Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2014 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
SNE · RDS · MSG+ 2
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canadiens 38-21.
Goals came from Kyle Okposo, Andrei Markov, Brendan Gallagher and David Desharnais.
Carey Price made 37 saves on 38 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 18 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kyle Okposo (8)John Tavares (16), Lubomir Visnovsky (8)0–112:04 NYI
2nd period
Andrei Markov (5)P.K. Subban (15)1–106:10 MTL
Brendan Gallagher (10)Sergei Gonchar (5), Alex Galchenyuk (15)2–111:27 MTL
3rd period
David Desharnais (5)Lars Eller (5), PA Parenteau (9)3–118:49 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYI
21Shots on goal38
49%Faceoff %51%
0/3Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes8
7Hits24
22Blocked shots18
8Giveaways14
5Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 08:51
Tomas Plekanec · hooking2 min - 1st 13:58
Travis Hamonic · tripping2 min - 2nd 16:03Jiri Sekac · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:14Lubomir Visnovsky · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:17Cal Clutterbuck · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:17Brandon Prust · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:17Cal Clutterbuck · cross checking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:57 |
| 15PA ParenteauR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:16 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:55 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:47 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:25 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 25:03 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 25:33 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 20Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:25 |
| 22Dale WeiseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 26Jiri SekacL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:21 |
| 58Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:55 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 28Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 38 | 37 | 1 | .974 | 60:00 |
| 35Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Islanders
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 18:26 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:03 |
| 11Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:40 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:37 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:41 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:43 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 15:00 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:11 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:07 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:37 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:27 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chad JohnsonG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 59:31 |
| 60Kevin PoulinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |