Friday, December 26, 2008

Habs Stone Panthers 2-0




After the Panthers offensive onslaught of the visiting Flames, the Montreal Canadiens come to town and shutout Florida 2-0. Montreal got a goal in the second period and the third period to claim the victory. The Panthers couldn't get anything going on offense despite putting 30 shots on goal not many of them were quality chances.

Martin Gerber was perfect in net for the Habs, stopping all 30 shots he faced. Roberto Luongo was not bad for the Panthers as he stopped 36 of 38 shots against including 7 of 8 GRs.

The first period was a scoreless affair that saw the Canadiens outshoot the Panthers 13-8. Each team had a couple of quality scoring chances but neither team capitalized on their opportunities.

Montreal got on the scoreboard in the second period at the 10:02 mark on a goal by Andrei Kostitsyn, his 24th of the season. The Panthers outshot the Habs 10-8 in the second period but again neither team had very many quality scoring chances.

Erik Cole put the game out of reach at the 18:48 mark of the third period by scoring his 8th goal of the year. The goal gave Montreal a 2-0 victory on the road.





Montreal Canadiens at Florida Panthers
DATE : 05/03/2008

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

SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F
Montreal Canadiens 13 8 17 0 38
Florida Panthers 8 10 12 0 30

S C O R I N G S U M M A R Y
1. MON. ANDREI KOSTITSYN(24)( ALEXEI KOVALEV, TOMAS PLEKANEC ): 2nd 10:02
2. MON. ERIK COLE(8)( JOHN MADDEN, DANIEL SEDIN ): 3rd 18:48

P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y
1. FLA. LADISLAV SMID - 2 Minutes: 1st 4:30
2. MON. ED JOVANOVSKI - 2 Minutes: 1st 6:39
3. FLA. LUKAS KRAJICEK - 2 Minutes: 1st 14:05
4. MON. JUSTIN WILLIAMS - 2 Minutes: 1st 14:05
5. FLA. LUKAS KRAJICEK - 2 Minutes: 1st 18:36
6. MON. ED JOVANOVSKI - 2 Minutes: 2nd 17:06
7. MON. BENCH PENALTY - 2 Minutes: 3rd 4:28
EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY DANIEL SEDIN
9. MON. MARTIN GERBER - 2 Minutes: 3rd 5:43
EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY BRENT SEABROOK
11. FLA. NATHAN HORTON - 2 Minutes: 3rd 8:56
12. FLA. OLLI JOKINEN - 2 Minutes: 3rd 14:38

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
JAROME IGINLA 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 29 16:50 1 0 2 1
ALEXEI KOVALEV 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 33 19:03 0 0 1 0
DANIEL SEDIN 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 28 15:46 1 0 1 0
ERIK COLE 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 23 12:58 0 1 2 0
TOMAS PLEKANEC 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3-2 42 24:35 0 0 0 0
CHRISTOPHER HIGGINS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 8 4:47 0 0 0 0
JUSTIN WILLIAMS 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 8 4:47 0 0 0 0
ED JOVANOVSKI 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 41 24:08 2 1 0 0
SAKU KOIVU 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10-9 33 18:31 0 0 0 0
ALEX TANGUAY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 14:02 0 0 0 0
JOHN MADDEN 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 8-5 35 19:13 1 0 1 0
ANDREI KOSTITSYN 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 33 19:03 1 0 3 1
ANDY MCDONALD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 8 4:47 0 0 0 0
ANDREI MARKOV 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 49 28:13 2 0 0 0
MIKE KOMISAREK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 32 18:42 0 0 0 0
RUSLAN SALEI 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 18 9:36 1 1 0 0
BRENT SEABROOK 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 48 26:48 0 1 1 0
RYAN O'BYRNE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 17 9:31 0 0 0 0
BENCH 2
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TOTAL 10 38 2 4 8 0 0 24-16 9 4 11 2

Player Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
OLLI JOKINEN 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 10-4 37 21:45 0 1 1 2
BRENDEN MORROW 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 47 26:56 0 0 2 2
NATHAN HORTON 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1-1 30 17:25 0 0 1 1
NIKLAS HAGMAN -1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 35 20:08 1 0 2 1
KRISTIAN HUSELIUS -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 13:37 0 0 0 1
STEPHEN WEISS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3-1 12 7:02 0 0 0 1
DAVID BOOTH -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 22 12:25 0 0 0 0
ROSTISLAV OLESZ -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 22 12:25 0 0 0 1
LUKAS KRAJICEK 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 27 15:52 0 2 0 0
JAY BOUWMEESTER -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 54 31:04 1 5 1 1
STEVE MONTADOR 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 7 4:14 0 0 0 0
KAMIL KREPS -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-0 22 12:25 0 0 0 0
BOYD GORDON -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6-2 31 16:56 0 0 0 0
CORY MURPHY -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 18 10:04 0 0 0 0
GREG de VRIES -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 55 31:51 0 0 0 0
TRAVIS MOEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 12 7:02 0 0 0 0
ERIC BREWER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 33 18:45 0 1 0 0
LADISLAV SMID -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 23 12:10 0 2 0 0
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TOTAL -10 30 0 0 10 0 0 24-8 2 11 7 10

Goalie Stats For Montreal Canadiens
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
MARTIN GERBER 60 30 0 0 4 4 105
CAREY PRICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalie Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
PETER BUDAJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROBERTO LUONGO 59 38 2 0 8 7 104

POWER PLAY OPP GOALS
Montreal Canadiens 4 0
Florida Panthers 4 0

STARS OF THE GAME
1st star - MARTIN GERBER from Montreal
2nd star - ANDREI KOSTITSYN from Montreal
3rd star - DANIEL SEDIN from Montreal







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