National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 5, Los Angeles 2
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 8, 2008
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Lyle Seitz
Attendance: 18118
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 0325
Los Angeles 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
9:26 - Canadiens Michael Komisarek (2) Roughing
 12:51 - Canadiens Saku Koivu (2) Roughing
 12:51 - Kings Kyle Calder (2) Roughing
 15:40 - Kings Anze Kopitar (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
5:09 - Canadiens Patrice Brisebois (EV) Unassisted
7:40 - Canadiens Saku Koivu (PP) Assists: Mark Streit , Andrei Markov
12:43 - Canadiens Guillaume Latendresse (EV) Assists: Sergei Kostitsyn , Josh Gorges
16:53 - Kings Rob Blake (PP) Assists: Michael Cammalleri , Anze Kopitar
Penalties
1:15 - Canadiens Saku Koivu (2) Interference
 6:49 - Kings Brian Willsie (2) Slashing
 9:40 - Canadiens Michael Ryder (2) Holding
 16:22 - Canadiens Roman Hamrlik (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
3:49 - Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn (EV) Assists: Tomas Plekanec , Roman Hamrlik
6:29 - Kings Anze Kopitar (EV) Assists: Patrick O'Sullivan
18:07 - Canadiens Tom Kostopoulos (EV) (EN) Assists: Guillaume Latendresse , Roman Hamrlik
Penalties
10:18 - Canadiens Sergei Kostitsyn (2) High sticking
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 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 48:38 2:51 8:31 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 16 13:13 9:55 0:00 3:18 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Komisarek D 0 0 0 E 2 0 26 20:06 17:23 0:00 2:43 0 0 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 1 0 1 +1 4 2 19 17:50 13:05 1:51 2:54 1 0 - - 10 9 53
Tomas Plekanec LW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 20 15:02 11:10 1:00 2:52 0 0 - - 9 6 60
Bryan Smolinski C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16 11:59 9:58 0:00 2:01 0 0 - - 3 6 33
Chris Higgins C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 18 15:54 12:18 1:51 1:45 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Josh Gorges D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 20 19:02 17:54 0:00 1:08 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20 16:45 12:38 1:23 2:44 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Mark Streit D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 16 15:55 12:50 2:21 0:44 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 15:42 14:58 0:00 0:44 0 0 - - 6 9 40
Roman Hamrlik D 0 2 2 +1 2 1 25 21:46 16:12 0:30 5:04 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 15 12:42 11:42 1:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 24 21:52 17:12 0:00 4:40 0 0 - - - - -
Patrice Brisebois D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 19 12:32 12:02 0:30 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryder RW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 15 11:09 11:09 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Kostitsyn RW 0 1 1 +2 2 2 19 14:37 13:09 1:28 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Andrei Markov D 0 1 1 E 0 1 28 22:27 16:39 2:21 3:27 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 1 1 2 +2 0 2 12 10:56 10:56 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Los Angeles Kings
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Erik Ersberg G 0 0 0 0 0 59:23 48:01 8:31 2:51 0 0 - - - - -
Dan Cloutier G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 30 24:30 19:19 3:09 2:02 0 0 - - - - -
Rob Blake D 1 0 1 -3 0 2 26 22:21 15:42 4:56 1:43 1 0 - - 0 1 0
Peter Harrold D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 15:24 14:58 0:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Armstrong C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 23 15:51 15:11 0:21 0:19 0 0 - - 1 7 12
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 16 11:31 10:07 0:00 1:24 0 0 - - - - -
Anze Kopitar C 1 1 2 -1 2 3 23 20:29 15:25 5:04 0:00 0 0 - - 11 10 52
Patrick O'Sullivan C 0 1 1 E 0 1 25 17:00 13:32 2:52 0:36 0 0 - - 2 4 33
Michael Cammalleri C 0 1 1 -2 0 8 25 22:05 16:34 5:31 0:00 0 0 - - 7 4 64
Lubomir Visnovsky D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 29 25:34 19:23 5:22 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Kyle Calder LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 13 8:33 5:45 2:48 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Brian Willsie RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 10 8:30 8:04 0:26 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Dustin Brown RW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 24 19:35 13:59 5:04 0:32 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Frolov LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 20:22 17:21 3:01 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michal Handzus C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 19 13:23 12:15 0:00 1:08 0 0 - - 7 2 78
Jeff Giuliano LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 10:59 9:16 0:00 1:43 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Kevin Dallman D 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 12:15 11:56 0:00 0:19 0 0 - - - - -
Raitis Ivanans LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 8 7:28 7:02 0:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Preissing D 0 0 0 E 0 3 28 19:56 15:58 3:09 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jaroslav Halak W (2-1-1) 37 35 2 .946 0 60:00
Los Angeles
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Erik Ersberg L (6-5-3) 22 18 4 .818 0 59:23