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» Montreal Canadiens 5 Los Angeles Kings 2

March 8,2008 (Saturday)
in Los Angeles,California - Staples Center

Goals/Period	1	2	3	Tot
MON	0	3	2	5
LA	0	1	1	2

Shots	1	2	3	Tot
MON	10	7	6	23
LA	10	17	10	37

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
MON	1 / 2	82 / 324 (25.3%)	219 / 276 (79.3%)
LA	1 / 5	59 / 325 (18.2%)	207 / 262 (79.0%)

Start: 1:00pm
Attendance: 18,118
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Ian Walsh
Officials: Pierre Racicot, Lyle Seitz

Montreal Canadiens	Game #69	38-26-5	81 Pts	Prev Game at PHO	Next Game at ANA
Los Angeles Kings	Game #70	28-37-5	61 Pts	Prev Game at OTT	Next Game at VAN

Three Stars: (1) Jaroslav Halak (MON) (2) Mike Komisarek (MON) (3) Rob Blake (LA)

Goals

1st Period
No Goals
2nd Period
1.	MON	Patrice Brisebois [3] [c93] ( Unassisted )	5:09
2.	MON	Saku Koivu [14] [c173] (Powerplay) ( Mark Streit [36], Andrei Markov [40] )	7:40
3.	MON	Guillaume Latendresse [15] [c31] (GW) ( Sergei Kostitsyn [11], Josh Gorges [8] )	12:43
4.	LA	Rob Blake [7] [c221] (Powerplay) ( Michael Cammalleri [25], Anze Kopitar [39] )	16:53
3rd Period
5.	MON	Andrei Kostitsyn [21] [c23] ( Tomas Plekanec [35], Roman Hamrlik [18] )	3:49
6.	LA	Anze Kopitar [29] [c49] ( Patrick O'Sullivan [25] )	6:29
7.	MON	Tom Kostopoulos [5] [c30] (Empty Net) ( Guillaume Latendresse [8], Roman Hamrlik [19] )	18:07

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Jaroslav Halak	Career	MON	W	60	2	37	35	1-0-0	1.80
Erik Ersberg	Career	LA	L	59	4	22	18	1-2-2	2.20

Penalties

1st Period
1.	MON	Mike Komisarek	[6]	Roughing	2	9:26
2.	MON	Saku Koivu	[4]	Roughing	2	12:51
3.	LA	Kyle Calder	[1]	Roughing	2	12:51
4.	LA	Anze Kopitar	[1]	Interference	2	15:40
2nd Period
5.	MON	Saku Koivu	[3]	Interference	2	1:15
6.	LA	Brian Willsie	[1]	Slashing	2	6:49
7.	MON	Michael Ryder	[4]	Holding	2	9:40
8.	MON	Roman Hamrlik	[1]	High Sticking	2	16:22
3rd Period
9.	MON	Sergei Kostitsyn	[1]	High Sticking	2	10:18

Faceoffs

Montreal Canadiens
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Saku Koivu	10	9	52.6%	610	558	52.2%
Maxim Lapierre	6	9	40.0%	207	211	49.5%
Tomas Plekanec	9	6	60.0%	561	585	49.0%
Bryan Smolinski	3	6	33.3%	281	292	49.0%
Sergei Kostitsyn	1	0	100.0%	4	4	50.0%
Alexei Kovalev	1	0	100.0%	28	20	58.3%
Christopher Higgins	0	1	.0%	13	19	40.6%

	30	31	49.2%	1907	1998	48.8%

Los Angeles Kings
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Anze Kopitar	11	10	52.4%	485	497	49.4%
Michael Cammalleri	7	4	63.6%	176	145	54.8%
Michal Handzus	7	2	77.8%	458	547	45.6%
Derek Armstrong	1	7	12.5%	328	325	50.2%
Patrick O'Sullivan	2	4	33.3%	177	225	44.0%
Jeff Giuliano	2	1	66.7%	82	92	47.1%
Brian Willsie	0	1	.0%	12	10	54.5%
Kyle Calder	1	0	100.0%	7	10	41.2%
Rob Blake	0	1	.0%	3	4	42.9%

	31	30	50.8%	1902	2061	48.0%

Montreal Canadiens Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
6	Tom Kostopoulos	RW	285	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	13:13	0:00	3:18
8	Mike Komisarek	D	288	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	7	20:06	0:00	2:43
11	Saku Koivu	C	717	1	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	17:50	1:51	2:54
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	218	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	15:02	1:00	2:52
20	Bryan Smolinski	C	1044	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	11:59	0:00	2:01
21	Christopher Higgins	LW-C	211	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	15:54	1:51	1:45
26	Josh Gorges	D	151	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	19:02	0:00	1:08
27	Alexei Kovalev	RW	1059	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	16:45	1:23	2:44
32	Mark Streit	D-LW	192	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	15:55	2:21	0:44
40	Maxim Lapierre	C-RW	88	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	4	15:42	0:00	0:44
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	1062	0	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	21:46	0:30	5:04
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	LW	98	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	12:42	1:00	0:00
51	Francis Bouillon	D	420	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	3	21:52	0:00	4:40
71	Patrice Brisebois	D	940	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	12:32	0:30	0:00
73	Michael Ryder	RW	302	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	11:09	0:00	0:00
74	Sergei Kostitsyn	RW	38	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	14:37	1:28	0:00
79	Andrei Markov	D	479	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	22:27	2:21	3:27
84	Guillaume Latendresse	LW	143	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	10:56	0:00	0:00

			8882	5	8	13	15	12	23	26	25

Los Angeles Kings Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
3	Jack Johnson	D	75	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	1	24:30	3:09	2:02
4	Rob Blake	D	1115	1	0	1	-3	0	2	0	0	22:21	4:56	1:43
5	Peter Harrold	D	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	15:24	0:26	0:00
7	Derek Armstrong	C	403	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	5	15:51	0:21	0:19
8	Matt Ellis	C	58	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	11:31	0:00	1:24
11	Anze Kopitar	C	142	1	1	2	-1	2	3	0	0	20:29	5:04	0:00
12	Patrick O'Sullivan	C	114	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	17:00	2:52	0:36
13	Michael Cammalleri	C	271	0	1	1	-2	0	8	0	0	22:05	5:31	0:00
17	Lubomir Visnovsky	D	487	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	2	25:34	5:22	0:49
19	Kyle Calder	LW	498	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	8:33	2:48	0:00
21	Brian Willsie	RW	325	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	8:30	0:26	0:00
23	Dustin Brown	RW-LW	257	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	2	19:35	5:04	0:32
24	Alexander Frolov	LW	366	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:22	3:01	0:00
26	Michal Handzus	C	587	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	13:23	0:00	1:08
29	Jeff Giuliano	LW	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:59	0:00	1:43
38	Kevin Dallman	D	142	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	12:15	0:00	0:19
41	Raitis Ivanans	LW-D	131	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	7:28	0:26	0:00
42	Tom Preissing	D	288	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	19:56	3:09	0:49

			5604	2	3	5	-16	6	37	9	17

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