Montréal Canadiens vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 2007 · Philips Arena

MontréalCanadiensAway

2–3

39–28

AtlantaThrashersNow the Winnipeg JetsHome

XM 206 · XM 172 · RDS (HD) · SPSO

Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 in a shootout on Saturday, December 22, 2007 at Philips Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Thrashers 39–28.

Goals came from Vyacheslav Kozlov, Sergei Kostitsyn, Eric Perrin and Alex Kovalev.

Kari Lehtonen made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 26 of 28.

Goals
MTL	1	0	1	0	0	2	39
ATL	1	1	0	0	0	3	28

Scoring

1st period

Vyacheslav Kozlov (10)Eric Perrin (14), Marian Hossa (20)0–104:31 ATL
Sergei Kostitsyn (2)Saku Koivu (20), Mike Komisarek (6)1–112:16 MTL

2nd period

Eric Perrin (7)Marian Hossa (21), Mark Recchi (9)1–218:53 ATL ·

3rd period

Alex Kovalev (15)Roman Hamrlik (13), Andrei Kostitsyn (10)2–208:20 MTL

Team stats

MTLATL

3928

52%48%

0/21/4

1715

1511

610

1016

Penalties

4:52 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
18:05 into the second periodMaxim Lapierre · hooking2 min
0:23 into the third periodSaku Koivu · hooking2 min
6:19 into the third periodIlya Kovalchuk · hooking2 min
10:09 into the third periodSaku Koivu · holding2 min
18:36 into the third periodRoman Hamrlik · holding the stick2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	4	39	19:23
27Alex KovalevR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	20:25
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:54
74Sergei KostitsynL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	15:14
8Mike KomisarekD	0	1	1	0	5	1	1	0	–	26:25
44Roman HamrlikD	0	1	1	+1	2	3	3	2	–	24:57
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	09:27
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	50	18:59
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	100	18:51
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:48
28Kyle ChipchuraC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	38	09:48
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	2	77	16:51
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	–	15:24
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	14:40
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:20
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	16:11
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	20:34
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	27:01

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	–
39Cristobal HuetG	O	28	26	2	.929	65:00

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

11Eric PerrinC	1	1	2	+1	4	1	0	0	53	22:56
18Marian HossaR	0	2	2	+1	3	1	1	0	–	22:30
8Mark RecchiR	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	100	19:41
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	18:11
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:22
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	30	15:45
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	1	0	56	16:38
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	2	100	23:35
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	50	10:18
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	09:06
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:57
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	08:55
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	15:18
5Steve McCarthyD	0	0	0	−1	0	3	1	0	–	15:08
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	19:32
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	23:06
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	29:39
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	–	20:30

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	W	39	37	2	.949	64:53