November 17th, 2004
The
New York Islanders (7-14-2) come to the Bell Center to face the struggling
Montreal Canadiens (12-12-1) Montreal won the only meeting this season 3-2. Montreal will have all 3 of the call ups in the line-up.
The struggling Canadiens struggle's continue. The Islanders open up the scoring on a break away at 0:29 as LW
Ron Oxford gets his 9th of the year past G
Martin King. The Islanders go up 2-0 on the PP as C
Aleksandr Enukidze gets his 7th of the year from in tight. The period ends with the Islanders leading the shots on goal 11-9.
The Islanders extend the lead to 3-0 at 10:20 of the 2nd as C
Aleksandr Enukidze gets his 2nd of the night on a shot from the right point. The period ends with the shots 19-17 for the Islanders.
The Canadiens have RD
Steven Thornton limp off the ice with an leg injury just 4 minutes into the 3rd period. Montreal are getting badly out played and the Islanders put them out of their mercy with a 4-0 goal at 18:21 of the 3rd, C
WIlliam Roos with his 4th of the year on a tip in from in close. The game ends with the shots 34-21 for the Islanders.
Islanders 4
Montreal 0
Islanders C
Aleksandr Enukidze had 2 goals in getting the 1st star. The 21 year old now has 8 goals and 14 points with 4 PIMs and a -4 rating in 24 games. For his career, Enukidze has 38 goals and 110 points in 184 NHL games.
Montreal Canadiens RD
Steven Thornton will miss up to 3 weeks with calf strain. The 33 year old now has 2 goals and 13 points with 16 PIMs and a +7 rating in 26 games. For his career, Thornton has 41 goals and 152 points in 295 career NHL games.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded G
Dewey Hopkins and LD
Graeme Critchlow to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for RD
Jason Munroe and LD
Colin Puttock. The 30 year old
Hopkins has 7 wins with a 1.58 GAA, 3 SO's and a .934 Sv% in 12 games with the Penguins. For his career, Hopkins has 59 wins, a 2.51 GAA and a .907 Sv% in 143 NHL games.
Montreal gets more bad news. Canadiens leading scorer C
Patrick Atkins will miss up to 3 months with a torn hip labrum that was sustained in practice. The 21 year old had 15 goals and 26 points with 22 PIMs and a +9 rating in 26 games.