The New York Islanders were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 4, on November 1, 2008.

Final

Canadiens

8-1-1

5

Islanders

2-7-1

4

Team

MTL

NYI

1

2

0

2

3

4

0

Total

5

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYI

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Tomas Plekanec and Roman Hamrlik

1

0

Mark Streit (PP) assisted by Mike Comrie and Doug Weight

1

Jon Sim (EV) assisted by Frans Nielsen and Trent Hunter

1

2

2nd period

MTL

NYI

Bill Guerin (PP) assisted by Doug Weight and Trent Hunter

1

3

Frans Nielsen (EV) assisted by Sean Bergenheim and Richard Park

1

4

3rd period

MTL

NYI

Tomas Plekanec (EV) assisted by Alex Kovalev and Andrei Markov

2

4

Tomas Plekanec (EV) assisted by Andrei Kostitsyn and Alex Kovalev

3

4

Chris Higgins (EV) assisted by Saku Koivu

4

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Andrei Markov and Tomas Plekanec

5

4

Canadiens

Islanders

Goals

5

4

Shots

32

31

Penalty Minutes

13

11

Power-Play Goals

0

2

Power-Play Opportunities

3

4

Faceoff Wins

20

34

Hits

23

21

Giveaways

22

14

Takeaways

15

6

Canadiens

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Carey Price (W)	1	31	4	27	.871	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Steve Begin	0	0	0	0	2	10:34	1	3	1	0
Francis Bouillon	0	0	+2	0	2	17:09	0	0	1	0
Josh Gorges	0	0	+1	0	1	20:01	1	5	0	1
Roman Hamrlik	0	1	-1	0	0	22:21	1	1	1	1
Chris Higgins	1	0	+1	0	4	17:33	3	0	1	1
Saku Koivu	0	1	0	0	6	18:51	0	0	0	1
Mike Komisarek	0	0	+3	0	1	19:24	2	0	0	0
Andrei Kostitsyn	0	1	+4	0	0	15:52	1	0	0	0
Sergei Kostitsyn	0	0	0	0	0	13:45	0	1	2	0
Alex Kovalev	2	2	+4	2	4	19:57	0	1	7	3
Robert Lang	0	0	0	0	1	15:38	0	0	0	1
Maxim Lapierre	0	0	0	0	2	12:42	3	2	1	1
Georges Laraque	0	0	0	5	0	5:21	1	0	0	0
Guillaume Latendresse	0	0	-2	2	2	14:39	3	0	1	0
Andrei Markov	0	2	+3	2	2	21:54	3	2	2	1
Ryan O'Byrne	0	0	-2	0	0	14:17	2	2	2	2
Tomas Plekanec	2	2	+3	0	3	16:32	0	0	2	2
Alex Tanguay	0	0	-1	2	2	17:39	2	1	0	1

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Yann Danis (L)	1	32	5	27	.844	59:06

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Sean Bergenheim	0	1	-1	0	4	14:15	1	0	0	0
Chris Campoli	0	0	-1	0	2	20:57	2	4	1	1
Mike Comrie	0	1	-1	0	0	14:24	1	0	2	0
Mitchell Fritz	0	0	0	5	0	2:23	2	0	0	0
Bruno Gervais	0	0	-1	0	0	19:45	1	1	0	2
Bill Guerin	1	0	-1	0	4	17:50	1	2	1	0
Andy Hilbert	0	0	-1	0	0	14:12	1	2	1	0
Trent Hunter	0	2	-2	0	3	17:57	4	2	2	1
Frans Nielsen	1	1	-1	0	1	17:16	0	0	0	0
Kyle Okposo	0	0	-1	0	3	15:51	1	0	2	0
Richard Park	0	1	0	0	3	16:06	1	0	0	1
Thomas Pock	0	0	-2	4	0	16:14	1	0	0	0
Jon Sim	1	0	0	0	3	15:55	0	1	0	1
Brett Skinner	0	0	0	0	2	15:10	0	0	1	0
Mark Streit	1	0	-2	2	2	22:18	0	4	2	0
Andy Sutton	0	0	0	0	2	20:31	3	5	0	0
Nate Thompson	0	0	0	0	1	12:19	2	0	0	0
Doug Weight	0	2	-1	0	1	21:43	0	0	0	0