Montreal Canadiens 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 25 - 18
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:80/91=87 %, Challenges:25/43=56 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:64/80=80 %, Challenges:18/44=40 %
Attendance: 15877 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 768446 Match televised: Yes
BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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06:36 1-0
Andrei Markov [6] (Chris Higgins)
15:03 2-0
Andrei Markov [7] (Rostislav Olesz, Roman Hamrlik)
16:37 2-1
Alyn McCauley [2] (Éric Perrin, Brad Boyes)
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30:24 3-1
Guillaume Latendresse [19] (Ed Jovanovski)
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54:14 4-1
Guillaume Latendresse [20] (Olli Jokinen)
55:09 5-1
Rostislav Olesz [9] (Chris Higgins, Andrei Markov)
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Penalty summary:
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08:59
Mikael Backlund (2 min for tripping)
17:17
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for elbowing)
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23:42
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for slashing)
36:17
Dave Bolland (2 min for diving)
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40:21
Dave Scatchard (5 min for fighting)
40:21
Boris Valabik (5 min for fighting)
50:12
Bryan Little (2 min for roughing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Kelly 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 9.50 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 17.30 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 12.50 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 2 0 2 3 0 3 0 4 17.50 10
C Dave Bolland 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 11.20 6
C Dave Scatchard 0 0 1 2 1 2 5 0 13.30 7
C Rostislav Olesz 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 20.40 8
C Chris Higgins 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 14.30 8
L Jakub Voracek 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 9.50 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 17.50 6
L Patrick Kane 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 6
L Olli Jokinen 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 14.10 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15.50 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 18.20 8
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 0 4 2 4 0 3 27.00 9
D Mark Streit 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 15.10 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 6 0 6 0 0 21.40 9
D Andrei Markov 2 1 4 0 0 1 0 4 22.00 9
(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
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Little 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.20 5
R Alyn McCauley 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 11.20 5
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -5 17.40 6
R Sam Gagner 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 20.10 5
C Mikael Backlund 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 7.20 5
C Éric Perrin 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 11.20 5
C Brad Boyes 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 -3 15.30 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -2 19.30 5
L Nils Ekman 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.40 5
L Chris Simon 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 16.10 4
L Steve Rucchin 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 -4 17.50 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 -1 19.50 8
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 12.40 5
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 17.30 4
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 -2 26.20 4
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 18.40 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -4 16.40 5
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 -1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrei Markov
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Rostislav Olesz
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Rostislav Olesz notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Rostislav Olesz has marked a new career high in goals with 9 tallies.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Alyn McCauley ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Sam Gagner had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Brad Boyes finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Ilya Kovalchuk had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Ilya Kovalchuk had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Boris Valabik beat Dave Scatchard in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 27) , Chicago Wolves 0(
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1-0 QUE Janne Lahti (Jonathan Ferland, Patrick Leahy)
2-0 QUE Danny Groulx (James Sanford, Jonathan Ferland)
3-0 QUE Michaël Lambert (Andre Benoit)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Danny Turple