Montreal 3, 
Detroit 2
7:30 PM ET, September 24, 2008
Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, Michigan
| Game Information | |
| Arena: Joe Louis Arena Location: Detroit, Michigan | Referees: Bill Mccreary , Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Dan Schachte , Steve Barton |
| Attendance: 15,319 (76.3% full) | |
| First Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
 | 5:35 | Tomas Holmstrom - power play (Assist: Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
 | 2:11 | G Stewart (elbowing) |
| 5:25 | T Kopecky (roughing) |
| 5:25 | S Belle (double minor roughing) |
| 13:22 | K Maltby (elbowing) |
| 13:22 | M Komisarek (roughing) |
| 14:56 | S Belle (holding) |
| 17:27 | K Draper (goalie interference) |
| Second Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 8:42 | Matt D'Agostini - power play (Assist: Robert Lang, Yanick Lehoux) |
| 16:37 | Justin Abdelkader - power play (Assist: Jonathan Ericsson, Ville Leino) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 8:06 | K Maltby (roughing) |
| 14:44 | P Subban (holding) |
| 18:35 | M Komisarek (hooking) |
| Third Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 12:09 | Thomas Beauregard - power play (Assist: Robert Lang, Andrei Markov) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 4:03 | J Abdelkader (holding) |
| 6:20 | P Subban (hooking) |
| 7:36 | J Mursak (high sticking) |
| 11:26 | D Meech (hooking) |
| 19:59 | C Chelios (hooking) |
| Overtime Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| No Scoring this period | ||
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| No Penalties this period | ||
| PLAYER SUMMARY | |
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| Shots On Goal | |||||
| TEAM | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
| Montreal | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| Detroit | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 36 |
| POWER PLAY SUMMARY | |
| TEAM | PPG / PPO |
| Montreal | 2 of 6 |
| Detroit | 2 of 6 |
* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.
NHL Scores
Wednesday, September 24th
| Washington | 4 | Final |
| Carolina | 1 |
| NY Rangers | 2 | Final |
| New Jersey | 3 |
| Philadelphia | 1 | Final |
| Ottawa | 3 |
| Montreal | 3 | Final |
| Detroit | 2 | SO |
| Toronto | 2 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 3 |
| Columbus | 1 | Final |
| Minnesota | 2 |
| Florida | 3 | Final |
| Edmonton | 2 | SO |
| Los Angeles | 4 | Final |
| Colorado | 3 | SO |
| Calgary | 3 | Final |
| Phoenix | 2 |
| San Jose | 4 | Final |
| Anaheim | 6 |
