Columbus Blue Jackets vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, February 23, 2008 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-0 on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Blue Jackets 31-22.
Goals came from Rick Nash, Andrew Murray and Manny Malhotra.
Pascal Leclaire made 31 saves on 31 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Nash (33)Michael Peca (25), Freddy Modin (4)1–006:24 CBJ
Andrew Murray (4)Manny Malhotra (13), David Vyborny (16)2–010:01 CBJ
3rd period
Manny Malhotra (6)Unassisted3–016:42 CBJ
Team stats
CBJMTL
22Shots on goal31
48%Faceoff %52%
0/3Power play0/6
21Penalty minutes15
16Hits25
11Blocked shots8
11Giveaways8
3Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 00:29
Freddy Modin · tripping2 min - 1st 05:57Jared Boll · fighting5 min
- 1st 05:57
Tom Kostopoulos · fighting5 min - 1st 07:16Ryan O'Byrne · high sticking2 min
- 1st 12:07Michael Peca · tripping2 min
- 1st 13:41Saku Koivu · tripping2 min
- 2nd 01:26Adam Foote · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 07:53Gilbert Brule · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:43Michael Peca · tripping2 min
- 2nd 13:24Saku Koivu · hooking2 min
- 2nd 20:00Jason Chimera · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 09:37Nikolay Zherdev · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 09:37Andrei Markov · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:30Rostislav Klesla · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 17:30Alex Kovalev · roughing2 min
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:36 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 06:33 |
| 19Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:53 |
| 33Freddy ModinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:09 |
| 51Andrew MurrayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 61Rick NashL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:22 |
| 12Jiri NovotnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 17Gilbert BruleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:50 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16:56 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:29 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:44 |
| 2Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:37 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:27 |
| 23Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 29:24 |
| 97Rostislav KleslaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Fredrik NorrenaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Pascal LeclaireG | W | 31 | 31 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:08 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:42 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:15 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:46 |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:19 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:00 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:01 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 24:04 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:08 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 20:41 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:51 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 14:09 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:36 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:24 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 22:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 59:53 |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |