Thrashers 1–5 Canadiens — Final Score & Stats (Feb 26, 2008)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Chris Higgins

2 G, 1 A

5 shots · 18:23 TOI

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Andrei Markov

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 22:26 TOI

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Saku Koivu

2 A

17:37 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Maxim Lapierre Go-ahead 1st · 12:47

Assists: Josh Gorges, Francis Bouillon · beat Kari Lehtonen

0–1

2nd period

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk PP Tying 2nd · 02:04

Assists: Todd White, Mark Recchi · beat Carey Price

1–1

3rd period

🇨🇦 Chris Higgins PP Go-ahead 3rd · 02:10

Assists: Michael Ryder, Saku Koivu · beat Kari Lehtonen

1–2

🇨🇦 Chris Higgins 3rd · 04:56

Assists: Andrei Markov, Saku Koivu · beat Kari Lehtonen

1–3

🇨🇦 Andrei Markov PP 3rd · 08:17

Assists: Chris Higgins, Mark Streit · beat Kari Lehtonen

1–4

🇨🇦 Sergei Kostitsyn 3rd · 09:04

Assists: Guillaume Latendresse, Francis Bouillon · beat Kari Lehtonen

1–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐦Thrashers

L1 Kovalchuk · White · Recchi 20:58

L2 Kozlov · Perrin · Holik 16:05

L3 Stuart · Little · Slater 12:27

L4 Boulton · Larsen · Thorburn 9:36

D1 Enstrom · Havelid 24:00

D2 Klee · Zhitnik 17:45

D3 Exelby · Kwiatkowski 15:06

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Higgins · Koivu · Kovalev 18:12

L2 Kostitsyn · Kostitsyn · Plekanec 16:44

L3 Grabovski · Lapierre · Ryder 12:31

L4 Begin · Latendresse 10:51

D1 Markov · Hamrlik 22:22

D2 Bouillon · Komisarek 19:26

D3 Gorges · O'Byrne 15:34

D4 Streit 13:26

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐦ATL MTL🇨🇦

27 Shots on goal 33

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4

24 Hits 26

11 Blocked shots 22

7 Takeaways 11

14 Giveaways 7

10 Penalty minutes 10

ATL shooting 3.7% (1/27) MTL shooting 15.2% (5/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐦Thrashers

Kari Lehtonen

28/33

.848 SV% · 5 GA · 59:49 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Carey Price

26/27

.963 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Thrashers

Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-9 (40% win rate, 15 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 12-1-2 (80% win rate, 15 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Thrashers

Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 8-5-1 (57% win rate, 14 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 7-3 (70% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2

Jan 172008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL 3–2 SO Dec 222007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL 2–3 SO Oct 302007 🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 SO Mar 82007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL 2–6 Jan 182007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL 4–1

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Who won Thrashers vs Canadiens on February 26, 2008?

Canadiens won 5–1. The final score was Thrashers 1, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chris Higgins (2), Andrei Markov, Maxim Lapierre, Sergei Kostitsyn.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 28 saves on 33 shots (.848 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Canadiens season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐦 Thrashers

BeforeFeb 23 🐦ATL @ 🍁TOR 1–3 AfterFeb 28 🏝️NYI @ 🐦ATL 5–4

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeFeb 23 🧥CBJ @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–0 AfterFeb 29 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 6–2

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