GAME THREAD: NHL: OTTAWA (15-3) at MONTREAL (11-8)

NHL: OTTAWA (15-3) at MONTREAL (11-8)

<h3>Senators look to ruin special night for Robinson, Canadiens</h3>

<div class="pre">Ottawa (15-3-0) at Montreal (11-5-3) 7:30 pm EST</div>

MONTREAL (Ticker) -- As good as the Ottawa Senators have beenthis season, they will have to take a back seat to a formerMontreal Canadien.


The Senators put their league-best record on the line Mondaywhen they travel to the Bell Centre to meet the Canadiens on anight that the team will retire the No. 19 jersey of defensemanLarry Robinson.


A six-time Stanley Cup winner with Montreal, Robinson finishedhis career near the top of every offensive category fordefensemen. He leads the all-time list for regular-season gamesplayed (1,202), goals (197), assists (686) and points (883).

Ottawa coasted to a 13-1-0 start, but its special teams came upshort on Saturday in a 3-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Theteam went 0-for-4 with the man advantage and gave up twopower-play goals to drop to 2-2 in its last four contests.

Over their last four contests, the Senators are just 1-for-18 onthe power play and they have allowed six power-play goals intheir last five games.


While they haven't enjoyed quite the level of early-seasonsuccess the Senators have, Montreal is only five points behindOttawa and enters the game having won four of six.

Right wing Alexei Kovalev scored his team-leading 10th goal inSaturday's 7-4 victory over Boston, becoming the first Canadiento score 10 goals in the first 20 games or less since MartinRucinsky in 1996-97.

 

NHL: OTTAWA at MONTREAL

<div class="pre">NHL AT MONTREAL
STARTING GOALIES: OTT - MARTIN GERBER
MON - CRISTOBAL HUET

OFFICIALS: REF - BRAD WATSON, CHRIS ROONEY
LIN - BRIAN MURPHY, DEREK NANSEN</div>

 

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<div class="pre">OTTAWA VS MONTREAL - SCRATCHES

OTTAWA MONTREAL

B MCGRATTAN HEALTHY T KOSTOPOULOS HEALTHY
J GORGES HEALTHY</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 0
MONTREAL 0 19:55 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 0
MONTREAL 0 17:04 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 1
MONTREAL 0
1ST PRD: OTT - (PP) PATRICK EAVES 4 (DANIEL ALFREDSSON, CHRISTOPH
SCHUBERT) 3:47</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 1
MONTREAL 0 13:39 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 1
MONTREAL 0 11:37 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 0
1ST PRD: OTT - CHRIS NEIL 3 (JASON SPEZZA, DANY HEATLEY) 8:57</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 0 9:33 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 0 6:45 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 0 3:35 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTTAWA 2 2
MONTREAL 0 0 END OF THE 1ST

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: OTT - (PP) PATRICK EAVES 4 (DANIEL ALFREDSSON, CHRISTOPH
SCHUBERT) 3:47
OTT - CHRIS NEIL 3 (JASON SPEZZA, DANY HEATLEY) 8:57

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTT 16 16
MON 15 15

GOALIES: OTT - MARTIN GERBER
MON - CRISTOBAL HUET</div>

 

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<div class="pre">------------------------
Ottawa 2 --2
Montreal 0 --0
------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Patrick Eaves 4 (power play)
(Daniel Alfredsson, Christoph Schubert), 3:47. 2, Ottawa, Chris Neil 3
(Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley), 8:57. Penalties: A Markov, Mon
(hooking), 2:05; A Vermette, Ott (hooking), 6:21; M Ryder, Mon
(hooking), 19:43.

Shots on goal:
-----------------------------
Ottawa 16 --16
Montreal 15 --15
-----------------------------

Goalies : Ottawa, Martin Gerber (15 shots, 15 saves). Montreal,
Cristobal Huet (16 shots, 14 saves). Referees: Brad Watson, Chris
Rooney. Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Derek Nansen.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 0 19:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 0 15:45 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 0 14:32 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 0 11:20 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 0 9:50 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 1
2ND PRD: MON - (PP) GUILLAUME LATENDRESSE 4 (PATRICE BRISEBOIS, ALEXEI
KOVALEV) 10:18</div>