December 14th, 2004
The
Ottawa Senators (14-13-5) are back for another visit to the Bell Center and the
Montreal Canadiens (15-15-4) The Canadiens have beat and tied the Senators in the 2 matchups so far.
Montreal goes up 1-0 at 2:16 with LW
Emile Boudreau's 10th goal of the season.
Boudreau's shot from the slot beats the Sens goalie, with assists to C
Dean Casey and RW
Petr Klusacek. The Sens tie the score 1-1 at 13:43 with LD
Olavi Heimonen's 4th goal of the year.
Heimonen beats G
Bill Wolfenbarger from just inside the blue line with the Sens circling the net. The period ends with the shot 10-8 for Ottawa.
Montreal grabs the 2-1 lead at 8:55 of the 2nd period with C
Dean Casey getting his 11th of the season.
Casey's shot from the slot is assisted by RD
Steven Thornton and LW
Robert Cull. The period ends with the shots 20-14 for the Senators.
Early in the 3rd period, RD
Steven Thornton left the game with a stinger. About 7 minutes into the 3rd period LW
Robert Cull got into a fight, the shots were 21-20 at the time, we will see if there is a momentum swing. The Sens tie the score 2-2 at 14:02 of the 3rd period with C
David Boucher's 5th goal of the year.
Boucher beat G
Wolfenbarger from in tight. The game ends 2-2 with the shots now in favour of Montreal 25-24.
Montreal 2 Ottawa 2
Montreal C
Dean Casey had a goal and an assist in being the 1st star. The 22 year old now has 11 goals and 22 points with 8 PIMs and a +5 rating in 35 games. Last year Casey had 14 goals and 54 points in 72 games for Montreal.
Montreal RD
Steven Thornton will be day to day with a stinger. He will not likely dress in tommorrow's game. The Canadiens have promoted LD
Berislav Salov just in case. The 22 year old has 3 goals and 18 points with 14 PIMs and a +9 rating in 24 AHL games. Salov is considered a defensive defenseman.
