Atlanta Thrashers vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, March 24, 2009 · Centre Bell

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-3 on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at Centre Bell. The Thrashers outshot the Canadiens 25-22.

Alex Tanguay scored twice and Alex Kovalev scored twice. Joey Crabb, Glen Metropolit, Ilya Kovalchuk, Saku Koivu and Zach Bogosian also scored.

Carey Price made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 16 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	1	1	1	3	25
MTL	1	4	1	6	22

Scoring

1st period

Alex Tanguay (13)Alex Kovalev (32), Mathieu Schneider (19)0–107:21 MTL
Joey Crabb (4)Rich Peverley (23), Garnet Exelby (6)1–114:02 ATL

2nd period

Glen Metropolit (6)Chris Higgins (10), Andrei Markov (46)1–200:32 MTL
Ilya Kovalchuk (38)Rich Peverley (24), Eric Perrin (13)2–202:41 ATL · PPG
Alex Kovalev (18)Alex Tanguay (20), Saku Koivu (27)2–308:37 MTL · PPG
Alex Tanguay (14)Saku Koivu (28), Andrei Markov (47)2–413:46 MTL · PPG
Alex Kovalev (19)Alex Tanguay (21), Andrei Markov (48)2–515:24 MTL · PPG

3rd period

Saku Koivu (14)Alex Tanguay (22)2–600:23 MTL
Zach Bogosian (6)Colby Armstrong (13)3–608:13 ATL

Team stats

ATLMTL

25Shots on goal22

65%Faceoff %35%

1/6Power play3/6

16Penalty minutes16

28Hits22

12Blocked shots16

3Giveaways19

10Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 10:28Tomas Plekanec · holding2 min
1st 17:52Mike Komisarek · interference2 min
2nd 00:57Saku Koivu · holding the stick2 min
2nd 08:20Zach Bogosian · hooking2 min
2nd 10:42Kari Lehtonen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 13:16Bryan Little · interference2 min
2nd 13:16Bryan Little · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 19:33Bryan Little · roughing2 min
2nd 19:33Mike Komisarek · roughing2 min
3rd 05:42Saku Koivu · hooking2 min
3rd 11:23Glen Metropolit · hooking2 min
3rd 14:37Zach Bogosian · hooking2 min
3rd 16:42Colin Stuart · tripping2 min
3rd 19:16Chris Thorburn · roughing2 min
3rd 19:16Tom Kostopoulos · roughing2 min
3rd 19:16Tom Kostopoulos · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

47Rich PeverleyC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	2	0	73	16:59
11Eric PerrinC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	62	14:11
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	-2	3	1	0	0	–	26:29
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:33
42Joey CrabbR	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	–	13:38
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0	–	16:20
4Zach BogosianD	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	4	–	18:34
10Bryan LittleC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	6	–	17:08
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	67	19:30
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:43
19Marty ReasonerC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	70	14:12
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	–	07:58
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	08:13
49Colin StuartL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	–	14:11
6Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	19:07
7Nathan OystrickD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	0	–	14:33
25Anssi SalmelaD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	15:05
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	25:27

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	22	16	6	.727	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

13Alex TanguayL	2	3	5	+2	3	2	0	0	–	12:41
11Saku KoivuC	1	2	3	+2	3	2	0	4	50	16:14
27Alex KovalevR	2	1	3	+1	3	1	0	0	–	14:52
79Andrei MarkovD	0	3	3	+1	0	0	4	0	–	24:01
15Glen MetropolitC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	2	17	13:09
21Chris HigginsL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	33	15:54
24Mathieu SchneiderD	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	–	17:33
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	4	–	15:41
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	40	15:43
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	10:50
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	43	13:25
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	14:28
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	13:55
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	10:29
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	+1	0	6	3	4	–	21:29
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	19:23
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	23:34
71Patrice BriseboisD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	14:14

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	W	25	22	3	.880	59:57
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	–