Atlanta Thrashers 1 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 18 - 34
PP: 1 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:56/71=78 %, Challenges:26/45=56 %
PP: 1 of 6 (17 shots), Passing:78/91=85 %, Challenges:31/46=66 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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07:14 0-1
Sheldon Souray [2] (Andrei Markov, Cory Stillman)PP
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24:28 1-1
Ilya Kovalchuk [7] (Keith Tkachuk, Evgeny Malkin)PP
37:59 1-2
Chris Higgins [2] (Andrei Markov, Mike Komisarek)
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59:13 1-3
Chris Higgins [3] (Cory Stillman) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:52
Andy Sutton (2 min for tripping)
05:44
Erik Christensen (2 min for holding the stick)
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23:11
Andrei Markov (2 min for tripping)
28:26
Andy Sutton (2 min for tripping)
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41:45
Garnet Exelby (2 min for hooking)
48:28
Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
48:28
Garnet Exelby (5 min for fighting)
49:03
Cory Stillman (2 min for hooking)
51:05
Keith Tkachuk (2 min for roughing)
51:05
Francis Bouillon (2 min for roughing)
51:28
Éric Bélanger (2 min for high-sticking)
55:42
Garnet Exelby (2 min for tripping)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 13.00 7
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 10.30 4
R Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 6 1 4 1 0 0 18.30 7
C Erik Christensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.40 5
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 12.10 5
C Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 5
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Georges Laraque 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 17.10 7
L Scott Mellanby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 5
L Oleg Kvasha 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 10.30 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 1 5 0 4 0 2 0 19.20 6
D Ivan Majesky 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 15.40 5
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.00 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 29.00 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 2 2 4 9 -1 17.20 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 5 1 1 4 -1 18.00 8
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 31 0 0 59.20 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5.30 6
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 14.20 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 14.50 5
R Cory Stillman 0 2 4 2 1 0 2 2 22.10 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.30 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.40 5
C Mike Comrie 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
C Chris Higgins 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 19.50 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 5
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 5
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 19.40 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 3 2 6 2 0 16.30 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 17.00 7
D Sheldon Souray 1 0 5 2 1 2 0 0 29.40 9
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 15.10 6
D Andrei Markov 0 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 23.10 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 1 4 1 3 5 1 18.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Higgins
2nd star: Sheldon Souray
3rd star: Cory Stillman
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Sheldon Souray ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Mike Komisarek beat Garnet Exelby in a fight.
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 3( 24) , Quebec Citadelles 2( 14)
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1-0 CHW Eric Boulton (Chad Painchaud, Derek MacKenzie)
2-0 CHW Jean-Pierre Vigier (Jason Krog)
2-1 QUE Andre Benoit (Janne Niinimaa, Mike Johnson)
3-1 CHW Shane Hnidy (Jean-Pierre Vigier, Steve McCarthy)
3-2 QUE Corey Locke (Duncan Milroy)
Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Yann Danis