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10/3/2002
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 22 - 29
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:66/76=86 %, Challenges:38/51=73 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:39/54=70 %
Attendance: 6559 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 287941 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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16:01 1-0
Tomas Plekanec [8] (Duncan Milroy, Maxim Kondratiev)
17:52 1-1
Jim Slater [4] (Erik Christensen, Boris Valabik)
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25:44 1-2
Darren Haydar [6] (Steve Rucchin, Éric Perrin)
33:01 1-3
Erik Christensen [10] (Jim Slater, Chris Thorburn)
39:46 2-3
Todd Marchant [16] (Rob Niedermayer)
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59:07 3-3
Rob Niedermayer [13] (Patrice Brisebois, Curtis Brown)PP WG
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60:55 3-4
Tobias Enström [5] (Scott Gomez, Marek Malik)
Penalty summary:
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02:27
Bryan Little (2 min for tripping)
05:02
Bryan Smolinski (2 min for high-sticking)
11:06
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for holding the stick)
13:09
Mike Komisarek (2 min for high-sticking)
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48:45
Jim Slater (2 min for cross-checking)
58:41
Boris Valabik (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Oscar Möller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Duncan Milroy 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 13.50 6
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.50 7
R Rob Niedermayer 1 1 3 3 2 3 0 0 22.20 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 4
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12.10 5
C Curtis Brown 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -3 17.30 6
C Todd Marchant 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 22.10 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 5
L Torrey Mitchell 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12.10 4
L Kyle Chipchura 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 5 1 1 1 2 -1 20.40 7
D Maxim Kondratiev 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.30 6
D Tom Preissing 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 16.30 4
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 30.10 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.40 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 6 0 5 2 -2 19.40 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 30.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Jonathan Quick 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Chris Thorburn 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 11.10 7
R Darren Haydar 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 12.10 6
R Bryan Little 0 0 1 1 4 0 2 -1 12.40 5
R Kyle Turris 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 5
R Jim Slater 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 13.00 8
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 17.50 7
C Éric Perrin 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 16.50 5
L Erik Christensen 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 8.10 7
L Tomás Pospisil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.10 5
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 17.20 6
C Scott Gomez 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 9
D Mark Popovic 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 2 19.50 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 13.40 6
D Tobias Enström 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 27.50 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 18.20 6
D Marek Malik 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 21.40 7
D Boris Valabik 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 2 20.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 19 0 0 61.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jim Slater
2nd star: Erik Christensen
3rd star: Rob Niedermayer
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Tomas Plekanec finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Tomas Plekanec finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Maxim Kondratiev ended his 9 game point drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Steve Rucchin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Erik Christensen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jim Slater finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Erik Christensen finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Tobias Enström finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 4( 19) , Chicago Wolves 5( 25)
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1-0
Derek Armstrong (Mathieu Aubin, Daniel Corso)
1-1
Jason Krog (Grant Lewis)
1-2
Steve Martins (Todd White)
2-2
Mathieu Aubin (Daniel Corso)
3-2
Tom Kostopoulos (Mathieu Biron)
3-3
Milan Bartovic (Ken Klee)
3-4
Milan Bartovic (Kevin Doell)
4-4
Jonathan Ferland (Mathieu Biron)
4-5
Steve Martins (Todd White)