🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 37-22-9
5–2
Final
👑 Home Kings 26-36-5
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🇨🇦 MTL 0325
👑 LAK 0112

Canadiens at Kings

Canadiens beat Kings 5–2 at Crypto.com Arena on March 8, 2008.

🗓 📍 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles 🏒 2007-08 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Guillaume Latendresse
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 10:56 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Roman Hamrlik
2 A
1 shots · 21:46 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jaroslav Halak
35 saves
0.946 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Patrice Brisebois Go-ahead 2nd · 05:09
Unassisted · beat Erik Ersberg
1–0
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu PP 2nd · 07:40
Assists: Mark Streit, Andrei Markov · beat Erik Ersberg
2–0
🇨🇦 Guillaume Latendresse 2nd · 12:43
Assists: Sergei Kostitsyn, Josh Gorges · beat Erik Ersberg
3–0
👑 Rob Blake PP 2nd · 16:53
Assists: Michael Cammalleri, Anze Kopitar · beat Jaroslav Halak
3–1
3rd period
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn 3rd · 03:49
Assists: Tomas Plekanec, Roman Hamrlik · beat Erik Ersberg
4–1
👑 Anze Kopitar 3rd · 06:29
Assists: Patrick O'Sullivan · beat Jaroslav Halak
4–2
🇨🇦 Tom Kostopoulos Empty net 3rd · 18:07
Assists: Guillaume Latendresse, Roman Hamrlik
5–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Koivu · Kovalev 16:45
L2 Kostitsyn · Lapierre · Plekanec 15:02
L3 Kostitsyn · Smolinski · Kostopoulos 12:42
L4 Latendresse · Ryder 11:02
D1 Markov · Bouillon 22:10
D2 Hamrlik · Komisarek 20:56
D3 Gorges · Streit 17:28
D4 Brisebois 12:32
👑Kings
L1 Cammalleri · Frolov · Kopitar 20:29
L2 O'Sullivan · Armstrong · Brown 17:00
L3 Ellis · Giuliano · Handzus 11:31
L4 Calder · Ivanans · Willsie 8:30
D1 Visnovsky · Johnson 25:02
D2 Blake · Preissing 21:08
D3 Harrold · Dallman 13:50

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL LAK👑
23 Shots on goal 37
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
25 Hits 17
26 Blocked shots 9
9 Takeaways 5
15 Giveaways 22
12 Penalty minutes 6
MTL shooting 21.7% (5/23) LAK shooting 5.4% (2/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
👑Kings
Erik Ersberg
18/22
.818 SV% · 4 GA · 59:23 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 10-7-4 (48% win rate, 21 games)
Kings
Kings — tied after 1st: 8-11-2 (38% win rate, 21 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)
Kings
Kings — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-13-1 (7% win rate, 15 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Dec 32005 👑LAK @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 Mar 62004 🇨🇦MTL @ 👑LAK 4–2 Mar 82003 🇨🇦MTL @ 👑LAK 1–2 Nov 92002 👑LAK @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–3 Dec 222001 👑LAK @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2
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Who won Canadiens vs Kings on March 8, 2008?

Canadiens won 5–2. The final score was Canadiens 5, Kings 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andrei Kostitsyn, Guillaume Latendresse, Patrice Brisebois, Saku Koivu, Tom Kostopoulos.

Who scored for Kings?

Anze Kopitar, Rob Blake.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

How did the Kings goalie play?

Erik Ersberg made 18 saves on 22 shots (.818 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Kings played?

At Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the Kings home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Kings season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 6 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌵PHX 4–2 AfterMar 9 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦆ANA 1–3
👑 Kings
BeforeMar 6 🏛️OTT @ 👑LAK 0–2 AfterMar 10 🐋VAN @ 👑LAK 2–1
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