🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 17-15-5 before this game
2–1
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 20-15-3 before this game
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Canadiens at Thrashers

Canadiens beat Thrashers 2–1 on December 29, 2003.

🗓 Mon, Dec 29, 2003 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Patrice Brisebois
2 A
1 shots · 17:36 TOI · +1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Pierre Dagenais
1 G
5 shots · 12:08 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrei Markov
1 G
4 shots · 17:52 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL ATL🐦
28 Shots on goal 27
13 Hits 17
14 Blocked shots 14
7 Takeaways 7
6 Giveaways 13
8 Penalty minutes 23
MTL shooting 7.1% (2/28) ATL shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Byron Dafoe
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 58:44 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 17-15-5 (46% win rate, 37 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 20-15-3 (53% win rate, 38 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 17-15-5 (46% win rate, 37 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 20-15-3 (53% win rate, 38 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Bulis · Koivu · Dackell 19:46
L2 Juneau · Sundstrom · Ryder 16:31
L3 Perreault · Ribeiro · Zednik 13:46
L4 Langdon · Dagenais · Ward 7:31
D1 Souray · Quintal 22:02
D2 Bouillon · Markov 18:37
D3 Brisebois · Rivet 17:10
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · McEachern 23:24
L2 Savard · Stefan · Petrovicky 16:57
L3 Cowan · Robitaille · Vigier 12:40
L4 Blatny · Simon · Lindsay 5:47
D1 Kaberle · Sutton 22:26
D2 Exelby · Tremblay 18:38
D3 Tamer · Tjarnqvist 16:42

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 13, 2003
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL
4–2 · Canadiens won
Feb 4, 2003
🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 · Thrashers won
Jan 15, 2003
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL
0–1 · Thrashers won
Nov 26, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · Canadiens won
Mar 4, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs ATL, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Thrashers on December 29, 2003?

Canadiens won 2–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Thrashers?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Thrashers 1.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

What is the Canadiens vs Thrashers season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 27
🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR
1–2 · CAR won
Next game · Dec 31
🇨🇦MTL @ ⭐DAL
1–1 · MTL won
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Dec 28
🐦ATL @ 🏛️OTT
2–5 · OTT won
Next game · Dec 31
🐦ATL @ 🐙DET
5–6 · DET won
Also on December 29, 2003
😈NJD @ 🏝️NYI
1–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
3–1 final
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
1–2 final
🦆ANA @ ⚡TBL
2–0 final
🎵STL @ 🧥CBJ
3–2 final
🍁TOR @ 🐆FLA
4–4 final
🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT
0–1 final
🔔PHI @ ⭐DAL
2–2 final
Canadiens season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule