April 9th, 2004
The Canadiens and Oilers will meet in game one of the best of 7 Semi-Finals at the Bell Center in Montreal. The Canadiens are excited to see LW
Emile Boudreau back in the line-up tonight. Boudreau will be re-united on the 1st line with C
Dean Casey and RW
Joey Mariani. G
Bill Wolfenbarger will start in goal.
The first period was all Montreal but they could not solve G
Jeremy Belanger. Montreal out shot the Oilers 15-2 in the period but the score is 0-0.
Montreal finally does get the 1st goal of the series, RD
Steven Thornton gets his 2nd of the playoffs at 17:07 on assists from RW
Zach Broderick and LD
Dominick Heatherington. The second period ends with Montreal up 1-0 and out shooting the Oilers 22-10.
The Oilers tie it up at 1-1 when LW
Andre-Philippe Lefrancois tips in his 1st past
Wolfenbarger at 1:59 of the third period. That's all the scoring in the third in a period dominated by the Oilers. We are heading off to overtime with the Habs outshooting the Oilers 26-21.
Montreal get a very early PP in overtime and put this one away. C
Jeff Pilbeam gets an assist for winning the draw and LW
Emile Boudreau snaps home the winner at 1:26 of overtime with his 1st of the playoffs. LD
Vincent Lavoie is also awarded an assist. The shots in overtime were 2-0 for Montreal.
Montreal 2 Edmonton 1 (O/T)
Montreal leads series 1-0.
RW
Zach Broderick was the 1st star with his assist. The 21 year old now has 1 goal and 3 points with 2 PIMs and a +4 rating in 5 playoff games. Broderick had 7 goals in his rookie season with Montreal this year in 42 games.
New York Rangers C
Jack Eklund had 3 assists in a 3-1 win over the Predators. The 22 year old has 0 goals and 6 points with 11 PIMs and a +1 rating in 7 playoff games this year. Eklund had a career high with 8 goals last year in 71 games for the Rangers.
The Rangers lead the series 1-0.