Sergei Kostitsyn after having been run over by Chicago's Aaron Johnson.
John Mahoney, Gazette
The Gazette's Herb Zurkowsky reports, without bitterness, that the media outnumbered the players on the ice at this afternoon's optional practice in Brossard before the team was to board a flight for Long Island and tomorrow night's game vs. the Islanders.
Sergei Kostitsyn, who left Tuesday's game in the first period after being splattered into the end boards by Chicago's Aaron Johnson, will not make the trip. Upper-body injury, the report remains. Defenceman Roman Hamrlik, who left the game in the second after a weird collision along the Blackhawks bench, will travel to Long Island.
The hardy few on Brossard ice: Matt D'Agostini, Ryan O'Byrne, Gregory Stewart, Georges Laraque and Jaroslav Halak.
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Et le but!
Credit Christopher Higgins with the Canadiens' fourth goal against Chicago. Higgins tipped the point drive of Mathieu Schneider during a Canadiens power play.
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Mark Streit has a wonky groin and is a Maybe on the Island tomorrow.