National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 7, Ottawa 5
When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, March 24, 2008
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Michael McGeough, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Pierre Champoux
Attendance: 21273
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Ottawa 0145
Montreal 3407
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:40 - Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn (EV) Assists: Tomas Plekanec , Roman Hamrlik
13:26 - Canadiens Chris Higgins (EV) Assists: Maxim Lapierre
18:24 - Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn (PP) Assists: Mark Streit , Alex Kovalev
Penalties
4:47 - Senators Daniel Alfredsson (2) High sticking
 9:53 - Canadiens Francis Bouillon (2) Interference
 17:58 - Canadiens Maxim Lapierre (2) Roughing
 17:58 - Senators Shean Donovan (2) Goaltender interference
 17:58 - Senators Brian McGrattan (2) Roughing
 19:14 - Canadiens Andrei Markov (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
9:43 - Senators Antoine Vermette (EV) Assists: Randy Robitaille , Martin Lapointe
11:29 - Canadiens Francis Bouillon (EV) Assists: Bryan Smolinski
15:04 - Canadiens Andrei Markov (PP) Assists: Michael Ryder , Alex Kovalev
15:46 - Canadiens Mikhail Grabovski (EV) Assists: Sergei Kostitsyn
19:14 - Canadiens Tom Kostopoulos (SH) Assists: Andrei Markov , Maxim Lapierre
Penalties
0:25 - Senators Dany Heatley (2) Goaltender interference
 12:57 - Senators Chris Phillips (2) Hooking
 13:45 - Senators Christoph Schubert (2) Holding
 15:25 - Senators Chris Neil (10) Misconduct
 17:35 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
3:04 - Senators Dany Heatley (EV) Assists: Daniel Alfredsson , Luke Richardson
4:33 - Senators Martin Lapointe (EV) Assists: Shean Donovan , Randy Robitaille
9:23 - Senators Dany Heatley (EV) Assists: Mike Commodore , Daniel Alfredsson
18:02 - Senators Jason Spezza (PP) Assists: Cory Stillman , Daniel Alfredsson
Penalties
5:29 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (2) High sticking
 10:53 - Canadiens Maxim Lapierre (2) Hooking
 11:58 - Canadiens Josh Gorges (2) Hooking
 17:30 - Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn (2) High sticking
Ottawa Senators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ray Emery G 0 0 0 0 0 39:10 27:49 8:03 3:18 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Gerber G 0 0 0 0 0 20:00 14:48 2:46 2:26 0 0 - - - - -
Luke Richardson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17 13:05 12:34 0:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Phillips D 0 0 0 E 2 1 23 16:36 13:58 0:30 2:08 0 0 - - - - -
Christoph Schubert D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 22 20:49 15:35 3:06 2:08 0 0 - - - - -
Wade Redden D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 5:49 4:31 0:32 0:46 0 0 - - - - -
Shean Donovan RW 0 1 1 -1 2 0 14 8:19 7:23 0:35 0:21 0 0 - - 5 1 83
Daniel Alfredsson RW 0 3 3 E 2 1 25 24:05 14:32 7:52 1:41 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Mike Fisher C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 21 16:14 12:16 1:54 2:04 0 0 - - 7 9 44
Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 -2 0 8 24 25:36 15:40 8:21 1:35 0 0 - - - - -
Dany Heatley RW 2 0 2 E 2 8 25 25:43 16:51 8:20 0:32 0 0 - - - - -
Brian McGrattan RW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 7 5:42 5:11 0:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Spezza C 1 0 1 E 0 2 25 24:13 15:36 8:20 0:17 1 0 - - 15 12 56
Antoine Vermette C 1 0 1 E 0 3 25 20:14 15:06 1:54 3:14 0 0 - - 10 8 56
Martin Lapointe RW 1 1 2 +1 0 3 14 11:03 9:13 1:50 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Commodore D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 22 16:14 13:29 1:07 1:38 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Volchenkov D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 16:36 13:12 0:04 3:20 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Neil RW 0 0 0 E 10 1 11 8:16 8:12 0:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Randy Robitaille C 0 2 2 +2 0 1 16 12:19 11:53 0:26 0:00 0 0 - - 2 2 50
Cory Stillman LW 0 1 1 -2 0 3 22 22:12 12:04 8:08 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Carey Price G 0 0 0 0 0 59:57 43:24 5:44 10:49 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan O'Byrne D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 18 16:04 14:13 0:06 1:45 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 1 0 1 +2 0 1 19 15:33 12:28 0:00 3:05 0 1 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 20 14:31 8:00 3:06 3:25 0 0 - - 7 10 41
Tomas Plekanec LW 0 1 1 E 4 2 23 19:13 14:54 2:30 1:49 0 0 - - 11 8 58
Bryan Smolinski C 0 1 1 E 0 2 21 16:02 12:03 1:00 2:59 0 0 - - 11 9 55
Chris Higgins C 1 0 1 -1 0 4 19 15:54 10:16 2:44 2:54 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Steve Begin C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 13:59 11:11 0:00 2:48 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 E 2 0 24 19:44 16:42 0:09 2:53 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 0 2 2 E 0 2 22 19:29 14:16 3:20 1:53 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Mark Streit D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 21 16:29 11:16 4:42 0:31 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 2 2 +1 4 2 15 11:11 8:26 0:00 2:45 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Roman Hamrlik D 0 1 1 E 0 4 24 22:53 15:17 1:15 6:21 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 2 0 2 +1 2 3 19 15:45 13:49 1:56 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 1 0 1 +1 2 1 23 19:30 13:55 0:00 5:35 0 0 - - - - -
Mikhail Grabovski C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 11 9:00 9:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 5 29
Michael Ryder RW 0 1 1 -2 0 0 11 7:46 5:32 2:14 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Kostitsyn RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 14 10:00 9:04 0:47 0:09 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 1 1 2 E 2 2 25 24:27 16:07 4:51 3:29 1 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Ottawa
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ray Emery L (12-13-4) 18 14 4 .778 0 39:10
Martin Gerber 14 11 3 .786 0 20:00
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Carey Price W (24-12-3) 36 31 5 .861 0 59:57