Atlanta Thrashers at Montreal Canadiens

Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 7:30 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Montreal Canadiens 4–1 on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 on the road.

Final score, Atlanta Thrashers at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2003-2004 record
Atlanta Thrashers	4	33-37-8-4
at Montreal Canadiens	1	41-30-7-4

Goals by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	1	2	1	4
Montreal Canadiens	1	0	0	1

Shots on goal by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	5	10	10	25
Montreal Canadiens	14	8	8	30

Scoring summary

Every goal, Atlanta Thrashers at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	06:47	Montreal Canadiens	Jan Bulis (13)	Saku Koivu (27), Richard Zednik (15)	Even strength	ATL 0, MTL 1
1st	08:55	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (31)	Randy Robitaille (16), Marc Savard (28)	Power play	ATL 1, MTL 1
2nd	03:06	Atlanta Thrashers	Frantisek Kaberle (3)	Ilya Kovalchuk (33), Garnet Exelby (8)	Even strength	ATL 2, MTL 1
2nd	12:30	Atlanta Thrashers	Patrik Stefan (8)	Unassisted	Power play	ATL 3, MTL 1
3rd	07:41	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley (3)	Randy Robitaille (17), Shawn McEachern (29)	Even strength	ATL 4, MTL 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Savard	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	50%	23:43
Number 10 S. Aubin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	33.3%	17:24
Number 11 J. Vigier	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	100%	16:35
Number 14 B. Simon	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		01:40
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	2	0		19:23
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		03:09
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	1	1	2	0	0	5	0	2	1		22:12
Number 19 S. McEachern	L	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	0	0		19:27
Number 20 F. Lessard	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		00:46
Number 26 R. Petrovicky	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	0		17:11
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	33.3%	15:13
Number 28 R. Robitaille	C	0	2	2	+1	0	4	1	1	0	16.7%	20:27
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	3	2	0		24:26
Number 5 T. Kloucek	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		06:22
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	2	0		23:42
Number 23 I. Majesky	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		17:12
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	3	0		27:10
Number 36 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	5	0		16:10

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Nurminen	30	29	1	.967	60:00	Win

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 S. Koivu	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	60%	18:05
Number 15 D. Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		03:15
Number 20 R. Zednik	R	0	1	1	+1	0	5	1	0		17:14
Number 22 S. Begin	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	0	40%	14:36
Number 24 A. Dackell	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		15:40
Number 25 C. Kilger	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	100%	06:32
Number 37 N. Sundstrom	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		15:08
Number 38 J. Bulis	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	0	100%	17:44
Number 71 M. Ribeiro	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	66.7%	20:07
Number 73 M. Ryder	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0		19:25
Number 90 J. Juneau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	56.3%	13:28
Number 94 Y. Perreault	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	88.9%	13:56
Number 5 S. Quintal	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0		18:47
Number 8 M. Komisarek	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1		15:14
Number 43 P. Brisebois	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0		21:00
Number 51 F. Bouillon	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	3	0		22:09
Number 52 C. Rivet	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		17:06
Number 79 A. Markov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1		22:48

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 60 J. Theodore	25	21	4	.840	59:58	Loss

Penalties, Atlanta Thrashers at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	06:54	Montreal Canadiens	Steve Begin	Hooking obstruction	2
1st	08:33	Montreal Canadiens	Stephane Quintal	Holding	2
1st	12:20	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Holding	2
1st	12:20	Atlanta Thrashers	Pasi Nurminen	Roughing	2
1st	14:03	Atlanta Thrashers	Andy Sutton	Slashing	2
1st	17:36	Atlanta Thrashers	Shawn McEachern	Interference	2
2nd	11:05	Montreal Canadiens	Patrice Brisebois	Interference	2
2nd	13:01	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Cross checking	2
3rd	13:19	Montreal Canadiens	Francis Bouillon	Hooking	2

Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Bob Hartley
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Claude Julien
Referees: Stephane Auger, Brad Meier
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Michel Cormier
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Chris Tamer, Bill Lindsay, Brian Swanson, Frederic Cassivi, Yannick Tremblay, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, Shawn Heins, Daniel Corso, Kamil Piros, Zdenek Blatny, Derek MacKenzie, Tommi Santala, Mike Weaver, Kurtis Foster, Karl Stewart
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Karl Dykhuis, Sheldon Souray, Benoit Gratton, Pierre Dagenais, Gordie Dwyer, Jason Ward, Ron Hainsey, Marcel Hossa, Jozef Balej, Tomas Plekanec, Chris Higgins

Every Atlanta Thrashers and Montreal Canadiens game in the 2003-2004 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 1	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Atlanta Thrashers, Mon, Dec 29, 2003
Atlanta Thrashers 1 at Montreal Canadiens 5	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Jan 3, 2004
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 1	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Atlanta Thrashers, Wed, Jan 14, 2004
Atlanta Thrashers 4 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Montreal Canadiens, Tue, Feb 17, 2004

Other NHL games on Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Matchup	Status	Details
Ottawa Senators 1 at Washington Capitals 1	Final/OT	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Washington Capitals, Tue, Feb 17, 2004
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Tue, Feb 17, 2004
Boston Bruins 5 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs, Tue, Feb 17, 2004
Minnesota Wild 4 at New Jersey Devils 4	Final/OT	Game page: Minnesota Wild at New Jersey Devils, Tue, Feb 17, 2004