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Columbus Blue Jackets at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Montreal Canadiens 3–0 on Saturday, February 23, 2008 on the road.

Team Goals 2007-2008 record
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 34-36-12
at Montreal Canadiens 0 47-25-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 0 1 3
Montreal Canadiens 0 0 0 0

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 6 8 8 22
Montreal Canadiens 11 12 8 31

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:24 Columbus Blue Jackets Rick Nash (33) Michael Peca (25), Freddy Modin (4) Even strength CBJ 1, MTL 0
1st 10:01 Columbus Blue Jackets Andrew Murray (4) Manny Malhotra (13), David Vyborny (16) Even strength CBJ 2, MTL 0
3rd 16:42 Columbus Blue Jackets Manny Malhotra (6) Unassisted Even strength CBJ 3, MTL 0

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Columbus Blue Jackets Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 22 31
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 6
Penalty minutes 21 15
Hits 16 25
Blocked shots 11 8
Giveaways 11 8
Takeaways 3 7
Faceoffs won 29/60 (48.3%) 31/60 (51.7%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
9 D. Vyborny R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 100% 06:33
12 J. Novotny C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.7% 17:45
13 N. Zherdev R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 17:06
17 G. Brule C 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 04:50
19 M. Peca C 0 1 1 +1 4 0 1 2 50% 20:53
25 J. Chimera L 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 16:56
27 M. Malhotra C 1 1 2 +2 0 4 1 0 64.7% 14:36
33 F. Modin L 0 1 1 +1 2 3 0 1 19:09
40 J. Boll R 0 0 0 +1 5 1 2 1 08:29
51 A. Murray C 1 0 1 +2 0 1 0 0 10:45
61 R. Nash L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 2 1 21:22
91 S. Fedorov C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 40% 06:44
2 K. Russell D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:42
6 R. Hainsey D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 20:37
8 J. Hejda D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 3 1 24:27
23 D. Tarnstrom D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:25
52 A. Foote D 0 0 0 +2 2 0 1 2 29:24
97 R. Klesla D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 2 0 100% 21:43
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
31 P. Leclaire 31 31 0 1.000 59:08 Win

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
6 T. Kostopoulos R 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 04:42
11 S. Koivu C 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 58.8% 19:15
14 T. Plekanec C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 53.8% 18:46
20 B. Smolinski C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 08:19
21 C. Higgins L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:00
22 S. Begin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 08:01
27 A. Kovalev R 0 0 0 -3 2 4 0 0 24:04
40 M. Lapierre C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 33.3% 11:08
46 A. Kostitsyn L 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 0 20:41
73 M. Ryder R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:13
74 S. Kostitsyn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:51
3 R. O'Byrne D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 13:45
8 M. Komisarek D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 3 14:09
26 J. Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 17:44
32 M. Streit D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 17:09
44 R. Hamrlik D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 22:36
51 F. Bouillon D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 18:24
79 A. Markov D 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 0 22:20
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31 C. Price 22 19 3 .864 59:53 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:29 Columbus Blue Jackets Freddy Modin Tripping 2
1st 05:57 Columbus Blue Jackets Jared Boll Fighting (major) 5
1st 05:57 Montreal Canadiens Tom Kostopoulos Fighting (major) 5
1st 07:16 Montreal Canadiens Ryan O'Byrne High sticking 2
1st 12:07 Columbus Blue Jackets Michael Peca Tripping 2
1st 13:41 Montreal Canadiens Saku Koivu Tripping 2
2nd 01:26 Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Foote Elbowing 2
2nd 07:53 Columbus Blue Jackets Gilbert Brule Tripping 2
2nd 08:43 Columbus Blue Jackets Michael Peca Tripping 2
2nd 13:24 Montreal Canadiens Saku Koivu Hooking 2
2nd 20:00 Columbus Blue Jackets Jason Chimera Cross checking 2
3rd 09:37 Columbus Blue Jackets Nikolay Zherdev High sticking 2
3rd 09:37 Montreal Canadiens Andrei Markov High sticking 2
3rd 17:30 Columbus Blue Jackets Rostislav Klesla Elbowing 2
3rd 17:30 Montreal Canadiens Alex Kovalev Roughing 2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Ken Hitchcock
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Guy Carbonneau
Referees
Kelly Sutherland, Marc Joannette
Linesmen
Steve Barton, Pierre Champoux
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Derek MacKenzie, Duvie Westcott, Zenon Konopka, Joakim Lindstrom, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, Aaron Rome, Dan Fritsche, Marc Methot, Alexandre Picard, Adam Pineault, Tomas Popperle, Steve Mason, Derick Brassard
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Patrice Brisebois, Mathieu Dandenault, Corey Locke, Jaroslav Halak, Kyle Chipchura, Mikhail Grabovski, Gregory Stewart, Guillaume Latendresse, Matt D'Agostini

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