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The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Florida Panthers 4-3 in overtime.  The Habs blew a 3-0 lead in the 3rd, but Saku Koivu scored with just 4 seconds left in OT to win it for the Habs.  The recently recalled Yann Danis made his first ever start at the Bell Centre, and earned the win while Roberto Luongo suffered the loss for the Panthers.  Alexei Kovalev (knee), Jan Bulis (shoulder), and Radek Bonk (groin) were scratches for the Habs, while Sheldon Souray (foot) made his return to the lineup after missing Saturday’s game in Toronto.  C Maxim Lapierre also made his NHL debut tonight, playing 3:04 with a -1 rating, 1 hit, and 1/2 faceoff success rate.









Scoring Summary

1) MTL: Zednik [5] (Koivu, Plekanec) 11:55 1st PP
2) MTL: Begin [7] (Sundstrom, Dandenault) 13:50 1st
3) MTL: Koivu [6] (Zednik, Perezhogin) 12:19 2nd
4) FLA: Campbell [1] (Cairns, Payer) 2:24 3rd
5) FLA: Jokinen [5] (Roberts, Van Ryn) 3:26 3rd PP
6) FLA: Weiss [5] (Gelinas, Bouwmeester) 15:11 3rd
7) MTL: Koivu 2 [7] (Souray, Dandenault) 4:56 OT









Penalty Summary

1) FLA: Kwiatkowski (Hooking) 0:24 1st
2) FLA: Cairns (Hooking) 10:40 1st
3) FLA: Krajicek (Interference) 7:14 2nd
4) MTL: Begin (Roughing) 13:21 2nd
5) FLA: Cairns (Roughing) 13:21 2nd
6) MTL: Rivet (Roughing) 14:28 2nd
7) MTL: Markov (Hooking) 18:48 2nd
8) MTL: Perezhogin (Holding) 2:38 3rd
9) FLA: Bouwmeester (Interference) 7:57 3rd
10) MTL: Souray (Roughing) 11:01 3rd
11) FLA: Roberts (Roughing) 11:01 3rd











Shots on Goal



























Period Montreal Florida
1st  16  5
2nd  13  12 
3rd  11  12 
OT  5   1 
Total  46  30 







Powerplays



























Period Montreal Florida
1st  1/2  0/0 
2nd  0/1  0/2 
3rd  0/1  1/1 
OT  0/0  0/0 
Total  1/4 1/3









Lineup

Zednik-Koivu-Perezhogin
Higgins-Ribeiro-Ryder
Sundstrom-Begin-Plekanec
Dagenais-Lapierre-Dandenault

Markov-Rivet
Bouillon-Streit
Souray-Komisarek

Danis

















3 Stars

1st: Saku Koivu (2 G, GWG)
2nd: Roberto Luongo (42 SVS)
3rd: Richard Zednik (G, A)









Stat Leaders


Ice Time: D-Rivet (25:33), F-Koivu (22:52)
Shots on Goal: Rivet (8)
Hits: Begin (6)
Takeaways: Sundstrom (4)
Giveaways: Souray (4)
Blocks: Souray (5)
Faceoffs: Plekanec (15/18-83%) Team: 35/64-55%