Atlanta Thrashers vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, December 2, 2008 · Centre Bell

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4–5

Final

SOG 26–33

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-4 on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Thrashers 33-26.

Ron Hainsey scored twice. Matt D'Agostini, Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Markov, Chris Thorburn, Andrei Kostitsyn, Robert Lang and Jason Williams also scored.

Carey Price made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 28 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	0	0	4	4	26
MTL	1	2	2	5	33

Scoring

1st period

Matt D'Agostini (1)Andrei Kostitsyn (6), Saku Koivu (13)0–116:21 MTL

2nd period

Tomas Plekanec (6)Alex Kovalev (12), Josh Gorges (5)0–214:22 MTL
Andrei Markov (4)Andrei Kostitsyn (7), Robert Lang (9)0–319:04 MTL · PPG

3rd period

Ron Hainsey (4)Garnet Exelby (3)1–306:28 ATL
Ron Hainsey (5)Bryan Little (11), Vyacheslav Kozlov (10)2–307:20 ATL · PPG
Chris Thorburn (2)Marty Reasoner (4), Ilya Kovalchuk (14)3–307:27 ATL
Andrei Kostitsyn (5)Saku Koivu (14), Francis Bouillon (2)3–414:49 MTL
Robert Lang (7)Alex Kovalev (13)3–518:45 MTL · EN
Jason Williams (7)Ilya Kovalchuk (15), Ron Hainsey (11)4–519:40 ATL

Team stats

ATLMTL

26Shots on goal33

48%Faceoff %52%

1/3Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes6

25Hits7

18Blocked shots13

11Giveaways12

8Takeaways15

Penalties

1st 09:43Chris Higgins · hooking2 min
2nd 07:19Ron Hainsey · tripping2 min
2nd 09:03Alex Tanguay · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 11:46Chris Thorburn · cross checking2 min
2nd 18:15Jim Slater · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 07:05Tom Kostopoulos · hooking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

6Ron HainseyD	2	1	3	-1	3	0	2	2	–	22:45
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	2	2	+1	3	1	0	0	–	22:37
10Bryan LittleC	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	50	16:21
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	–	16:14
14Jason WilliamsC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	50	15:28
19Marty ReasonerC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	45	18:07
27Chris ThorburnR	1	0	1	+1	3	4	1	2	–	14:15
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	1	1	0	0	8	1	0	–	16:58
9Erik ChristensenC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	40	11:18
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	11:16
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	59	16:45
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	12:43
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	2	50	13:34
42Joey CrabbR	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	11:42
7Nathan OystrickD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	16:59
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	4	0	–	22:45
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	–	23:58
48Boris ValabikD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:40

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG	L	32	28	4	.875	58:46
31Ondrej PavelecG		0	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

46Andrei KostitsynL	1	2	3	+2	4	1	0	0	–	14:15
11Saku KoivuC	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	50	15:28
20Robert LangC	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	47	18:26
27Alex KovalevR	0	2	2	+2	3	0	0	0	–	19:50
14Tomas PlekanecC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	62	17:16
36Matt D'AgostiniR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:42
26Josh GorgesD	0	1	1	-1	1	1	4	0	–	23:17
51Francis BouillonD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	15:26
79Andrei MarkovD	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	26:11
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	14:49
13Alex TanguayL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	14:36
17Georges LaraqueR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:39
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	2	–	19:04
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	11:18
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	–	13:35
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	55	12:34
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	19:47
71Patrice BriseboisD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	18:23

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	W	26	22	4	.846	60:00
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	–