» New York Rangers 4    Montreal Canadiens 3   (OT)

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December 30,2007  (Sunday) in New York,New York - Madison Square Garden	Goals/Period 1 2 3 4 Tot MON 1 2 0 0 3 NYR 2 0 1 1 4	Shots 1 2 3 4 Tot MON 10 7 3 1 21 NYR 11 1 8 1 21	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season MON 2 / 3 44 / 183 (24.0%) 124 / 157 (79.0%) NYR 0 / 2 35 / 191 (18.3%) 138 / 163 (84.7%)
Start: 7:00pm Attendance: 18,200 Referees: Rob Martell, Kevin Pollock Officials: Pierre Champoux, Dan Schachte	Montreal Canadiens Game #39 19-15-5 43 Pts Prev Game at FLA Next Game vs TB New York Rangers Game #39 20-15-4 44 Pts Prev Game vs TOR Next Game vs CGY Three Stars: (1) Brendan Shanahan  (NYR)  (2) Chris Drury (NYR)  (3) Alexei Kovalev (MON)

Goals 1st Period 1. NYR Daniel Girardi    [7]  [c7]   ( Scott Gomez [26],  Martin Straka [10] ) 10:14 2. MON Andrei Kostitsyn    [8]  [c11]   (Powerplay)   ( Tomas Plekanec [19],  Alexei Kovalev [18] ) 18:03 3. NYR Jaromir Jagr    [11]  [c632]   ( Scott Gomez [27],  Michal Rozsival [14] ) 18:20 2nd Period 4. MON Andrei Kostitsyn    [9]  [c12]   (Powerplay)   ( Tomas Plekanec [20],  Alexei Kovalev [19] ) 14:31 5. MON Tomas Plekanec    [12]  [c41]   ( Andrei Kostitsyn [12],  Sergei Kostitsyn [4] ) 17:07 3rd Period 6. NYR Chris Drury    [10]  [c203]   ( Sean Avery [9],  Paul Mara [7] ) 14:09 OT Period 7. NYR Brendan Shanahan    [14]  [c641]   (GW)   ( Chris Drury [18],  Daniel Girardi [7] ) 1:06 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Cristobal Huet Career MON OTL 61 4 21 17 10-6-5 2.31 Henrik Lundqvist Career NYR W 61 3 21 18 18-13-3 2.22

Penalties 1st Period 1. MON Michael Ryder [1] Delay of game - Puck over Glass 2 14:47 2. NYR Marek Malik [5] Hooking 2 17:32 2nd Period 3. NYR Fedor Tyutin [4] Holding 2 3:52 4. NYR Martin Straka [2] Hooking 2 14:02 5. MON Tom Kostopoulos [1] Holding 2 19:58 3rd Period 6. MON Francis Bouillon [4] Roughing 2 10:58 7. NYR Paul Mara [5] Roughing 2 10:58

Faceoffs
Montreal Canadiens   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Tomas Plekanec 10 14 41.7% 300 349 46.2% Maxim Lapierre 6 14 30.0% 77 73 51.3% Kyle Chipchura 3 9 25.0% 131 164 44.4% Michael Ryder 0 1 .0% 3 4 42.9% Alexei Kovalev 0 1 .0% 12 13 48.0% Christopher Higgins 0 1 .0% 10 12 45.5% Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 .0% 8 19 29.6%   19 41 31.7% 1093 1170 48.3%	New York Rangers   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Scott Gomez 12 10 54.5% 310 244 56.0% Chris Drury 15 6 71.4% 366 287 56.0% Blair Betts 9 2 81.8% 205 215 48.8% Brandon Dubinsky 4 1 80.0% 208 209 49.9% Ryan Hollweg 1 0 100.0% 3 6 33.3%   41 19 68.3% 1106 983 52.9%

Montreal Canadiens Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 6 Tom Kostopoulos RW 267 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 5 11:10 0:00 0:41 8 Mike Komisarek D 259 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 24:38 0:16 2:00 14 Tomas Plekanec C 189 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 21:35 2:08 1:21 21 Christopher Higgins LW-C 182 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 21:55 0:52 0:34 25 Mathieu Dandenault D-RW 805 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 10:19 0:00 1:00 26 Josh Gorges D 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:26 0:00 0:00 27 Alexei Kovalev RW 1030 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 23:36 2:38 1:21 28 Kyle Chipchura C 34 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 12:13 0:00 1:00 32 Mark Streit D-LW 163 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 16:52 2:44 0:24 40 Maxim Lapierre C-RW 59 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 20:00 0:00 1:39 44 Roman Hamrlik D 1038 0 0 0 -3 0 1 6 4 22:41 0:16 2:00 46 Andrei Kostitsyn LW 69 2 1 3 0 0 2 1 1 16:06 2:21 0:00 51 Francis Bouillon D 391 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 3 18:28 0:00 2:00 73 Michael Ryder RW 278 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 1 16:09 0:22 0:00 74 Sergei Kostitsyn RW 9 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 10:38 0:00 0:00 79 Andrei Markov D 450 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 25:32 2:44 2:00 84 Guillaume Latendresse LW 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:14 0:39 0:00   5657 3 6 9 -13 6 21 20 23

New York Rangers Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 3 Michal Rozsival D 437 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 23:26 1:47 1:53 5 Daniel Girardi D 73 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 18:05 2:08 0:31 8 Marek Malik D 626 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 21:15 0:00 0:36 14 Brendan Shanahan LW 1456 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 16:51 1:59 1:53 15 Blair Betts C 222 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 3 13:14 0:00 0:39 16 Sean Avery LW 340 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 16:53 1:50 0:28 17 Brandon Dubinsky C 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:16 1:52 0:00 18 Marc Staal D 39 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 19:35 0:00 1:53 19 Scott Gomez C 587 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 1 22:04 2:06 0:00 23 Chris Drury C 667 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 17:47 2:12 1:53 24 Ryan Callahan RW 36 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 7:53 0:00 0:00 27 Paul Mara D 535 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 19:41 0:05 0:36 28 Colton Orr RW 128 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 4 12:43 0:00 0:00 44 Ryan Hollweg C 168 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 5 12:42 0:00 0:00 51 Fedor Tyutin D 207 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 18:25 2:12 0:31 68 Jaromir Jagr RW 1230 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 20:53 1:48 0:00 81 Marcel Hossa LW 215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8:30 0:00 0:39 82 Martin Straka C 913 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 19:11 2:01 0:28   8180 4 8 12 14 8 21 7 28

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