Montréal Canadiens vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Thursday, November 22, 2001 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–2 on Thursday, November 22, 2001 at Philips Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Thrashers 37–21.
Brian Savage scored twice. Brad Tapper, Yanic Perreault, Andreas Dackell, Dany Heatley and Chad Kilger also scored.
Jose Theodore made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Brad Tapper (1)Per Svartvadet (1), Hnat Domenichelli (4)0–103:58 ATL
Yanic Perreault (9)Brian Savage (10), Donald Audette (9)1–107:51 MTL · 
Brian Savage (8)Patrice Brisebois (7), Yanic Perreault (7)2–112:19 MTL ·
2nd period
Andreas Dackell (6)Jan Bulis (4), Patrice Brisebois (8)3–105:32 MTL
Dany Heatley (7)Todd Reirden (1), Tony Hrkac (7)3–208:04 ATL ·
3rd period
Chad Kilger (2)Patrick Poulin (2), Patrice Brisebois (9)4–210:57 MTL- Brian Savage (9)Karl Dykhuis (1), Doug Gilmour (3)5–218:50 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLATL
3721
56%44%
2/51/3
1115
1824
99
514
75
Penalties
- 7:36 into the first period
Chris Tamer · roughing2 min - 10:38 into the first periodBrad Tapper · tripping2 min
- 16:21 into the first periodDarcy Hordichuk · fighting5 min
- 16:21 into the first period
Stephane Quintal · fighting5 min - 16:37 into the first periodPascal Rheaume · high sticking2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodDoug Gilmour · high sticking2 min
- 19:03 into the second periodJoe Juneau · interference2 min
- 19:19 into the second periodDany Heatley · holding the stick2 min
- 19:48 into the second periodBob Corkum · holding2 min
- 12:33 into the third periodDoug Gilmour · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 49Brian SavageL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 16:51 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 27:23 |
| 94Yanic PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:31 |
| 22Donald AudetteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:03 |
| 24Andreas DackellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:25 |
| 25Chad KilgerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:24 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:56 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 20:42 |
| 14Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:29 |
| 39Reid SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:36 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 56Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:01 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 9Hnat DomenichelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:52 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 21:04 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 21:13 |
| 19Brad TapperR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 28Todd ReirdenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:43 |
| 14Tomi KallioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:04 |
| 18Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:23 |
| 22Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:51 |
| 26Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 27Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:13 |
| 29Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:24 |
| 3Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 27:23 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:53 |
| 6David HarlockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:34 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:37 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |