Ottawa Senators vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 29, 2003 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 on Saturday, March 29, 2003 at Centre Bell. The Senators outshot the Canadiens 31-24.
Goals came from Saku Koivu, Bryan Smolinski, Brian Pothier and Jason Spezza.
Patrick Lalime made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
2nd period
Saku Koivu (19)Craig Rivet (15)0–100:23 MTL
Bryan Smolinski (21)Peter Schaefer (17), Marian Hossa (33)1–101:52 OTT
Brian Pothier (2)Jason Spezza (10)2–106:56 OTT
3rd period
Jason Spezza (7)Jody Hull (8), Chris Neil (4)3–117:06 OTT
Team stats
OTTMTL
31Shots on goal24
47%Faceoff %53%
0/3Power play0/3
13Penalty minutes13
14Hits10
10Blocked shots13
18Giveaways14
7Takeaways14
Penalties
- 1st 00:42
Wade Redden · high sticking2 min - 1st 04:48
Craig Rivet · cross checking2 min - 1st 08:58Bryan Smolinski · holding2 min
- 1st 11:51Wade Redden · hooking2 min
- 1st 14:06Gordie Dwyer · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 07:52Jan Bulis · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:25Donald Audette · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 19:25Donald Audette · fighting5 min
- 3rd 19:25Shane Hnidy · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 19:25Shane Hnidy · fighting5 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 39Jason SpezzaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 11:49 |
| 15Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:42 |
| 16Jody HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 21Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:23 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 09:23 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 9Martin HavlatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:29 |
| 20Magnus ArvedsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 15:16 |
| 26Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 28Todd WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:10 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:38 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:43 |
| 23Karel RachunekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:29 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin PrusekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 59:47 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:21 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:35 |
| 24Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:02 |
| 25Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:57 |
| 32Gordie DwyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:58 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:16 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 81Marcel HossaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 82Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:00 |
| 94Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:10 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:12 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:21 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 59:12 |