New York 4 - Montreal 3 (OT)
December 30, 2007
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Coming off of two straight big wins isn’t something the Canadiens get to do often and there was much speculation that the Habs would lose their momentum going into New York tonight simply because 3 wins in a row was too much to ask for. Well, while the Canadiens did walk away with a 4-3 loss in overtime, it certainly wasn’t due to lack of effort. After going down 1-0 on a Rangers goal by Daniel Girardi, Andrei Kostitsyn tied things up with a powerplay goal. Jaromir Jagr sent the Rangers up 2-1 before the end of the first.
The second period was all Canadiens with Kostitsyn scoring his second powerplay goal of the game early and Thomas Plekanec firing another in on a delayed Ranger penalty. The Habs proceeded to shut things down, playing a neutral zone trap that kept New York to only one shot in the second.
Things proceeded much the same going into the third with Montreal keeping the Rangers at bay until about 7 minutes left; a bad angle shot that traveled over Huet’s shoulder and hit the crossbar and post was believed to be in only to be called off by the goal judges as the puck never actually went into the net. While the goal didn’t count it did get the Rangers fired up and they scored on a scramble in front of the Montreal net only 2 minutes later to tie things up. The game went to overtime where Brendon Shanahan was able to lift a wrist shot over Huet on a breakaway 66 seconds in.
GAME NOTES: Corey Locke, called up from Hamilton, was caught in traffic and unable to make it to his first career NHL game. Ryder, while not coming up with a point, did look much improved both offensively and defensively. Andrei Kostitsyn scored two goals on the powerplay and added an assist; Thomas Plekanec scored one goal and assisted on two others. Alex Kovalev assisted on both Kostitsyn goals.
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