National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 6, Tampa Bay 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, January 3, 2008
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Dave Jackson
Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 21273
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123T
Tampa Bay 0303
Montreal 2136
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
14:16 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (PP) Assists: Michael Ryder , Mark Streit
17:39 - Canadiens Chris Higgins (PP) Assists: Saku Koivu , Andrei Markov
Penalties
6:05 - Canadiens Saku Koivu (2) Holding
 12:13 - Lightning Mike Lundin (2) Holding
 13:03 - Lightning Craig MacDonald (2) Interference
 16:01 - Lightning Shane O'Brien (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
0:49 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (EV) Assists: Vinny Prospal
9:10 - Canadiens Michael Ryder (EV) Assists: Chris Higgins , Mark Streit
12:04 - Lightning Martin St. Louis (PP) Assists: Vinny Prospal , Filip Kuba
14:06 - Lightning Vinny Prospal (EV) Assists: Vincent Lecavalier , Martin St. Louis
Penalties
5:13 - Lightning Jan Hlavac (2) Tripping
 10:48 - Canadiens Sergei Kostitsyn (2) Hooking
 14:39 - Canadiens Tom Kostopoulos (2) Hooking
 18:42 - Canadiens Andrei Markov (2) Delay of game
 19:57 - Lightning Karri Ramo (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
7:54 - Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn (EV) Assists: Michael Komisarek
11:01 - Canadiens Kyle Chipchura (EV) Assists: Tomas Plekanec
17:22 - Canadiens Michael Ryder (EV) Assists: Chris Higgins
Penalties
12:01 - Lightning Vinny Prospal (2) Holding
 13:58 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (2) Holding
 19:10 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (2) Tripping
 19:10 - Lightning Jason Ward (2) High sticking
Tampa Bay Lightning
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Karri Ramo G 0 0 0 2 0 60:00 42:39 8:28 8:53 0 0 - - - - -
Johan Holmqvist G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Doug Janik D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 8:54 8:13 0:00 0:41 0 0 - - - - -
Vincent Lecavalier C 1 1 2 -1 0 4 26 25:08 16:43 7:30 0:55 0 0 - - 13 13 50
Jason Ward RW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 22 13:44 9:51 0:06 3:47 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jan Hlavac LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 8 6:21 5:29 0:46 0:06 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Richards C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 20 23:28 11:39 8:22 3:27 0 0 - - 9 8 53
Vinny Prospal LW 1 2 3 -1 2 5 24 25:13 17:55 7:18 0:00 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Mathieu Darche LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 15:42 11:56 1:10 2:36 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Andreas Karlsson C 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 11:59 8:58 0:06 2:55 0 0 - - 7 2 78
Martin St. Louis RW 1 1 2 -1 0 7 25 25:23 17:06 7:18 0:59 1 0 - - 0 1 0
Craig MacDonald C 0 0 0 E 2 0 6 5:05 3:11 0:00 1:54 0 0 - - 0 3 0
Andre Roy RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:03 6:57 0:00 0:06 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Lukowich D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 15:36 11:24 0:00 4:12 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Lundin D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 19 13:41 13:38 0:00 0:03 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Ranger D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 31 24:29 18:39 1:18 4:32 0 0 - - - - -
Shane O'Brien D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 28 22:33 18:53 0:06 3:34 0 0 - - - - -
Filip Kuba D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 29 25:37 13:52 7:10 4:35 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Tarnasky C 0 0 0 E 0 2 6 5:07 5:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Gratton C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 13:16 12:06 1:10 0:00 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Carey Price G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cristobal Huet G 0 0 0 0 0 59:55 42:39 8:48 8:28 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 15 10:52 9:06 0:00 1:46 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Komisarek D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 28 24:56 19:25 0:38 4:53 0 0 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 0 1 1 +1 2 2 20 18:22 10:43 5:19 2:20 0 0 - - 14 5 74
Tomas Plekanec LW 0 1 1 +2 0 1 20 17:11 11:35 3:39 1:57 0 0 - - 7 13 35
Chris Higgins C 1 2 3 +1 0 2 20 18:14 9:22 4:07 4:45 1 0 - - - - -
Mathieu Dandenault D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 13 8:03 8:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 12:02 11:53 0:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 1 0 1 +1 4 2 20 19:20 13:00 4:52 1:28 1 0 - - - - -
Kyle Chipchura C 1 0 1 E 0 2 16 12:25 10:39 0:00 1:46 0 0 - - 4 8 33
Mark Streit D 0 2 2 +1 0 4 18 16:32 9:15 7:17 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 13:58 11:04 0:00 2:54 0 0 - - 6 9 40
Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 28 23:31 16:37 1:54 5:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 15 12:08 0:00 0:56 3:12 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 17:13 13:37 0:01 3:35 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryder RW 2 1 3 E 0 3 17 12:46 11:33 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Kostitsyn RW 0 0 0 +1 2 2 13 12:08 11:33 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 1 1 E 2 1 29 24:37 14:09 7:00 3:28 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 13:39 9:19 4:20 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Karri Ramo L (7-11-3) 30 24 6 .800 2 60:00
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cristobal Huet W (32-14-6) 33 30 3 .909 0 59:55