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1/1/2010
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Montreal Canadiens 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 32 - 21
PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:39/49=78 %
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:59/79=74 %, Challenges:41/55=73 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:19 1-0
Alexander Semin [13] (Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Kostitsyn)
07:16 1-1
Todd White [8] (Bryan Little, Tobias Enström)PP
09:44 2-1
Marc-André Bergeron [2] (Hal Gill)
15:19 3-1
Georges Laraque [6] (Tomas Plekanec, Marc-André Bergeron)
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20:34 4-1
Tomas Plekanec [10] (Martin St. Louis)PP
28:17 5-1
Marc-André Bergeron [3] (Alexander Semin, Andrei Kostitsyn)
36:23 5-2
Brett Sterling [6] (Tobias Enström, Ron Hainsey)
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40:27 6-2
Tomas Plekanec [11] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Marc-André Bergeron)
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Penalty summary:
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03:16
Brett Sterling (2 min for holding the stick)
06:22
Andrei Markov (2 min for cross-checking)
19:44
Eric Boulton (2 min for hooking)
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48:13
Dominic Moore (2 min for roughing)
48:13
Marty Reasoner (2 min for roughing)
49:57
Georges Laraque (5 min for fighting)
49:57
Eric Boulton (5 min for fighting)
55:25
Jim Slater (2 min for roughing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 7
R Georges Laraque 1 0 1 2 1 3 5 1 11.50 7
R Alexander Semin 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 3 16.20 9
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
C Dominic Moore 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7.50 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 6 1 7 0 0 13.10 8
C Tomas Plekanec 2 2 5 0 1 0 0 4 17.50 9
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 21.30 7
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Travis Moen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14.20 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 16.30 7
L Mike Cammalleri 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 21.20 6
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.20 6
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 20.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 22.00 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.40 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 4 23.20 10
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.40 7
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 2 2 3 4 0 -1 14.50 6
R Nik Antropov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 12.20 6
R Bryan Little 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 7
C Jim Slater 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.40 4
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 13.40 5
C Todd White 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 16.50 7
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 -1 20.00 7
L Eric Boulton 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 7.20 5
L Brett Sterling 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 14.10 6
L Colby Armstrong 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 20.00 6
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -2 18.50 5
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 14.50 6
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 18.50 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 26.30 6
D Tobias Enström 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 -1 15.00 5
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -2 15.50 5
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 1 6 1 2 0 -1 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 4 0 6 0 0 20.40 4
G Ondrej Pavelec 2 0 20 0 0 39.20 6
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tomas Plekanec
2nd star: Marc-André Bergeron
3rd star: Alexander Semin
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Marc-André Bergeron notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Tomas Plekanec scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Martin St. Louis notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marc-André Bergeron finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ron Hainsey notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nik Antropov had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Todd White finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Brett Sterling ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Georges Laraque beat Eric Boulton in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 0( 25) , Chicago Wolves 2( 16)
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0-1 CHW Ryan Oulahen (Ned Lukacevic, Grant Lewis)
0-2 CHW Spencer Machacek (Ryan Oulahen)
Goalies: Curtis Sanford - Drew MacIntyre