Montreal Canadiens at Los Angeles Kings

Saturday, March 8, 2008, 4:00 PM ET STAPLES Center, Los Angeles Regular Season Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–2 on Saturday, March 8, 2008 on the road.

Final score, Montreal Canadiens at Los Angeles Kings
Team	Goals	2007-2008 record
Montreal Canadiens	5	47-25-10
at Los Angeles Kings	2	32-43-7

Goals by period, Montreal Canadiens at Los Angeles Kings
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Montreal Canadiens	0	3	2	5
Los Angeles Kings	0	1	1	2

Shots on goal by period, Montreal Canadiens at Los Angeles Kings
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Montreal Canadiens	10	7	6	23
Los Angeles Kings	10	17	10	37

Scoring summary

Every goal, Montreal Canadiens at Los Angeles Kings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	05:09	Montreal Canadiens	Patrice Brisebois (3)	Unassisted	Even strength	MTL 1, LAK 0
2nd	07:40	Montreal Canadiens	Saku Koivu (14)	Mark Streit (38), Andrei Markov (40)	Power play	MTL 2, LAK 0
2nd	12:43	Montreal Canadiens	Guillaume Latendresse (15)	Sergei Kostitsyn (12), Josh Gorges (8)	Even strength	MTL 3, LAK 0
2nd	16:53	Los Angeles Kings	Rob Blake (7)	Michael Cammalleri (25), Anze Kopitar (39)	Power play	MTL 3, LAK 1
3rd	03:49	Montreal Canadiens	Andrei Kostitsyn (21)	Tomas Plekanec (36), Roman Hamrlik (18)	Even strength	MTL 4, LAK 1
3rd	06:29	Los Angeles Kings	Anze Kopitar (29)	Patrick O'Sullivan (25)	Even strength	MTL 4, LAK 2
3rd	18:07	Montreal Canadiens	Tom Kostopoulos (5)	Guillaume Latendresse (8), Roman Hamrlik (19)	Even strength, Empty net	MTL 5, LAK 2

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

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 6 T. Kostopoulos	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	1	0		13:13
Number 11 S. Koivu	C	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	1	1	52.6%	17:50
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	60%	15:02
Number 20 B. Smolinski	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	0	33.3%	11:59
Number 21 C. Higgins	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	0		15:54
Number 27 A. Kovalev	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	0	100%	16:45
Number 40 M. Lapierre	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2	0	40%	15:42
Number 46 A. Kostitsyn	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	0		12:42
Number 73 M. Ryder	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0		11:09
Number 74 S. Kostitsyn	L	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	2	0	100%	14:37
Number 84 G. Latendresse	L	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0	0		10:56
Number 8 M. Komisarek	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	4	0		20:06
Number 26 J. Gorges	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	3	0		19:02
Number 32 M. Streit	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0		15:55
Number 44 R. Hamrlik	D	0	2	2	+1	2	1	2	3	0		21:46
Number 51 F. Bouillon	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	3	2	0		21:52
Number 71 P. Brisebois	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0	0		12:32
Number 79 A. Markov	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0		22:27

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 41 J. Halak	37	35	2	.946	60:00	Win

Los Angeles Kings skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 D. Armstrong	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	5	0	0	12.5%	15:51
Number 8 M. Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		11:31
Number 11 A. Kopitar	C	1	1	2	-1	2	3	0	0	0	52.4%	20:29
Number 12 P. O'Sullivan	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	33.3%	17:00
Number 13 M. Cammalleri	L	0	1	1	-2	0	8	0	0	0	63.6%	22:05
Number 19 K. Calder	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	100%	08:33
Number 21 B. Willsie	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0		08:30
Number 23 D. Brown	R	0	0	0	-2	0	4	2	0	0		19:35
Number 24 A. Frolov	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		20:22
Number 26 M. Handzus	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	0	77.8%	13:23
Number 29 J. Giuliano	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	66.7%	10:59
Number 41 R. Ivanans	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0		07:28
Number 3 J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	4	0		24:30
Number 4 R. Blake	D	1	0	1	-3	0	2	0	0	1		22:21
Number 5 P. Harrold	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		15:24
Number 17 L. Visnovsky	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	3	0		25:34
Number 38 K. Dallman	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		12:15
Number 42 T. Preissing	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		19:56

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 E. Ersberg	22	18	4	.818	59:23	Loss

Penalties, Montreal Canadiens at Los Angeles Kings
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	09:26	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Roughing	2
1st	12:51	Los Angeles Kings	Kyle Calder	Roughing	2
1st	12:51	Montreal Canadiens	Saku Koivu	Roughing	2
1st	15:40	Los Angeles Kings	Anze Kopitar	Interference	2
2nd	01:15	Montreal Canadiens	Saku Koivu	Interference	2
2nd	06:49	Los Angeles Kings	Brian Willsie	Slashing	2
2nd	09:40	Montreal Canadiens	Michael Ryder	Holding	2
2nd	16:22	Montreal Canadiens	Roman Hamrlik	High sticking	2
3rd	10:18	Montreal Canadiens	Sergei Kostitsyn	High sticking	2

Montreal Canadiens head coach: Guy Carbonneau
Los Angeles Kings head coach: Marc Crawford
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Lyle Seitz, Pierre Racicot
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Mathieu Dandenault, Steve Begin, Ryan O'Byrne, Corey Locke, Kyle Chipchura, Mikhail Grabovski, Gregory Stewart, Matt D'Agostini
Los Angeles Kings scratches: Scott Thornton, Jon Klemm, Jean-Sebastien Aubin, Ladislav Nagy, Jason LaBarbera, John Zeiler, Brian Boyle, Brady Murray, Matt Moulson, Lauri Tukonen, Jonathan Quick, Jonathan Bernier, Gabe Gauthier, Teddy Purcell

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