🐦 Away Thrashers 8-12-3
4–5
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 13-6-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐦 ATL 0044
🇨🇦 MTL 1225

Thrashers at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Thrashers 5–4 at Bell Centre on December 2, 2008.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 14:15 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Ron Hainsey
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 22:45 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Robert Lang
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 18:26 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Matt D'Agostini Go-ahead 1st · 16:21
Assists: Andrei Kostitsyn, Saku Koivu · beat Johan Hedberg
0–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec 2nd · 14:22
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Josh Gorges · beat Johan Hedberg
0–2
🇨🇦 Andrei Markov PP 2nd · 19:04
Assists: Andrei Kostitsyn, Robert Lang · beat Johan Hedberg
0–3
3rd period
🐦 Ron Hainsey 3rd · 06:28
Assists: Garnet Exelby · beat Carey Price
1–3
🐦 Ron Hainsey PP 3rd · 07:20
Assists: Bryan Little, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Carey Price
2–3
🐦 Chris Thorburn Tying 3rd · 07:27
Assists: Marty Reasoner, Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Carey Price
3–3
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn Go-ahead 3rd · 14:49
Assists: Saku Koivu, Francis Bouillon · beat Johan Hedberg
3–4
🇨🇦 Robert Lang Empty net 3rd · 18:45
Assists: Alex Kovalev
3–5
🐦 Jason Williams 3rd · 19:40
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Ron Hainsey · beat Carey Price
4–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Reasoner · White 18:07
L2 Kozlov · Little · Williams 16:14
L3 Slater · Thorburn · Armstrong 13:34
L4 Christensen · Perrin · Crabb 11:18
D1 Enstrom · Hainsey 23:22
D2 Havelid · Oystrick 19:52
D3 Exelby · Valabik 14:49
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Lang · Kovalev 19:04
L2 Plekanec · Koivu · Kostopoulos 15:28
L3 Tanguay · Kostitsyn · D'Agostini 14:36
L4 Begin · Lapierre · Dandenault 12:34
L5 Laraque 6:39
D1 Markov · Gorges 24:44
D2 Hamrlik · Brisebois 19:05
D3 Bouillon 15:26

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL MTL🇨🇦
26 Shots on goal 33
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
25 Hits 7
18 Blocked shots 13
8 Takeaways 15
11 Giveaways 12
6 Penalty minutes 6
ATL shooting 15.4% (4/26) MTL shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Johan Hedberg
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 58:46 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-5-1 (14% win rate, 7 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Feb 262008 🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5 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
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Who won Thrashers vs Canadiens on December 2, 2008?

Canadiens won 5–4. The final score was Thrashers 4, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ron Hainsey (2), Chris Thorburn, Jason Williams.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andrei Kostitsyn, Andrei Markov, Matt D'Agostini, Robert Lang, Tomas Plekanec.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeNov 30 🎵STL @ 🐦ATL 4–2 AfterDec 3 🐦ATL @ 🏛️OTT 1–5
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeNov 29 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 AfterDec 4 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–6
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