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» St. Louis Blues 4 Montreal Canadiens 3 (SO)

March 18,2008 (Tuesday)
in Montreal,Quebec - Bell Center

Goals/Period	1	2	3	4	Tot
STL	1	2	0	0	4
MON	1	1	1	0	3

Shots	1	2	3	4	Tot
STL	11	10	4	3	28
MON	6	8	13	3	30

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
STL	1 / 3	42 / 298 (14.1%)	270 / 322 (83.9%)
MON	1 / 6	84 / 341 (24.6%)	237 / 297 (79.8%)

Start: 7:30pm
Attendance: 21,273
Referees: Don VanMassenhoven, Greg Kimmerly
Officials: Brian Murphy, Pierre Champoux

St. Louis Blues	Game #73	31-37-5	67 Pts	Prev Game at ANA	Next Game at OTT
Montreal Canadiens	Game #74	40-24-10	90 Pts	Prev Game at NYI	Next Game vs BOS

Three Stars: (1) Andy McDonald (STL) (2) Sergei Kostitsyn (MON) (3) Eric Brewer (STL)

Goals

1st Period
1.	STL	Keith Tkachuk [22] [c495] (Powerplay) ( Erik Johnson [24], Paul Kariya [39] )	4:51
2.	MON	Christopher Higgins [22] [c67] ( Sergei Kostitsyn [14], Mikhail Grabovski [5] )	11:28
2nd Period
3.	MON	Saku Koivu [16] [c175] (Powerplay) ( Christopher Higgins [26], Michael Ryder [15] )	9:32
4.	STL	Andy McDonald [15] [c102] ( Eric Brewer [20], Manny Legace [2] )	10:19
5.	STL	Brad Boyes [38] [c80] ( Paul Kariya [40], Keith Tkachuk [29] )	15:57
3rd Period
6.	MON	Mikhail Grabovski [2] [c2] ( Sergei Kostitsyn [15] )	6:36

Shootout Results

1. STL David Perron was stopped.
2. MON Saku Koivu was stopped.
3. STL Brad Boyes scored. Winner
4. MON Andrei Kostitsyn was stopped.
5. STL Paul Kariya was stopped.
6. MON Alexei Kovalev was stopped.

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Manny Legace	Career	STL	W	65	3	30	27	24-23-8	2.44
Jaroslav Halak	Career	MON	OTL	65	3	28	25	2-0-1	1.60

Penalties

1st Period
1.	MON	Saku Koivu	[4]	Interference	2	3:14
2.	MON	Tomas Plekanec	[3]	Holding	2	3:43
3.	STL	David Backes	[3]	Cross checking	2	5:32
4.	MON	Andrei Markov	[1]	Diving	2	5:32
5.	MON	Mike Komisarek	[4]	Holding	2	15:06
6.	STL	Erik Johnson	[5]	Holding	2	19:27
2nd Period
7.	STL	Bench Penalty	[-]	Too many men/ice - bench	2	7:36
8.	STL	Jeff Woywitka	[1]	Slashing	2	11:29
9.	STL	Brad Boyes	[1]	Closing hand on puck	2	18:02
3rd Period
10.	STL	Eric Brewer	[1]	High Sticking	2	4:07
11.	STL	Jay McKee	[4]	Holding	2	13:40

Faceoffs

St. Louis Blues
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Ryan Johnson	7	7	50.0%	372	299	55.4%
Jamal Mayers	6	7	46.2%	342	275	55.4%
Brad Boyes	6	5	54.5%	90	110	45.0%
Andy McDonald	4	5	44.4%	469	380	55.2%
David Backes	1	3	25.0%	22	30	42.3%
Jay McClement	2	2	50.0%	345	309	52.8%
Keith Tkachuk	0	3	.0%	496	492	50.2%
Yan Stastny	1	1	50.0%	25	32	43.9%

	27	33	45.0%	2117	1946	52.1%

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

Saku Koivu	13	8	61.9%	662	607	52.2%
Tomas Plekanec	11	6	64.7%	605	617	49.5%
Mikhail Grabovski	1	9	10.0%	38	80	32.2%
Bryan Smolinski	4	4	50.0%	324	317	50.5%
Alexei Kovalev	3	0	100.0%	32	22	59.3%
Christopher Higgins	1	0	100.0%	14	20	41.2%

	33	27	55.0%	2079	2153	49.1%

St. Louis Blues Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
4	Eric Brewer	D	585	0	1	1	0	2	1	5	3	28:34	2:06	4:27
5	Barret Jackman	D	299	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	27:32	1:41	7:10
6	Erik Johnson	D	59	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	21:39	2:37	0:02
7	Keith Tkachuk	LW	1045	1	1	2	1	0	2	0	2	14:33	1:59	0:00
9	Paul Kariya	LW	893	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	1	18:50	2:46	0:00
10	Andy McDonald	C	430	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	1	16:21	2:46	0:13
12	Lee Stempniak	RW	210	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	13:26	1:32	0:00
17	Ryan Johnson	C	537	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	23:38	0:11	6:47
18	Jay McClement	C	219	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	18:33	0:11	4:37
19	D.J. King	LW	80	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	3:22	0:00	0:00
21	Jamal Mayers	RW	587	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	22:56	0:11	7:24
22	Brad Boyes	C	236	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	17:53	2:46	0:00
25	Yan Stastny	C	52	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	10:17	0:00	4:15
28	Matt Walker	D	166	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	16:22	0:11	5:56
29	Jeff Woywitka	D	78	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12:48	0:00	0:41
42	David Backes	RW-C	111	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	13:07	1:45	0:36
57	David Perron	C	52	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	5:55	1:32	0:00
77	Jay McKee	D	664	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	0	22:18	0:11	5:36

			6459	3	6	9	0	12	28	32	25

Montreal Canadiens Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
6	Tom Kostopoulos	RW	290	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	9:14	0:02	0:59
8	Mike Komisarek	D	294	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	3	16:53	0:00	1:08
11	Saku Koivu	C	723	1	0	1	-1	2	4	0	0	18:57	6:54	1:28
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	223	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	20:47	4:16	0:52
20	Bryan Smolinski	C	1050	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9:20	0:02	0:49
21	Christopher Higgins	LW-C	217	1	1	2	1	0	4	1	0	17:25	6:54	1:21
26	Josh Gorges	D	157	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	19:41	0:00	1:07
27	Alexei Kovalev	RW	1065	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	25:24	5:25	1:37
32	Mark Streit	D-LW	198	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	17:55	8:25	0:35
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	1068	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	22:48	2:09	2:12
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	LW	104	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	21:16	4:28	0:11
51	Francis Bouillon	D	426	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	17:57	0:00	1:34
54	Mikhail Grabovski	C	22	1	1	2	1	0	3	1	0	14:31	0:44	0:00
71	Patrice Brisebois	D	943	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	15:30	2:25	0:03
73	Michael Ryder	RW	308	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	4	13:21	4:41	0:00
74	Sergei Kostitsyn	RW	44	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	15:35	2:56	0:35
79	Andrei Markov	D	485	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	26:33	9:47	2:17
84	Guillaume Latendresse	LW	149	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	3	11:26	0:32	0:00

			9029	3	5	8	0	8	30	14	21

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