Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 7, 2009 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 6-3 on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 39-25.
Robert Lang scored a hat trick. Alex Kovalev, Chris Drury, Guillaume Latendresse, Ryan Callahan, Andrei Markov and Michal Rozsival also scored.
Jaroslav Halak made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Kovalev (10)Max Pacioretty (1)1–003:05 MTL
Chris Drury (12)Nigel Dawes (8), Petr Prucha (2)1–117:22 NYR
Guillaume Latendresse (6)Roman Hamrlik (10), Kyle Chipchura (2)2–118:53 MTL
2nd period
Ryan Callahan (12)Scott Gomez (20), Dmitri Kalinin (7)2–209:25 NYR
3rd period
Andrei Markov (6)Tomas Plekanec (10)3–202:32 MTL · PPG
Robert Lang (13)Andrei Kostitsyn (9), Andrei Markov (23)4–204:40 MTL · PPG
Michal Rozsival (7)Nikolay Zherdev (24), Markus Naslund (14)4–306:40 NYR- Robert Lang (14)Josh Gorges (7), Roman Hamrlik (11)5–315:29 MTL
- Robert Lang (15)Roman Hamrlik (12), Francis Bouillon (3)6–319:23 MTL · SHG · EN
Team stats
MTLNYR
25Shots on goal39
44%Faceoff %56%
2/4Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes10
32Hits35
13Blocked shots8
3Giveaways4
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 2nd 11:00
Michal Rozsival · hooking2 min - 3rd 02:29Aaron Voros · hooking2 min
- 3rd 03:37Ryan Callahan · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 04:12Scott Gomez · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 14:50
Francis Bouillon · roughing2 min - 3rd 14:50Nikolay Zherdev · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:18Roman Hamrlik · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:15Mike Komisarek · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 20Robert LangC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13:17 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 23:12 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:45 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:01 |
| 28Kyle ChipchuraC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 12:22 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:53 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:43 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:55 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:14 |
| 71Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38Marc DenisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 39 | 36 | 3 | .923 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| 10Nigel DawesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:54 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 19Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20:17 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19:12 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:37 |
| 25Petr PruchaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 91Markus NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 15Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:19 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 15:38 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:39 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:05 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:57 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 24 | 19 | 5 | .792 | 58:22 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |