February 27th, 1983
Ottawa Senators (26-38-5) at
Montreal Canadiens (41-24-4)
The Habs will face the Senators at the Bell Center tonight. Montreal has won the last two meetings this year 3-2 at home and 5-3 in Ottawa. Montreal still holds down 3rd in the Atlantic tied with Bruins but with a game in hand. Washington holds the last Wild Card Spot with 81 points, so Montreal does have a 5-point cushion on a playoff spot. LD
Yegor Berestnev is putting up some points lately, He has points in 11 of his last 13 games including 3 goals and 17 assists. The 28 year old now has 9 goals and 44 points in 63 games.
Ottawa are last in the Eastern Conference with 57 points, 24 points behind the Capitals for the last Wild Card spot, with 13 games remaining they are all but eliminated from the playoffs. A strength the Sens have is they are ranked 12th of the PK with a 85.2% success rate. The Sens don't take many shots, they rank 29th with only 25 shots per game.
Ottawa will start G
Casey Hertling between the pipes, he has 5 wins in 15 starts with a .901 save %. Montreal starts G
Mike Blackshear, he has 33 wins in 56 starts and a .901 save %.
Montreal gets on the board at 11:05 when LD
Clint Arrington gets his 5th of the year to make it 1-0. Montreal out shoots Ottawa 14 to 5 in the 1st period.
The Senators make it 1-1 at 9:32 on the PP when LW
Marcus Fitzgerald gets his 4th of the year. Montreal out shot the Senators 11 to 9 in the 2nd, but the score remains 1-1.
There was no scoring in the 3rd period. Montreal out shot the Senators 14 to 5. The Sens are 1 for 4 on the PP, Montreal is 0 for 5 so far. Off to overtime we go.
Montreal wins the game in overtime as RW
Al Ladd gets his 23rd of the year at 2:03. It was the only shot of overtime.
Montreal's C
Chris Hughes was named the 1st star. The 33 year old now has 26 goals and 70 points in 70 games for Montreal. Hughes is a 2-time Frank J Selke Trophy winner, a 1981 Art Ross Trophy winner and 3-time All-Star that has played in 234 career NHL games. He has 85 goals, 238 points, 116 PIMs and a +70 rating.
Montreal 2 Ottawa 1 O/T
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | MTL | Clint Arrington | 5 | Chris Hughes | Lorenzo Bocci |
| 2nd | OTT | Marcus Fitzgerald (PP) | 4 | Wade Pouden | Greg Mortlock |
| 3rd |
| No Scoring |
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| O/T | MTL | Al Ladd | 23 | Lorenzo Bocci | Chris Hughes |
| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| OTT | Casey Hertling | 40 | 2 |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 19 | 1 |
Around the league...................
Montreal Canadiens C
Chris Hughes was named the NHL Player of the Month. The 33 year old has 26 goals and 70 points with a +25 rating.
New Jersey Devils G
Jeremy Hollowell was named the NHL Goalie of the Month. The 19 year old Hollowell has 24 wins, a 2.72 GAA, a .916 save % and 7 SO's in 56 games. In his second season in the NHL, he has played in 108 games, all with New Jersey, he has a 46-50-10 record with 2.65 GAA, a .917 save % and 12 SO's. Hollowell was the 1st round, 1st overall pick in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Devils.