Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Monday, February 23, 2004 · Madison Square Garden

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4–1

Final

SOG 21–32

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Monday, February 23, 2004 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 32-21.

Goals came from Saku Koivu, Mike Ribeiro, Jaromir Jagr, Patrice Brisebois and Jason Ward.

Jose Theodore made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 17 of 21.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	1	1	4	21
NYR	0	1	0	1	32

Scoring

1st period

Saku Koivu (11)Jan Bulis (14), Stephane Quintal (3)1–001:31 MTL
Mike Ribeiro (16)Pierre Dagenais (8), Michael Ryder (29)2–019:54 MTL

2nd period

Jaromir Jagr (23)Bobby Holik (27), Brian Leetch (21)2–113:28 NYR · PPG
Patrice Brisebois (4)Saku Koivu (29), Mike Ribeiro (36)3–116:02 MTL · PPG

3rd period

Jason Ward (2)Saku Koivu (30), Francis Bouillon (9)4–103:01 MTL

Team stats

MTLNYR

21Shots on goal32

56%Faceoff %44%

1/5Power play1/5

15Penalty minutes15

17Hits28

22Blocked shots17

2Giveaways12

9Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 11:43Jed Ortmeyer · interference2 min
2nd 03:49Pierre Dagenais · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 04:26Jason Ward · tripping2 min
2nd 12:00Andreas Dackell · slashing2 min
2nd 12:24Steve Begin · hooking2 min
2nd 13:54Francis Bouillon · fighting5 min
2nd 13:54Tom Poti · fighting5 min
2nd 14:46Martin Rucinsky · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 15:37Brian Leetch · high sticking2 min
3rd 06:40Brian Leetch · hooking2 min
3rd 08:42Boris Mironov · tripping obstruction2 min
3rd 13:14Mike Ribeiro · hooking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	1	2	3	+2	1	0	0	0	56	20:39
71Mike RibeiroC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	2	69	17:28
17Jason WardR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	2	50	13:09
26Pierre DagenaisR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	15:36
38Jan BulisC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	05:30
73Michael RyderR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:52
5Stephane QuintalD	0	1	1	+2	3	0	7	0	–	23:59
43Patrice BriseboisD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	2	0	–	19:34
51Francis BouillonD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	5	–	19:56
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	04:37
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	+2	2	3	1	0	–	18:44
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	2	55	11:57
24Andreas DackellR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	17:03
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:33
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	56	18:54
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	09:50
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	13:31
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	6	0	–	25:24

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mathieu GaronG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

16Bobby HolikC	0	1	1	-2	4	3	1	0	52	19:09
68Jaromir JagrR	1	0	1	0	6	2	0	0	–	19:27
2Brian LeetchD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	2	4	–	29:22
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	48	18:59
21Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	25	11:17
25Paul HealeyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:47
26Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	2	–	19:15
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	–	20:44
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	12:48
37Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	15:02
39Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:21
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	-1	1	5	3	2	–	12:06
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	36	18:25
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	5	–	20:43
4Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	–	16:46
5Dale PurintonD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	–	13:43
29Boris MironovD	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	–	17:58
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	–	15:48

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mike DunhamG	L	21	17	4	.809	60:00
40Jussi MarkkanenG		0	0	0	–	–