December 13th, 2003
Montreal is at the Bell Center to host the St Louis Blues (15-11-8) for the 1st time this season.
Montreal's C
Patrick Atkins creates a turnover and his wrap around attempt is deflected off
Robert Cull for his 6th of the season at 0:58 of the 1st period. St Louis ties it up as C
Eric Wilson beats G
Bill Wolfenbarger from a bad angle for his 10th of the year at 6:59. Montreal grabs a 2-1 lead at 11:24 when LW
Emile Boudreau's shot goes off LW
Joey Mariani for his
Mariani's 8th goal of the year. 12 minutes into the game, the Habs have all the momentum with the shots 9-2. The period ends with the shots 13-2 for Montreal.
LW
Joey Mariani gets his 2nd of the night and 9th of the season at 5:14 of the 2nd when he redirects LD
Richard Nytra's point shot. Its now 3-1. Montreal is now on a 5 on 3 PP and the Habs make the Blues pay as LW
Emile Boudreau gets his 13th of year pouncing on a loose rebound. Its now 4-1 at 8:24 of the 2nd and the shots are now 11-1 in the 2nd period. The period ends with the shots now 35-6 for Montreal.
It doesn't take long for the Habs to capitalize again, at 1:32 of the 3rd C
Dean Casey snaps home his 6th of the year courtesy of a feathery feed from LW
Joey Mariani. Less then a minute later RW
Petr Klusacek deflects RW
Li Wei's shot for his 6th of the year and its now 6-1 at 2:06 of the 3rd period. Again in the 3rd its all Montreal. St Louis continues to be undisciplined as the Habs will go on another 5 on 3 7 minutes into the 3rd with the shots already 8-0 in the period. Montreal gets the PP goal, LD
Richard Nytra gets his 3rd of the year at 8:46 and it is now 7-1 for the Habs. Moments later LW
Joey Mariani completes the hat trick as he gets his 10th of the season at 9:29. The game ends mercifully for the Blues as the final shots are 57-7.
Montreal 8 St Louis 1
Montreal LW
Joey Mariani is the 1st star with his 3 goals and an assist. The 21 year old now has 10 goals and 30 points with 16 PIMs and a +13 rating in 35 games. Last season Mariani had 18 goals and 51 points in 72 games with Montreal.
Detroit Red Wings LW
Chad Deraspe had 2 goals and an assist in a 5-3 win over the Blackhawks. The 21 year old now has 16 goals and 34 points with 37 PIMs and a +9 rating in 33 games. Last year Deraspe had 27 goals and 60 points in 72 games with the Red Wings.