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27/1/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 24 - 20
PP: 1 of 7 (9 shots), Passing:74/84=88 %, Challenges:54/60=88 %
PP: 1 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:74/96=77 %, Challenges:32/44=71 %
Attendance: 16694 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 804651 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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23:23 0-1
Todd White [14] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Niclas Hävelid)PP
27:15 0-2
Pascal Dupuis [14] (Karel Pilar, Ken Klee)
30:32 1-2
Martin Straka [10] (Guillaume Latendresse, Saku Koivu)
34:52 2-2
Chris Higgins [19] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Guillaume Latendresse)PP
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45:48 2-3
Marian Hossa [30] (Alexei Zhitnik, Ilya Kovalchuk)
48:59 3-3
Francis Bouillon [2] (Martin Straka, Saku Koivu)
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Penalty summary:
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03:16
Brad Larsen (2 min for elbowing)
07:55
Garnet Exelby (2 min for holding the stick)
10:42
Eric Boulton (5 min for fighting)
10:42
Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
13:05
Steve Rucchin (2 min for slashing)
16:13
Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for hooking)
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21:34
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for boarding)
29:28
Garth Murray (5 min for fighting)
29:28
Eric Boulton (5 min for fighting)
33:16
Milan Bartovic (2 min for high-sticking)
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43:41
Saku Koivu (2 min for tripping)
47:57
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
47:57
Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for roughing)
50:09
Ken Klee (2 min for hooking)
52:27
Bobby Holik (2 min for elbowing)
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64:42
Milan Bartovic (2 min for hooking)
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 10.10 6
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 5
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 22.50 8
C Garth Murray 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 8.20 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 6
C Chris Higgins 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 18.50 6
C Saku Koivu 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 21.00 8
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 9.30 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 14.20 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.10 7
L Martin Straka 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 21.20 8
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 18.40 6
D Francis Bouillon 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 16.30 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 29.30 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 -2 17.40 7
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 32.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 17 0 0 65.00 5
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Milan Bartovic 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 6.00 5
R Darren Haydar 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 16.50 6
R Chris Kelly 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17.40 6
R Marian Hossa 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 19.40 7
C Jim Slater 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6.20 5
C Todd White 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 18.00 8
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 22.10 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 21.30 7
L Eric Boulton 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 4.10 6
L Brad Larsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.00 6
L Pascal Dupuis 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 18.00 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 17.10 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 22.00 8
D Ken Klee 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 16.50 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 30.30 9
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 6
D Karel Pilar 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 21 0 0 65.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Straka
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Marian Hossa
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Martin Straka scored his 10th goal of the season.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ken Klee notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marian Hossa scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Pascal Dupuis ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Ken Klee ended his 5 game point drought.
-Karel Pilar ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Eric Boulton fought Steve Bégin in a fight.
-Eric Boulton beat Garth Murray in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 31) , Chicago Wolves 2( 11)
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0-1 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Alexandre Giroux)
1-1 QUE Jimmy Bonneau (Eric Manlow, Josh Gorges)
2-1 QUE Jonathan Ferland (Mikhail Grabovski, Danny Groulx)
2-2 CHW Brian Sipotz (Chris Thorburn)
3-2 QUE Jonathan Ferland (Kyle Chipchura)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Fred Brathwaite