Four current Montreal Canadiens have the honour of representing their countries in this year’s World Cup of Hockey. And of course, there is also Alexei Kovalev, who most recently played for the Habs; he is there as well. Here, we will be tracking each player’s performance throughout the tournament. The 4 players, besides Kovalev (RUS) that are in the tournament are as follows: Saku Koivu (FIN), Andrei Markov (RUS), Richard Zednik (SLO), and Jose Theodore (CAN).
Here are each player’s stats and remaining tournament schedules:
Aug. 30 vs Czech Republic: 1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point, 0 PIMS, +1
Sept. 2 vs Germany: 0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point, 0 PIMS, +1
Sept. 4 vs Sweden: 1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point, 0 PIMS, +1
Sept. 6 vs Germany (QF): 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 0 PIMS, -1
Sept. 10 vs USA (SF): 1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point, 2 PIMS, +1, MVP
Sept. 14 vs Canada (F): 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 0 PIMS, -1
Tournament Totals: 6 GP, 3 goals, 1 assist, 4 points, 2 PIMS, +2
Sept. 2 vs USA: Did not play (healthy scratch).
Sept. 4 vs Canada: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 0 PIMS, -1
Sept. 5 vs Slovakia: 0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point, 2 PIMS, E
Sept. 7 vs USA (QF): Did not play (healthy scratch).
Final Tournament Totals: 2 GP, 0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point, 2 PIMS, -1
Sept. 2 vs USA: 1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point, 2 PIMS, +2
Sept. 4 vs Canada: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 2 PIMS, -1
Sept. 5 vs Slovakia: 1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point, 0 PIMS, E
Sept. 7 vs USA (QF): 0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point, 0 PIMS, -3
Final Tournament Totals: 4 GP, 2 goals, 1 assist, 3 points, 4 PIMS, -2
Sept. 1 vs Canada: Did not dress, injured (food poisoning).
Sept. 3 vs USA: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 0 PIMS, E
Sept. 5 vs Russia: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 0 PIMS, E
Sept. 8 vs Canada (QF): 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 0 PIMS, -2
Final Tournament Totals: 3 GP, 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 0 PIMS, -2
August 31 vs USA: Did not dress, healthy scratch.
Sept. 1 vs Slovakia: Did not play, backed up Martin Brodeur.
Sept. 4 vs Russia: Did not dress, healthy scratch.
Sept. 8 vs Slovakia (QF): Did not dress, healthy scratch.
Sept. 11 vs Czech Republic (SF): Did not play, backed up Roberto Luongo
Sept. 14 vs Finland (F): Did not dress, healthy scratch.
Tournament Totals: 0 GP, 0 MINS, 0-0-0 record, 0.00 GAA, .000 SV %
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS | +/- |
| Saku Koivu (11-FIN) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| Alexei Kovalev (27-RUS)* | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 |
| Andrei Markov (32-RUS)* | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| Richard Zednik (20-SLO)* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| TOTALS | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 |
*-eliminated from tournament