September 20th, 2003
Montreal 3 Ottawa 2
The Habs start the season on the roadin Ottawa.
Montreal gets on the board 1st,
JoeyMariani gets his 1st of the year at 6:17 to make it 1-0.
PatrickAtkins gets his 1st career assist on Mariani's goal. The Habsdominated the shots 10-4 over the Senators in the 1st.
The Sens tie it up at 1-1 with
KimmoPulkkinen's 1st of the year, former Habs RW
Kurt Pederson gets anassist at 3:32 of the 2nd. Montreal goes up 2-1 when
Randolph Lottgets his 1st in a Habs uniform at 15:59 of the 2nd. But former Hab
Kurt Pederson gets his 1st of the year to tie it 2-2 at 18:14 of the2nd. The shots favour Montreal 18-15 after two.
Montreal goes up 3-2 at 1:28 of the 3rdperiod,
Li Wei gets his 1st of the year. The Canadiens hang onoutshooting the Senators 27-21 for the 3-2 win. Montreal Canadiens LW
Randolph Lott was the games 1st star, he had a goal and an assist,was a +2 in 10:45 of ice time. G
Bill Wolfenbarger made 19 saves forthe win.
September 21st, 2003
New Jersey Devils LD
Eric Moser had anassist and was the games 1st star in a 2-0 win over the Bruins. The33 year old now has 1 point in 1 game with a +2 rating. Moser wassigned by the Devils as a free agent in July 2001 after playing forthe Blackhawks in the NHL's original season.
September 22nd, 2003
Ottawa 3
Montreal 0
The Canadiens are at home in Montrealto face the Senators.
The first period is scoreless asMontreal out shots Ottawa 11-7.
A flurry of penalties puts Montrealshort handed 4 on 3 and the Sens capitalize with former Canadiens
Kurt Pederson's 2nd goal of the year on the PP at 10:18 of the secondperiod. Senators
Paul Nelson gets his 1st of the year at 16:38 of thesecond to make it 2-0 Ottawa. The period ends with the Senators andthe momentum. The shots on goal are now tied 15-15.
The Sens owned the third period andmade it 3-0 at 19:29 when
Gerald Norris gets his 1st of the year. TheSens win 3-0 out shooting Montreal 28-18. Montreal had 7 minors toOttawa's 1. The Sens LD
Gerald Norris was the 1st star with a goaland an assist. He has 1 goal and 2 points on the season with 0 PIMsand +0 rating. The Senators acquired Norris in a trade from theRangers in November 2002. G
Bill Wolfenbarger took the loss.
New Jersey Devils LD
Eric Moser had 2goals and an assist in a 5-3 win over the Bruins. The 33 year oldMoser now has 2 goals and 4 points with 0 PIMs and a +6 rating in 2games.
September 28th, 2003
The Montreal Canadiens announced that D
Richard Nytra will be out day to day with a mild abdominal strain.The 20 year old has 0 goals and 0 points and a +2 rating in 2 games.
Montreal 4 Boston 0
It took 5:41 into his 3rd NHL game, butC
Patrick Atkins gets his 1st NHL goal. The Habs lead the Bruins 1-0in front of a excited home crowd. The Canadiens carried the momentumand scored again at 13:05 when
Phil Wheeler made it 2-0. The Bruinshave yet to register a shot. It took almost 17 minutes but the Bruinsfinally tested G
Bill Wolfenbarger. The Canadiens are unable tocapitalize on a late PP and the period ends with Montreal outshooting the Bruins 11-1.
The Canadiens continue to dominate thegame through the second period and finally get one past Bruins G
Brandon Mazurak,
Phil Wheeler gets his 2nd of the night and season at8:45 to make it 3-0. The shots are now 19-3 Montreal. The secondperiod ends with Montreal outshooting the visitors 25-4 through 2.
The Habs go up 4-0 on the PP whenrookie C
Patrick Atkins gets his 2nd of the year and game at 8:03.With Montreal is complete shut down mode they out shot the Bruins 9-5in the third giving G
Bill Wolfenbarger his 1st SO of the year.Montreal C
Phil Wheeler was named the games 1st star, he had 2 goals,was a +2 in 7:58 of ice time. For the season he has 2 goals and 2points with 0 PIMs and a +2 rating.
September 29th, 2003
New York Rangers 4
Montreal 3
The Canadiens are on the road to playthe Rangers. The Rangers get on the board first as D
Issac Connellgets his 2nd of the year at 14:40 of the first. The Rangers get alate PP that tips the shot totals in their favor 12-7, but the firstends with the Habs trailing 1-0.
Montreal gets to even early when RW
Joey Mariani gets his 2nd of the year at 2:04 of the second as theHabs 1st line clicks. The second half of the period is all Rangers asthe continue to get a lot of shots on G
Bill Wolfenbarger, but heholds them off and the period ends tied 1-1 with the Rangers outshooting the Habs in the second, 10-8.
The Rangers come out of the gate in thethird with a few quick shots and F
Chris Wilgosh gets his 1st forRangers at 2:06 and the Rangers lead 2-1. The Rangers continue the onslaught with another goal by
Wilgosh at 3:34 and a 3-1 lead. So farthe Rangers have outshot Montreal 6-0 in the third. With Canadiens LW
Randolph Lott in the box, Habs C
Dean Casey scores SH with his 1st ofthe year to make it 3-2 at 7:40. But the Rangers do get that backquickly on the same PP, F
Lukas Kocian gets his 2nd of the year at7:55 and a Ranger 4-2 lead. With the goalie out and the Canadiensalready on a 4 on 3 PP, LW
Emile Bouchard gets his 1st on the PP withjust 5 seconds left to make it 4-3. But that wasn't enough. The finalshots on goal were 34-23 for the Rangers and the 1st star was RangersLW
Chris Wilgosh with 2 goals. The 20 year old now has 2 goals and 2points with 0 PIMs and a +0 rating in 4 games. G
Bill Wolfenbargermade 30 saves in the loss.
Detroit Red Wings RW
Ed Byrant had 3goals in a 5-2 win over the Devils and was named the 1st star. The 26year old now has 4 goals and 4 points with 4 PIMs and a +3 rating in4 games.