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Sunday, December 13, 2009

CANADIENS FALL TO THRASHERS IN OVERTIME


Last night in Atlanta, the Canadiens battled hard to kill penalties but the slipped up on 1 penalty kill in overtime which lead to Kovalchuk ripping a hard shot right upstairs glove side on Carey Price for the winner in a 4-3 Atlanta O.t Victory."When Kovalchuk gets a chance like that, chances are he's going to score," said Montreal's Glen Metropolit (who got the penalty that lead to the goal). "He's a great player."On a positive side for the Canadiens, they got a point and are still in a playoff spot. You can't argue that the Canadiens got a point from killing off 8 of 9 penalties."That was the key," Martin said. "We had a good start and took the lead. The penalties hurt us." In this game, the Thrashers lead in shots (35-19) because of all of there powerplays. If it wasn't for the ref calling so many penalties the Habs could have won this game.

Andrei Kostitsyn had 2 goals (5th and 6th of the season), and Glen Metropolit had a goal (his 7th) in the 4-3 overtime loss to the Atlanta Thrashers. Carey Price was also a big part in getting the point with several highlight Rios in the game. "Carey was great," said Montreal left winger Mike Cammalleri, . "He made many saves that otherwise could have or should have been in."


Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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RankTeamGPWLOTPTSGFGAHomeAwayLast 10Streak
1Washington332076461189410-2-310-5-37-2-1Lost1
2New Jersey31228145916811-6-011-2-18-2-0Won1
3Buffalo30199240816511-5-28-4-07-3-0Won3
4Pittsburgh3322101451058711-5-111-5-07-2-1Won2
5Boston31169638837710-5-36-4-37-1-2Lost1
6Ottawa311611436909311-4-35-7-14-5-1Won2
7Atlanta30161133596887-6-29-5-16-4-0Won1
8Montreal33151533385959-7-26-8-14-4-2Lost1
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9Tampa Bay31111193177907-4-44-7-52-6-2Lost1
10NY Islanders321213731831007-3-25-10-54-6-0Won1
11Florida331214731881114-6-58-8-22-5-3Lost1
12NY Rangers31141523086937-8-07-7-23-6-1Lost1
13Philadelphia30141512987879-7-15-8-02-8-0Lost2
14Toronto321114729941145-7-36-7-47-3-0Won1
15Carolina32719620771176-7-21-12-42-7-1Lost1

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