April 30th, 2004
Montreal looks to go up 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Finals with a win at the Bell Center. The Canadiens will stay with their current line up including G
Bill Wolfenbarger getting his 10th straight start in the playoffs. The Rangers will welcome back RW
Lukas Kocian, he missed game one with a mild Abdominal strain. He had 28 goals and 61 points during the regular season.
The first period ends 0-0. Montreal out shot the Rangers 16-12 including 3 from LW
Eric Brenner and 3 from C
Jeff Pilbeam.
The score remains 0-0 after the second period. Montreal still leads the shot totals with a 22-19 lead.
Montreal gets the 1-0 goal at 0:10 when C
Patrick Atkin's deflects RW
Zach Broderick's shot for his 4th of the playoffs. The Rangers get their first goal of the series as LW
Chris Wilgosh gets his 4th of the playoffs at 3:29 on the PP and its tied 1-1. The Rangers get another PP and another goal, LW
Chris Wilgosh gets his 2nd of the night and 5th of the playoffs at 16:19 and its now 2-1 Rangers. Montreal ties it up as RW
Joey Mariani circled the net and snapped home his 3rd of the playoffs at 17:26 with an assist to C
Dean Casey. It is now 2-2. The Rangers get one late at 19:42, LD
Vincent Amyot beats G
Wolfenbarger for his 1st of the playoffs and the Rangers have a 3-2 lead with just 18 seconds left in the game. The Rangers hang on to beat the Canadiens and give the Habs their first playoff loss this year. The final shots were 34-32 for the Rangers.
New York 3
Montreal 2 The series is tied 1-1.
New York Rangers LD
Vincent Amyot had a goal and an assist as the 1st star. The 22 year old now has 1 goal and 7 points with 2 PIMs and a +4 rating in 10 playoff games.