Atlanta Thrashers 3 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 28 - 33
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:58/75=77 %, Challenges:47/54=85 %
PP: 3 of 8 (17 shots), Passing:76/96=79 %, Challenges:40/45=87 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: Yes
BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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05:38 1-0
Éric Bélanger [6] (Marian Hossa, Ilya Kovalchuk)PP
11:38 1-1
Sergei Samsonov [7] (Radek Bonk)
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21:47 2-1
Steve Rucchin [2] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Greg de Vries)
29:35 2-2
Alex Kovalev [6] (Sergei Samsonov, Chris Higgins)PP
32:16 3-2
Bobby Holik [4] (Marian Hossa, Ilya Kovalchuk)
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58:14 3-3
Alex Kovalev [7] (Chris Higgins, Sergei Samsonov)PP WG
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61:45 3-4
Chris Higgins [8] (Sergei Samsonov, Sheldon Souray)PP
Penalty summary:
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02:11
Steve Bégin (2 min for holding the stick)
04:39
Radek Bonk (2 min for boarding)
14:07
Jim Slater (2 min for tripping)
16:36
Garnet Exelby (2 min for tripping)
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22:48
Scott Mellanby (2 min for hooking)
28:44
Scott Mellanby (2 min for holding the stick)
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40:02
Sheldon Souray (2 min for hooking)
47:13
Andy Sutton (2 min for hooking)
50:33
Greg de Vries (2 min for tripping)
52:33
Michael Ryder (2 min for tripping)
56:51
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
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60:14
Scott Mellanby (2 min for boarding)
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 6
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
R Scott Mellanby 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 15.50 7
R Marian Hossa 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 20.50 8
C Jim Slater 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.20 6
C Éric Bélanger 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 17.40 8
C Bobby Holik 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
C Steve Rucchin 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 22.30 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.20 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 10.40 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.00 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 22.10 7
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 19.10 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 1 28.40 8
D Andy Delmore 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 16.40 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
D Greg de Vries 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 29 0 0 61.50 6
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 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Mike Johnson 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 16.50 7
R Michael Ryder 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 17.10 7
R Alex Kovalev 2 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 21.50 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12.30 6
C Chris Higgins 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 8
C Radek Bonk 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -1 19.30 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 16.50 7
L Sergei Samsonov 1 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 21.10 10
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 17.40 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 16.10 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 0 28.40 8
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.20 8
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 25 0 0 61.30 7
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sergei Samsonov
2nd star: Alex Kovalev
3rd star: Chris Higgins
Ven 7 Sep - 1:37