Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, November 1, 2008 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 32–31.
Alex Kovalev scored twice and Tomas Plekanec scored twice. Mark Streit, Jon Sim, Bill Guerin, Frans Nielsen and Chris Higgins also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Kovalev (4)Tomas Plekanec (3), Roman Hamrlik (3)1–002:03 MTL
Mark Streit (4)Mike Comrie (4), Doug Weight (7)1–103:47 NYI · 
Jon Sim (2)Frans Nielsen (3), Trent Hunter (2)1–212:27 NYI
2nd period
Bill Guerin (4)Doug Weight (8), Trent Hunter (3)1–301:40 NYI · 
Frans Nielsen (1)Sean Bergenheim (2), Richard Park (4)1–416:43 NYI
3rd period
Tomas Plekanec (2)Alex Kovalev (4), Andrei Markov (11)2–407:48 MTL- Tomas Plekanec (3)Andrei Kostitsyn (2), Alex Kovalev (5)3–409:55 MTL
Chris Higgins (1)Saku Koivu (7)4–414:06 MTL- Alex Kovalev (5)Andrei Markov (12), Tomas Plekanec (4)5–415:19 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYI
3231
37%63%
0/32/4
1311
2321
1821
2214
156
Penalties
- 2:39 into the first period
Andrei Markov · holding2 min - 17:43 into the first periodGuillaume Latendresse · hooking2 min
- 0:57 into the second periodAlex Tanguay · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1:59 into the second periodGeorges Laraque · fighting5 min
- 1:59 into the second period
Mitchell Fritz · fighting5 min - 3:54 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 12:17 into the second periodThomas Pock · hooking2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodMark Streit · interference2 min
- 4:20 into the third periodThomas Pock · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.