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2008-09 regular season

Canadiens at Thrashers

🗓 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 2–1

Thrashers beat Canadiens 2–0 on March 6, 2009.

MTL – ATL
25–28
Shots on goal
0/5–1/8
Power play
5–15
Hits
16–14
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
2 A
1 shots · 27:34 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Bryan Little
1 G
4 shots · 20:10 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Rich Peverley
1 G
2 shots · 21:29 TOI

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Bryan Little PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:28
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Todd White · beat Carey Price
0–1
3rd period
🐦 Rich Peverley Empty net 3rd · 19:24
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Ron Hainsey
0–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Plekanec · Koivu · Kovalev 17:59
L2 Higgins · Kostitsyn · Kostopoulos 15:41
L3 Tanguay · Lapierre · Metropolit 13:47
L4 Pacioretty · Stewart · Dandenault 7:37
D1 Schneider · Markov 23:54
D2 Hamrlik · Komisarek 21:02
D3 Gorges · O'Byrne 14:07
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · White 21:48
L2 Peverley · Little · Armstrong 20:10
L3 Stuart · Reasoner · Slater 8:49
L4 Boulton · Perrin · Thorburn 6:32
D1 Enstrom · Hainsey 25:00
D2 Valabik · Bogosian 16:59
D3 Exelby · Oystrick 12:36

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL ATL🐦
25 Shots on goal 28
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
5 Hits 15
16 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 6
4 Giveaways 7
42 Penalty minutes 56
MTL shooting 0.0% (0/25) ATL shooting 7.1% (2/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:18 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen Shutout
25/25
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-10-1 (31% win rate, 16 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-3-1 (64% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-8-1 (36% win rate, 14 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Thrashers lead the season series 2–1
Jan 202009 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL 2–4 Dec 22008 🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–5 Feb 262008 🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5 Jan 172008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL 3–2 SO Dec 222007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL 2–3 SO
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Who won Canadiens vs Thrashers on March 6, 2009?

Thrashers won 2–0. The final score was Canadiens 0, Thrashers 2.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Bryan Little, Rich Peverley.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

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

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 25 saves on 25 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

What is the Canadiens vs Thrashers season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 4 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–5 AfterMar 8 🇨🇦MTL @ ⭐DAL 3–1
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeMar 3 🐆FLA @ 🐦ATL 4–3 AfterMar 8 🔥CGY @ 🐦ATL 2–5
Also on March 6
🔥CGY 1–6 🌪️CAR 🌵PHX 1–5 ⚔️BUF 🎵STL 4–3 ⚡TBL ⭐DAL 3–2 🦆ANA
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