New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Sunday, February 3, 2008 · Centre Bell

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5–3

Final

SOG 30–28

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-3 on Sunday, February 3, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 30-28.

Goals came from Andrei Markov, Alex Kovalev, Sergei Kostitsyn, Michal Rozsival, Brandon Dubinsky, Scott Gomez, Chris Drury and Martin Straka.

Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 25 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	0	3	2	5	30
MTL	2	1	0	3	28

Scoring

1st period

Andrei Markov (12)Unassisted0–103:11 MTL · PPG
Alex Kovalev (24)Chris Higgins (18), Saku Koivu (29)0–213:36 MTL · PPG

2nd period

Sergei Kostitsyn (6)Unassisted0–305:40 MTL · PPG
Michal Rozsival (13)Chris Drury (22), Martin Straka (12)1–308:39 NYR · PPG
Brandon Dubinsky (9)Unassisted2–309:03 NYR
Scott Gomez (12)Marc Staal (6)3–315:30 NYR

3rd period

Chris Drury (16)Nigel Dawes (6), Petr Prucha (10)4–310:09 NYR
Martin Straka (10)Paul Mara (13), Scott Gomez (40)5–318:30 NYR

Team stats

NYRMTL

30Shots on goal28

54%Faceoff %46%

1/4Power play3/4

26Penalty minutes15

25Hits29

14Blocked shots12

3Giveaways11

4Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 01:41Michal Rozsival · hooking2 min
1st 10:29Tom Kostopoulos · charging2 min
1st 11:57Michal Rozsival · cross checking2 min
1st 15:39Andrei Kostitsyn · charging2 min
2nd 05:06Jason Strudwick · tripping2 min
2nd 06:48Saku Koivu · hooking2 min
2nd 15:41Francis Bouillon · fighting5 min
2nd 15:41Josh Gorges · roughing2 min
2nd 15:41Colton Orr · fighting5 min
2nd 15:41Ryan Hollweg · boarding5 min
2nd 15:41Ryan Hollweg · game misconduct10 min
2nd 20:00Mike Komisarek · roughing2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

19Scott GomezC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	2	0	61	22:28
23Chris DruryC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	2	0	54	18:58
82Martin StrakaC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	3	0	–	19:15
10Nigel DawesL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	14:11
17Brandon DubinskyC	1	0	1	+1	4	3	0	0	44	13:55
25Petr PruchaR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	10:53
3Michal RozsivalD	1	0	1	+1	4	1	1	4	–	20:53
18Marc StaalD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	20:01
27Paul MaraD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	17:46
15Blair BettsC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	57	11:33
16Sean AveryL	0	0	0	+1	3	4	1	0	–	16:40
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	0	–	08:41
28Colton OrrR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	–	08:42
44Ryan HollwegL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	–	04:16
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	–	19:59
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	3	0	–	23:21
34Jason StrudwickD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	–	14:40
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	+2	2	4	0	0	–	23:25

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Henrik LundqvistG	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00
40Steve ValiquetteG		0	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	2	47	16:40
21Chris HigginsL	0	1	1	-2	5	0	0	0	–	16:40
27Alex KovalevR	1	0	1	-2	1	2	0	0	–	17:19
74Sergei KostitsynL	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	–	15:31
79Andrei MarkovD	1	0	1	-1	6	0	1	0	–	24:09
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	2	–	11:28
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	53	17:27
20Bryan SmolinskiC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	38	13:59
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	13:20
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:48
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	45	11:58
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	2	–	14:57
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	11:16
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	-1	0	7	2	2	–	21:01
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	17:00
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	–	21:11
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	0	–	21:27
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	–	15:43

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Cristobal HuetG	L	30	25	5	.833	59:10
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	–