NY Rangers at Montreal

Period 1
1. NY RANGERS, UPSHALL 4 (POTI, KORPIKOSKI), 16:38

PENALTIES: M. HARTIGAN NYR (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 02:11, S. PARKER Mtl (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 02:11, J. BALEJ NYR (HOOKING, Minor) 08:59, J. LECLAIR Mtl (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 08:59, S. PARKER Mtl (CHARGING, Minor) 09:30, A. OVECHKIN NYR (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:38, K. RACHUNEK Mtl (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:38, H. JESSIMAN NYR (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:14, D. HATCHER Mtl (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 12:14, P. STEFAN NYR (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:33, C. HIGGINS Mtl (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:33

Period 2
2. MONTREAL, HATCHER 7 (RICHARDS, NASLUND), 00:35
3. NY RANGERS, POTI 6 (HARTIGAN, HRDINA) (SH), 08:40
4. NY RANGERS, HLAVAC 18 (SEDIN, TUKONEN), 10:40
5. MONTREAL, NASLUND 23 (RICHARDS, HATCHER), 19:53

PENALTIES: F. TJUTIN NYR (ELBOWING, Minor) 03:29, M. HOSSA Mtl (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:29, M. NASLUND Mtl (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 06:31, A. OVECHKIN NYR (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 07:24, S. KOIVU NYR (ROUGHING, Minor) 08:01, P. ELIAS Mtl (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 08:01, T. POTI NYR (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 15:16, T. POTI NYR (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 19:14 (Served by Lauri Korpikoski), J. LECLAIR Mtl (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 19:14

Period 3
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: B. MIRONOV NYR (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:28, D. GAUTHIER NYR (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 07:15, J. HLAVAC NYR (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 11:57, M. HOSSA Mtl (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 14:57, J. HLAVAC NYR (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 15:39

Goalie Statistics

Evgeni Nabokov (NYR), 30 saves out of 32 shots, W, 22-25-7
Jose Theodore (Mtl), 30 saves out of 33 shots, L, 26-18-5

Power Play Conversions

NY Rangers 0 for 4
Montreal 0 for 6

Game Stars

1 - Markus Naslund (Mtl)
2 - Evgeni Nabokov (NYR)
3 - Derian Hatcher (Mtl)

Player Statistics

NY Rangers G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Francois Beauchemin 0 0 0 Even 0 1 0 21 Lauri Tukonen 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 17 Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 Even 4 1 0 13 Patrik Stefan 0 0 0 Even 2 2 1 19 Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 0 -1 4 2 1 21 Jan Hlavac 1 0 1 Even 14 3 1 25 Saku Koivu 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 25 Fedor Tjutin 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14 Jozef Balej 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 15 Scottie Upshall 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0 5 Boris Mironov 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 19 Henrik Sedin 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 5 Hugh Jessiman 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 8 Mark Hartigan 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 14 Tom Poti 1 1 2 +1 14 1 1 14 Jan Hrdina 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 16 Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 0 +2 0 4 2 26 Lauri Korpikoski 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 5

Montreal G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Brad Richards 0 2 2 +2 0 0 1 18 Markus Naslund 1 1 2 +1 2 7 2 25 Andrew Ference 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22 Scott Parker 0 0 0 Even 4 2 1 11 Chris Higgins 0 0 0 Even 2 0 0 5 Patrik Elias 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 22 Marian Hossa 0 0 0 +2 4 1 1 23 Derian Hatcher 1 1 2 +2 4 2 1 24 John LeClair 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 8 Jason Ward 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 1 Karel Rachunek 0 0 0 Even 2 3 1 20 Richard Jackman 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 23 Marc Savard 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 21 Sergei Samsonov 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 25 Steve Begin 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 8 Michael Peca 0 0 0 Even 0 0 2 5 Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11 Danny Richmond 0 0 0 +2 0 1 2 20

Financial

Attendance: 21273
Net Profit: $1�531�656,00

Game Notes

Steve Begin injured at 19:14 of the 2nd Period
Tom Poti ejected at 19:14 of the 2nd Period

Minor League Box Score

Hartford       5
Hamilton       1
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unknown (Mikael Renberg, John Tripp)
Tomas Holmstrom 23 (unknown, Dixon Ward)
Mikael Renberg 20 (unknown, unknown)
unknown (unknown, unknown)
Mikael Renberg 21 (unknown, unknown)

Sergei Brylin 18 (Jamie Allison, Toni Dahlman)

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Goalies
Hartford: Jean-Sebastien Aubin
Hamilton: Peter Skudra
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