Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, February 24, 2007 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
RDS · MSG
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Saturday, February 24, 2007 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canadiens 31–22.
Goals came from Jeff Tambellini, Sheldon Souray, Jason Blake, Frans Nielsen and Chris Higgins.
Rick DiPietro made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Tambellini (2)Frans Nielsen (1), Richard Park (11)0–102:43 NYI
Sheldon Souray (21)Andrei Markov (32), Saku Koivu (36)1–113:54 MTL · 
Jason Blake (29)Viktor Kozlov (21), Marc-Andre Bergeron (20)1–215:58 NYI
2nd period
Frans Nielsen (1)Richard Park (12)1–310:52 NYI
3rd period
Chris Higgins (17)Mark Streit (20), Saku Koivu (37)2–303:50 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYI
2231
56%44%
1/30/3
88
1523
1523
810
1111
Penalties
- 9:12 into the first period
Brendan Witt · tripping2 min - 12:49 into the first periodSean Hill · holding2 min
- 13:16 into the first periodBrendan Witt · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 16:24 into the first period
Andrei Markov · hooking2 min - 2:48 into the second periodSheldon Souray · roughing2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodChris Simon · roughing2 min
- 7:56 into the second periodSaku Koivu · hooking2 min
- 4:08 into the third periodMathieu Dandenault · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:55 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 26:21 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 15Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 20Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:11 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:07 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:17 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:43 |
| 62Duncan MilroyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:10 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
New York Islanders
| 10Richard ParkR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 09:41 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 03:28 |
| 15Jeff TambelliniL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 04:51 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:42 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:55 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:44 |
| 7Trent HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 11Andy HilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 12Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 18Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:43 |
| 27Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:37 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:25 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 28:31 |
| 6Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 14Chris CampoliD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 32Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:48 |
| 44Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Rick DiPietroG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |