Montreal Canadiens 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 32 - 29
PP: 0 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:67/79=84 %, Challenges:40/50=78 %
PP: 0 of 2 (8 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:28/42=65 %
Attendance: 20024 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 929114 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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24:57 0-1
Ilya Kovalchuk [5] (Bobby Holik)
33:03 1-1
Dany Heatley [9] (Patrice Bergeron, Andrei Kostitsyn)
33:28 1-2
Steve McCarthy [1] (Erik Christensen, Éric Perrin)
35:33 2-2
Jarkko Ruutu [2] (Bryan Smolinski, Steve Bégin)
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42:09 2-3
Niclas Hävelid [2] (Alexei Zhitnik, Angelo Esposito)
49:05 3-3
Andrei Kostitsyn [7] (Dany Heatley)
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60:28 3-4
Mark Recchi [5] (Alexei Zhitnik, Niclas Hävelid)
Penalty summary:
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04:49
Colby Armstrong (5 min for fighting)
04:49
Shane O'Brien (5 min for fighting)
05:51
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for slashing)
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23:02
Shane O'Brien (5 min for fighting)
23:02
Colby Armstrong (5 min for fighting)
27:58
Andrei Markov (2 min for cross-checking)
38:28
Chris Thorburn (5 min for fighting)
38:28
Jarkko Ruutu (5 min for fighting)
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44:15
Bobby Holik (2 min for hooking)
45:34
Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
45:34
Dany Heatley (2 min for roughing)
49:52
Garnet Exelby (2 min for high-sticking)
51:48
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for holding the stick)
54:12
Andrei Markov (2 min for tripping)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jarkko Ruutu 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 8.20 8
R Milan Michalek 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.10 6
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -4 16.50 6
R Dany Heatley 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 21.30 10
C Bryan Smolinski 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.10 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 13.50 5
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4 15.40 6
C Patrice Bergeron 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 20.50 8
L Steve Bégin 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 9.00 7
L Matt Ellison 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 14.00 7
L Simon Gagné 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -4 19.20 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 16.30 8
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 21.00 8
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -4 14.20 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 6 0 3 0 3 24.40 9
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 3 0 3 10 0 16.50 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -4 17.30 5
D Andrei Markov 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 3 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 25 0 0 60.30 6
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jim Slater 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 6.00 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 1 2 1 10 1 17.20 7
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.40 6
R Mark Recchi 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 21.30 8
C Angelo Esposito 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 6
C Éric Perrin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 6
C Todd White 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 7
C Bobby Holik 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20.40 7
L Chris Thorburn 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 7.50 7
L Erik Christensen 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 12.30 6
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 14.00 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 20.40 8
D Steve McCarthy 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 15.20 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 -1 18.10 7
D Niclas Hävelid 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 28.30 8
D Karel Pilar 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 13.40 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 2 1 2 2 0 4 1 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 3 0 29 0 0 60.30 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dany Heatley
2nd star: Niclas Hävelid
3rd star: Mark Recchi
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Jarkko Ruutu ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Patrice Bergeron had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Shane O'Brien beat Colby Armstrong in a fight.
-Shane O'Brien beat Colby Armstrong in a fight.
-Chris Thorburn beat Jarkko Ruutu in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 25) , Chicago Wolves 1( 14)
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1-0 QUE Ryan Russell (Matt D'Agostini)
2-0 QUE T.J. Oshie (Mathieu Dandenault, Brian Maloney)
2-1 CHW Nick Foligno (Steve Rucchin)
3-1 QUE Tobias Enström (Matt D'Agostini)
Goalies: Marek Schwarz - Fred Brathwaite