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10/1/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 25 - 17
MTL PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:66/85=77 %, Challenges:22/42=51 %
ATL PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:65/84=77 %, Challenges:28/51=53 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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18:39 1-0 MTL Janne Niinimaa [4] (Kyle Calder, Radek Bonk)
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31:29 2-0 MTL Alexander Perezhogin [4] (Guillaume Latendresse, Kyle Calder)
35:11 2-1 ATL Marian Hossa [20] (Bobby Holik, Ilya Kovalchuk)
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46:55 2-2 ATL Steve Rucchin [9] (Darren Haydar, Steve McCarthy)PP
55:31 3-2 MTL Sheldon Souray [3] (Michal Handzus)
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Penalty summary:
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07:23 ATL Scott Mellanby (2 min for holding the stick)
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27:18 ATL Marian Hossa (2 min for tripping)
35:56 MTL Radek Bonk (2 min for diving)
38:53 ATL Andy Sutton (5 min for fighting)
38:53 MTL Garth Murray (5 min for fighting)
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40:52 ATL Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for elbowing)
46:08 MTL Mike Johnson (2 min for tripping)
48:06 MTL Steve Bégin (2 min for boarding)
50:21 ATL Keith Tkachuk (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 11.30 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.00 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.20 7
R Mike Johnson 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 17.20 7
C Garth Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 9.00 5
C Radek Bonk 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 16.30 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
C Michal Handzus 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 20.10 8
L John LeClair 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 2 5 4 2 1 15.00 6
L Kyle Calder 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 17.30 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 6 3 8 0 1 19.20 7
D Janne Niinimaa 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Sheldon Souray 1 0 3 5 1 2 0 1 24.00 9
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 19.20 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 16.20 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 24.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
R Darren Haydar 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 13.40 7
R Scott Mellanby 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 12.10 7
R Marian Hossa 1 0 3 2 4 1 2 0 22.10 8
C Derek MacKenzie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Jim Slater 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 11.40 6
C Bobby Holik 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 21.40 7
C Steve Rucchin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 21.20 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 6.50 4
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 11.40 5
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 -2 15.30 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 0 3 4 2 0 0 20.00 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.20 7
D Mark Popovic 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 14.00 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 23.40 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 2 1 5 5 0 18.00 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 19.30 6
D Greg de Vries 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 22 0 0 58.30 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sheldon Souray
2nd star: Michal Handzus
3rd star: Kyle Calder
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alexander Perezhogin finally ended his 23 game goal drought.
-Sergei Samsonov had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Marian Hossa scored his 20th goal of the season.
Other notes:
-Garth Murray beat Andy Sutton in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 4( 30) , Chicago Wolves 0(
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1-0 QUE Danny Groulx (Kyle Chipchura, Duncan Milroy)
2-0 QUE Maxim Lapierre (Jonathan Ferland)
3-0 QUE Duncan Milroy (Kyle Chipchura)
4-0 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Viktor Bobrov)
Goalies: Michael Leighton - Michael Garnett