GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: MONTREAL (2-3) at OTTAWA (6-1)

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OTTAWA 3 16:20 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 3 13:56 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 3 9:05 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 4
3RD PRD: OTT - JASON SPEZZA 1 (DANIEL ALFREDSSON) 13:15</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MONTREAL 1 1 1 3
OTTAWA 1 2 1 4 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: OTT - (PP) WADE REDDEN 2 (DANIEL ALFREDSSON, JOE CORVO) 0:31
MON - GUILLAUME LATENDRESSE 1 (TOM KOSTOPOULOS, TOMAS
PLEKANEC) 17:11
2ND PRD: OTT - NICK FOLIGNO 1 (MIKE FISHER, WADE REDDEN) 4:00
OTT - DANY HEATLEY 7 (DANIEL ALFREDSSON) 12:44
MON - (PP) MICHAEL RYDER 1 (CHRIS HIGGINS, SAKU KOIVU) 14:32
3RD PRD: MON - (PP) ALEXEI KOVALEV 3 (PATRICE BRISEBOIS, TOMAS
PLEKANEC) 12:51
OTT - JASON SPEZZA 1 (DANIEL ALFREDSSON) 13:15

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: MON - 2 OF 4, OTT - 1 OF 4.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MON 12 11 8 31
OTT 10 16 7 33

GOALIES: MON - CAREY PRICE
OTT - MARTIN GERBER

OFFICIALS: REF - DON VAN MASSENHOVEN, STEVE KOZARI
LIN - DEREK MANSEN, SCOTT CHERRY

ATT: 20,019</div>

 

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Montreal 1 1 1 --3
Ottawa 1 2 1 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Wade Redden 2 (power play) (Daniel
Alfredsson, Joe Corvo), 0:31. 2, Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse 1
(Tom Kostopoulos, Tomas Plekanec), 17:11. Penalties: P Brisebois, Mon
(holding), 0:17; L Richardson, Ott (tripping), 11:40; T Plekanec, Mon
(diving), 11:40; J Spezza, Ott (roughing), 19:26.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Nick Foligno 1 (Mike Fisher, Wade
Redden), 4:00. 4, Ottawa, Dany Heatley 7 (Daniel Alfredsson), 12:44.
5, Montreal, Michael Ryder 1 (power play) (Chris Higgins, Saku Koivu),
14:32. Penalties: M Komisarek, Mon (holding), 5:21; M Dandenault, Mon
(tripping), 6:20; C Kelly, Ott (hooking), 12:54; G Latendresse, Mon
(), 15:53.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Montreal, Alexei Kovalev 3 (power play)
(Patrice Brisebois, Tomas Plekanec), 12:51. 7, Ottawa, Jason Spezza 1
(Daniel Alfredsson), 13:15. Penalties: C Schubert, Ott (holding),
4:58; S Donovan, Ott (hooking), 11:04.

Shots on goal:
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Montreal 12 11 8 --31
Ottawa 10 16 7 --33
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Power-play Conversions: Montreal - 2 of 4, Ottawa - 1 of 4. Goalies :
Montreal, Carey Price (33 shots, 29 saves; record: 1-1-0). Ottawa,
Martin Gerber (31 shots, 28 saves; record: 6-1-0). A: 20,019.
Referees: Don Van Massenhoven, Steve Kozari. Linesmen: Derek Mansen,
Scott Cherry.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
MONTREAL 3
OTTAWA 4</div>

 

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Montreal 1 1 1 --3
Ottawa 1 2 1 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Wade Redden 2 (power play) (Daniel
Alfredsson, Joe Corvo), 0:31. 2, Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse 1
(Tom Kostopoulos, Tomas Plekanec), 17:11. Penalties: P Brisebois, Mon
(holding), 0:17; L Richardson, Ott (tripping), 11:40; T Plekanec, Mon
(diving), 11:40; J Spezza, Ott (roughing), 19:26.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Nick Foligno 1 (Mike Fisher, Wade
Redden), 4:00. 4, Ottawa, Dany Heatley 7 (Daniel Alfredsson), 12:44.
5, Montreal, Michael Ryder 1 (power play) (Chris Higgins, Saku Koivu),
14:32. Penalties: M Komisarek, Mon (holding), 5:21; M Dandenault, Mon
(tripping), 6:20; C Kelly, Ott (hooking), 12:54; G Latendresse, Mon
(), 15:53.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Montreal, Alexei Kovalev 3 (power play)
(Patrice Brisebois, Tomas Plekanec), 12:51. 7, Ottawa, Jason Spezza 1
(Daniel Alfredsson), 13:15. Penalties: C Schubert, Ott (holding),
4:58; S Donovan, Ott (hooking), 11:04.

Shots on goal:
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Montreal 12 11 8 --31
Ottawa 10 16 7 --33
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Power-play Conversions: Montreal - 2 of 4, Ottawa - 1 of 4. Goalies :
Montreal, Carey Price (33 shots, 29 saves; record: 1-1-0). Ottawa,
Martin Gerber (31 shots, 28 saves; record: 6-1-0). A: 20,019.
Referees: Don Van Massenhoven, Steve Kozari. Linesmen: Derek Mansen,
Scott Cherry.</div>

 

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MONTREAL 1 1 1 --3
OTTAWA 1 2 1 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Wade Redden 2 (power play) (Daniel
Alfredsson, Joe Corvo), 0:31. 2, Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse 1
(Tom Kostopoulos, Tomas Plekanec), 17:11. Penalties: P Brisebois, Mon
(holding), 0:17; L Richardson, Ott (tripping), 11:40; T Plekanec, Mon
(diving), 11:40; J Spezza, Ott (roughing), 19:26.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Nick Foligno 1 (Mike Fisher, Wade
Redden), 4:00. 4, Ottawa, Dany Heatley 7 (Daniel Alfredsson), 12:44.
5, Montreal, Michael Ryder 1 (power play) (Chris Higgins, Saku Koivu),
14:32. Penalties: M Komisarek, Mon (holding), 5:21; M Dandenault, Mon
(tripping), 6:20; C Kelly, Ott (hooking), 12:54; G Latendresse, Mon
(), 15:53.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Montreal, Alexei Kovalev 3 (power play)
(Patrice Brisebois, Tomas Plekanec), 12:51. 7, Ottawa, Jason Spezza 1
(Daniel Alfredsson), 13:15. Penalties: C Schubert, Ott (holding),
4:58; S Donovan, Ott (hooking), 11:04.

Shots on goal:
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MONTREAL 12 11 8 --31
OTTAWA 10 16 7 --33
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Power-play Conversions: MON - 2 of 4, OTT - 1 of 4. Goalies :
Montreal, Carey Price (33 shots, 29 saves; record: 1-1-0). Ottawa,
Martin Gerber (31 shots, 28 saves; record: 6-1-0). A: 20,019.
Referees: Don Van Massenhoven, Steve Kozari. Linesmen: Derek Mansen,
Scott Cherry.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

MONTREAL OTTAWA
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
S Koivu 0 1 -1 1 S Donovan 0 0 even 2
T Plekanec 0 2 even 3 D Alfredsson 0 3 +2 4
B Smolinski 0 0 even 1 M Fisher 0 1 +1 3
C Higgins 0 1 -1 3 A Meszaros 0 0 +1 1
S Begin 0 0 even 2 D Heatley 1 0 even 3
M Dandenault 0 0 even 1 J Spezza 1 0 +2 5
A Kovalev 1 0 even 2 L Richardson 0 0 even 0
M Streit 0 0 -1 1 A Vermette 0 0 even 0
R Hamrlik 0 0 -2 0 C Kelly 0 0 -1 1
A Kastitsyn 0 0 -1 3 A Volchenkov 0 0 +1 1
F Bouillon 0 0 even 1 C Neil 0 0 +1 2
M Grabovski 0 0 -1 3 R Robitaille 0 0 even 1
T Kostopoulos 0 1 -1 1 C Phillips 0 0 +1 1
P Brisebois 0 1 -1 2 P Eaves 0 0 -1 2
M Ryder 1 0 -1 2 C Schubert 0 0 even 1
A Markov 0 0 even 0 W Redden 1 1 +1 2
M Komisarek 0 0 even 1 J Corvo 0 1 even 1
G Latendresse 1 0 even 4 N Foligno 1 0 +2 3
G Murray FOOT INJURY D McAmmond HEAD INJURY
J Gorges HEALTHY B McGrattan HEALTHY
K Chipchura HEALTHY</div>

 

OTTAWA (Ticker) -- The Ottawa Senators seem to have all theanswers this season.


Just moments after the Montreal Canadiens tied the contest,Jason Spezza responded with the game-winning goal as theSenators came away with a 4-3 victory on Thursday.

Spezza gathered the rebound of Daniel Alfredsson's wrist shotand beat rookie goaltender Carey Price with 6:45 remaining inthe third period.


The goal came just 24 seconds after Alexei Kovalev evened thegame at 3-3. With netminder Martin Gerber scrambling to findthe puck among a crowd of players, Kovalev alertly located itand deposited it into the vacant net for his third goal of theseason.


Alfredsson led by example with three assists on Thursday.

With just over seven minutes remaining in the second period, theSenators' captain corralled a loose puck in his own end andfired a cross-ice pass, which caught Dany Heatley in stride.Heatley then wristed it past Price to give the Senators a 3-1lead.


The goal was Heatley's seventh of the season and 400th careerpoint.


While Heatley took his goal in stride, 19-year-old Nick Folignohardly could contain himself after scoring his first NationalHockey League goal.


Foligno jubilantly leapt into the air in celebration after histally in the second period gave the Senators a 2-1 edge.

Defenseman Wade Redden's shot from the blue line deflected offtwo Montreal defenders and took a fortuitous bounce to Foligno.The rookie circled the net and beat Price to the far side forhis first career tally.


With the Canadiens trailing, 3-1, Michael Ryder halved thedeficit with a power-play goal with just over five minutes toplay in the middle session.


Redden scored 31 seconds into the game, blasting a shot fromright faceoff circle between Price's skates as the Senators tooka quick 1-0 advantage.


Montreal tied the game at 1-1 with a fluky goal.


After the Canadiens dumped the puck into the corner, GuillaumeLatendresse corralled it and fired a sharp-angle shot that foundits way between Gerber's pads and trickled across the goal linewith under three minutes to go in the first.


Gerber stopped 28 shots in posting his league-leading sixthvictory of the season.


Price made 29 saves for the Canadiens, who have dropped threestraight games.

 

OTTAWA (Ticker) -- The Ottawa Senators seem to have all theanswers this season.


Just moments after the Montreal Canadiens tied the contest,Jason Spezza responded with the game-winning goal as theSenators came away with a 4-3 victory on Thursday.

Spezza gathered the rebound of Daniel Alfredsson's wrist shotand beat rookie goaltender Carey Price with 6:45 remaining inthe third period.


"I've had enough chances over the past few nights, so it'sreally nice to get one, especially at this time of the game,"Spezza said of his first goal of the season. "It was a prettygood game-winner, and I thought we played a pretty good game."

The goal came just 24 seconds after Alexei Kovalev evened thegame at 3-3. With netminder Martin Gerber scrambling to findthe puck among a crowd of players, Kovalev alertly located itand deposited it into the vacant net for his third goal of theseason.


Alfredsson led by example with three assists on Thursday.

With just over seven minutes remaining in the second period, theSenators' captain corralled a loose puck in his own end andfired a cross-ice pass, which caught Dany Heatley in stride.Heatley then wristed it past Price to give the Senators a 3-1lead.


The goal was Heatley's seventh of the season and 400th careerpoint.


"We were kind of scrambling around and Alfredsson made a goodpass and I beat him five-hole," Heatley said.


While Heatley took his goal in stride, 19-year-old Nick Folignohardly could contain himself after scoring his first NationalHockey League goal.


Foligno jubilantly leapt into the air in celebration after histally in the second period gave the Senators a 2-1 edge.

Defenseman Wade Redden's shot from the blue line deflected offtwo Montreal defenders and took a fortuitous bounce to Foligno.The rookie circled the net and beat Price to the far side forhis first career tally.


"I think it was Chris Neil who asked me what the heck I wasdoing," Foligno said. "You know, I guess I realized I had anopen net after I went behind and I guess I got lucky in time tobeat Price. I'm happy I got it like that. Otherwise, the guyswouldn't be too happy with me.


"It feels great to get it, not just because it's my first goal,but because I helped the team win."


While Foligno was understandably happy, Canadiens coach GuyCarbonneau tried to keep the result in perspective.

"Confidence is pretty low at a time like this," Carbonneau said."We'll review the video tomorrow. We'll regroup. We've gotanother game this Saturday (against Buffalo).


"We try to learn from every game the things that we need tochange. Sure, it's frustrating. But despite the way we playedtonight, we were able to capitalize on the few chances they gaveus."


With the Canadiens trailing, 3-1, Michael Ryder halved thedeficit with a power-play goal with just over five minutes toplay in the middle session.


Redden scored 31 seconds into the game, blasting a shot fromright faceoff circle between Price's skates as the Senators tooka quick 1-0 advantage.


"I'm sure that (Price) would like to have that first one back,but he's young, he's learning and he's just going to getbetter," Carbonneau said.


Montreal tied the game at 1-1 with a fluky goal.


After the Canadiens dumped the puck into the corner, GuillaumeLatendresse corralled it and fired a sharp-angle shot that foundits way between Gerber's pads and trickled across the goal linewith under three minutes to go in the first.


Gerber stopped 28 shots in posting his league-leading sixthvictory of the season.


Price made 29 saves for the Canadiens, who have dropped threestraight games.

 

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Montreal 1 1 1 --3
Ottawa 1 2 1 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Wade Redden 2 (power play) (Daniel
Alfredsson, Joe Corvo), 0:31. 2, Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse 1
(Tom Kostopoulos, Tomas Plekanec), 17:11. Penalties: P Brisebois, Mon
(holding), 0:17; L Richardson, Ott (tripping), 11:40; T Plekanec, Mon
(diving), 11:40; J Spezza, Ott (roughing), 19:26.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Nick Foligno 1 (Mike Fisher, Wade
Redden), 4:00. 4, Ottawa, Dany Heatley 7 (Daniel Alfredsson), 12:44.
5, Montreal, Michael Ryder 1 (power play) (Chris Higgins, Saku Koivu),
14:32. Penalties: M Komisarek, Mon (holding), 5:21; M Dandenault, Mon
(tripping), 6:20; C Kelly, Ott (hooking), 12:54; G Latendresse, Mon
(holding), 15:53.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Montreal, Alexei Kovalev 3 (power play)
(Patrice Brisebois, Tomas Plekanec), 12:51. 7, Ottawa, Jason Spezza 1
(Daniel Alfredsson), 13:15. Penalties: C Schubert, Ott (holding),
4:58; S Donovan, Ott (hooking), 11:04.

Shots on goal:
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Montreal 12 11 8 --31
Ottawa 10 16 7 --33
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Power-play Conversions: Montreal - 2 of 4, Ottawa - 1 of 4. Goalies :
Montreal, Carey Price (33 shots, 29 saves; record: 1-1-0). Ottawa,
Martin Gerber (31 shots, 28 saves; record: 6-1-0). A: 20,019.
Referees: Don Van Massenhoven, Steve Kozari. Linesmen: Derek Mansen,
Scott Cherry.</div>

 

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MONTREAL 1 1 1 --3
OTTAWA 1 2 1 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Wade Redden 2 (power play) (Daniel
Alfredsson, Joe Corvo), 0:31. 2, Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse 1
(Tom Kostopoulos, Tomas Plekanec), 17:11. Penalties: P Brisebois, Mon
(holding), 0:17; L Richardson, Ott (tripping), 11:40; T Plekanec, Mon
(diving), 11:40; J Spezza, Ott (roughing), 19:26.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Nick Foligno 1 (Mike Fisher, Wade
Redden), 4:00. 4, Ottawa, Dany Heatley 7 (Daniel Alfredsson), 12:44.
5, Montreal, Michael Ryder 1 (power play) (Chris Higgins, Saku Koivu),
14:32. Penalties: M Komisarek, Mon (holding), 5:21; M Dandenault, Mon
(tripping), 6:20; C Kelly, Ott (hooking), 12:54; G Latendresse, Mon
(holding), 15:53.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Montreal, Alexei Kovalev 3 (power play)
(Patrice Brisebois, Tomas Plekanec), 12:51. 7, Ottawa, Jason Spezza 1
(Daniel Alfredsson), 13:15. Penalties: C Schubert, Ott (holding),
4:58; S Donovan, Ott (hooking), 11:04.

Shots on goal:
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MONTREAL 12 11 8 --31
OTTAWA 10 16 7 --33
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Power-play Conversions: MON - 2 of 4, OTT - 1 of 4. Goalies :
Montreal, Carey Price (33 shots, 29 saves; record: 1-1-0). Ottawa,
Martin Gerber (31 shots, 28 saves; record: 6-1-0). A: 20,019.
Referees: Don Van Massenhoven, Steve Kozari. Linesmen: Derek Mansen,
Scott Cherry.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

MONTREAL OTTAWA
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
S Koivu 0 1 -1 1 S Donovan 0 0 even 2
T Plekanec 0 2 even 3 D Alfredsson 0 3 +2 4
B Smolinski 0 0 even 1 M Fisher 0 1 +1 3
C Higgins 0 1 -1 3 A Meszaros 0 0 +1 1
S Begin 0 0 even 2 D Heatley 1 0 even 3
M Dandenault 0 0 even 1 J Spezza 1 0 +2 5
A Kovalev 1 0 even 2 L Richardson 0 0 even 0
M Streit 0 0 -1 1 A Vermette 0 0 even 0
R Hamrlik 0 0 -2 0 C Kelly 0 0 -1 1
A Kostsitsyn 0 0 -1 3 A Volchenkov 0 0 +1 1
F Bouillon 0 0 even 1 C Neil 0 0 +1 2
M Grabovski 0 0 -1 3 R Robitaille 0 0 even 1
T Kostopoulos 0 1 -1 1 C Phillips 0 0 +1 1
P Brisebois 0 1 -1 2 P Eaves 0 0 -1 2
M Ryder 1 0 -1 2 C Schubert 0 0 even 1
A Markov 0 0 even 0 W Redden 1 1 +1 2
M Komisarek 0 0 even 1 J Corvo 0 1 even 1
G Latendresse 1 0 even 4 N Foligno 1 0 +2 3
G Murray FOOT INJURY D McAmmond HEAD INJURY
J Gorges HEALTHY B McGrattan HEALTHY
K Chipchura HEALTHY</div>

 

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