Thursday, November 15, 2007

Florida Panthers Defeat Visiting Montreal Canadiens 5-4




The Panthers got out to a commanding 3-0 lead in the first period but Montreal kept coming back until the last minute to make it a very good game. Penalties were a big problem for the Habs as they spent 23 minutes in the box giving the Panthers 3 big power play chances. While Florida only capitalized on one of those three power play chances it was enough in the end to get the two points.

Greg Campbell opened the scoring at the nine minute mark of the first period. Jay Bouwmeester and David Booth assisted on the opening goal. Thirty seconds later Ladislav Smid scored his second goal of the season off another great pass by Bouwmeester. Kyle Calder also added an assist on the goal.

Less than five minutes later Nathan Horton put one past the Canadiens goalie to make it 3-0. Zach Parise scored later in the first period for the Habs to make it a 3-1 game after one period.

Nearly midway through the second period Pavol Demitra scored another goal for Montreal to make it a 3-2 game. A couple minutes later David Booth got his first professional goal making the score 4-2 in favor of the home team. Once again Calder and Bouwmeester added an assist.

Not willing to go away and playing aggressively being short-handed, Saku Koivu added a goal on the penalty kill to make it a 4-3 game. Less than a minute later, however, Olli Jokinen found a hole and buried the puck in the back of the net on the same power play to make it 5-3 Panthers.

Late in the third period, after a fight between Ladislav Smid and Alexei Kovalev, Daniel Sedin scored an unassisted goal to bring the Canadiens to within a goal. It was too little too late however for the Habs and the Florida Panthers secured the win.





Montreal Canadiens at Florida Panthers
DATE : 03/04/2007

GOALS 1 2 3 OT F
Montreal Canadiens 1 2 1 0 4
Florida Panthers 3 2 0 0 5

SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F
Montreal Canadiens 12 8 13 0 33
Florida Panthers 14 9 9 0 32

G O A L S U M M A R Y
1. FLA. GREGORY CAMPBELL(2)( JAY BOUWMEESTER, DAVID BOOTH ): 1st 9:00
2. FLA. LADISLAV SMID(2)( JAY BOUWMEESTER, KYLE CALDER ): 1st 9:31
3. FLA. NATHAN HORTON(16)( OLLI JOKINEN, MIKE Van RYN ): 1st 13:01
4. MON. ZACH PARISE(13)( BRENDAN WITT, MIKE KOMISAREK ): 1st 15:18
5. MON. PAVOL DEMITRA(12)( DANIEL SEDIN, ALEXEI KOVALEV ): 2nd 8:55
6. FLA. DAVID BOOTH(1)( KYLE CALDER, JAY BOUWMEESTER ): 2nd 11:17
7. MON. SAKU KOIVU(5)( MARTIN SKOULA, PAVOL DEMITRA ) (SH) : 2nd 14:07
8. FLA. OLLI JOKINEN(10)( KRISTIAN HUSELIUS, JAY BOUWMEESTER ) (PP) : 2nd 15:00
9. MON. DANIEL SEDIN(14)( UNASSISTED ): 3rd 15:54

P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y
1. MON. MIKE KOMISAREK - 4 Minutes: 1st 3:20
2. FLA. MATT CULLEN - 4 Minutes: 1st 3:20
3. FLA. MATT CULLEN - 2 Minutes: 1st 14:47
4. MON. BILL GUERIN - 2 Minutes: 1st 14:47
5. MON. ALEX TANGUAY - 2 Minutes: 2nd 2:15
6. MON. SAKU KOIVU - 2 Minutes: 2nd 10:37
7. FLA. STEPHEN WEISS - 2 Minutes: 2nd 10:37
8. MON. BRENDAN WITT - 2 Minutes: 2nd 13:35
9. MON. BRENT SEABROOK - 2 Minutes: 3rd 1:33
10. FLA. ERIC BREWER - 2 Minutes: 3rd 4:24
11. MON. ALEX TANGUAY - 2 Minutes: 3rd 4:24
12. FLA. LADISLAV SMID - 5 Minutes: 3rd 12:25
13. MON. ALEXEI KOVALEV - 5 Minutes: 3rd 12:25
14. FLA. GREGORY CAMPBELL - 2 Minutes: 3rd 14:47
15. MON. TOMAS PLEKANEC - 2 Minutes: 3rd 14:47

I N J U R I E S
NONE

Player Stats For Montreal Canadiens
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
DANIEL SEDIN 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2-0 31 17:19 2 1 0 0
BILL GUERIN 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 25 14:43 2 1 0 3
ZACH PARISE -2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 28 16:43 1 0 2 0
SAKU KOIVU 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 6-3 24 13:54 1 1 0 0
CHRISTOPHER HIGGINS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 14 7:53 1 1 0 1
PAVOL DEMITRA 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6-3 31 17:06 0 0 0 1
ALEXEI KOVALEV 0 4 0 1 5 0 0 2-1 28 15:41 0 0 0 1
TOMAS PLEKANEC -2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3-2 19 11:24 0 1 1 0
ALEX TANGUAY 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1-0 22 13:05 0 1 0 0
JOHN MADDEN 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 21 11:18 0 0 0 0
MATT COOKE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 21 11:18 1 0 0 0
ANDREI MARKOV -3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 41 23:36 2 0 0 0
MARK STREIT -2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 28 16:43 1 0 0 0
BRENT SEABROOK -2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 44 25:01 0 2 0 0
MIKE COMMODORE -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 11:16 2 0 0 0
MIKE KOMISAREK 3 2 0 1 4 0 0 0-0 41 23:03 1 5 0 0
BRENDAN WITT 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 35 20:08 1 1 0 0
MARTIN SKOULA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 30 16:36 0 1 0 0
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TOTAL -2 33 4 6 23 0 1 28-13 15 15 3 6

Player Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
OLLI JOKINEN -1 7 1 1 0 1 0 15-10 49 27:40 1 0 0 6
KRISTIAN HUSELIUS -2 7 0 1 0 0 0 1-1 51 28:47 1 0 0 4
NATHAN HORTON -2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 50 28:16 1 0 0 0
STEPHEN WEISS 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 19 10:42 0 0 0 1
KYLE CALDER 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 19 11:18 0 0 0 0
NIKLAS HAGMAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 15 8:27 1 0 0 1
MATT CULLEN 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 3-1 20 11:18 0 2 0 0
JAY BOUWMEESTER 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 0-0 45 25:27 1 0 0 1
TRAVIS MOEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 15 8:27 0 0 0 0
BOYD GORDON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 13 7:12 0 0 0 0
MIKE Van RYN 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 26 15:22 0 0 0 0
ROSTISLAV OLESZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 20 11:18 1 0 0 0
ERIC BREWER -3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 34 19:01 2 2 0 0
DAVID BOOTH 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5-1 19 11:18 0 0 0 0
LADISLAV SMID 3 3 1 0 5 0 0 0-0 38 21:37 1 1 0 0
GREGORY CAMPBELL 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 3-1 12 7:14 0 0 0 0
LUKAS KRAJICEK -3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 43 23:55 2 0 0 0
ANDERS ERIKSSON 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 14:18 2 3 0 0
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TOTAL 1 32 5 10 17 1 0 28-15 13 8 0 13

Goalie Stats For Montreal Canadiens
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
JAROSLAV HALAK 60 32 5 0 7 3 105
KARI LEHTONEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalie Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
PETER BUDAJ 60 33 4 0 7 5 105
ROBERTO LUONGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

POWER PLAY OPP GOALS
Montreal Canadiens 0 0
Florida Panthers 3 1

STARS OF THE GAME
1st star - JAY BOUWMEESTER from Florida
2nd star - LADISLAV SMID from Florida
3rd star - DAVID BOOTH from Florida







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