Montréal Canadiens vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Monday, December 21, 2009 · Philips Arena

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4–3

23–50

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–3 in overtime on Monday, December 21, 2009 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Canadiens 50–23.

Nik Antropov scored twice and Marc-Andre Bergeron scored twice. Ilya Kovalchuk, Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Kostitsyn also scored.

Jaroslav Halak made 47 saves on 50 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 19 of 23.

Goals
MTL	0	2	1	1	4	23
ATL	1	0	2	0	3	50

Scoring

1st period

Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Ron Hainsey (1), Maxim Afinogenov (1)0–119:43 ATL

2nd period

Tomas Plekanec (1)Michael Cammalleri (1)1–101:32 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn (1)Michael Cammalleri (2), Tomas Plekanec (1)2–110:23 MTL ·

3rd period

Nik Antropov (1)Pavel Kubina (1), Toby Enstrom (1)2–200:22 ATL
Nik Antropov (2)Toby Enstrom (2), Vyacheslav Kozlov (1)2–301:42 ATL ·
Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)Andrei Markov (1), Tomas Plekanec (2)3–318:15 MTL ·

Overtime

Marc-Andre Bergeron (2)Tomas Plekanec (3), Josh Gorges (1)4–302:23 MTL

Team stats

MTLATL

2350

41%59%

2/31/6

126

1513

1711

1017

Penalties

10:40 into the first periodHal Gill · hooking2 min
13:21 into the first periodEvander Kane · boarding2 min
9:52 into the second periodJim Slater · hooking2 min
12:30 into the second periodJosh Gorges · holding2 min
16:02 into the second periodMarc-Andre Bergeron · interference goalkeeper2 min
1:12 into the third periodJaroslav Spacek · hooking2 min
6:35 into the third periodScott Gomez · holding2 min
15:28 into the third periodAndrei Kostitsyn · slashing2 min
17:51 into the third periodZach Bogosian · hooking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Tomas PlekanecC	1	3	4	+1	4	0	1	0	50	25:02
13Michael CammalleriL	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	–	20:11
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	2	0	2	+1	2	0	1	2	–	12:20
46Andrei KostitsynL	1	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	–	18:21
26Josh GorgesD	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	2	–	19:15
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	26:08
15Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	14:35
17Georges LaraqueR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	04:26
32Travis MoenL	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	0	–	17:49
36Matt D'AgostiniR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:49
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	33	10:29
67Max PaciorettyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:34
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	16:33
91Scott GomezC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	42	18:04
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	24:05
20Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	15:40
22Paul MaraD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	13:37
75Hal GillD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	4	2	–	19:05

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Jaroslav HalakG	W	50	47	3	.940	62:22

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

80Nik AntropovC	2	0	2	+1	5	0	0	0	60	18:53
39Toby EnstromD	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	–	23:10
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	−1	5	0	0	0	–	19:26
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	22:18
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	16:13
6Ron HainseyD	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	–	22:22
77Pavel KubinaD	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0	–	23:58
9Evander KaneL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	67	14:56
10Bryan LittleR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	12:00
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	71	17:01
19Marty ReasonerC	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	54	12:11
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:41
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	2	100	10:54
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	11:50
47Rich PeverleyC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	59	21:34
4Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	–	20:11
5Boris ValabikD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	09:44
16Christoph SchubertD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	16:30

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	O	23	19	4	.826	62:08
31Ondrej PavelecG		0	0	0	–	00:00