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4/2/2009
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Montreal Canadiens 5 , New York Islanders 3
Shots: 29 - 22
PP: 3 of 11 (17 shots), Passing:76/83=91 %, Challenges:46/53=85 %
PP: 1 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:53/74=71 %, Challenges:26/33=76 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Bell)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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12:52 1-0
Saku Koivu [18] (Patrice Brisebois, Alex Kovalev)PP
15:36 2-0
Guillaume Latendresse [18] (Alexandre Burrows, Roman Hamrlik)PP
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34:13 3-0
Alex Kovalev [25] (Vincent Lecavalier, Chris Higgins)PP
37:29 3-1
Jeff Tambellini [2] (Bill Guerin, Bruno Gervais)
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46:41 3-2
Mark Streit [5] (Scottie Upshall, Bill Guerin)PP
48:47 3-3
Miroslav Satan [19] (Sean Bergenheim, Mike Modano)
50:24 4-3
Teemu Selänne [23] (Chris Higgins, François Beauchemin)
59:07 5-3
Saku Koivu [19] (Teemu Selänne, Alex Kovalev) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:02
Sean Bergenheim (2 min for boarding)
01:21
Antti Laaksonen (2 min for hooking)
05:42
Tom Kostopoulos (5 min for fighting)
05:42
Ben Walter (5 min for fighting)
06:16
Miroslav Satan (2 min for hooking)
07:24
Andy Sutton (2 min for boarding)
11:17
Bruno Gervais (2 min for high-sticking)
15:02
Kyle Okposo (2 min for slashing)
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21:57
Kyle Okposo (2 min for hooking)
25:19
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
28:56
Andy Sutton (2 min for roughing)
28:56
Alex Kovalev (2 min for roughing)
30:22
Scottie Upshall (2 min for elbowing)
32:46
Brendan Witt (2 min for slashing)
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41:34
Andy Sutton (2 min for cross-checking)
45:43
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for boarding)
53:19
Andy Sutton (2 min for slashing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexandre Burrows 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 11.50 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 19.40 8
R Teemu Selänne 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 8
R Alex Kovalev 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 -1 21.10 8
C Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 9.40 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 10.00 6
C Saku Koivu 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 19.50 9
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
L Georges Laraque 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9.40 5
L Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.00 5
L Chris Higgins 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 17.00 8
L Glen Murray 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 11.30 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.50 6
D François Beauchemin 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 10.50 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 2 2 1 2 4 -1 24.20 8
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 27.30 8
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Richard Park 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 5
R Antti Laaksonen 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 19.20 8
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 -2 9.10 5
R Miroslav Satan 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 18.10 7
C Ben Walter 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 5.40 6
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 5
C Scottie Upshall 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 -2 11.40 7
C Mike Modano 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 18.40 6
L Jeff Tambellini 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6.10 7
L Bill Guerin 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 -2 16.00 6
L Sean Bergenheim 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 20.30 7
D Thomas Pöck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.30 6
D Bruno Gervais 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 -2 20.40 8
D Mark Streit 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 28.10 9
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 12.40 7
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 24.50 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 3 2 1 8 1 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 5 0 24 0 0 58.50 5
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Teemu Selänne
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alex Kovalev scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Alex Kovalev notched his 30th assist of the season.
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Bill Guerin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Scottie Upshall has marked a new career high in points with 31 points.
-Bill Guerin scored the 800th point of his career.
-Mike Modano notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jeff Tambellini finally ended his 51 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Tom Kostopoulos fought Ben Walter in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 18) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1( 12)
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1-0 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Max Pacioretty)
2-0 QUE Ryan White (Mathieu Aubin)
3-0 QUE Josh Gorges (Kyle Chipchura)
3-1 BRG Rob Hennigar (Tuomas Pihlman)
Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Tobias Stephan