Montreal at Atlanta

Shots
123OTT
Montreal 4 7 8 0 19
Atlanta 9 8 10 4 31
Goals
123OTT
Montreal 1 1 0 0 2
Atlanta 2 0 0 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. ATLANTA, BATTAGLIA 4 (GRIMSON, HAVELID), 11:15
2. ATLANTA, ZHITNIK 1 (RICHARDS, STAIOS), 12:07
3. MONTREAL, KOVALCHUK 6 (GABORIK, REGEHR), 13:47

PENALTIES: B. BATTAGLIA ATL (BOARDING, Double Minor) 00:44, S. STAIOS ATL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 14:38, D. CLEARY MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 14:52, S. AUBIN ATL (CHARGING, Minor) 17:07, M. CULLEN ATL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 18:33

Period 2
4. MONTREAL, KOIVU 12 (GABORIK, KALLIO) (PP), 04:58

PENALTIES: S. GRIMSON ATL (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 02:53, I. KOVALCHUK MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 11:22, S. GRIMSON ATL (HOOKING, Minor) 17:58, B. RICHARDS ATL (HOOKING, Minor) 18:22

Period 3
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: T. LYDMAN MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 04:49, S. AUBIN ATL (CHARGING, Minor) 04:49, I. KOVALCHUK MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 11:48, V. NIEMINEN MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 19:40

Overtime
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: R. KLESLA MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 04:22

Goalie Statistics

Dan Blackburn (MTL), 29 saves out of 31 shots, T, 2-0-1
Jani Hurme (ATL), 17 saves out of 19 shots, T, 3-10-5

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 1 for 7
Atlanta 0 for 5

Game Stars

1 - Dan Blackburn (MTL)
2 - Bates Battaglia (ATL)
3 - Alexei Zhitnik (ATL)

Player Statistics

Montreal

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Jan Hlavac            0  0  0  Even   0  4   0 18
Daniel Briere         0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  7
Yanic Perreault       0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 29
Rostislav Klesla      0  0  0  Even   2  1   3 21
Ilja Kovalchuk        1  0  1  Even   4  1   0 19
Jan Bulis             0  0  0    -1   0  1   3 25
Tomi Kallio           0  1  1  Even   0  0   1  8
Pavel Brendl          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  5
Saku Koivu            1  0  1  Even   0  3   0 25
Richard Zednik        0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 23
Andrei Markov         0  0  0  Even   0  3   1 22
Karel Rachunek        0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 23
Martti Jarventie      0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 15
Robyn Regehr          0  1  1  Even   0  0   2 18
Marian Gaborik        0  2  2  Even   0  0   0 22
Daniel Cleary         0  0  0    -1   2  0   1 10
Toni Lydman           0  0  0    -1   2  1   2 14
Ville Nieminen        0  0  0    -1   2  0   0 12
   
Atlanta

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Chris McAlpine        0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 14
Matt Cullen           0  0  0    +1   2  2   1 27
Jeff Norton           0  0  0    -1   0  3   3 20
Niklas Havelid        0  1  1    +1   0  1   1 16
Daymond Langkow       0  0  0    -1   0  4   2 23
Kris Draper           0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 23
Todd Simpson          0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 22
Kenny Jonsson         0  0  0    +1   0  3   1 24
Brad Richards         0  1  1    +1   2  2   2 25
Matthew Barnaby       0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
Chad Kilger           0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  9
Alexei Zhitnik        1  0  1    +1   0  2   5 24
Steve Staios          0  1  1    +1   2  0   0 18
Bates Battaglia       1  0  1    +1   4  3   2 18
Serge Aubin           0  0  0    +1   4  2   0  9
Dean Sylvester        0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 14
Taylor Pyatt          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  2
Stu Grimson           0  1  1    +1   7  2   3 12
   

Financial

Attendance: 9225
Net Profit: $484,312.00

Game Notes

Chad Kilger injured at 01:18 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Quebec         2
Carolina       2
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Ilkka Mikkola 1 (Olli Jokinen, Oleg Saprykin)
Timo Vertala 1 (unknown, unknown)

unknown (Jason Botterill, unknown)
unknown (Brett Clark, unknown)

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Goalies
Quebec: Jason Elliot
Carolina: Derek Wilkinson
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