Ottawa Senators vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, March 24, 2008 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 7-5 on Monday, March 24, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Senators outshot the Canadiens 36-32.
Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice and Dany Heatley scored twice. Chris Higgins, Antoine Vermette, Francis Bouillon, Andrei Markov, Mikhail Grabovski, Tom Kostopoulos, Martin Lapointe and Jason Spezza also scored.
Carey Price made 31 saves on 36 shots for the win; Ray Emery stopped 14 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Andrei Kostitsyn (24)Tomas Plekanec (39), Roman Hamrlik (20)0–101:40 MTL
Chris Higgins (23)Maxim Lapierre (8)0–213:26 MTL- Andrei Kostitsyn (25)Mark Streit (43), Alex Kovalev (45)0–318:24 MTL · PPG
2nd period
Antoine Vermette (19)Randy Robitaille (18), Martin Lapointe (6)1–309:43 OTT
Francis Bouillon (2)Bryan Smolinski (16)1–411:29 MTL
Andrei Markov (16)Michael Ryder (16), Alex Kovalev (46)1–515:04 MTL · PPG
Mikhail Grabovski (3)Sergei Kostitsyn (17)1–615:46 MTL
Tom Kostopoulos (6)Andrei Markov (41), Maxim Lapierre (9)1–719:14 MTL · SHG
3rd period
Dany Heatley (38)Daniel Alfredsson (44), Luke Richardson (7)2–703:04 OTT
Martin Lapointe (6)Shean Donovan (5), Randy Robitaille (19)3–704:33 OTT- Dany Heatley (39)Mike Commodore (11), Daniel Alfredsson (45)4–709:23 OTT
Jason Spezza (32)Cory Stillman (39), Daniel Alfredsson (46)5–718:02 OTT · PPG
Team stats
OTTMTL
36Shots on goal32
53%Faceoff %47%
1/7Power play2/5
22Penalty minutes16
20Hits23
9Blocked shots24
7Giveaways20
2Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 04:47
Daniel Alfredsson · high sticking2 min - 1st 09:53
Francis Bouillon · interference2 min - 1st 17:58Maxim Lapierre · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:58Shean Donovan · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 1st 17:58Brian McGrattan · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:14Andrei Markov · hooking2 min
- 2nd 00:25Dany Heatley · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 12:57Chris Phillips · hooking2 min
- 2nd 13:45Christoph Schubert · holding2 min
- 2nd 15:25Chris Neil · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 17:35Tomas Plekanec · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:29Tomas Plekanec · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:53Maxim Lapierre · hooking2 min
- 3rd 11:58Josh Gorges · hooking2 min
- 3rd 17:30Andrei Kostitsyn · high sticking2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24:05 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25:43 |
| 27Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 12:19 |
| 28Martin LapointeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 11:03 |
| 10Shean DonovanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 08:19 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:13 |
| 20Antoine VermetteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:14 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 22:12 |
| 2Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 44Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 16Brian McGrattanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:42 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:16 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 5Christoph SchubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:49 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 8 | 25:36 |
| 24Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ray EmeryG | L | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 39:10 |
| 29Martin GerberG | 14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 20:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:29 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 11:11 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24:27 |
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:13 |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:02 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 15:54 |
| 54Mikhail GrabovskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:00 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 07:46 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:00 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:53 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 14:31 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:04 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 36 | 31 | 5 | .861 | 59:57 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |