New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, December 4, 2008 · Centre Bell

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2–6

Final

SOG 20–39

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 6-2 on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 39-20.

Goals came from Andrei Kostitsyn, Steve Begin, Alex Tanguay, Maxim Lapierre, Markus Naslund, Nigel Dawes, Robert Lang and Matt D'Agostini.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	0	2	0	2	20
MTL	3	1	2	6	39

Scoring

1st period

Andrei Kostitsyn (6)Matt D'Agostini (1), Andrei Markov (15)0–109:52 MTL
Steve Begin (4)Maxim Lapierre (2), Georges Laraque (1)0–210:47 MTL
Alex Tanguay (9)Roman Hamrlik (6), Tom Kostopoulos (4)0–317:37 MTL

2nd period

Maxim Lapierre (4)Steve Begin (2), Georges Laraque (2)0–403:35 MTL
Markus Naslund (10)Paul Mara (8), Scott Gomez (13)1–413:02 NYR · PPG
Nigel Dawes (3)Nikolay Zherdev (16), Chris Drury (7)2–418:43 NYR

3rd period

Robert Lang (8)Andrei Markov (16), Alex Kovalev (14)2–500:49 MTL
Matt D'Agostini (2)Unassisted2–619:10 MTL

Team stats

NYRMTL

20Shots on goal39

53%Faceoff %47%

1/2Power play0/3

15Penalty minutes13

15Hits24

14Blocked shots25

5Giveaways8

4Takeaways16

Penalties

1st 05:23Paul Mara · tripping2 min
1st 13:21Aaron Voros · roughing2 min
2nd 09:01Mathieu Dandenault · tripping2 min
2nd 10:58Maxim Lapierre · fighting5 min
2nd 10:58Petr Prucha · fighting5 min
2nd 11:45Steve Begin · hooking2 min
2nd 15:51Saku Koivu · roughing2 min
2nd 15:51Saku Koivu · roughing2 min
2nd 15:51Scott Gomez · roughing2 min
2nd 15:51Scott Gomez · roughing2 min
3rd 13:19Scott Gomez · cross checking2 min

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