Atlanta Thrashers 6 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 28 - 33
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:57/73=78 %, Challenges:38/43=86 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:70/86=81 %, Challenges:46/51=88 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 853634 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:13 1-0
Vyacheslav Kozlov [6] (Todd White, Steve Rucchin)
14:34 1-1
Ben Maxwell [2] (Branko Radivojevic, Éric Bélanger)
18:16 1-2
Duncan Milroy [1] (Mikko Koivu, Saku Koivu)
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21:53 2-2
Vyacheslav Kozlov [7] (Karel Pilar, Todd White)
27:34 3-2
Darren Haydar [10] (Vyacheslav Kozlov)
30:23 4-2
Vyacheslav Kozlov [8] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexei Zhitnik)
30:42 5-2
Karel Pilar [2] (Ken Klee, Todd White)
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42:34 6-2
Ilya Kovalchuk [8] (Steve Rucchin, Erik Christensen)
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Penalty summary:
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32:25
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
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51:56
Erik Christensen (2 min for slashing)
54:31
Joel Kwiatkowski (2 min for elbowing)
57:12
Ben Maxwell (2 min for elbowing)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Milan Bartovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15.20 7
R Darren Haydar 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 15.30 8
R Mark Recchi 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 16.20 8
C Erik Christensen 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 -1 10.20 7
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 20.10 8
C Todd White 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 15.30 8
C Steve Rucchin 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 7
L Joe Motzko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 5
L Brad Larsen 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 15.30 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 4 18.10 10
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 13.40 9
D Joel Kwiatkowski 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 15.10 6
D Ken Klee 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 21.20 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
D Karel Pilar 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 21.10 8
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 23.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 31 0 0 60.00 10
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Ben Maxwell 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 7.30 8
R Duncan Milroy 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 12.40 7
L Mark Parrish 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -4 18.20 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 19.40 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 7.30 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
C Saku Koivu 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 -4 19.40 7
C Chris Higgins 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 18.10 7
L Branko Radivojevic 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 7.30 5
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.20 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -4 15.00 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 20.00 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.10 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -4 15.40 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28.10 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 16.10 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 13 0 0 30.40 4
G Jaroslav Halak 1 0 9 0 0 29.10 5
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vyacheslav Kozlov
2nd star: Todd White
3rd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Todd White notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Darren Haydar scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Karel Pilar ended his 6 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Ben Maxwell ended his 7 game point drought.
-Alex Kovalev had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Chris Higgins had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Andrei Kostitsyn had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Andrei Kostitsyn had his 7 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 8( 40) , Quebec Citadelles 1( 11)
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1-0 CHW Jesse Schultz (Eric Boulton, Mark Popovic)
2-0 CHW Jim Slater (Jesse Schultz, Justin Kurtz)
3-0 CHW Chris Thorburn (Andrew Kozek, Joey Crabb)
4-0 CHW Chad Painchaud (Scott Lehman)
5-0 CHW Chad Painchaud (Steve Martins)
6-0 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Joey Crabb, Chris Thorburn)
7-0 CHW Guillaume Desbiens (Kevin Doell)
7-1 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Pavel Rosa)
8-1 CHW Brian Sipotz (Steve Martins)