake [28] (Ryan Getzlaf, Erik Cole)
Penalty summary:
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05:15
Brendan Shanahan (2 min for hooking)
07:22
Sheldon Souray (2 min for tripping)
13:22
Sheldon Souray (2 min for diving)
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31:16
Alexei Cherepanov (2 min for roughing)
33:51
Brendan Shanahan (2 min for hooking)
37:33
Dale Mitchell (2 min for high-sticking)
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54:09
Jason Blake (2 min for roughing)
56:35
Dale Mitchell (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicolas Deschamps 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.10 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 14.40 8
R Phil Kessel 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 19.30 7
C Max Pacioretty 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Saku Koivu 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 9
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
L Dale Mitchell 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 7.00 5
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
L Marian Hossa 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 21.40 8
D Jake Gardiner 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13.20 4
D David Fischer 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 15.00 8
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -2 23.40 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 19.40 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 2 4 0 1 4 2 19.20 9
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 -1 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 24 0 0 62.00 5
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 5.50 6
R Brendan Shanahan 0 0 2 3 2 3 4 0 11.10 7
R Jason Blake 3 1 5 4 1 0 2 2 20.40 10
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 2 7 1 0 0 -3 21.50 7
L Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.50 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11.10 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 14.00 8
C Daniel Brière 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 20.20 7
R Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.50 6
R Dustin Brown 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 20.00 7
L Erik Cole 1 2 2 3 1 1 0 2 20.40 9
L Olli Jokinen 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -3 21.10 7
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11.20 6
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 18.40 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 -2 28.20 8
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 6
D Carlo Colaiacovo 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 20.30 8
D Wade Redden 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 -2 24.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 4 0 26 0 0 62.00 6
G Antoine Lafleur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Blake
2nd star: Erik Cole
3rd star: Saku Koivu
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Marian Hossa notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Marian Hossa scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Andrei Kostitsyn notched his 40th assist of the season.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Erik Cole scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Olli Jokinen had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Carlo Colaiacovo ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 9) , Hartford Wolf Pack 3( 11)
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1-0 HAM Tom Kostopoulos (Gregory Stewart)
1-1 HFD Simon Gamache (David Kveton)
1-2 HFD Ryan Hillier (David Kveton)
1-3 HFD Blair Betts (Thomas Pöck, Pierre Parenteau)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Mika Noronen