Montreal at NY Rangers

Period 1
1. MONTREAL, HIGGINS 8 (PECA), 01:32
2. NY RANGERS, TUKONEN 28 (HARTIGAN, HLAVAC), 07:39
3. MONTREAL, HIGGINS 9 (ELIAS, PECA) (PP), 14:10
4. NY RANGERS, KORPIKOSKI 4 (SEDIN, ZHITNIK), 16:43

PENALTIES: S. PARKER Mtl (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 08:40, H. JESSIMAN NYR (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:40, J. HLAVAC NYR (ELBOWING, Minor) 13:00, M. HARTIGAN NYR (ROUGHING, Minor) 13:49

Period 2
5. MONTREAL, SAMSONOV 21 (RICHARDS, HOSSA), 05:50
6. MONTREAL, HIGGINS 10 (JACKMAN, BEGIN) (PP), 16:58

PENALTIES: D. GAUTHIER NYR (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 06:17, P. STEFAN NYR (CROSS-CHECKING, Major) 12:27, M. PECA Mtl (CHARGING, Minor) 14:39

Period 3
7. MONTREAL, LECLAIR 16 (PECA, RICHMOND), 00:30

PENALTIES: A. FERENCE Mtl (CHARGING, Minor) 10:28, A. ZHITNIK NYR (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:31, A. ZHITNIK NYR (CHARGING, Minor) 17:03, T. POTI NYR (ELBOWING, Minor) 18:39

Goalie Statistics

Jose Theodore (Mtl), 19 saves out of 21 shots, W, 29-20-5
Al Montoya (NYR), 15 saves out of 15 shots
Evgeni Nabokov (NYR), 18 saves out of 23 shots, L, 22-30-7

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 2 for 7
NY Rangers 0 for 2

Game Stars

1 - Chris Higgins (Mtl)
2 - Michael Peca (Mtl)
3 - Marian Hossa (Mtl)

Player Statistics

Montreal G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Brad Richards 0 1 1 +1 0 3 2 19 Andrew Ference 0 0 0 Even 2 1 1 18 Scott Parker 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 15 Chris Higgins 3 0 3 +1 0 5 2 23 Patrik Elias 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 24 Marian Hossa 0 1 1 +1 0 6 0 22 Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 +1 0 3 4 24 John LeClair 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 11 Jason Ward 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 6 Karel Rachunek 0 0 0 Even 0 2 0 15 Richard Jackman 0 1 1 Even 0 0 3 13 Sergei Samsonov 1 0 1 +1 0 4 2 22 Wade Redden 0 0 0 +1 0 0 5 22 Steve Begin 0 1 1 Even 0 1 0 8 Michael Peca 0 3 3 Even 2 4 2 23 Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 6 Danny Richmond 0 1 1 Even 0 1 1 21 Dan Bertram 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 6

NY Rangers G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Francois Beauchemin 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 21 Lauri Tukonen 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 18 Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 Even 2 0 0 13 Patrik Stefan 0 0 0 Even 5 1 0 18 Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 0 Even 0 3 0 22 Jan Hlavac 0 1 1 -2 2 1 1 19 Fedor Tjutin 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 11 Jozef Balej 0 0 0 Even 0 1 2 17 Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 7 Riku Hahl 0 0 0 Even 0 3 2 16 Boris Mironov 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 20 Henrik Sedin 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 6 Hugh Jessiman 0 0 0 Even 2 1 0 10 Mark Hartigan 0 1 1 -2 2 1 1 21 Tom Poti 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 27 Jan Hrdina 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 15 Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 -1 4 2 1 22 Lauri Korpikoski 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 6

Financial

Attendance: 15363
Net Profit: $645�246,00

Game Notes

Al Montoya enters game at 00:30 of 3rd period
Richard Jackman injured at 00:26 of the 3rd Period
Chris Higgins scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Hamilton       1
Hartford       1
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Jarkko Ruutu 24 (Steve Moore, Lance Ward)

Tomas Holmstrom 27 (unknown, Mikael Renberg)

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Goalies
Hamilton: Peter Skudra
Hartford: Jean-Sebastien Aubin
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