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» Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Montreal Canadiens 0

February 23,2008 (Saturday)
in Montreal,Quebec - Bell Center

Goals/Period	1	2	3	Tot
CLB	2	0	1	3
MON	0	0	0	0

Shots	1	2	3	Tot
CLB	6	8	8	22
MON	11	12	8	31

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
CLB	0 / 3	46 / 277 (16.6%)	251 / 295 (85.1%)
MON	0 / 6	72 / 297 (24.2%)	198 / 248 (79.8%)

Start: 7:30pm
Attendance: 21,273
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Marc Joannette
Officials: Steve Barton, Pierre Champoux

Columbus Blue Jackets	Game #64	29-29-6	64 Pts	Prev Game at OTT	Next Game vs SJ
Montreal Canadiens	Game #63	33-21-9	75 Pts	Prev Game at PIT	Next Game at ATL

Three Stars: (1) Pascal Leclaire (CLB) (2) Francis Bouillon (MON) (3) Manny Malhotra (CLB)

Goals

1st Period
1.	CLB	Rick Nash [33] [c149] (GW) ( Michael Peca [26], Fredrik Modin [4] )	6:24
2.	CLB	Andrew Murray [4] [c4] ( Manny Malhotra [14], David Vyborny [16] )	10:01
3rd Period
3.	CLB	Manny Malhotra [6] [c60] ( Unassisted )	16:42

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Pascal Leclaire	Career	CLB	W	59	0	31	31	22-13-4	2.87
Carey Price	Career	MON	L	60	3	22	19	12-9-3	2.82

Penalties

1st Period
1.	CLB	Fredrik Modin	[4]	Tripping	2	0:29
2.	CLB	Jared Boll	[21]	Fighting	5	5:57
3.	MON	Tom Kostopoulos	[8]	Fighting	5	5:57
4.	MON	Ryan O'Byrne	[1]	High Sticking	2	7:16
5.	CLB	Michael Peca	[6]	Tripping	2	12:07
6.	MON	Saku Koivu	[5]	Tripping	2	13:41
2nd Period
7.	CLB	Adam Foote	[1]	Elbowing	2	1:26
8.	CLB	Gilbert Brule	[4]	Tripping	2	7:53
9.	CLB	Michael Peca	[7]	Tripping	2	8:43
10.	MON	Saku Koivu	[11]	Hooking	2	13:24
11.	CLB	Jason Chimera	[1]	Cross checking	2	20:00
3rd Period
12.	CLB	Nikolai Zherdev	[1]	High Sticking	2	9:37
13.	MON	Andrei Markov	[3]	High Sticking	2	9:37
14.	CLB	Rostislav Klesla	[1]	Elbowing	2	17:30
15.	MON	Alexei Kovalev	[2]	Roughing	2	17:30

Faceoffs

Columbus Blue Jackets
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Michael Peca	12	12	50.0%	453	381	54.3%
Manny Malhotra	11	6	64.7%	458	341	57.3%
Jiri Novotny	2	10	16.7%	302	348	46.5%
Sergei Fedorov	2	3	40.0%	373	312	54.5%
Rostislav Klesla	1	0	100.0%	3	0	100.0%
David Vyborny	1	0	100.0%	21	32	39.6%

	29	31	48.3%	1924	1774	52.0%

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

Tomas Plekanec	14	12	53.8%	514	539	48.8%
Saku Koivu	10	7	58.8%	564	508	52.6%
Maxim Lapierre	3	6	33.3%	196	197	49.9%
Bryan Smolinski	4	4	50.0%	256	270	48.7%

	31	29	51.7%	1754	1835	48.9%

Columbus Blue Jackets Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
2	Kris Russell	D	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:42	0:53	0:19
6	Ron Hainsey	D	229	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	20:37	3:20	2:13
8	Jan Hejda	D	103	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	24:27	0:00	4:41
9	David Vyborny	RW-C	532	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	6:33	0:55	0:00
12	Jiri Novotny	C	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:45	1:35	3:28
13	Nikolai Zherdev	RW	266	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	17:06	2:26	0:24
17	Gilbert Brule	C	129	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4:50	0:00	0:40
19	Michael Peca	C	777	0	1	1	1	4	0	2	1	20:53	1:43	3:21
23	Dick Tarnstrom	D	294	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:25	4:37	0:19
25	Jason Chimera	LW	357	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	16:56	1:54	1:02
27	Manny Malhotra	C	540	1	1	2	2	0	4	0	1	14:36	0:00	2:42
33	Fredrik Modin	LW	758	0	1	1	1	2	3	1	0	19:09	3:06	1:41
40	Jared Boll	RW	61	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	2	8:29	0:00	0:19
51	Andrew Murray	C	22	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	10:45	0:00	0:34
52	Adam Foote	D	987	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	29:24	0:09	6:34
61	Rick Nash	LW	346	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	21:22	3:13	4:34
91	Sergei Fedorov	C	1178	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6:44	2:05	0:00
97	Rostislav Klesla	D	393	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	21:43	2:19	5:44

			8246	3	4	7	15	21	22	11	16

Montreal Canadiens Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
3	Ryan O'Byrne	D	18	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13:45	0:00	0:29
6	Tom Kostopoulos	RW	284	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	4:42	0:00	0:00
8	Mike Komisarek	D	283	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	3	14:09	0:00	2:20
11	Saku Koivu	C	712	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1	19:15	5:18	0:42
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	213	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	18:46	4:44	0:53
20	Bryan Smolinski	C	1040	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8:19	0:00	1:22
21	Christopher Higgins	LW-C	206	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:00	2:41	1:50
22	Steve Begin	LW-C	339	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8:01	0:00	2:00
26	Josh Gorges	D	146	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	17:44	0:35	0:12
27	Alexei Kovalev	RW	1054	0	0	0	-3	2	4	0	0	24:04	7:39	2:13
32	Mark Streit	D-LW	187	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	17:09	7:36	0:00
40	Maxim Lapierre	C-RW	83	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	11:08	0:00	1:49
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	1057	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	22:36	2:19	3:07
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	LW	93	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	2	20:41	4:44	0:00
51	Francis Bouillon	D	415	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	18:24	0:00	2:38
73	Michael Ryder	RW	297	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14:13	3:52	0:00
74	Sergei Kostitsyn	RW	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:51	2:06	0:29
79	Andrei Markov	D	474	0	0	0	-2	2	4	0	0	22:20	8:08	2:32

			8175	0	0	0	-15	15	31	8	25

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