PEREZHOGIN SCORES FIRST NHL GOAL

Montreal rookie Alexander Perezhogin scored his first NHL goal in the second period of tonight's game against the New York Rangers, giving Montreal a 3-2 lead. Canadiens coach Claude Julien said after the game, which Montreal won 4-3 in overtime, that he knew the 2001 first-round pick was going to be an impact player.

"If there's one thing Alexander's good at, it's brutally hitting other players in the face with his stick with two-handed, baseball-like swings, and causing unconsciousness, immediate on-ice convulsions, a concussion and twenty stitches. But if there's two things he's good at, the other thing would be scoring goals."