December 3rd, 1982
Ottawa Senators (14-17-2) at
Montreal Canadiens (17-14-2)
Montreal will face the Senators at the Bell Center. The last meeting was a Montreal 5-3 win in Ottawa. Montreal patiently wait to get back LW
Lorenzo Bocci who has been out since November 6th. Hoping for a return date around the mid of the Month.
The Senators are currently 14th overall in the East, roughly 6 points out of the final Wild Card spot in the East. The Senators are ranked 26th in GA per game at 3.03. As well they usually don't muster many shots on goal, 25 per game which ranks 29th.
The Senators top goal scorer is 21 year old C
Jakub Barta. Barta has 10 goals for 19 points in 33 games. A great skater, Barta is good at getting open and pretty good in the faceoff circle. In his 2nd year in the NHL, all 115 games with the Senators, he has 27 goals, 33 assists for 60 points with 41 PIMs and a +11 rating. He was the Sens 78th overall pick in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.
LW
Josh Upperton leads the Sens in assists with 14. The 19 year old also has 4 goals for 19 points in 33 games. Always in position, Upperton is usually found right in front of the net screening the goalie. In his rookie season, he played the previous 2 years with the Kamloops Blazers of the WHL where he had 54 goals and 131 points in 144 WHL games. Upperton was never drafted and signed as a free agent with the Senators.
C
Greg Mortlock leads the Senators with 23 points. The 35 year old has 10 goals and 13 assists in 33 games. The 2-time All-Star is a prototypical two-way forward with great passing skills and and checking skills. In his 3rd season with the Sens he has 88 goals, 96 assists for 184 points with 146 PIMs and a +37 rating in 197 NHL games.
The Senators will send G
Tony Linnell to start. He has 12 wins in 25 starts with a .907 save % while Montreal will start G
Mike Blackshear. He has 14 wins in 27 starts and a .884 save %.
Ottawa opens the scoring at 10:48 when LW
Jaroslav Hlavaty gets his 4 of the season. Despite the 1-0 lead at the end of the 1st, Montreal carried most of the momentum and out shot the Senators 18 to 12.
Ottawa makes it 2-0 at 12:08 of the 2nd. C
Patrik Psenicka gets his 5th of the year. Montreal continues to dominate to this point, out-shooting the Senators 27 to 15. Ottawa scored on just its 3rd shot of the period. The period ends 2-0 as Montreal out shot Ottawa 16 to 6 in the 2nd. Montreal 0 for 4 on the PP, which continues to struggle.
Montreal does get one early in the 3rd, LW
Marek Bartolcic gets his 4th of the year....... on the Power Play. Montreal ties it up at 6:56 when C
Chris Hughes gets his 16th of the year. Montreal continues to pepper Sens net minder
Tony Linnell and now have 55 shots on goal when the Habs take a penalty,
Al Ladd for hooking at 16:44. Montreal is able to kill the penalty and we head into overtime. Montreal out shot Ottawa 21 to 8 in the period.
Nothing is decided in the overtime, Montreal had the only shot in O/T. C
Dave Wright clinches it as the 4th Habs shooter in the shootout. Montreal wins 3-2.
Habs C
Chris Hughes is named the 1st star with his 1 goal, 12 shots on goal in 27:03 of ice time. The 32 year old Hughes now has 16 goals and 35 points in 34 games. The 2-time Selke Trophy Winner and 1981 Art Ross Trophy Winner now has 75 goals, 128 assists for 203 points with 100 PIMs and a +48 rating in 198 NHL games.
Montreal 3 Ottawa 2 (SO)
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | OTT | Jaroslav Hlavaty | 4 | Dalibor Jilek | Mathieu Dube |
| 2nd | OTT | Patrik Psenicka | 6 | Lucas Sexton | Josh Upperton |
| 3rd | MTL | Marek Bartolcic (PP) | 4 | Ronnie Marvin | Yevgeny Ronov |
| 3rd | MTL | Chris Hughes | 16 | Unassisted |
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| O/T |
| No Scoring |
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| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| OTT | Tony Linnell | 56 | 2 |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 26 | 2 |
Montreal Canadiens C
Melvin Swiney is listed day to day after injuring his thumb in the game against the Senators. The 34 year old now has 6 goals and 9 points in 34 games. After being a waiver wire pick up from the Florida Panthers on March 4th, 1982, Swiney has been a 3rd/4th center regular. In 181 NHL games he has 43 goals, 32 assists for 75 points with 91 PIMs and a +21 rating.
The Montreal Canadiens have claimed RW
Daniel Mikulecky off waivers from the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 26 year old from Breclav, CZE has 1 goal and 5 points in 26 games this season. A big winger, Mikulecky has a good shot and great foot speed. In the Blue Jackets organization the past 3 seasons, he has played 113 games in the AHL and 63 in the NHL. In the NHL he has 9 goals, 11 assists for 20 points with 20 PIMs and a +18 rating. To make room on the roster, Montreal has demoted C
Harman Clements to the AHL, the 27 year old had 0 points in 3 games with Montreal this season.
Around the league..................
Carolina Hurricanes RW
Patrick Connor had 2 goals in a 6-4 win over the Sabres. The 28 year old Connor now has 21 goals and 39 points in 33 games. The 1981 Maurice Richard Trophy Winner is in his 3rd season in the NHL, all 188 games with Carolina. He has 96 goals, 95 assists for 191 points with 352 PIMs and a +50 rating. Connor is the NHL's career goal leader.