Montréal Canadiens vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Thursday, January 18, 2007 · Philips Arena

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4–1

33–45

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–1 on Thursday, January 18, 2007 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Canadiens 45–33.

Goals came from Alex Kovalev, Bobby Holik, Sheldon Souray, Tomas Plekanec and Sergei Samsonov.

Cristobal Huet made 44 saves on 45 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 29 of 33.

Goals
MTL	1	3	0	4	33
ATL	1	0	0	1	45

Scoring

1st period

Alex Kovalev (12)Guillaume Latendresse (12), Tomas Plekanec (13)1–005:47 MTL
Bobby Holik (10)Ilya Kovalchuk (26), Marian Hossa (33)1–119:51 ATL

2nd period

Sheldon Souray (16)Mark Streit (14), Michael Ryder (18)2–101:56 MTL ·
Tomas Plekanec (8)Sheldon Souray (24), Guillaume Latendresse (13)3–102:42 MTL ·
Sergei Samsonov (7)Mike Johnson (12)4–108:36 MTL

Team stats

MTLATL

3345

46%54%

2/30/3

88

1815

916

321

418

Penalties

7:52 into the first periodIlya Kovalchuk · hooking2 min
14:47 into the first periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
15:19 into the first periodRadek Bonk · tripping2 min
17:23 into the first periodIlya Kovalchuk · diving2 min
17:23 into the first periodSaku Koivu · tripping2 min
0:30 into the second periodGarnet Exelby · holding2 min
1:39 into the second periodShane Hnidy · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2:59 into the third periodSheldon Souray · interference2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

35Tomas PlekanecC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	2	0	42	17:17
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	0	–	14:12
44Sheldon SourayD	1	1	2	0	4	2	0	2	–	20:17
15Sergei SamsonovL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:54
20Mike JohnsonR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	16:03
27Alex KovalevR	1	0	1	+1	9	0	0	0	–	17:54
73Michael RyderR	0	1	1	−1	1	2	0	0	–	16:18
32Mark StreitD	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:36
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	38	17:33
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	60	16:39
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	16:58
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	19:51
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	38	09:23
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	08:58
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	−1	2	5	1	0	–	16:36
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	21:16
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2	–	19:41
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	15:49

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30David AebischerG		0	0	0	–	–
39Cristobal HuetG	W	45	44	1	.978	60:00

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

16Bobby HolikC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	63	13:04
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	4	–	24:12
18Marian HossaR	0	1	1	0	5	2	1	0	–	22:56
9Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	20:12
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	08:12
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	18:49
14Jon SimL	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	–	09:21
19Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	12:36
20Steve RucchinC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	2	0	43	20:23
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	44	10:52
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	100	09:24
39Niko KapanenC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	100	10:04
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	–	16:41
3Vitaly VishnevskiD	0	0	0	−1	1	4	3	0	–	21:00
4Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	09:24
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	22:24
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	–	28:01
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	15:53

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	33	29	4	.879	60:00